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Best Movie Directors of All Time
Is Kubrick actually the GOAT or just pretentious? Settle the debate on the best movie directors of all time. Vote now to rank cinema's greatest visionaries!
Current #1François Truffaut 🇫🇷
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M. Night Shyamalan 🇮🇳
76% WR34 matches
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David Lynch 🇺🇸
1575
78% WR18 matches
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Ingmar Bergman 🇸🇪
1555
63% WR27 matches
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David Lynch 🇺🇸
1575
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78% WR|18 matches
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M. Night Shyamalan 🇮🇳
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76% WR|34 matches
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Ingmar Bergman 🇸🇪
1555
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63% WR|27 matches
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Rajkumar Hirani 🇮🇳
Win Rate: 68%
|Samples: 19
1552
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Orson Welles 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 61%
|Samples: 28
1544
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Taika Waititi 🇳🇿
Win Rate: 60%
|Samples: 25
1541
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Andrei Tarkovsky 🇷🇺
Win Rate: 63%
|Samples: 19
1540
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Martin Scorsese 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 58%
|Samples: 26
1537
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09
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George Lucas 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 62%
|Samples: 21
1534
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10
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Wong Kar-wai 🇭🇰
Win Rate: 62%
|Samples: 21
1533
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11
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Federico Fellini 🇮🇹
Win Rate: 55%
|Samples: 31
1518
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12
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Spike Lee 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 59%
|Samples: 17
1516
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13
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Ridley Scott 🇬🇧
Win Rate: 54%
|Samples: 28
1511
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14
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Christopher Nolan 🇬🇧
Win Rate: 54%
|Samples: 24
1509
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15
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Jordan Peele 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 48%
|Samples: 31
1509
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16
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Satyajit Ray 🇮🇳
Win Rate: 52%
|Samples: 25
1508
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17
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Michael Bay 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 24
1508
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18
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Alfred Hitchcock 🇬🇧
Win Rate: 52%
|Samples: 25
1503
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19
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Sofia Coppola 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 52%
|Samples: 27
1498
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20
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Hayao Miyazaki 🇯🇵
Win Rate: 48%
|Samples: 33
1498
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21
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Alfonso Cuarón 🇲🇽
Win Rate: 48%
|Samples: 23
1494
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Greta Gerwig 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 48%
|Samples: 23
1493
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23
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Woody Allen 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 52%
|Samples: 29
1493
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24
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Peter Jackson 🇳🇿
Win Rate: 46%
|Samples: 26
1493
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25
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Quentin Tarantino 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 46%
|Samples: 26
1488
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26
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Stanley Kubrick 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 43%
|Samples: 23
1488
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27
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Francis Ford Coppola 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 45%
|Samples: 20
1484
Elo Score
28
G
Guillermo del Toro 🇲🇽
Win Rate: 50%
|Samples: 26
1481
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29
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Bong Joon-ho 🇰🇷
Win Rate: 43%
|Samples: 28
1480
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30
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James Cameron 🇨🇦
Win Rate: 44%
|Samples: 36
1479
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31
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Pedro Almodóvar 🇪🇸
Win Rate: 43%
|Samples: 21
1477
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32
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Denis Villeneuve 🇨🇦
Win Rate: 43%
|Samples: 21
1474
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33
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Akira Kurosawa 🇯🇵
Win Rate: 43%
|Samples: 28
1471
Elo Score
34
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David Fincher 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 37%
|Samples: 27
1467
Elo Score
35
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Park Chan-wook 🇰🇷
Win Rate: 40%
|Samples: 20
1465
Elo Score
36
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Steven Spielberg 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 42%
|Samples: 31
1458
Elo Score
37
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Paul Thomas Anderson 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 38%
|Samples: 32
1451
Elo Score
38
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Wes Anderson 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 33%
|Samples: 24
1440
Elo Score
39
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Zack Snyder 🇺🇸
Win Rate: 31%
|Samples: 26
1427
Elo Score
40
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu 🇲🇽
Win Rate: 26%
|Samples: 27
1413
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