20 Greatest Directors of the 20th Century

The following is a list of the 20 greatest Hollywood directors of all time with films directed by them that appear on my top 100. Also listed is the films they directed on my top 100.

1. D.W. Griffith

- The Birth of a Nation (8)

2. Steven Spielberg

- Saving Private Ryan (22)

- Raiders of the Lost Ark (39)

- Schindler's List (77)

- E.T. (81)

3. Frank Capra

- It's a Wonderful Life (13)

- It Happened One Night (16)

- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (56)

4. Alfred Hitchcock

5. John Huston

- The Maltese Falcon (4)

- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (6)

- The African Queen (17)

- Key Largo (44)

6. Elia Kazan

- On the Waterfront (46)

- East of Eden (76)

7. William Wyler

- Ben-Hur (15)

- Roman Holiday (52)

8. Fred Zinnemann

- From Here to Eternity (20)

- A Man For All Seasons (93)

- High Noon (100)

9. Francis Ford Coppola

- The Godfather (14)

- The Godfather Part II (33)

- Apocalypse Now (40)

- The Godfather Part III (98)

10. Charlie Chaplin

- The Great Dictator (23)

- The Gold Rush (25)

- Modern Times (34)

11. John Ford

- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (84)

12. Michael Curtiz

- Casablanca (1)

- Yankee Doodle Dandy (95)

13. Victor Fleming

- Gone With the Wind (3)

- The Wizard of Oz (7)

14. Robert Wise

- The Sound of Music (45)

- West Side Story (49)

15. Billy Wilder

- Some Like it Hot (11)

- Sunset Boulevard (62)

- Sabrina (88)

16. Milos Foreman

- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (63)

17. George Lucas

- Star Wars (50)

- The Empire Strikes Back (66)

- American Grafitti (71)

18. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

- All About Eve (24)

19. Jonathan Demme

- The Silence of the Lambs (28)

- Philadelphia (82)

20. George Cukor

- My Fair Lady (5)

- The Philadelphia Story (21)

Did I miss a director, e-mail me at [email protected].

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