Most prolific directors
The most prolific director in the catalog is Jesús Franco, with 98 films.
Directors ranked
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5+ rated films
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesús Franco | 98 | 35 | 4.8 | 104K | 1962 to 2005 |
| 2 | Michael Curtiz | 97 | 63 | 6.8 | 1.1M | 1915 to 1961 |
| 3 | John Ford | 75 | 52 | 7.0 | 774K | 1917 to 1965 |
| 4 | Richard Thorpe | 75 | 32 | 6.5 | 118K | 1932 to 1967 |
| 5 | Raoul Walsh | 70 | 52 | 6.7 | 240K | 1915 to 1964 |
| 6 | Lloyd Bacon | 69 | 23 | 6.8 | 124K | 1928 to 1953 |
| 7 | William Beaudine | 69 | 9 | 5.2 | 42,154 | 1925 to 1976 |
| 8 | Gordon Douglas | 67 | 33 | 6.3 | 122K | 1936 to 1977 |
| 9 | Mervyn LeRoy | 66 | 38 | 7.0 | 235K | 1929 to 1968 |
| 10 | Priyadarshan | 64 | 40 | 6.9 | 391K | 1984 to 2026 |
| 11 | Takashi Miike | 62 | 43 | 6.5 | 505K | 1995 to 2026 |
| 12 | Jing Wong | 61 | 23 | 6.1 | 108K | 1982 to 2025 |
| 13 | Norman Taurog | 60 | 30 | 6.3 | 569K | 1931 to 1968 |
| 14 | George Cukor | 59 | 47 | 6.8 | 941K | 1930 to 1981 |
| 15 | William A. Wellman | 58 | 37 | 6.8 | 199K | 1926 to 1958 |
| 16 | Cheh Chang | 57 | 12 | 6.9 | 60,792 | 1966 to 1982 |
| 17 | Jean-Luc Godard | 56 | 39 | 6.6 | 451K | 1960 to 2018 |
| 18 | Henry Hathaway | 56 | 41 | 6.7 | 290K | 1933 to 1971 |
| 19 | Ram Gopal Varma | 55 | 27 | 6.2 | 158K | 1989 to 2023 |
| 20 | Claude Chabrol | 55 | 39 | 6.8 | 146K | 1958 to 2009 |
| 21 | Alfred Hitchcock | 54 | 53 | 6.9 | 4.31M | 1925 to 1976 |
| 22 | Johnnie To | 52 | 37 | 6.7 | 159K | 1986 to 2016 |
| 23 | Woody Allen | 51 | 51 | 6.9 | 3.59M | 1966 to 2023 |
| 24 | Roger Corman | 51 | 42 | 5.5 | 256K | 1955 to 1990 |
| 25 | George Marshall | 51 | 27 | 6.5 | 114K | 1932 to 1969 |
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