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 -
21 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
26 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
27 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
32 new
Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
43 new
Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
46 new
Jaws
1975, in 27 top lists Check -
65 new
Out of the Past
1947, in 16 top lists Check -
68 new
Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
91 new
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
123 new
Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
141 new
High Noon
1952, in 18 top lists Check -
158 new
Point Blank
1967, in 15 top lists Check -
161 new
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
165 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
170 new
The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
196 new
JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
237 new
Caché
2005, in 15 top lists Check -
246 new
Le boucher
1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 22, 2012; source