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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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
21 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
26 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
28 new
L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
31 new
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
59 new
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
110 new
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
142 new
Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
147 new
Salvatore Giuliano
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
182 new
Suspiria
1977, in 17 top lists Check -
212 new
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975, in 15 top lists Check -
225 new
Hable con ella
2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check -
227 new
Shock Corridor
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
237 new
Caché
2005, in 15 top lists Check -
243 new
Lone Star
1996, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source