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1
Frank Darabont • Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Buddy Film • Drama
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2
Quentin Tarantino • Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Crime Comedy
3
Robert Zemeckis • Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama
4
Luc Besson • Starring: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman
Action Thriller • Action • Buddy Film
5
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff • Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones
Adventure • Animated Musical • Animation
6
Wong Kar-Wai • Starring: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Romance
7
Krzysztof Kieslowski • Starring: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Drama
8
Kevin Smith • Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti
Buddy Film • Comedy • Workplace Comedy
9
Steve James • Starring: Spike Lee, Sheila Agee, Gene Pingatore
Biography • Culture and Society • Documentary
10
James Cameron • Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere
Action • Action Comedy • Action Thriller
11
Tim Burton • Starring: Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones, Patricia Arquette
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
12
Neil Jordan • Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Costume Romance
13
Joel & Ethan Coen • Starring: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman
Comedy • Period Film • Screwball Comedy
14
Jan de Bont • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
Action • Action Thriller • Crime
15
Bobby & Peter Farrelly • Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Absurd Comedy • Buddy Film • Comedy
16
Peter Jackson • Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse
Based-on-a-True-Story • Coming-of-Age • Crime Drama
17
Robert Redford • Starring: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes
Americana • Docudrama • Drama
18
Krzysztof Kieslowski • Starring: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
19
Alex Proyas • Starring: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-Comics
20
Woody Allen • Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Jennifer Tilly, Dianne Wiest
Comedy • Gangster Film • Satire
21
Danny Boyle • Starring: Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, Keith Allen
Crime Thriller • Crime • Thriller
22
Terry Zwigoff • Starring: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb
23
Tom Shadyac • Starring: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young
Comedy • Detective Film • Gross-Out Comedy
24
Béla Tarr • Starring: Janos Derzsi, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Drama
25
Chia-Liang Liu • Starring: Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Jackie Chan
Action Comedy • Action • Comedy
26
Oliver Stone • Starring: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
27
John Dahl • Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
Crime • Erotic Thriller • Femme Fatale
28
Lee Tamahori • Starring: Rena Owen, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Temuera Morrison
Drama • Family Drama • Marriage Drama
29
Roland Emmerich • Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz
Adventure • Science Fiction • Space Adventure
30
Atom Egoyan • Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Damon D'Oliveira
Drama • Ensemble Film • Erotic Drama
31
Michele Soavi • Starring: Mickey Knox, Rupert Everett, Francois Hadji-Lazaro
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Foreign Language Film
32
Yimou Zhang • Starring: Ge You, Niu Ben, Guo Tao
Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film
33
Stephan Elliott • Starring: Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp
Buddy Film • Comedy • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
34
Chuck Russell • Starring: Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene
Action Comedy • Action • Based-on-Comics
35
Richard Donner • Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner
Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Based-on-Television
36
Ang Lee • Starring: Sihung Lung, Yang Kuei-Mei, Wang Yu-Wen
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Foreign Language Film
37
Phillip Noyce • Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harrison Ford, Anne Archer
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
38
Robert Benton • Starring: Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith
Comedy Drama • Drama • Ensemble Film
39
Wes Craven • Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes
Horror • Satire • Slasher Film
40
Edward Zwick • Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Romance • Drama
41
Ken Burns • Starring: John Chancellor
Documentary • Made-for-Television • Mini-Series
42
Ted Demme • Starring: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey
Comedy Drama • Crime • Domestic Comedy
43
Mike Newell • Starring: Simon Callow, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
44
Michael Radford • Starring: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Period Film
45
Bernard Rose • Starring: Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Costume Romance
46
P.J. Hogan • Starring: Toni Collette, Sophie Lee, Pippa Grandison
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy
47
Ben Stiller • Starring: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Ensemble Film
48
George Huang • Starring: Kevin Spacey, T.E. Russell, Benicio Del Toro
49
Gordon Chan • Starring: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Siu-hou Chin
Action • Foreign Language Film • Martial Arts
50
Isao Takahata • Starring: Norihei Miki, Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura
Animation • Anime • Comedy Drama
51
Whit Stillman • Starring: Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama
52
Nicholas Hytner • Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Amanda Donohoe, Helen Mirren
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Comedy of Manners
53
Boaz Yakin • Starring: Sean Nelson, F. Murray Abraham, Giancarlo Esposito
Childhood Drama • Crime Drama • Crime
54
Gillian Armstrong • Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Kirsten Dunst
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Costume Romance
55
David Carson • Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner
Action • Adventure • Adventure Drama
56
Lawrence Kasdan • Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Epic
57
Mick Garris • Starring: Gary Sinise, Jamey Sheridan, Molly Ringwald
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Disaster Film • Epic
58
John Sayles • Starring: Eileen Colgan, Jeni Courtney, John Lynch
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Family-Oriented Adventure
59
John Waters • Starring: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake
Black Comedy • Comedy • Media Satire
60
Ron Howard • Starring: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
Comedy Drama • Media Satire • Newspaper Film
61
Patrice Chéreau • Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
62
Wes Anderson • Starring: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Robert Musgrave
Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
63
Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred • Starring: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holder Juul Hansen
64
Joel Schumacher • Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Mystery
65
Louis Malle • Starring: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, Larry Pine
Avant-garde / Experimental • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
66
Curtis Hanson • Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure Drama
67
Roman Polanski • Starring: Peter Coyote, Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas
68
Spike Lee • Starring: Alfre Woodard, Carlton Williams, Sharif Rashed
Comedy Drama • Childhood Drama • Ensemble Film
69
Michael Lehmann • Starring: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Showbiz Comedy
70
Roman Polanski • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Mystery
71
Peter Medak • Starring: Gary Oldman, Juliette Lewis, Will Patton
Black Comedy • Comedy • Erotic Thriller
72
Hart Bochner • Starring: Chris Young, David Spade, Jessica Walter
Comedy • Satire • Political Satire
73
John Pasquin • Starring: David Krumholtz, Peter Boyle, Larry Brandenburg
Comedy • Fantasy • Holiday Film
74
Kenneth Branagh • Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Gothic Film
75
Peter Segal • Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy
Absurd Comedy • Based-on-Television • Comedy
76
Alek Keshishian • Starring: Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners
77
Martin Campbell • Starring: Ray Liotta, Stuart Wilson, Lance Henriksen
Action • Escape Film • Prison Film
78
Wong Kar-Wai • Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin
Action • Adventure Drama • Adventure
79
Roger Avary • Starring: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Caper • Crime • Crime Thriller
80
Stephen Hopkins • Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis
Action Thriller • Action • Chase Movie
81
Iain Softley • Starring: Sheryl Lee, Gary Bakewell, Chris O'Neill
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
82
Hal Hartley • Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn
Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Thriller
83
Ron Shelton • Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich
84
Jeremy Leven • Starring: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Romance
85
Abbas Kiarostami • Starring: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva
Docudrama • Drama • Foreign Language Film
86
Peter Hyams • Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver
Action • Based-on-Comics • Science Fiction
87
Andrew Bergman • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez
88
Jeff Pollack • Starring: Duane Martin, Leon, Marlon Wayans
Drama • Juvenile Delinquency Film • Melodrama
89
Mike Nichols • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
Drama • Horror • Monster Film
90
Alan Rudolph • Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick
91
Sam Weisman • Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Tucker
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
92
Barry Levinson • Starring: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Courtroom Drama • Drama
93
Jon Avnet • Starring: Lexi Randall, Christine Baranski, Raynor Scheine
Drama • Family Drama • War Drama
94
Antonia Bird • Starring: Linus Roache, Cathy Tyson, Robert Carlyle
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Gay and Lesbian Film
95
Shoji Kawamori • Starring: Takumi Yamazaki, Unshô Ishizuka, Rica Fukami
Action • Animation • Anime
96
Russell Mulcahy • Starring: Peter Boyle, Alec Baldwin, John Lone
Action • Adventure • Fantasy
97
William Friedkin • Starring: Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy
Drama • Sports Drama
98
Les Mayfield • Starring: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott
Family • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Fantasy
99
Norman Jewison • Starring: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt
100
Ernest R. Dickerson • Starring: Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, Ice-T
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