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Best director and actor duos

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8.90

Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood

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3

lift +1.87

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Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood3 films, lift +1.87

7.048.90

Peter Jackson and Orlando Bloom3 films, lift +1.80

7.118.90

Christopher Nolan and Michael Caine3 films, lift +1.31

7.298.60

Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino3 films, lift +1.99

6.588.57

Francis Ford Coppola and Diane Keaton3 films, lift +2.17

6.408.57

Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale4 films, lift +1.02

7.538.55

Christopher Nolan and Anne Hathaway3 films, lift +1.22

7.288.50

Haruo Sotozaki and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka3 films, lift +0.70

7.748.43

David Fincher and Brad Pitt3 films, lift +1.12

7.298.40

Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman3 films, lift +1.44

6.898.33

Christopher Nolan and Tom Hardy3 films, lift +0.98

7.358.33

Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood3 films, lift +1.08

7.228.30

Best director and actor duos: Leaderboard
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1	Peter Jackson	Elijah Wood	3	8.9	+1.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2	Peter Jackson	Orlando Bloom	3	8.9	+1.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3	Christopher Nolan	Michael Caine	3	8.6	+1.3	The Dark Knight
4	Francis Ford Coppola	Al Pacino	3	8.6	+2.0	The Godfather
5	Francis Ford Coppola	Diane Keaton	3	8.6	+2.2	The Godfather
6	Christopher Nolan	Christian Bale	4	8.6	+1.0	The Dark Knight
7	Christopher Nolan	Anne Hathaway	3	8.5	+1.2	Interstellar
8	Haruo Sotozaki	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka	3	8.4	+0.7	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mt. Natagumo Arc
9	David Fincher	Brad Pitt	3	8.4	+1.1	Fight Club
10	Quentin Tarantino	Uma Thurman	3	8.3	+1.4	Pulp Fiction
11	Christopher Nolan	Tom Hardy	3	8.3	+1.0	Inception
12	Sergio Leone	Clint Eastwood	3	8.3	+1.1	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
13	Peter Jackson	Ian McKellen	6	8.3	+1.1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
14	Leonid Gaidai	Aleksandr Demyanenko	3	8.3	+0.3	Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures
15	Mani Ratnam	Nassar	3	8.3	+1.2	Nayakan
16	Charles Chaplin	Henry Bergman	3	8.2	+0.4	Modern Times
17	Martin Scorsese	Joe Pesci	4	8.2	+1.1	GoodFellas
18	Joe Russo	Robert Downey Jr.	3	8.2	+1.4	Avengers: Endgame
19	Anthony Russo	Robert Downey Jr.	3	8.2	+1.4	Avengers: Endgame
20	Frank Capra	James Stewart	3	8.2	+1.1	It's a Wonderful Life
21	Quentin Tarantino	Samuel L. Jackson	4	8.2	+1.1	Pulp Fiction
22	Akira Kurosawa	Tatsuya Nakadai	5	8.1	+0.6	High and Low
23	Quentin Tarantino	Michael Madsen	3	8.1	+1.8	Kill Bill: Vol. 1
24	Rajkumar Hirani	Boman Irani	3	8.1	+1.2	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
25	Rajkumar Hirani	Sanjay Dutt	3	8.1	+1.4	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.