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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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 21 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 26 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  4. 27 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 32 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 43 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 46 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 65 new

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 68 new

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 91 new

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 123 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 141 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 158 new

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 161 new

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 165 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 170 new

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 196 new

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 237 new

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 246 new

    Le boucher

    1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source