The 80 Best-Directed Films Of The Last 80 Years!
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As the the Directors Guild of America (DGA) celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, it decided to poll its members to see what they consider the 80 greatest directorial achievements in feature films since the Guild’s founding in 1936. Many organizations and critics groups have compiled similar lists, but this was an opportunity for the people who actually do the job to focus specifically on the work of the director and his or her team.
As in any poll of this nature, there are bound to be choices you disagree with, and other films you would have included—that’s part of the fun. But we think you’ll find this list thought-provoking and a fitting tribute to the timeless work of great directors.
80. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) / Sergio Leone
79. Rashômon (1950) / Akira Kurosawa
78. Network (1976) / Sidney Lumet
77. The Usual Suspects (1995) / Bryan Singer
76. Unforgiven (1992) / Clint Eastwood
75. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) / Sergio Leone
74. Touch of Evil (1958) / Orson Welles
73. Barry Lyndon (1975) / Stanley Kubrick
72. All the President's Men (1976) / Alan J. Pakula
71. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) / John Ford
70. Brazil (1985) / Terry Gilliam
69. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988) / Giuseppe Tornatore
68. Ladri di biciclette (1948) / Vittorio De Sica
67. Gandhi (1982) / Richard Attenborough
66. Il conformista (1970) / Bernardo Bertolucci
65. Rocky (1976) / John G. Avildsen
64. Alien (1979) / Ridley Scott
63. The Wild Bunch (1969) / Sam Peckinpah
62. The Sting (1973) / George Roy Hill
61. There Will Be Blood (2007) / Paul Thomas Anderson
60. The Deer Hunter (1978) / Michael Cimino
59. All About Eve (1950) / Joseph L. Mankiewicz
58. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) / Alejandro G. Iñárritu
57. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) / John Huston
56. The Hurt Locker (2008) / Kathryn Bigelow
55. Avatar (2009) / James Cameron
54. The Apartment (1960) / Billy Wilder
53. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) / Jonathan Demme
52. Fargo (1996) / Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
51. Ben-Hur (1959) / William Wyler
50. Some Like It Hot (1959) / Billy Wilder
49. West Side Story (1961) / Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
48. Doctor Zhivago (1965) / David Lean
47. Amadeus (1984) / Miloš Forman
46. The Shining (1980) / Stanley Kubrick
45. Titanic (1997) / James Cameron
44. Taxi Driver (1976) / Martin Scorsese
43. The Sound of Music (1965) / Robert Wise
42. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) / Miloš Forman
41. North by Northwest (1959) / Alfred Hitchcock
40. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) / David Lean
39. Rear Window (1954) / Alfred Hitchcock
38. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) / William Wyler
37. The Third Man (1949) / Carol Reed
36. 8½ (1963) / Federico Fellini
35. Singin' in the Rain (1952) / Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
34. Forrest Gump (1994) / Robert Zemeckis
33. The Searchers (1956) / John Ford
32. Psycho (1960) / Alfred Hitchcock
31. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) / Robert Mulligan
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950) / Billy Wilder
29. Vertigo (1958) / Alfred Hitchcock
28. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) / Steven Spielberg
27. A Clockwork Orange (1971) / Stanley Kubrick
26. Shichinin no samurai (1954) / Akira Kurosawa
25. Saving Private Ryan (1998) / Steven Spielberg
24. Annie Hall (1977) / Woody Allen
23. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) / Steven Spielberg
22. Pulp Fiction (1994) / Quentin Tarantino
21. On the Waterfront (1954) / Elia Kazan
20. Blade Runner (1982) / Ridley Scott
19. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) / George Lucas
18. The Graduate (1967) / Mike Nichols
17. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) / Frank Darabont
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) / Stanley Kubrick
15. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) / Frank Capra
14. Jaws (1975) / Steven Spielberg
13. Raging Bull (1980) / Martin Scorsese
12. The Wizard of Oz (1939) / Victor Fleming
11. Chinatown (1974) / Roman Polanski
10. Goodfellas (1990) / Martin Scorsese
9. Gone with the Wind (1939) / Victor Fleming
8. Schindler's List (1993) / Steven Spielberg
7. Apocalypse Now (1979) / Francis Ford Coppola
6. The Godfather: Part II (1974) / Francis Ford Coppola
5. Casablanca (1942) / Michael Curtiz
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) / Stanley Kubrick
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) / David Lean
2. Citizen Kane (1941) / Orson Welles
1. The Godfather (1972) / Francis Ford Coppola
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