Best directors of all time
The best-rated director with at least 8 rated films is Christopher Nolan, averaging 8.18 across 13 films.
Directors ranked
50
8+ rated films, 500K+ votes
- Christopher Nolan8.18
- Hayao Miyazaki7.92
- Andrei Tarkovsky7.86
- Quentin Tarantino7.74
- Stanley Kubrick7.73
- Charles Chaplin7.72
- Peter Jackson7.69
- S.S. Rajamouli7.61
- Denis Villeneuve7.60
- Sergio Leone7.59
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Nolan | 13 | 13 | 8.2 | 19.2M | 1998 to 2026 |
| 2 | Hayao Miyazaki | 14 | 12 | 7.9 | 3.65M | 1979 to 2023 |
| 3 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 8 | 8 | 7.9 | 505K | 1961 to 1986 |
| 4 | Quentin Tarantino | 14 | 14 | 7.7 | 12.5M | 1987 to 2019 |
| 5 | Stanley Kubrick | 13 | 13 | 7.7 | 5.72M | 1952 to 1999 |
| 6 | Charles Chaplin | 15 | 13 | 7.7 | 1.16M | 1921 to 1967 |
| 7 | Peter Jackson | 15 | 15 | 7.7 | 9.83M | 1987 to 2022 |
| 8 | S.S. Rajamouli | 14 | 13 | 7.6 | 616K | 2001 to 2025 |
| 9 | Denis Villeneuve | 11 | 11 | 7.6 | 5.6M | 1998 to 2024 |
| 10 | Sergio Leone | 8 | 8 | 7.6 | 2.31M | 1961 to 1984 |
| 11 | David Fincher | 12 | 12 | 7.6 | 10.2M | 1992 to 2023 |
| 12 | Akira Kurosawa | 30 | 30 | 7.5 | 1.5M | 1943 to 1993 |
| 13 | Martin Scorsese | 39 | 36 | 7.5 | 12M | 1967 to 2023 |
| 14 | Alfonso Cuarón | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 2.69M | 1991 to 2018 |
| 15 | David Lean | 16 | 16 | 7.5 | 868K | 1942 to 1984 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Tornatore | 14 | 12 | 7.5 | 727K | 1986 to 2025 |
| 17 | Miloš Forman | 14 | 12 | 7.5 | 2.04M | 1964 to 2006 |
| 18 | William Wyler | 35 | 30 | 7.5 | 825K | 1929 to 1970 |
| 19 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 10 | 9 | 7.4 | 2.67M | 2000 to 2026 |
| 20 | David Lynch | 12 | 11 | 7.4 | 1.91M | 1977 to 2014 |
| 21 | Sam Mendes | 10 | 9 | 7.4 | 4.22M | 1999 to 2022 |
| 22 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 11 | 11 | 7.4 | 2.75M | 1996 to 2025 |
| 23 | Park Chan-wook | 14 | 11 | 7.4 | 1.54M | 1992 to 2025 |
| 24 | Bong Joon Ho | 9 | 9 | 7.4 | 2.57M | 2000 to 2025 |
| 25 | Billy Wilder | 26 | 26 | 7.4 | 1.61M | 1934 to 1981 |
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