Top 10 Movie Directors of All Time

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[@toannguyenvan9897]

Just a reminder that Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock have never won an Oscar for best director. Shows you how much credibility the Academy has.

[@G4MBIT]

neither have Kurosawa

[@ManMan-bj8it]

And black panther won a reward.

[@kodarsi1335]

Toản Nguyễn Văn Rebecca won one for best Picture. Hitchcock has never won a best director

[@machinegun9039]

No matter how brilliant a student is, he cannot top the class when a better student is in the same class. The class is not to be blamed.

[@awhyte55]

The Academy is a joke. There, I said it. Just to offer a quick parallel, how many Grammy awards did The Beatles win?

[@chendrakanthpalamakula1622]

just imagining what Kubrick would make with present modern cinema equipment

[@rizkyhidayah1370]

and Tarkovsky too, he is god of cinema

[@Xphantomgamer]

He had a iq of 200

[@bsku0765]

You know, I'd like to see Vertigo with modern equipment

[@trunksstuff3112]

Vertigo is perfect the way it is. The 50s and 60s were very stylish in America and Vertigo is a beautifully shot movie

[@jro713]

I think 2001 space effects looks better than the star wars films and new films, and it was made in 68😭😭😭. What he would do with our tech is unthinkable

[@HENRY-wh1in]

Stanley Kubrick is the best director to me. His way of directing is crazy, the craziness that you can't explain

[@kellyroberts7268]

Word up!!

[@samyakkumardas9387]

Satyajit Ray, Christopher Nolan also

[@prakashraj6032]

@@samyakkumardas9387 yeah. But compare to this top 10 Nolan is a kid

[@bighands69]

@@prakashraj6032 There is more to come from Nolan.

[@prakashraj6032]

@@bighands69 First watch Kubrick movies. After you realise

[@DanielThePoet22]

Can’t believe WatchMojo didn’t mention anything about Tarkovsky

[@tamerov2387]

I also can't understand that

[@bsku0765]

Yeeet

[@jonathanreed9506]

it’s because they’ve never heard of him

[@dogandsquirrelslol8966]

this list is crap,apparently scorsese is a better director than spielberg and kurosawa,bullshit it should be like this: 1)Stanley Kubrick(2001:A Space Odyssey) 2)Alfred Hicthcock(Psycho) 3)Akria Kurosawa(Seven Samurai) 4)John Ford(Stagecoach) 5)Satyajit Ray(Panther Panchali) 6)Steven Spielberg(Schindler's List) 7)Francis Ford Coppola(The Godfather) 8)Martin Scorsese(Goodfellas) 9)Andrei Tarkovsky(Stalker) 10)Orsen Welles(Citizen Kane) Mentions:Quentin Tarantino(Pulp Fiction),Sergio Leone(The Good,Bad and the ugly)Charlie Chaplin(Modern Times)

[@ldhproductions112]

That an Werner Herzog, Kubrick, Tarkovsky and Satyajat Ray are the greatest filmmakers to have ever lived.

[@unkeptmoss3285]

I think that the most impressive thing about Kubrick has to be the variety of film genres that he worked on. Science-fiction, Comedy, War, Horror, Drama... and he made a masterpiece out of each.

[@unkeptmoss3285]

***** I would have loved to have seen what he would have done with the action genre.

[@papamato9994]

The only thing he never got around to was a western. Could you imagine a Kubrick Western. That would be pretty great.

[@kissmyasthma3155]

It was rumoured that he planned to adapt the anti-western novel "Blood Meridian" in the mid 1990s, but failed to get it green lit.

[@markyboybdi]

+UnkeptMoss328 My fave is Barry Lyndon, quite often overlooked in the mire of all the more headline grabbing movies.

[@papamato9994]

+KissMyAsthma I would have loved to have seen that. Thanks for telling me.

[@bogunjackass]

Andrei Tarkovsky not even an honorable mention? WatchMojo, you know jack shit about movies!

[@thedeerhunter32]

Apparently neither do the people voting on this list on their site

[@WatchMojo]

+Nenad Bogunovic Of course Tarkovsky is an amazing director, but when you're doing a list of Directors of ALL TIME, with no restriction on historical era or geographic origin, it's kind of hard to fit every amazing director on the list, you feel me?

[@122duc]

He really should have been on the list.

[@DrunkenM33rkat]

+WatchMojo.com no

[@023godofwar]

appearently Tatantino is a better direcotr than Tarkovsky.

[@ldhproductions112]

Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network) Fritz Lang (Metropolis, M, The Testament of Dr Mabuze) Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus, The People vs Larry Flint) Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Some Like it Hot) Victor Fleming (Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) James Whale (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man) F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh, Faust, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) John Ford (The Grapes of Wrath, Rio Grande, Stagecoach) Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride) Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing, BalcKkKlansman, Malcolm X) Charlie Chaplin (The Gold Rush, Modern Times, The Great Dictator) Bong Joon Ho (Mother, The Host, Memories of Murder) *Parasite came out after the video* David Lean (The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Passage to India, Lawrence of Arabia) James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, Terminator) Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) George Lucas (Star Wars) Andrei Tarkovsky (Mirror, Stalker, Solaris) Werner Herzog (Aguirre, Fitzcaraldo, Heart of Glass) Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali, Aparjito, The World of Apu)

[@bighands69]

Some fantastic directors you have listed there. You left out Tarantino and Fincher.

[@tristanlanphere7736]

George Lucas also made American Graffiti which is also great

[@kevinfinnerty8414]

Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on the 4th of July, JFK, Nixon)

[@finmat95]

James Cameron (...,Aliens)*

[@herbertscott9575]

John Singleton (Boyz in the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Rosewood, Baby Boy)

[@24925302]

Satyajit Ray missing. Who won Oscar for life-time achievement. Also Chaplin, a genious in all respects of a movie

[@weekendlovers5607]

Yess

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

I fulllly agree with youuuu.... Where are they.????????...I CAN'T understand how they missed Chaplin. And where is the legend of Indian cinema, huh?!

[@siddharthbhoyar9737]

@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 not only indian cinema bro world cinema ray was great chaplin was legent there are many foreign filmmakers

[@aronichakraborty5192]

This list is for American . honestly , this list doesn't matter

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

@@aronichakraborty5192 Agreed...let this video be ignored.

[@tusharmodak2462]

There is Woody Allen in this list😂😂😂😂 but no Tarkovsky,Chaplin or Satyajit Ray....

[@jayabratakarmakar]

Satyajit Ray ♥️Shrestho

[@user-lx7sg8ks7b]

@@Saladon89 Well you are dumb and racist

[@user-lx7sg8ks7b]

@@EddieMachetti Yeah,but he is a racist.

[@karnish4956]

liza Estevez Jew or not,Spielberg deserves to be in the top 10 list!

[@randywhite3947]

TUSHAR MODAK woody deserves it tho

[@antonk6359]

*Tarkovsky, Truffaut, Satyajit Ray, D.W. Griffith, Yasujiro Ozu, Luis Bunuel, David Lean, Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pedro Almodovar, Sergio Leone, John Ford, Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Elia Kazan, William Wyler, Ernst Lubtisch, George Cukor, John Huston, Preston Sturges, Vittorio De Sica*.......You need at least a Top 50 (but don't dare rank them!)

[@mlikoipura]

+Anton K Don't try to make film criticism politically correct,that defeats the whole purpose

[@antonk6359]

Nathaniel Joseph Claw How am I being (*shudders) politically correct? I think there's about 50 directors that are so good they cannot be ranked above or below each other. The best thing to do would be to make a list in alphabetical order.

[@mlikoipura]

Anton K Or simply let people vote the ranking,even you must have some preferences.We are not critics,we don't have to say they are all equally great so we don't destroy our reputation.

[@antonk6359]

Nathaniel Joseph Claw Then you'll get the IMDb situation. People, most of whom know none of the figures I listed, simply voting for their favorite directors. Popular directors like Christopher Nolan will be placed *way* above lesser-known, but more critically acclaimed directors. Ranking art isn't really wise - unless, of course, it's clearly a harmless, personal opinion. Mojo says this is their top picks - so it's okay, but yeah - ranking art is not the wisest thing in the world.

[@mlikoipura]

Anton K Yeah,i see in many comments here like why isn't this director higher,while they aren't familiar with the higher ranked directors,makes no sense

[@bhavyamotwani9852]

How could you miss Satyajit ray, he is such a legendary director, his movies are yet appreciated and always will be , he was way ahead of his time, he gave us multiple masterpiece

[@baroque-rg1eq]

People of the western world are so conservative and illogical that they think the world consists of only Europe, America and Japan.

[@Professor-id4jh]

He was definitely not way ahead of his time but he was surely one of the greats.

[@bhavyamotwani9852]

@@Professor-id4jh I truly respect your opinion but i was talking with respect to how many of modern and popular directors take up reference from various of his works

[@culturedaadmi4683]

​@@Professor-id4jhhe and his crew members came up with many filmmaking techniques in terms of narrative and cinematography. Research before saying anything bs

[@Narendersingh-id5ng]

What about karan johar

[@JC-vj3ld]

Stanley Kubrick is the best in my opinion. A pure genius.

[@siddharthbhoyar9737]

yes

[@maheshkrishna6012]

Scorsese

[@jamesleodelacruz]

Why do people hate him again ?

[@liamjones-tran6179]

@@jamesleodelacruz Because he was an asshole on set who would risk damaging his actors mentally for the sake of getting a better performance out of them. No one says anything bad about his filmography, just him as a person.

[@jamesleodelacruz]

@@liamjones-tran6179 yeah I know that now. He only cares about perfection lol. But that did make his films good

[@George18798]

1. Tommy Wiseau 2. Paris Hilton 3. Uwe Boll 4. Mr Night Shyamalan

[@GeorgetheGreat]

+George18798 LOL haha

[@TheListenerCanon]

+George18798 Paris Hilton is a director?

[@gajo1256]

+George18798 You forgot michael bay

[@carlosgonzalezalvarenga7535]

You forgot Ed Wood.

[@karmalotus22]

5. James Nguyen

[@c3-po279]

Kubrick made only 13 pictures, and 7 of them can be considered truly classics (Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Dr Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining). His movies are unique, and all of them had a really great yet different impact on me. The man was a genius.

[@tombuckley5950]

C3- PO and full metal jacket

[@yoshiwall5870]

If Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut aren't classics I don't know WHAT are

[@rahulreddy7663]

Inge Fossen don't ever compare Kubrick and Bresson. Remember we cannot say which eye's best.

[@KyrodaBandit]

Kubrick for me just comes off as very unique but i doubt he matches the suspense of Hitchcock, the writing of Tarantino, or the direction of Spielberg.

[@lewiscranston881]

i.e you become boring as fuck when you're older?

[@thebelligerentmisnomer2201]

Stanley kubrick took the first position (even when this list means nothing to me) I am happy.

[@TheListenerCanon]

Of course you are Mr. Kubrick.

[@seanpanigel5494]

let's be honest tho, there are many amazing directors out there, it's hard to pick 10 without leaving someone out. I will try my best: 1. Stanley Kubrick 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Steven Spielberg 5. Akira Kurosawa 6. Ingmar Bergman 7. Andrei Tarkovsky 8. David Lynch 9. Francis Ford Coppola 10. Satyajit Ray Honorable mentions: Woody Allen Charles Chaplin Billy Wilder

[@bighands69]

No John Ford or William Wyler.

[@seanpanigel5494]

@@bighands69 they can't make it to the top 10

[@Siegfried5846]

Walt Disney dwarfs all of these men. Pun intended.

[@blakewilkey7647]

Steven Spielberg should be #2, good list otherwise

[@Cars-Car]

Satya jeet ray was just amazing

[@christophernjoku602]

Nobody noticed that number three appear when they said number 2, Alfred Hitchcock.

[@christophernjoku602]

I guess I have to be that asshole.

[@furniture674]

+Tim Sullivan No, you're the only two that bothered to comment.

[@christophernjoku602]

+Ollie Raderecht I guess that would have been the case, but you bothered to reply. So that makes us three.

[@furniture674]

+Chris Njoku I suppose, and I spotted some people further down in the comments section reference it.

[@christophernjoku602]

Hhm, then why you mentioned we're the only two?

[@MrKJ444]

Speilberg at 8? Are you fucking kidding me? top 3 easily

[@MrKJ444]

+MrKJ444 and also no Frank Capra honorable mention?

[@alessandroscuderi7300]

+MrKJ444 over who in the top 3?

[@kanemorris5752]

Yes he's a great director but nowhere near the likes of Kubrick, Hitchcock, Coppola, Kurosawa etc

[@internetapocalypse4885]

+MrKJ444 Spielberg is a jewish propagandist- that's it!!

[@jacksonr408]

Speilberg is shit if you ask me, Cohen brothers are number one

[@stealthven2352]

How has everyone missed Nolan. He consistently makes amazing films

[@shubhamtanwr_]

Next joke please 🤡

[@iameverything6714]

@@shubhamtanwr_ You have a good brain

[@shubhamtanwr_]

@@iameverything6714 nolan fanboi spotted 😂

[@tristanlanphere7736]

the people who say Christopher Nolan is a bad director are the same people who drink wine to fancy music and call movies art

[@buzzwithdrip6347]

@@shubhamtanwr_ atleast explain why you disagree, what you think Nolan's direction lacks ?

[@SteinVarjord]

Polish director Kryschof Kieslovski was definitely worth an honorable mention. Especially his last trilogy Blue, White and Red are great.

[@danielbednarski3849]

Krzysztof Kieślowski*

[@nutankumari5664]

Also Andrei Tarkovsky imo

[@sgt.pepper5794]

I was hoping he'd be at least mentioned. Sadly, this list is more about popularity over anything.

[@arkasengupta6132]

"Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the Sun or the Moon." - Akira Kurosawa.

[@ronakdash5778]

i am from Odisha and i can understand

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

Exactly!!! How these people missed one of the Greatest directors of all time? Is it because he is Indian?

[@carerepair8190]

@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Everyone has their own personal opinion.

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

@@carerepair8190 Btw are you an Indian?

[@carerepair8190]

@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Yep

[@myopinionisstupidanddoesnt606]

the number "2" looks funny

[@HenryLuna12]

Yes

[@danielquiroz4230]

Nes

[@danielquiroz4230]

Chess

[@Zankination]

+Itzz Chino Buddy, probably there's a lot of things that you ignore, and of course you should run and learn them. I'm sorry to tell you but "the funny number 2" could teaching direction to Allen, Tarantino, Coen brothers and to the most in this list... And don't forget that there's a lot of great movie masters from Russia, Asia, France, Italy and other times and places in cinema history that aren't mentioned here and they all would easily win a match with everyone here. Probably, you're a fan of some modern director that finds inspiration in Hitchcock's work and use it for his movies... but you're not able to see the difference. So, please, take you're ticket, seat on the couch and start, once again.

[@insomniachs7667]

+Zankination (cap alert) the number "2" is funny not because of Hitchcock (he isn't funny in general, lol, and I agree, Hitchcock IS a genius). It's funny, because of that moment on 9:30, when Watchmojo is introducing the number "3" instead of "2".

[@laishramnirajsingh4071]

Hayao Miyazaki should be in this list.

[@creepymaster9584]

the one who made spirited away if so then ifeel like thats an entirely different vid

[@vedaryan334]

Nope. He just made nicely animated Japanese version of Disney movies. That's it.

[@creepymaster9584]

@@vedaryan334 ur outlook is pathetic

[@vampirethespiderbatgod9740]

@a BAY GRED Who are you to tell no

[@vampirethespiderbatgod9740]

@@vedaryan334 Hmm... animated films are harder to make than irl shoots.

[@davesmith2403]

I can think of two who I think deserve a lot of credit for utilising the poetic artistry that cinema is capable of; Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky especially!

[@juancanales7768]

I just can’t be the only one who feels that sergio leone is missing here

[@mattcrouch9348]

that scary feeling at 12:22 when it looks like Kubrick is getting honorable mention

[@bigpoppa192]

lol i thought it too

[@degsbabe]

How about the elation when they said he was no.1 ? Yessss.

[@villain68]

I thought the same exact thing!!

[@ahyudhaqudamaputrafauzi4610]

Me too man, stanley kubrick is the bomb

[@mossaabzamame6047]

Same hahahahaha

[@gabrielbleuse988]

The fact that Billy wilder isn't even mentioned is insulting.

[@omarharo3132]

My 10 favorite film directors 1. Kubrick (best mastery) 2. Fellini (best style) 3. Godard (best analysis) 4. Scorsese (best dynamic) 5. Hitchcock (best teacher) 6. Welles (best multilayer) 7. Coppola (best scope) 8. Lynch (best surprise) 9. Leone (best entertainment) 10. Altman (best natural)

[@dougmann777]

Good list, I agree with 1-6 and Leone. I'd sub in David Cronenberg and John Carpenter for Altman and Lynch or Coppola - scifi and horror don't get a fair shake from lists like this!

[@cinematicblade]

Hell yeah, Hitchcock is def the best teacher in film

[@youszz6606]

​@@LeeChaeyonsHusbandThen why is Kubrick named as the best filmmaker of all time while Kurosawa is not even top 3 lmao

[@youszz6606]

@@LeeChaeyeonsHusband and all comment on your channel is Kubrick hate because you know that he is Better than you boring Kurosawa

[@chikowaw]

WHERE IS FUCKING SERGIO LEONE !!!????? :(

[@8OBO8]

Ikr

[@8OBO8]

+Charles Heiston agreed, but there is only so much space, I would say he's better than woody Allen

[@8OBO8]

+Charles Heiston yh, tarkovsky should also have a place on this list

[@nesrinbatalo6980]

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[@adamgordon6435]

It's a tough list to crack when Stephen Spielberg is near the bottom and the Coen Bros. were just an honorable mention. Sergio should have gotten an honorable mention, so should Werner Herzog.

[@rjmacready9828]

Not a bad list, but im not even gonna lie, im VERY salty that Sergio Leone isnt on here. To me, he's a top 5 director hands down

[@rjmacready9828]

Plus holy shit, i just realized John ford isnt on here........

[@damianopontalti4053]

+Rj Macready Sergio Leone should be 1

[@Gravitynaut]

Sergio should be in the Top 5 for The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly alone. There's a reason Quentin Tarantino calls it "the best directed film ever".

[@markthetopfabricator6047]

Weres Christopher Nolan and George Lucas ?

[@g.e.o.r.g.e...]

LOL George Lucas, what did he even direct? Pretty sure Spielberg babysat him through Star Wars and when he was left alone to do his own thing, he fell flat on his face (prequels).

[@peterkelnerxd7009]

1. Tarkovsky 2. Bresson 3. Bergman 4. Vigo 5. Bunuel 6. Dreyer 7. Kurosawa 8. Fellini 9. Renoir 10. Mizoguchi

[@IliqnStrashnika]

This is the right list man. Thank you

[@theothefilm4029]

Why is Tarantino an honorable mention when Tarkovsky, Tarr, DeSica, Antonioni, Sjostrom, Bresson, Renoir, and Chaplin aren’t. And why is Allen and Spielberg ahead of INGMAR BERGMAN. He should be number one. My personal rankings: 1. Ingmar Bergman 2. Michaelangelo Antonioni 3. Federico Fellini 4. Stanley Kubrick 5. Jean Luc Godard 6. Robert Bresson 7. Martin Scorsese 8. Jean Renoir 9. Jean Vigo 10. Charlie Chaplin

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

I agree ...... but then again you are missing us Indians.....our SATYAJIT RAY!

[@theothefilm4029]

@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Ray is great for sure

[@theothefilm4029]

But Ingmar is the best

[@bighands69]

If you are into art house films you would rave about Bergman but in reality his films are nothing more than regional endeavors that do not appeal on a global level. I think Bergman is a fine director but he is of a particular taste.

[@DoctaDaKing]

Kubric deserves the top spot. He's directed some of the best and most revolutionary movies ever

[@Seymour_Sunshine]

True dat. The man's a legend

[@R09PhillipsM]

+DoctaDaKing he was a pretentious dick

[@R09PhillipsM]

***** Without a doubt. It was one man's acid trip put to a way too long, boring, and all in all confusing cinematic feature that anyone who claims they understand is simply trying to be the smartest guy in the room. Conceited shite.

[@harleyross5422]

+Morgan Phillips maybe that's cause you're to immature to understand it. People unlike me are often too immature to understand the film and prefer the Avengers or movies with explosions and shit. Look deeper into the movie and you won't think it was that bad cause it wasn't.

[@snipaxthebulldog]

+Lucifer Morningstar it makes sense if u pay attention😐

[@moinkhan3744]

When Tarkovski and Satyajit ray arent even mentioned you loose faith in the channel

[@G4MBIT]

over whom though?

[@kkkkkk-sj3wu]

who ?

[@seraj3068]

Who?

[@seraj3068]

@T M Yeah but who's Tarkovski? ( Don't go on obvious by saying he's a director) but what movies did he make?

[@trollface865]

Wert Gamer He made „Solaris“ (the Original, not the shitty George Clooney remake), „Stalker“, „The Sacrifice“ and many other great films. If you’re a cinema lover, the name Tarkovsky is a must!

[@ianbeach23]

You know, despite the fact that I heavily disagree with watchmojo the vast majority of the time, I have to give them credit where credit is due. This channel introduced me to many of what I now consider to be some of my absolute favorite pieces of pop culture of all time. It was this very list that convinced me to first start watching the works of Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and others when I first began learning that I have an interest in cinema. So thank you watchmojo, for helping to develop me into the person I am today.

[@anotherclinomaniac]

"Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun or the moon." - Akira Kurosawa

[@amanghosh9946]

But Sad part is they not mention Ray, They mention Kurosawa.

[@Professor-id4jh]

​@@amanghosh9946it's not the sad part. He is definitely in top 20 but not top 10.

[@RafaelDivoz]

.- Tarkovski, Kubrick .- Bergman, Kurosawa .- Eisenstein, Hitchcock .- Godard. Buñuel .- Welles, Fellini .- Ozu, Bresson.

[@blackpeter70]

+Rafael Divoz ...and a partridge in a pear tree. Well, this is the Silly Season!

[@xMatgo20x]

+Rafael Divoz You got some of the greats here, but I personnally think JL Godard is one of the most overrated directors who ever lived. I always prefered Truffaut.

[@blackpeter70]

Mathieu Gauvin Really? I'm more of a Heinken fella, myself.

[@TheTelepathicKid]

+blackpeter70 what are you trying to say?

[@blackpeter70]

***** Because you wrote out a list that sounded like the Christmas carol, "The 12 Days of Christmas". Please don't tell me there's a fatwa on my arse, now. It's "fat" enough. Happy holidays, etc.

[@andymar9117]

Eisenstein, Tarkovski, Wilder, Chaplin, Visconti, Bunuel, Lean, Ford, Altman, Cassavetes, Cimino, Dreyer, Lang, Rossellini, Kazan.

[@robertgray9810]

YOU LEFT OUT RENOIR WERNER HERZOG AND AKIRA KURASAWA

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

@@robertgray9810 they both made it in the list

[@jacobvarney23]

@@sameerahmed-gx8js he mentioned three filmmakers though...

[@ushnishbhattacharyya6672]

And Ray? Satyajit Ray?

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 of course he deserve to get mention... He's easily one of the most artistic filmmaker of all time

[@cenn4843]

bruh no satyajit ray

[@Jacob-wd9fm]

Sergio Leone should have made the list, with David Fincher and Paul Thomas Anderson being worthy of at least honourable mentions.

[@notsoaveragejoe2039]

What I love about Scorsese is that he doesn't have a time period. He's been making classics every decade. 70's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver 80's Raging Bull, King of Comedy 90's Goodfellas, Last Temptation of Christ 00's The Aviator, The Departed 10's The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence

[@radentstwo9793]

Last Temptation of Christ is 80s

[@NavAK_86]

Last Temptation was 80's, so is another forgotten gem of his ''After Hours''. 90's was Goodfellas & Casino, 00's had Gangs of NY

[@angelocejas6668]

Shutter Island

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

Don't Forgot the Irishman

[@K-Dot94]

Casino man, cmon

[@FirstPlace97]

Woody above Bergman? haha. Ask him yourself and you'll get a laugh then a scowl.

[@FirstPlace97]

Gabe Azevedo I can see you have passion, but obviously you know nothing about movies; you can't even get *Andrei* Tarkovsky's name right.

[@angelatzw1503]

top ten directors eva : Tarkovsky, Lynch, Kurosawa, Jean luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Hitchcock, Chaplin, Kieszlowski.

[@mateil2277]

nc QT is the best modern director.

[@FirstPlace97]

Matei Lascu He hasn't made a competent film since the 90's. I wouldn't even put him in top 10 working. He might not even be top 10 Hollywood.

[@mateil2277]

nc Kill Bill,Inglorious Basterds,Django Unchained and Hateful Eight are all great films,among the top 3 of their respective years.

[@radentstwo9793]

Overrated ones like Woody Allen joins the list but others like Billy Wilder, Sidney Lumet, Sergio Leone, David Fincher and Paul Thomas Anderson didn’t make it. Pitiful list once again

[@hood6089]

Nolan too

[@ilyaskhan2291]

Glad u included Fincher and thanks not nolan

[@hood6089]

@@ilyaskhan2291 Nolan is better than fincher easily

[@ilyaskhan2291]

@@hood6089 Fincher is better if u ask anyone they would say Nolan but critically it's Fincher

[@hood6089]

@@ilyaskhan2291 “critically” let’s compare Fight club=dark knight Inception=social network Interstellarzodiac Memento>gone girl. Nolan is clearly and critically better.

[@nicovegadiez]

Anyone has mentioned Billy Wilder, who might be the 1st without doubt, que has the highest number if films inside the Top 50 movies of all time

[@timinatr99]

Christopher Nolan should've been on the list.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

No,h should not

[@MrKJ444]

+Kosta Jovanovic agreed. HOnorable mention for him would be fine. If say his next 5 films are just as good or even better as previous ones then he will make the list

[@alessandroscuderi7300]

+tim huynh lol no

[@p41n0koki]

With his short career he had more acclaimed movies than some of those "epics" who did like 2 or 3 at most.Memento,Interstellar,The Dark knight(the greatest),Prestige.sigh

[@alessandroscuderi7300]

p41n0koki his movies arent inherently brilliant or great in pure film terms though, his scripts and editing are mediocre, he just produces well made, entertaining, blockbuster movies. He falls way short in terms of pure film compared to these film makers, Interstellar and Prestige only got decent reviews btw. His movies are generally very well liked by the masses but critics of film arent in love with them because they have clear flaws. Hes great at what he does, but what he does isnt great film.

[@hellothisischandlerbing9239]

Nolan fanboys: So that means Nolan is #1 right? 1 minute later: FUCCCKKKKK THISSSSS

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@colonelmustard5248]

I mean he’s a great director he’s def top ten but yeah I get what u saying

[@CD-603]

@@colonelmustard5248 he's no where near top 10

[@colonelmustard5248]

@@CD-603 he just 100 percent is he’s directed so many great movies I just don’t think u know what ur talking about now he’s no Stanley Kubrick but he’s still top 10

[@CD-603]

@@colonelmustard5248 he hasn't directed many great films. Memento and Inception are his two best. Apart from those and tenet his films are unoriginal and adaptations

[@Wandering-_-monk9]

Where is satyajeet ray.

[@arnavbose9115]

Yeah you overlooked the great Indian Academy award winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray !!!!

[@urryclarkfilm]

Why isn't Michael Bay number 1?!!! Said nobody ever

[@carltonbanks1932]

Well, you just said it.

[@mastertom7359]

He's just too good. The reason why Transformers 4 didn't win the Oscar for best picture makes me wanna kill myself.

[@dinsy512]

Ha ha ha, he's on that "other" list.

[@anthonyandjohn]

+Master Tom bay is terrible

[@sefatrezaye2943]

Urry Clark Film

[@senor-achopijo3841]

I couldn't agree more with #1. Genius, master, visionare... No words can make justice to Kubrick. Btw, a movie written by Tarantino and directed by Kubrick? That would have been perfection :D

[@S1m0nSaysP7ay]

+señor-achopijo Would for sure be interesting to see

[@simonjesussantos1112]

It surely would if Kubrick wasn't dead…

[@MeesTW]

+señor-achopijo I recommend checking out "The Killing" by Stanley Kubrick, easily one of his most underrated movies which Tarantino eventually ripped off.

[@automate3634]

+señor-achopijo I think that would be a mess. Tarantino's screenplays can only be directed by Tarantino

[@mateil2277]

Nah,they are geniuses, but they wouldn't work well togheter

[@CodeAddict-mq2nu]

I have read somewhere that stevens(et) and satyajit ray(alien) has fued between them becoz of the resemblence in story.btw no doubt, both are legends.huge respect to them!

[@kleberkshima]

Kubrick is the best! I love Tarkovsky, Lynch and Tarantino too!

[@cubby184]

What the hell is Tarantino doing in honourable mentions .

[@kemojoaquin]

G Galeno I don’t think, Tarantino is the best director of all time, but it’s hard to deny that he is one of the most well known and influential directors. I think he would deserve a spot in the top 10, but of course these lists are just a matter of personal opinion. Though I feel strongly that Tarantino should be on that list before Woody 😂

[@Jdkdks-sf8bp]

Your opinions shit mate

[@mustyHead6]

@@Jdkdks-sf8bp i really think he should be at number 8/9 spot just because of pulp fiction and Django unchained. he literally never made a bad film and quite frankly just because his film's are just too much fun and creative and he just loves movies. he loves every kinds of movies and he shows it in his films. i think he is the best and the greatest ( and my favorite) director of all time but it's just my opinion

[@Jdkdks-sf8bp]

I totally agree pulp fiction is a banging movie absolutely classic and django unchained is a great film

[@HeartbeatCN]

@@mustyHead6 Steven Spielberg is only #8 on this list though and he's a way greater director than Tarantino.

[@IzoxPizo]

Woody Allen is on the list and Sergio Leone is not even a honorable mention? LOL

[@octopas9]

Satyajit ray 1) the trilogy of apu 2) the days and nights in the jungle 3) mahanagar 4) the philosopher's stone 5) satranj li khilari

[@Luca-bv5ic]

they definitely aren't including bollywood mate. Nobody really knows these outside of India.

[@octopas9]

@@Luca-bv5ic yes agree to you

[@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286]

Ozu, Kazan, Tarkovsky. John Ford was such a heavy influence on Kurosawa that he took the Western and adapted it to Samurai movies that were so great that they were turned back into Westerns..."The Magnificent Seven," and, "A Fistful of Dollars." Ozu's, "Tokyo Story," will break your heart.

[@sylvainbeaudet988]

Charlie Chaplin, Andreï Tarkovski, Antonioni, Fritz Lang, Eiseinstein????

[@meamwayne2070]

Yeah, they're all great, but that's five guys for a list of ten, so which five would you bump? Hitchcock. Felliini, Bergman, and Kurosawa, at least, are all pretty much indisputable and indispensible. I think you really need to have at least one artist who is still alive and producing good work, so Scorsese stays, and there seems to be widespread agreement with the selection of Kubrick, so which four of your five do you like best?

[@peterkelnerxd7009]

meamwayne kick out Spielberg Allen coppola and Scorsese

[@peterkelnerxd7009]

meamwayne and tarkovsky is better than kubrick

[@meamwayne2070]

That would produce a list with no living and active directors. I'm not okay with that. That would be stodgy and snobbish, and I don't think it would be accurate. Martin Scorsese is not a dispensable also ran.

[@meamwayne2070]

I don't know that I'd agree that Tarkovsky is better than Kubrick, but I think the mere the fact that it seems to come down to a choice between then in your mind as it does in mine is telling. As great as they both are, the have so many things in common as artists, both obvious and indefinable, that it does seem like squeezing both of them onto a list this short would be superfluous and would create an imbalance in terms of recognizing the full breadth of all that can be done in film.

[@DC-zi6se]

1. Sergei Eisenstein-DW Griffith 2. Stanley Kubrick 3. Akira Kurosawa 4. Martin Scorsese 5. Satyajit Ray 6. Alfred Hitchcock 7. Orson Welles 8. Andrei Tarkovsky 9. Federico Fellini 10. Jean Renoir

[@preethamvasireddy914]

Francis Ford Coppola and Bong Joon Ho

[@dawsondjodvorj2408]

@@preethamvasireddy914 Bong Joon Ho? Are you serious?

[@Oscareuh]

Dawson Djodvorj Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja and Parasite. Yes, he is serious.

[@dawsondjodvorj2408]

@@Oscareuh Dude none of those movies even come close to being the greatest of all time. They are good, no doubt. But I can literally name more than 30 directors better than him. Hell Bong Joon Ho isnt even top 5 of his generation. You guys need to stop overrating every good thing.

[@human1298]

Dawson Djodvorj I would like to know the 30 directors you think they deserve more attention

[@thesmellofadventure5370]

1: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, The Prestige, Inception, Tenet, Dunkirk, Memento) 2: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, ET, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Catch Me If You Can, Shindler's List) 3: Robert Zemmeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Castaway, Polar Express, Romancing the Stone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) 4: Richard Donner (Superman, Goonies, Maverick, Leathal Weapon, Scrooged, The Omen, Ladyhawke) 5: James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Avatar, Titanic, True Lies, The Abbyss) 6: Tim Burton (Batman, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Peewee's Big Adventure, Edward Scissorshands, Big Fish) 7: Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, Shining, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Clockwork Orange, Barry Lydon) 8: Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, The Martian, Thelma and Louise, American Gangster) 9: Russo Brothers (Infinity War, Endgame, Winter Soldier, Civil War, 21 Bridges, Extraction) 10: Martin Scorcese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, King of Comedy)

[@ronang9938]

I know this was a year ago but 💀

[@Andrew-of8uq]

Watch more movies for the love of god

[@denariousNickGee]

For me without a doubt it’s Speilburg He has SOOO many classics

[@aqeeftaa6170]

Agree

[@jessebrucepinkman9834]

I agree to but my fav is Micheal Mann

[@paulhallatt4313]

He's untouchable

[@julesthompson6690]

I want to be a director when I’m older

[@nickpastorino5370]

Then eat more apples.

[@yep1tsdr3w89]

Nick Pastorino The hell does that mean?

[@iramfairuz4485]

Well good luck

[@seraj3068]

Same but I don't think I'll make enough money to make a movie

[@callunmcveigh4482]

Then make that dream come true

[@agm9525]

Actually best directors of all time are totally underrated hahaha

[@bunny.thebest9103]

In 2002, Orson Welles was voted the greatest film director of all time in two British Film Institute polls among directors and critics. Do your research, it seems more like a personal list.

[@howardpope3932]

"Number 2: Alfred Hitchcock"...Maybe there is something wrong with my ears, my eyes or my brain but I see a big "3" in front of this name. Am I the only one?

[@acdragonrider]

No

[@frankieM911]

I saw that two

[@howardpope3932]

@@frankieM911😄 That relieves me. So I didn´t have a hallucination.

[@loganchapman1345]

Tarantino should have been more than a mention

[@kikmex1296]

DEATHSTROKE621 Tarantino is a great director nowhere the best. His screenplay is too good but his direction is bad. You must know what is direction. He shouldnt even been a mention

[@neilbean488]

He made 1 good movie

[@ryanwoods782]

V capri then watch more than one of his movies

[@neilbean488]

@@ryanwoods782 , what I mean by this is that he made one good movie with incredible reviews. Pulp Fiction. Don't get me wrong I liked pulp fiction, Django and Inglorious Bastereds. But he's overrated. Their are a lot better filmmakers out their.

[@Alessandro-ch3fp]

Please stfu 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jackgalati4875]

Tarkovsky?

[@seraj3068]

Who?

[@BigChazzVideos]

Tarkovsky

[@hood6089]

Who?

[@ead630]

For me: 1. Martin Scorsese 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Ingmar Bergman 4. Akira Kurosawa 5. Charlie Chaplin 6. Stanley Kubrick 7. John Ford 8. Billy Wilder 9. Federico Fellini 10. Woody Allen

[@ruly8153]

What about Christopher Nolan

[@lejam0771]

Ruly manatee wot, no, in comparison to Fellini or Kubrick he’s nothing

[@ruly8153]

Sam Thornton He’s not nothing He’s one of the best directors of his generation I’m not saying he should be in the list but he deserves a nomination at least If tarantino can, Nolan can

[@DanielGoldMcduckRose]

Clint Eastwood Peter Jackson Robert zemekis Christopher Nolan Ridley Scott it's hard to make lists

[@DanielGoldMcduckRose]

@IssyFishyy Dunkirk was his most recent in tenet. average what's that? Compared to what ?

[@kevzsabz8253]

Here's my Top 30 List of what i think is the Greatest Directors of All Time: 1. Akira Kurosawa (Japan) 🇯🇵 Best Movie: Seven Samurai 2. Stanley Kubrick (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Movie: Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learn To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) 3. David Lean (Great Britain) 🇬🇧 Best Film: Lawrence of Arabia 4. Andrei Tarkovsky (Russia) 🇷🇺 Best Film: Andrei Rublev 5. Ingmar Bergman (Sweden) 🇸🇪 Best Film: The Seventh Seal 6. Federico Fellini (Italy) 🇮🇹 Best Film: 8 1/2 7. Sergio Leone (Italy) 🇮🇹 Best Film: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 8. Alfred Hitchcock (Great Britain) 🇬🇧 Best Film: Vertigo 9. Jean Luc Godard (France) 🇫🇷 Best Film: Breathless 10. Yasujiro Ozu (Japan) 🇯🇵 Best Film: Tokyo Story 11. Martin Scorsese (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: Taxi Driver 12. Jean Pierre Melville (France) 🇫🇷 Best Film: Le Samouraï 13. Francois Truffaut (France) 🇫🇷 Best Film: The 400 Blows 14. John Ford (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: The Searchers 15. Ken Loach (Great Britain) 🇬🇧 Best Film: Kes 16. Satyajit Ray (India) 🇮🇳 Best Film: Pather Panchali 17. Werner Herzog (Germany) 🇩🇪 Best Film: Aguirre, the Wrath of God 18. Michaelangelo Antonioni (Italy) 🇮🇹 Best Film: Blow-Up 19. John Hughes (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: The Breakfast Club 20. Billy Wilder (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: Sunset Boulevard 21. Lino Brocka (Philippines) 🇵🇭 Best Film: Manila: In The Claws of Light 23. Orson Welles (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: Citizen Kane 24. Steven Spielberg (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: Close Encounters of The Third Kind 25. Nicolas Roeg (Great Britain) 🇬🇧 Best Film: Don't Look Now 26. Francis Ford Coppola (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: The Godfather 27. Robert Altman (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: 3 Women 29. David Cronenberg (United States (United States) 🇺🇸 Best Film: The Fly 30. Alexander Jodorowsky (Chile) 🇨🇱 Best Film: El Topo

[@transition4522]

No quinten Tarantino or james cameron?????

[@kevzsabz8253]

@@transition4522 Both are in my Top 100. 😉😉

[@youszz6606]

​@@kevzsabz8253Kubrick should be 1 imo and hitchcock>kurosowa

[@clementbourry429]

Tarkovski, Fritz Lang, Bunuel, Ford, Truffaut, Antonioni, Hawks, Bresson, Chaplin, Mizogushi, Ozu ?????

[@lftma]

Aaaaahhh finally someone that knows these directors, I'm tired of all the "where are Fincher and Nolan???"

[@lftma]

@Gabriel Sobre I don't say they should know them, but they shouldn't pretend making top 5's, and by the way I'm 14 years old so...

[@lftma]

@Akash Akks yes.

[@amirrezajavadian2458]

@Akash Akks dont be surprised im 19 and I have friends my age and younger than me who watch bergman and bunuel and tarkovski and etc.

[@thedemonthatchasedyouupyou1747]

@Akash Akks I'm 15 and most of my favorite movies are from the 40s and 50s. And I'm a Kubrick addict as well.

[@jaxxsdiary3708]

Akira Kurosawa was said " If you never seen a *Satyajit Ray* 's movie in your whole life, that's mean you're never seen a sun or moon in your life." Fact : Satyajit Ray got an honorary award by the Academy. & You *Watchmojo* not even mention him.

[@123rebelguy]

Satyajit best hai yr ... i have seen few of his movie ... unbelievable .

[@jaxxsdiary3708]

@@123rebelguy yes man. He's a genius. In this list all the directors are great. I love their works n visions....but, *Satyajit Ray* should've been on the list.

[@jaxxsdiary3708]

@Vishnu k I'm just saying they should've mention him

[@Gd-jq6mz]

@Arjun t lol Google it. Who put up the list in Google. Y the fuck should we even care about it. Google it. Moron

[@rajarshibose5122]

@Arjun t I mean how can you compare them in terms of popularity (Bengali vs English) .Google don't rank them ,they will just show one of us sites result based on voting

[@sauravnandi6101]

Although script of E.T. is copied from Satyajit Ray 's script of 'Alien' based on story which also written by himself named ' BANKUBABUR Bandhu' (BANKU BABU'S FRIEND)first published on bengali magazine 'Sandesh' in 1967.

[@Itsshaunbewarned]

My All-time Favorite is Stanley Kubrick, He is also my wallpaper

[@culttops1296]

My TOP 20: 20 Danny Boyle 19 Fritz Lang 18 Abbas Kiarostami 17 Wim Wenders 16 David Fincher 15 Werner Herzog 14 Buster Keaton 13 Billy Wilder 12 Francis Ford Coppola 11 Charles Chaplin 10 David Lynch 9 Steven Spielberg 8 Jean-Luc Godard 7 Akira Kurosawa 6 Martin Scorsese 5 Federico Fellini 4 Andrei Tarkovsky 3 Stanley Kubrick 2 Alfred Hitchcock 1 Ingmar Bergman

[@isakdahl7054]

Cult Tops 👌Great list!

[@xavierd725]

I would’ve put tarantino in there but other than that I agree

[@tristanlanphere7736]

why are all the comments to this vid saying Andrei Tarvovsky should be in the top 10, like how doe anybody like stalker it is so damn boring

[@PEPSIPET]

Charlie Chaplin seriously, i mean that guy need a least the 3rs spot.

[@rekisrax7344]

P.E.P m

[@alexthesplendidflippyhtffan]

I've got to say Stanley Kubrick is my favorite movie director. My favorite movies from Stanley Kubrick is: The Shining (1980) and A Clockwork Orange (1971).

[@marekgjonlic6469]

I’ve maybe expected Georges Méliès on the list.

[@AlbrechtAaron]

I never even thought of him before I saw your comment but yet totally one of if not the most influential directors of all time

[@calogerohuygens4430]

No Tarkovsky no Leone no Eisenstein no Riefenstahl no Truffaut no Rossellini no Chaplin? But Allen is in! C'mon.

[@calogerohuygens4430]

@I Riefenstahl influenced modern cinematography as Welles or Eisenstein. Do You want to discuss or are you simply trolling?

[@christian9146]

Lol I love how everyone trash on Allen To be honest why is he hated?

[@calogerohuygens4430]

@@christian9146 because he's good but not perfect.

[@christian9146]

@@calogerohuygens4430 oh thanks for the reply but is his movie mediocre?

[@calogerohuygens4430]

@@christian9146 no, but Allen movies aren't fundamentals like them of Rossellini or Truffaut.

[@Ecclesiastes11718]

ONE WORD.Tarkovski

[@kilitoful2897v2]

typical hipster

[@thestranger4827]

BlackSketchyThing YES!! The fact Tarkovsky wasn't on this list is fucking ridiculous!

[@henryolsen6248]

Yep. top 7 for sure.

[@HarryK-ld2ed]

Even if not top 10, Nolan at least deserved to be an honorable mention.

[@YankeeBigBird]

"1941" was one of Steven Spielberg's Greatest movies!

[@cesaroctaviomirandatrejo4901]

Woody Allen is not better than Bergman, not better than Tarkovsky.

[@cesaroctaviomirandatrejo4901]

+César Miranda Also, Spielberg is not what I call great director, what you make at the box-office doesn't make you great director.

[@rps121]

+César Miranda Don't talk like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan don't exist.

[@cesaroctaviomirandatrejo4901]

+rps121 I'm talking while I'm aware of the work of other directors, I'm not staying with Hollywood's golden boys.

[@rps121]

César Miranda My point was that he's not a great director just because of his box-office numbers and those 2 films are an example of his skills.

[@buzzradu6372]

+rps121 If you consider a great director in the purest story telling sense Spielberg is an excellent director. Aside from Schindlers and Private Ryan - his ability to entertain is top notch. Jaws, Close Encounters, and Raiders are examples of incredibly skillful storytelling. I'm not saying best ever or anything - but the guy does his job and delivers.

[@Trance18]

In No particular order although my favorite is Scorssese : Kubrick Scorsese Hitchcock Orsen wells Coppola John Ford Kazan Spielberg Charlie chaplin David lean

[@DanielGoldMcduckRose]

Christopher Nolan Quintin tarentino Peter Jackson Robert zemekis Clint Eastwood Ridley Scott it's hard to make lists

[@Trance18]

@@DanielGoldMcduckRose yeah true its all about the ones taste , you can add Woody allen too , he is a genius when it comes to Comedy and awkwardness

[@DanielGoldMcduckRose]

My top top three are Nolan Scorsese Tartintino but still putting Speilberg at my top as far as unbiased everybody loves him whether your young or old in between e.t. Jaws jarassic park Indiana Jones close encounters Schindler's list Lincoln bridge of spies

[@dawsondjodvorj2408]

Thats a pretty amazing list, glad you put chaplin, ford and kazan. Besides Spielberg, the list is brilliant.

[@oneflakes2319]

James Cameron ?!?!

[@valtsux2856]

Stanley Kubrick is the best director of all timw

[@niktej1114]

@TheNabOwnzz who then? Peter Jackson 😂

[@aravind6640]

Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kubrick Spielberg'

[@sumantkurumbhatte2488]

Sergio Leone is not anywhere in this list.

[@BigChazzVideos]

the worst list i ever seen. i mean when you got Steven Spielberg among The best directors of the history and Tarkovsky out of it Then you dont know anything about movies

[@benstein2781]

And Coppola. He shouldn't be on there either.

[@josehinojosa7458]

steven Spielberg is freaking bad ass dude

[@SuperBrictson]

For spectators maybe but he's shit to cinephiles!!! We don't need no storytelling, we need vision, concept, substance!!!

[@scifinerd17]

SuperBrictson Shit to cinephiles? Spielberg’s talked about and studied about in film classes all the time. I don’t know who the fuck these cinephiles are that you’re talking about but they seem pretentious and don’t like fun.

[@SuperBrictson]

Fun? hahahaha cinema is not an entertainment as TV, that's why we call it big screen, bigger quality, better language through metaphors without TV usual clichés. If you put Spielberg n' Woody Allen among way greater renaissance men like Hitchcock, Bergman, Kurosawa, Kubrick, etc. then you got a serious problem of criterium or you're just being childish n' a fanboy. Spielberg is for benchwarmers n' not for serious people who actually likes to think after the film. Pretentious fans? I rather be demanding than settle with the first easy proposal of his or any director!!!

[@akoslukacs287]

Steven Spielberg is the best!

[@jsjwhw8254]

Hell no

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

David Fincher and Pt Anderson from the younger film directors!!!

[@jamesward3859]

Why on Earth is Steven Spielberg is number 8

[@lunnelpaloma6167]

Ya your Right, Why????

[@toadsonytwo]

Taking a look at spielbergs movies, he should have been #1.

[@trieunguyen3339]

the reasonable explanation for your question is that Steven's movie were such great for his own century, not really impact to the teenager and kids since 2000s.

[@goodhunter7336]

U know what, i am glad he is even on the list...

[@theshadowstudiosoficial1034]

EXACTLY!!!

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

Why is woody allen even in this list

[@bobbyking1738]

cause he is a good director and I think Roman Polankinsi should be in the list too

[@kkkkkk-sj3wu]

@@bobbyking1738 boring director

[@bobbyking1738]

@@kkkkkk-sj3wu stfu kid

[@shauryaa5687]

@@bobbyking1738 as good as he may be, he shouldn't be anywhere near this list

[@bobbyking1738]

@@shauryaa5687 That makes no sense

[@simonrexa2532]

Sergio Leone not even honorable mention??!!

[@thewhoman3182]

My top 10 favourite directors in no particular order 1- Spielberg 2-Jackson 3-Fincher 4-Kubrick 5-Burton 6-Tarantino 7-Lynch 8-Cameron 9-Gilliam 10- Lucas

[@thewhoman3182]

@El Viola Feos no, but thanks...

[@dlajarn]

I have just two words to add... JOHN FORD!!!!!!

[@shotbro4998]

John Ford, Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergio Leone r all way better than most, if not all, the guys on this list.

[@guidograndi8356]

@@shotbro4998 better than Spielberg, Allen and Coppola? Sure. Better than Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa, Hitchcock and Kubrick? No way

[@eliseosoto6224]

never thought i would agree with watchmojo but stanley kubrick is number 1.

[@micki775]

E.T was originally Satyajit Ray's Idea.. back in the late 70's. Spielberg was backpacking/traveling in India.

[@dawsondjodvorj2408]

Not easy to rank since there have been many geniuses, but I guess mine could be: 1) Stanley Kubrick 2) Orson Welles 3) Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola 4) Alfred Hitchcock 5) Akira Kurosawa 6) Roman Polanski 7) Charlie Chaplin 8) David Lynch 9) Terrence Malick 10) Ingmar Bergman

[@ShahzaibKhan-mo6ys]

I don't know about old generation but for my generation :- 1. Christopher Nolan 2. Martin Scorsese 3. Quentin tarantino 4. James cameron 5. Steven spielberg

[@33crushman]

This would be my list.

[@shanthusaran6869]

Were is David fincher lol

[@jamielyons7281]

Personally I think Fincher is much better than nolan

[@DanielGoldMcduckRose]

Missing Robert zemekis Clint Eastwood Peter Jackson

[@berkany.476]

I see you are not a man of culture

[@noellinder99]

As a Swede, it was great seeing Bergman on this list. One of the most influentual directors of all time!

[@gabriellamberes3308]

i wish steven spielberg was around the top fives but im happy hes on here out of all them he is my favorite director and he inspires me to become a film maker myself

[@CPepas]

Where is David Fincher bro