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Name↕ | Films↕ | Avg Rating↕ | Genres↕ | Known Films↕ | Language↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hayao Miyazaki | 18 | 7.65 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | The Boy and the Heron, The Wind Rises, Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess, Ponyo, Mon Mon the Water Spider | Japanese |
Akira Kurosawa | 30 | 7.44 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Rhapsody in August, Madadayo, Dreams, Ran, Kagemusha | Japanese, Russian |
Peter Jackson | 15 | 7.42 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Documentary | The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert, They Shall Not Grow Old, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | English |
Miguel M. Delgado | 43 | 7.14 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | El Barrendero, La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo, El patrullero 777, Los Reyes del Palenque, The Minister and Me | English, Spanish |
Steven Spielberg | 36 | 7.13 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | The Fabelmans, West Side Story, Ready Player One, The Post, The BFG | English |
Sergiu Nicolaescu | 19 | 7.13 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Poker, The Survivor, Mirror, Proud Heritage, The Last Assault | Romanian |
Laurent Bouzereau | 27 | 7.09 | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, Music by John Williams, Faye, Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford, The Fabelmans: A Family in Film | English |
Wong Kar-Wai | 15 | 7.09 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Documentary | The Grandmaster, My Blueberry Nights, 2046, The Hand, The Follow | CN, Chinese, English |
Hirokazu Kore-eda | 18 | 7.07 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Documentary | Monster, Broker, The Truth, Shoplifters, The Third Murder | French, Japanese, Korean |
Kevin Macdonald | 17 | 7.07 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Documentary | One to One: John & Yoko, High & Low – John Galliano, The Mauritanian, Life in a Day 2020, Whitney | English |
Leonid Gaidai | 16 | 7.04 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach, Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation, Dangerous for Your Life!, SportLotto - 82, It Can't Be! | Russian |
Takeshi Kitano | 21 | 6.99 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Broken Rage, Kubi, Outrage Coda, Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen, Morning | Japanese |
Sam Liu | 20 | 6.99 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Superman: Red Son, Reign of the Supermen, Justice League vs. the Fatal Five | English |
Guy Ritchie | 17 | 6.98 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Fountain of Youth, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Wrath of Man | English |
Tsutomu Shibayama | 22 | 6.96 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Family | Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey, Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters, Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom, Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves, Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King | Japanese |
Joel Gallen | 19 | 6.93 | Action, Comedy, Documentary, Music | Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable | English |
Sathyan Anthikad | 23 | 6.92 | Action, Comedy, Drama, Family | Hridayapoorvam, Njan Prakashan, Jomonte Suvisheshangal, Ennum Eppozhum, Oru Indian Pranayakadha | Malayalam |
Takashi Yamazaki | 16 | 6.92 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | Godzilla Minus One, Ghost Book, Lupin III: The First, The Great War of Archimedes, Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura | Japanese |
Paul Thomas Anderson | 16 | 6.9 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Documentary | One Battle After Another, Licorice Pizza, Anima, Phantom Thread, Junun | English |
Zhang Yimou | 28 | 6.89 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Article 20, Full River Red, Under the Light, Cliff Walkers, One Second | Chinese, English |
Robert Zemeckis | 24 | 6.89 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | Here, Pinocchio, Roald Dahl's The Witches, Welcome to Marwen, Allied | English, XX |
Denis Villeneuve | 16 | 6.88 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | Dune: Part Two, Dune, Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, Sicario | English, French |
Hou Hsiao-hsien | 19 | 6.87 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | The Assassin, Flight of the Red Balloon, Three Times, Café Lumière, Millennium Mambo | Chinese, French, Japanese |
Ang Lee | 15 | 6.86 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Gemini Man, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Life of Pi, Taking Woodstock, Lust, Caution | Chinese, English |
Stéphane Bernasconi | 21 | 6.84 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | Tintin in Tibet, Red Rackham's Treasure, The Secret of the Unicorn, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Blue Lotus | French |
Clint Eastwood | 41 | 6.83 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Juror #2, Cry Macho, Richard Jewell, The Mule, The 15:17 to Paris | English |
Tim Burton | 26 | 6.83 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dumbo, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Big Eyes, Dark Shadows | English |
Kon Ichikawa | 18 | 6.83 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Documentary | Murder of the Inugami Clan, 47 Ronin, Princess from the Moon, The Makioka Sisters, The Inugami Family | Japanese |
Miguel Zacarías | 16 | 6.83 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | The Sin of Adam and Eve, Jesús, María y José, Jesús, nuestro Señor, Escuela para solteras, Los dos rivales | English, Spanish |
Atıf Yılmaz | 21 | 6.81 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Borrowed Bride, Devil, My Friend, Aaahh Belinda, The Windmill, Her Name Is Vasfiye | Turkish |
Pietro Germi | 15 | 6.81 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Serafino, Alfredo, Alfredo, Divorce Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Italian |
Mani Ratnam | 25 | 6.8 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Thug Life, Ponniyin Selvan: Part II, Ponniyin Selvan: Part I, Chekka Chivantha Vaanam, Kaatru Veliyidai | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu |
Zack Snyder | 15 | 6.79 | Action, Adventure, Animation, Crime | Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver, Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Army of the Dead, Justice League | English |
Ridley Scott | 31 | 6.77 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Gladiator II, Napoleon, The Last Duel, House of Gucci, Alien: Covenant | English |
Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 25 | 6.76 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | First Love, 12 Suicidal Teens, The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps, Sanada 10 Braves, Initiation Love | Japanese |
Kenji Misumi | 19 | 6.76 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice | Japanese |
Antoine Fuqua | 17 | 6.76 | Action, Adventure, Crime, Documentary | The Equalizer 3, Emancipation, The Guilty, Infinite, The Day Sports Stood Still | English |
Howard Hawks | 32 | 6.75 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Hatari!, Man's Favorite Sport? | English |
Richard Linklater | 25 | 6.75 | Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime | Blue Moon, Nouvelle Vague, Hit Man, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, Where'd You Go, Bernadette | English, French |
George Stevens | 20 | 6.75 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | The Only Game in Town, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Giant, Shane | English |
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