These are the most famous and talented actors & directors that have changed the course of cinema history together.
25 Most Famous Actor-Director Collaborations
25. Nicolas Winding Refn - Ryan Gosling / 2 Movies
Drive (2011)
Only God Forgives (2013)
24. Steven Spielberg - Tom Hanks / 4 Movies
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Terminal (2004)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
23. Wong Kar-wai - Tony Leung Chiu-Wai / 5 Movies
Ashes of Time (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
Happy Together (1997)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
2046 (2004)
22. Paul Thomas Anderson - Philip Seymour Hoffman / 5 Movies
Hard Eight (1996)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Magnolia (1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
The Master (2012)
21. Guillermo del Toro - Ron Perlman / 5 Movies
Cronos (1993)
Blade II (2002)
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Pacific Rim (2013)
20. Luc Besson - Jean Reno / 5 Movies
Le Dernier Combat (1983, The Final Combat)
Subway (1985)
Le Grand Bleu (1988, The Big Blue)
Nikita (1990)
Leon (1994)
19. Ridley Scott - Russell Crowe / 5 Movies
Gladiator (2000)
A Good Year (2006)
American Gangster (2007)
Body of Lies (2008)
Robin Hood (2010)
18. Lars von Trier - Stellan Skarsgård / 6 Movies
The Kingdom (1994)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dogville (2003)
Melancholia (2011)
Nymphomaniac (2013)
17. Quentin Tarantino - Samuel L. Jackson / 6 Movies
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Kill Bill: 2 (2004)
Inglourious Basterds (2009, Narrator, Uncredited)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
16. Martin Scorsese - Leonardo DiCaprio / 6 Movies
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Shutter Island (2010)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Audition (2015 Short Movie)
15. Christopher Nolan - Michael Caine / 6 Movies
Batman Begins (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
The Dark Night (2008)
Inception (2010)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Interstellar (2014)
14. Billy Wilder - Jack Lemmon / 7 Movies
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
Irma La Douce (1963)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Avanti! (1972)
The Front Page (1974)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
13. Pedro Almodóvar - Antonio Banderas / 7 Movies
Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
Matador (1986)
Law of Desire (1987)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, 1990)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
I'm So Excited (2013)
12. Roberto Benigni - Nicoletta Braschi / 7 Movies
Tu mi turbi (1983)
The Little Devil (1988)
Johnny Stecchino (1991)
The Monster (1994)
Life Is Beautiful (1998)
Pinocchio (2002)
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
11. Steven Soderbergh - Matt Damon / 7 Movies
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Che Part 2: Guerrilla (2008)
The Informant! (2009)
Contagion (2011)
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
10. Wes Anderson - Bill Murray / 7 Movies
Rushmore (1998)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
9. Coen Brothers - Frances McDormand / 8 Movies
Blood Simple. (1984)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Miller's Crossing (1990, Uncredited)
Barton Fink (1991, Uncredited)
Fargo (1996)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
8. Woody Allen - Diane Keaton / 8 Movies
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
Sleeper (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Annie Hall (1977)
Interiors (1978)
Manhattan (1979)
Radyo Günleri (1987)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
7. Tim Burton - Johnny Depp / 9 Movies
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Ed Wood (1994)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Dark Shadows (2012)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
6. Martin Scorsese - Robert De Niro / 9 Movies
Mean Streets (1973)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Raging Bull (1980)
The King of Comedy (1983)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
Casino (1995)
The Audition (2015 Short Movie)
5. Robert Rodriguez - Danny Trejo / 10 Movies
Desperado (1995)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Spy Kids (2001)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Grindhouse (2007)
Machete (2010)
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
Machete Kills (2013)
4. Sam Raimi - Bruce Campbell / 11 Movies
It's Murder! (1977)
Within the Woods (1978)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Crimewave (1985)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Darkman (1990)
Army of Darkness (1993)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)
3. Ingmar Bergman - Bibi Andersson / 13 Movies
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Mr. Sleepman Is Coming (1957, TV)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Brink of Life (Nära livet, 1958)
Rabies (1958)
The Magician (1958)
The Devil's Eye (1960)
All These Women (1964)
Persona (1966)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
The Touch (1971)
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
2. Akira Kurosawa - Toshirō Mifune / 16 Movies
Drunken Angel (1948)
The Quiet Duel (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Scandal (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
The Idiot (1951)
Seven Samurai (1954)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Throne of Blood (1957)
The Lower Depths (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sanjuro (1962)
High and Low (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
1. John Ford - John Wayne / 21 Movies
Hangman's House (1928)
Mother Machree (1928)
Four Sons (1928)
Salute (1929)
The Black Watch (1929)
Men Without Women (1930)
Born Reckless (1930)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
They Were Expendable (1945)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Rio Grande (1950)
The Quiet Man (1952)
The Searchers (1956)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
How The West Was Won (1962)
Donovan's Reef (1963)
