Top 212 Contemporary Directors [Alphabetical] And Their Best Films From 1991 To 2020

Masters Of Contemporary Cinema

Maren Ade [Germany]

* Toni Erdmann (2016)

* Everyone Else (2009)

Jonas Åkerlund [Sweden]

* Spun (2002)

* Lords Of Chaos (2018)

Chantal Akerman [Belgium]

RIP

* The Captive (2000)

* From the East (1993)

* Portrait Of A Young Girl At The End Of The 60's In Brussels (1994)

*Night and Day (1991)

Fatih Akın [Germany]

* Head-On (2004)

* The Edge Of Heaven (2007)

* In The Fade (2017)

Maite Alberdi [Chile]

* The Mole Agent (2020)

* La Once (2014)

Woody Allen [USA]

* Husbands And Wives (1992)

* Midnight In Paris (2011)

* Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

* Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Pedro Almodóvar [Spain]

* All About My Mother (1999)

* Bad Education (2004)

* Talk To Her (2002)

* Volver (2006)

Lisandro Alonso [Argentina]

* La Libertad (2001)

* Jauja (2014)

*Los Muertos (2004) 

Robert Altman [USA]

RIP

* Gosford Park (2001)

* The Company (2003)

Alejandro Amenábar [Spain]

* Open Your Eyes (1997)

* The Sea Inside (2004)

* The Others (2001)

* Thesis (1996)

* Agora (2009)

Wes Anderson [USA]

* The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

* The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

* Rushmore (1998)

* Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

* The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)

Theo Angelopoulos [Greece]

RIP

* Eternity And A Day (1998)

* The Weeping Meadow (2004)

* Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

* The Dust Of Time (2008)

* The Suspended Step Of The Stork (1991)

Gregg Araki [USA]

* Mysterious Skin (2004)

* The Living End (1992)

Totally F**ed Up (1993)

Andrea Arnold [England]

* Fish Tank (2009)

* Red Road (2006)

* American Honey (2016)

Darren Aronofsky [USA]

* Requiem For A Dream (2000)

* Pi (1998)

* Black Swan (2010)

* The Wrestler (2008)

Olivier Assayas [France]

* Personal Shopper (2016)

* Boarding Gate (2007)

* Non-Fiction (2019)

* Carlos (2010)

Ari Aster [USA]

* Midsommar (Director's Cut) (2019)

* Hereditary (2018)

Jacques Audiard [France]

* A Prophet (2009)

* Read My Lips (2002)

* The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

* Rust And Bone (2012)

Noah Baumbach [USA]

* Frances Ha (2013)

* Marriage Story (2019)

* The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

* Greenberg (2010)

Bernardo Bertolucci [Italy]

RIP

* The Dreamers (2003)

* Stealing Beauty (1996)

* Me & You (2012)

Luc Besson [France]

* Leon: The Professional (1994)

* Angel-A (2005)

* The Fifth Element (1997)

Bigas Luna [Spain]

RIP

* Ham, Ham (1992)

* The Tit And The Moon (1994)

Kathryn Bigelow [USA]

* The Hurt Locker (2008)

* Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

* Strange Days (1995)

Neill Blomkamp [South Africa]

* District 9 (2009)

* Chappie (2015)

* Elysium (2013)

Bong Joon-ho [South Korea]

* Parasite (2019)

* Memories Of Murder (2003)

* The Host (2006)

* Mother (2009)

* Okja (2017)

Danny Boyle [England]

* Trainspotting (1996)

* 24 Days Later (2002)

* Millions (2004)

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

* Sunshine (2007)

Catherine Breillat [France]

* Fat Girl (2001)

* The Last Mistress (2007)

* Abuse Of Weakness (2013)

Mel Brooks [USA]

* Dracula: Dead And Loving It (1995)

* Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993)

* Life Stinks (1991)

Tim Burton [USA]

* Big Fish (2003)

* Ed Wood (1994)

* Corpse Bride (with Mike Johnson, 2005)

* Frankenweenie (2012)

Mike Cahill [USA]

* I Origins (2014)

* Another Earth (2011)

* King Of California (2007)

Silvio Caiozzi [Chile]

* ...And Suddenly The Dawn (2017)

* Cachimba (2004)

* Coronation (2000)

Jane Campion [New Zealand]

* The Piano (1993)

* American Honey (2016)

* An Angel At My Table (1990)

* Top Of The Lake (2013)

Léos Carax [France]

* Holy Motors (2012)

* Pola X (1999)

Shane Carruth [USA]

* Primer (2004)

* Upstream Color (2013)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan [Turkey]

* Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (2011)

* Winter Sleep (2014)

* Climates (2006)

Claude Chabrol [France]

RIP

* La Cérémonie (1995)

* A Girl Cut In Two (2008)

* Betty (1993)

* Merci Pour Le Chocolat (2000)

Coen Brothers [USA]

* Fargo (1996)

* The Big Lebowski (1998)

* Barton Fink (1991)

* No Country For Old Men (2007)

* Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

* Hail, Caesar! (2016)

* The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Sofia Coppola [USA]

* Lost In Translation (2003)

* The Virgin Suicides (1999)

* On The Rocks (2020)

* Somewhere (2010)

* A Very Murray Christmas (2015)

* Marie Antoinette (2006)

Anton Corbijn [Netherlands]

* Control (2007)

* The American (2010)

* The Most Wanted Man (2014)

* Life (2015)

Pedro Costa [Portugal]

* Vitalina Varela (2019)

* Horse Money (2014)

* In Vanda's Room (2000)

* Ossos (1997)

David Cronenberg [Canada]

* Crash (1996)

* A History Of Violence (2005)

* Spider (2002)

* Eastern Promises (2007)

* Naked Lunch (1991)

* eXistenZ (1999)

* M. Butterfly (1993)

Alfonso Cuarón [Mexico]

* Children Of Men (2006)

* And Your Mother Too (2001)

* Roma (2018)

Dardenne Brothers [Belgium]

* The Child (2005)

* Rosetta (1999)

* The Son (2002)

Terence Davies [England]

* The House Of Mirth (2000)

* The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

* A Quiet Passion (2017)

Álex de la Iglesia [Spain]

* Ferpect Crime (2004)

* The Day Of The Beast (1995)

* Witching And Bitching (2013)

* The Bar (2017)

* The Last Circus (2010)

Manoel de Oliveira [Portugal]

RIP

* Abraham's Valley (1993)

* I'm Going Home (2001)

* Anxiety (1998)

* Journey To The Beginning Of The World (1997)

* The Strange Case Of Angelica (2010)

* Word And Utopia (2000)

* Divine Comedy (1991)

Guillermo Del Toro [Mexico]

* The Devil's Backbone (2001)

* Blade II (2002)

* Hellboy (2004)

* Cronos (1993)

* Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

* Crimson Peak (2015)

* Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Jonathan Demme [USA]

RIP

* The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

* Beloved (1998)

* Rachel Getting Married (2008)

* Philadelphia (1993)

Claire Denis [France]

* Good Job (1999)

* The Intruder (2004)

* White Material (2009)

* High Life (2018)

* Trouble Every Day (2001)

* Bastards (2013)

Lav Diaz [Philippines]

* Norte, The End Of History (2013)

* Melancholia (2008)

Xavier Dolan [Canada]

* Laurence Anyways (2012)

* Mommy (2014)

* I Killed My Mother (2009)

Bruno Dumont [France]

* Twentynine Palms (2003)

* Li'l Quinquin (2014)

* Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc + Joan Of Arc (2017 - 2019)

* Hors Satan (2011)

Ava DuVernay [USA]

* Selma (2014)

* 13th (2016)

* When They See Us (2019)

Clint Eastwood [USA]

* Mystic River (2003)

* Unforgiven (1992)

* Million Dollar Baby (2004)

* Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

* Gran Torino (2008)

Robert Eggers [USA]

* The Witch (2015)

* The Lighthouse (2019)

Atom Egoyan [Egypt]

* The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

* Exotica (1994)

* Felicia's Journey (1999)

* Ararat (2002)

* Remember (2015)

Asghar Farhadi [Iran]

* About Elly (2009)

* A Separation (2011)

* The Salesman (2016)

Abel Ferrara [USA]

* Bad Lieutenant (1992)

* The Funeral (1996)

* The Addiction (1995)

* Tomasso (2019)

* Go Go Tales (2007)

Larry Fessenden [USA]

* Habit (1996)

* Wendigo (2001)

* Depraved (2019)

* The Last Winter (2006)

Mike Figgis [England]

* Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

* Timecode (2000)

* Hotel (2001)

David Fincher [USA]

* Zodiac (2007)

* Seven (1995)

* The Fight Club (1999)

* The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)

* The Social Network (2010)

Tom Ford [USA]

* Nocturnal Animals (2016)

* A Single Man (2009)

Matteo Garrone [Italy]

* Gomorrah (2008)

* Dogman (2018)

* Reality (2012)

Alex Gibney [USA]

* Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief (2015)

* Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room (2005)

* Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

Terry Gilliam [USA]

* Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)

* Tideland (2005)

* Twelve Monkeys (1995)

* The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

Jonathan Glazer [England]

* Sexy Beast (2000)

* Under The Skin (2013)

* Birth (2004)

Miguel Gomes [Portugal]

* Arabian Nights (2015)

* Tabu (2012)

Michel Gondry [France]

* Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

* The Science Of Sleep (2006)

* Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Alejandro González Iñárritu [Mexico]

* Amores Perros (2000)

* Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) (2014)

* Babel (2006)

* The Revenant (2015)

* 21 Grams (2003)

James Gray [USA]

* Ad Astra (2019)

* The Immigrant (2013)

* The Lost City Of Z (2016)

* Little Odessa (1994)

David Gordon Green [USA]

* George Washington (2000)

* All The Real Girls (2003)

* Pineapple Express (2008)

* Undertow (2004)

Peter Greenaway [Wales]

* 8½ Women (1999)

* Eisenstein In Guanajuato (2015)

* Nightwatching (2007)

Luca Guadagnino [Italy]

* Call Me By Your Name (2017)

* I Am Love (2009)

* A Bigger Splash (2015)

Patricio Guzmán [Chile]

* Nostalgia For The Light (2010)

* Chile, The Obstinate Memory (1997)

* The Pearl Button (2015)

* Salvador Allende (2004)

* The Cordillera Of Dreams (2019)

Michael Haneke [Austria]

* Caché (2005)

* Funny Games (1996)

* The White Ribbon (2009)

* The Piano Teacher (2001)

* Code Unknown (2000)

* Happy End (2017)

* Amour (2012)

* Benny's Video (1992)

Mia Hansen-Løve [France]

* Things To Come (2016)

* Eden (2015)

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun [Chad]

* Dry Season (2006)

* Grigris (2013)

* Our Father (2002)

* A Season In France (2017)

* A Screaming Man (2010)

Todd Haynes [USA]

* Far From Heaven (2002)

* Safe (1995)

* Velvet Goldmine (1998)

* Carol (2015)

* Poison (1991)

* I'm Not There (2007)

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck [Germany]

* The Life Of Others (2006)

* Never Look Away (2018)

Werner Herzog [Germany]

* Grizzly Man (2005)

* Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (2009)

* Encounters At The End Of The World (2007)

* Into the Abyss (2011)

* Little Dieter Needs To Fly (1997)

* Rescue Dawn (2007)

Oliver Hirschbiegel [Germany]

* Downfall (2004)

* Das Experiment (2001)

* Five Minutes Of Heaven (2009)

Hong Sang-Soo [South Korea]

* Right Now Wrong Then (2015)

* Yourself And Yours (2016)

* Tale Of Cinema (2005)

* The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well (1996)

Jan Hrebejk [Czech Republic]

* Divided We Fall (2000)

* Cosy Dens (1999)

* Up And Down (2004)

* Kawasaki's Rose (2009)

Hou Hsiao-hsien [ROC]

* The Puppetmaster (1993)

* The Assassin (2015)

* Millennium Mambo 2001

* Three Times (2005)

* Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

Shōhei Imamura [Japan]

RIP

* Dr. Akagi (1998)

* The Eel (1997)

* Warm Water Under A Red Bridge (2002)

Peter Jackson [New Zealand]

* The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

* Braindead (1992)

* They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)

* The Lovely Bones (2009)

Jim Jarmusch [USA]

* Dead Man (1995)

* Paterson (2016)

* Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (1999)

* Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

* Broken Flowers (2005)

* Night On Earth (1991)

* The Dead Don't Die (2019)

Barry Jenkins [USA]

* Moonlight (2016)

* If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

* Medicine For Melancholy (2008)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet [France]

* Delicatessen (1991)

* The City Of  Lost Children (with Marc Caro, 1995)

* Amelie (2001)

Jia Zhangke [PRC]

* Platform (2000)

* Still Life (2006)

* Ash Is Purest White (2018)

* The World (2004)

Alejandro Jodorowsky [Chile]

* The Dance of Reality (2013)

* Endless Poetry (2016)

Rian Johnson [USA]

* Knives Out (2019)

* Looper (2012)

* Brick (2006)

Spike Jonze [USA]

* Adaptation. (2002)

* Being John Malkovich (1999)

* Her (2013)

Neil Jordan [Ireland]

* The Crying Game (1992)

* The Butcher Boy (1997)

* Breakfast On Pluto (2005)

* Michael Collins (1996)

* Interview With The Vampire (1994)

Miranda July [USA]

* Me And You And Everyone We Know (2005)

* Kajillionaire (2020)

* The Future (2011)

Charlie Kaufman [USA]

* Synecdoche, New York (2008)

* Anomalisa (2015)

* I’m Thinking Of Ending Things (2020)

Aki Kaurismäki [Finland]

* The Man Without A Past (2002)

* Drifting Clouds (1996)

* Le Havre (2011)

Jennifer Kent [Australia]

* The Babadook (2014)

* The Nightingale (2018)

Abbas Kiarostami [Iran]

RIP

* Taste Of Cherry (1997)

* The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

* Copie Conforme (2010)

* Ten (2002)

* Through The Olive Trees (1994)

* Like Someone In Love (2012)

* 24 Frames (2017)

Krzysztof Kieślowski [Poland]

RIP

* The Double Life Of Véronique (1991)

* Rouge (1994)

* Blue (1993)

* Blanc (1994)

Kim Ji-Woon [South Korea]

* A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003)

* I Saw The Devil (2010)

* The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)

Kim Ki-duk [South Korea]

RIP

 * Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

* Time (2006)

* 3-Iron (2004)

* The Isle (2000)

Takeshi Kitano [Japan]

* Sonatine (1993)

* Fireworks (1997)

* Dolls (2002)

* Brother (1999)

Satoshi Kon [Japan]

RIP

* Paprika (2006)

* Perfect Blue (1997)

* Millennium Actress (2001)

* Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Hirokazu Koreeda [Japan]

* After Life (1998)

* Maborosi (1995)

* Shoplifters (2018)

* After the Storm (2016)

* Distance (2001)

Harmony Korine [USA]

* Gummo (1997)

* Trash Humpers (2009)

* Mister Lonely (2007)

* Spring Breakers (2012)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa [Japan]

* Cure (1997)

* Pulse (2001)

* To The Ends Of The Earth (2019)

* Tokyo Sonata (2008)

* Creepy (2016)

Emir Kusturica [Serbia]

* Underground (1995)

* Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

* Life Is A Miracle (2004)

* Arizona Dream (1993)

Yorgos Lanthimos [Greece]

* The Favourite (2018)

* Dogtooth (2009)

* The Lobster (2015)

* Alps (2011)

Pablo Larraín [Chile]

* The Club (2015)

* Tony Manero (2008)

* No (2012)

Pascal Laugier [France]

* Martyrs (2008)

* Ghostland (2018)

Ang Lee [ROC]

* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

* The Ice Storm (1997)

* The Wedding Banquet (1993)

* Brokeback Mountain (2006)

Lee Chang-dong [South Korea]

* Peppermint Candy (1999)

* Poetry (2010)

* Burning (2018)

* Secret Sunshine (2007)

* Green Fish (1997)

Spike Lee [USA]

* Chi-Raq (2015)

* Bamboozled (2000)

* Malcolm X (1992)

* Jungle Fever (1991)

* BlacKkKlansman (2018)

* Da 5 Bloods (2020)

* Clockers (1995)

Mike Leigh [England]

* Naked (1993)

* Secrets & Lies (1996)

* Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

* Vera Drake (2004)

* Topsy-Turvy (1999)

* Another Year (2010)

Richard Linklater [USA]

* Before Trilogy: Sunrise + Sunset + Midnight (1995-2013)

* Tape (2001)

* A Scanner Darkly (2006)

* Dazed And Confused (1993)

* Boyhood (2014)

* School Of Rock (2003)

Ken Loach [England]

* Land And Freedom (1995)

* I, Daniel Blake (2016)

* The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)

* Sweet Sixteen (2002)

* Raining Stones (1993)

* The Angels' Share (2012)

* Sorry We Missed You (2020)

* My Name Is Joe (1998)

* Looking For Eric (2009)

David Lynch [USA]

RIP

* Lost Highway (1997)

* Mulholland Dr. (2001)

* Inland Empire (2006)

* Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

David Mackenzie [England]

* Perfect Sense (2011)

* Young Adam (2003)

* Starred Up (2013)

* Hell Or High Water (2016)

Guy Maddin [Canada]

* My Winnipeg (2007)

* Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary (2002)

* Cowards Bend The Knee (2003)

* The Saddest Music In The World (2003)

* Brand Upon The Brain! (2006)

* The Forbidden Room (With Evan Johnson, 2015)

Majid Majidi [Iran]

* The Color Of Paradise (1999)

* The Willow Tree (2005)

* Song Of Sparrows (2008)

Terrence Malick [USA]

* The Tree Of Life (2011)

* The Thin Red Line (1998)

* The New World (2005)

* A Hidden Life (2019)

* To The Wonder (2012)

* Knight Of Cups (2015)

Michael Mann [USA]

* The Insider (1999)

* Collateral (2004)

* The Last Of The Mohicans

* Heat (1995)

* Public Enemies

 *Ali

Lucrecia Martel [Argentina]

* La Ciénaga (2001)

* The Headless Woman (2008) 

* The Holy Girl (2004)

* Zama (2017)

Lucky McKee [USA]

* The Woman (2011)

* May (2002)

* Red (with Trygve Allister Diesen, 2008)

Greg McLean [Australia]

* Wolf Creek + Wolk Creek 2 (2005 - 2013)

* Rogue (2007)

* The Belko Experiment (2016)

Steve McQueen [England]

* Hunger (2008)

* Shame (2011)

* Small Axe Anthology (2020)

* 12 Years A Slave (2013)

* Widows (2018)

Fernando Meirelles [Brazil]

* City Of God (2003)

* The Constant Gardener (2005)

* The Two Popes (2019)

Takashi Miike [Japan]

* Audition (1999)

* Visitor Q (2001)

* Gozu (2003)

* Ichi The Killer (2001)

* Blade Of The Immortal (2017)

* Dead Or Alive (1999)

Mike Mills [USA]

* Beginners (2010)

* 20th Century Women (2016)

Hayao Miyazaki [Japan]

* Spirited Away (2002)

* Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

* Princess Mononoke (1997)

* The Wind Raises (2013)

* Porco Rosso (1992)

Lukas Moodysson [Sweden]

* Show Me Love (1998)

* Together (2000)

* Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

* We Are The Best! (2013)

* Mammoth (2009)

Michael Moore [USA]

* Bowling For Columbine (2002)

* Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

* Sicko (2007)

* Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

* Where To Invade Next (2015)

* The Big One (1997)

* Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)

Errol Morris [USA]

* The Fog of War (2003)

* Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

Tabloid (2010)

* Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (2000)

* A Brief History Of Time (1991)

* Wormwood (2017)

* Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

* The Unknown Known (2013)

Na Hong-jin [South Korea]

* The Wailing (2016)

* The Chaser (2008)

* The Yellow Sea (2010)

Gaspar Noé [Argentina/France]

* Enter The Void (2009)

* Irreversible (2002)

* Climax (2018)

* I Stand Alone (1998)

* Love (2015)

Christopher Nolan [England]

* Memento (2000)

* Interstellar (2014)

* The Dark Knight (2008)

* Inception (2010)

Mamoru Oshii [Japan]

* Ghost In The Shell + Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (1995-2004)

* Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

* The Sky Crawlers (2008)

* StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)

François Ozon [France]

* Swimming Pool (2003)

* 8 Women (2002)

* Under The Sand (2000)

* Time To Leave (2005)

* Sitcom (1998)

* Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000)

* Double Lover (2017)

György Pálfi [Hungary]

* Taxidermia (2006)

* Hukkle (2002)

Jafar Panahi [Iran]

* Crimson Gold (2003)

* Taxi (2015)

* 3 Faces (2018)

* The Mirror (1997)

Park Chan-Wook [South Korea]

* Old Boy (2003) 

* Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2002) 

* The Handmaiden (2016)

* Lady Vengeance (2005)

* Joint Security Area (2000)

* Thirst (2009)

* I'm A Cyborg But That's OK (2006)

Alan Parker [England]

* The Commitments (1991)

* The Life of David Gale (2003)

* The Road To Wellville (1994)

* Angela's Ashes (1999)

Paweł Pawlikowski [Poland]

* Cold War (2018)

* Ida (2013)

* My Summer Of Love (2004) 

* The Woman In the Fifth (2011)

Alexander Payne [USA]

* The Descendants (2011)

* Sideways (2004)

* Election (1999)

* About Schmidt (2002)

* Nebraska (2013)

Jordan Peele [USA]

* Get Out (2017)

* Us (2019)

Christian Petzold [Germany]

* Phoenix (2014)

* The State I Am In (2000)

* Yella (2007)

* Barbara (2012)

* Wolfsburg (2003)

* Ghosts (2005)

* Transit (2018)

Paco Plaza [Spain]

* [REC] (with Jaume Balagueró, 2007)

* Veronica (2017)

Roman Polański [Poland/France]

* The Pianist (2002)

* The Ninth Gate (1999)

* Venus In Fur (2013)

Corneliu Porumboiu [Romania]

* Police, Adjective (2009)

* 12:08 East Of Bucharest (2006)

* The Whistlers (2020)

* The Treasure (2015)

Alex Proyas [Egypt]

* Dark City (1998)

* The Crow (1994)

* Garage Days (2002)

Cristi Puiu [Romania]

* The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)

* Malmkrog (2020)

* Sieranevada (2016)

Lynne Ramsay [Scotland]

* We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

* You Were Never Really Here (2017)

* Morvern Callar (2002)

* Ratcatcher (1999)

Kelly Reichardt [USA]

* Wendy And Lucy (2008)

* First Cow (2019)

* Old Joy (2006)

* Meek's Cutoff (2010)

Carlos Reygadas [Mexico]

* Post Tenebras Lux (2012)

* Silent Light (2007)

Arturo Ripstein [Mexico]

* Deep Crimson (1997)

* The Ruination Of Men (2000)

* Bleak Street (2015)

Mark Romanek [USA]

* One Hour Photo (2002)

* Never Let Me Go (2010)

Ross Brothers [USA]

* Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)

* 45365 (2010)

Raúl Ruiz [Chile]

RIP

* Mysteries Of Lisbon (2010)

* Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)

* Genealogies Of A Crime (1997)

* Three Lives And Only One Death (1996)

* Dark At Noon (1993)

* Comedy Of Innocence (2000)

* Love Torn In A Dream (2000)

* That Day (2003)

* La Recta Provincia (2007)

* Night Across The Street (2012)

David O. Russell [USA]

* The Fighter (2010)

* Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

* Three Kings (1999)

* American Hustle (2013)

* Flirting With Disaster (1996)

* I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Ira Sachs [USA]

* Love Is Strange (2014)

* Forty Shades Of Blue (2005)

* Little Men (2016)

* Keep The Lights On (2012)

Safdie Brothers [USA]

* Uncut Gems (2019)

* Good Time (2017)

Walter Salles [Brazil]

* The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

* Central Station (1998)

* Jia Zhangke: A Guy From Fenyang (2014)

* Behind The Sun (2001)

Céline Sciamma [France]

* Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)

* Tomboy (2011)

Sebastian Schipper [Germany]

* Victoria (2015)

* Roads (2019)

Martin Scorsese [USA]

* Gangs Of New York (2002)

* Casino (1995)

* The Age Of Innocence (1993)

* The Departed (2006)

* The Irishman (2019)

Ridley Scott [England]

* Thelma & Louise (1991)

* All The Money In The World (2017)

* Kingdom Of Heaven (2005)

* The Counselor (2013)

* The Martian (2015)

* Gladiator (2000)

Henry Selick [USA]

* The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

* Coraline (2009)

Jim Sheridan [Ireland]

* In The Name Of The Father (1993)

* In America (2002)

* Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2005)

* The Boxer (1997)

Kevin Smith [USA]

* Clerks (1994)

* Dogma (1999)

* Chasing Amy (1997)

* Mallrats (1995)

Steven Soderbergh [USA]

* Ocean's Eleven (2001)

* Out Of Sight (1998)

* Traffic (2000)

* Side Effects (2013)

* Unsane (2018)

* High Flying Bird (2019)

* The Limey (1999)

Aleksandr Sokúrov [Russia]

* Russian Ark (2002)

* Mother And Son (1997)

* Father And Son (2003)

* The Sun (2005)

* Aleksandra (2007)

* Faust (2011)

* Francofonia (2015)

* Stone (1992)

* Whispering Pages (1993)

Todd Solondz [USA]

* Hapiness (1998)

* Life During Wartime (2009)

* Dark Horse (2011)

* Storytelling (2001)

Sion Sono [Japan]

* Love Exposure (2008)

* Suicide Club (2001)

* Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)

* Strange Circus (2005)

* Guilty Of Romance (2011)

Paolo Sorrentino [Italy]

* The Great Beauty (2013)

* The Family Friend (2006) 

* The Consequences Of Love (2004)

* This Must Be The Place (2011)

* Youth (2015)

* Il Divo (2008)

Steven Spielberg [USA]

* Schindler's List (1993)

* Saving Private Ryan (1998)

* Minority Report (2002)

* Munich (2005)

* Jurassic Park (1993)

* Catch Me If You Can (2002)

* The Post (2017)

* Bridge Of Spies (2015)

Oliver Stone [USA]

* JFK (1991)

* Natural Born Killers (1994)

* Any Given Sunday (1999)

* Savages (2012)

* Heaven & Earth (1993)

Peter Strickland [England]

* Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

* In Fabric (2018)

* The Duke Of Burgundy (2014)

Jan Švankmajer [Czech Republic]

* Conspirators Of Pleasure (1996)

* Little Otik (2000)

* Lunacy (2005)

* Surviving Life (Theory And Practice) (2010)

Isao Takahata [Japan]

RIP

* Only Yesterday (1991)

* The Tale Of Princess Kaguya (2013)

* Pom Poko (1994)

* My Neighbors The Yamadas (1999)

Quentin Tarantino [USA]

* Pulp Fiction (1994)

* Reservoir Dogs (1992)

* Inglorious Basterds (2009)

* Jackie Brown (1997)

* Django Unchained (2012)

* Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

Béla Tarr [Hungary]

* Sátántangó (1994)

* Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)

* The Man From London (2007)

* The Turin Horse (with Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)

André Téchiné [France]

* Wild Reeds (1994)

* My Favorite Season (1993)

* The Witnesses (2007)

* Alice And Martin (1998)

Paul Thomas Anderson [USA]

* Magnolia (1999)

* Boogie Nights (1997)

* There Will Be Blood (2007)

* Inherent Vice (2014)

* The Master (2012)

* Phantom Thread (2017)

Johnnie To [Hong Kong]

* Election (2005)

* Mad Detective (with Ka-Fai Wai, 2007)

* Exiled (2006)

* Drug War (2012)

* Running On Karma (with Wai Ka-Fai, 2003)

* The Mission (1999)

* Election I + II (2005 - 2006)

* PTU (2003)

* A Hero Never Dies (1998)

Giuseppe Tornatore [Italy]

* The Unknown Woman (2006)

* The Star Maker (1995)

* The Legend Of 1900 (1998)

* Malèna (2000)

Joachim Trier [Denmark]

* Oslo, August 31st (2011)

* Thelma (2017)

* Reprise (2006)

* Louder Than Bombs (2015)

Lars von Trier [Denmark]

* Dancer In The Dark (2000)

* Europa (1994)

* Breaking The Waves (1996)

* Dogville (2003)

* Antichrist (2009)

* Nynphomaniac: Vol. 1 + 2 (2013)

* Melancholia (2011)

Tsai Ming-Liang [Malaysia/ROC]

* What Time Is It There?

* Rebels Of The Neon God (1993)

* Wonderland (1999)

* The Hole (1998)

* Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

* The River (1997)

* I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2006)

* The Wayward Cloud (2005)

Tsui Hark [Vietnam/Hong Kong]

* Once Upon A Time In China I + II + III (1991-1993)

* Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)

* Taking Tiger Mountain (2014)

* Time And Tide (2000)

Gus Van Sant [USA]

* Good Will Hunting (1997)

* Gerry (2003)

* Elephant (2003)

* My Own Private Idaho (1991)

* Paranoid Park (2007)

Agnès Varda [France]

RIP

* The Gleaners And I (2000)

* The Beaches Of Agnès (2008)

* 21 Jacquot (1991)

‎* Tribute To Zgougou The Cat (2002)

Paul Verhoeven [Netherlands]

* Elle (2016)

* Starship Troopers (1997)

* Basic Instinct (1992)

* Showgirls (1995)

Denis Villeneuve [Canada]

* Arrival (2016)

* Enemy (2013)

* Polytechnique (2009)

* Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

* Sicario (2015)

Thomas Vinterberg [Denmark]

* The Hunt (2012)

* The Celebration (1998)

* Another Round (2020)

Taika Waititi [New Zealand]

* What We Do In The Shadows (with Jemaine Clement, 2014)

* Jojo Rabbit (2019)

* Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016)

* Boy (2010)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul [Thailand]

* Tropical Malady (2004)

* Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

* Cemetery Of Splendor (2015)

Nicolas Winding Refn [Denmark]

* Drive (2011)

* The Neon Demon (2016)

* Valhalla Rising (2009)

* Only God Forgives (2013)

Michael Winterbottom [England]

* The Shock Doctrine (with Mat Whitecross, 2009)

* The Trip (2010)

* 24 Hour Party People (2002)

* Wonderland (1999)

* Code 46 (2003)

* The Claim (2000)

* Trishna (2011)

Frederick Wiseman [USA]

* City Hall (2020)

* Belfast, Maine (1999)

* The Garden (2005)

* Public Housing (1997)

* Domestic Violence (2001)

* Ballet (1995)

* National Gallery (2014)

* Monrovia, Indiana (2018)

Wong Kar-wai [Hong Kong]

* In The Mood For Love (2000)

* Chungking Express (1994)

* Fallen Angels (1995)

* 2046 (2004)

* Happy Together (1997)

* The Grandmaster (2013)

John Woo [Hong Kong]

* Hard Boiled (1992)

* Red Cliff I + II (2008 - 2009)

* Bullet In The Head (1990)

* Once A Thief (1991)

Andrés Wood [Chile]

* Machuca (2004)

* The Good Life (2008)

* Violeta Went To Heaven (2011)

Edgar Wright [England]

* Shaun Of The Dead (2004)

* Baby Driver (2017)

* Hot Fuzz (2007)

* Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)

Joe Wright [England]

* Darkest Hour (2017)

* Atonement (2007)

* Hanna (2011)

* Anna Karenina (2012)

Edward Yang [ROC]

RIP

* Yi Yi: A One And A Two (2000) 

* A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

* Mahjong (1996)

* A Confucian Confusion (1995)

Masaaki Yuasa [Japan]

* Mind Game (2004)

* Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)

* Ride Your Wave (2019)

* Lu Over The Wall (2017)

* Kick-Heart (2013)

Zhang Yimou [PRC]

* Raise The Red Lantern [1991]

* To Live (1994)

* The Story Of Qiu Ju (1992)

* The Road Home (2001)

* Hero (2002)

* House Of Fliyng Daggers (2004)

* Shangai Triad (1995)

Chloé Zhao [PRC]

* Nomadland (2020)

* The Rider (2018)

Rob Zombie [USA]

* House Of 1000 Corpses + The Devil’s Rejects + Three From Hell (2005 - 2019)

* Halloween + Halloween II (2007 - 2009)

* The Lords Of Salem (2012)

Terry Zwigoff [USA]

* Crumb (1994)

* Ghost World (2001)

* Bad Santa (2003)