The top 250 directors and their best film according to TSPDT/DtC (2012)
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This list contains 250 films by the 250 greatest directors of all time, according to "they shoot pictures don't they?". Each director has one entry; their most critically acclaimed film. Two directors appear more than once on the list (Michael Powell and Stanley Donen) and all together there are 5 director couples (Powell/Pressburger, Donen/Kelly, Coen Brothers, Cooper/Schoedsack and Straub/Huillet). #76 is a TV-mini-series; #81, #151, #157, #180, #190 and #202 are short features, the rest of the entries are featured films.
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Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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Carrie
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Les yeux sans visage
1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Evil Dead II
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Suspiria
1977, in 17 top lists Check -
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Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source