Movie Directors Top Films - Page 28

Movie directors Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick

Criteria: The movies were ranked according to their influence, their initial and lasting popularity, as well as their initial and lasting acclaim. Most lists rank the director's ten greatest films, while some directors with a particularly small filmography only have five films listed. Feature films, TV films, documentaries, short films, experimental films, essay films, TV miniseries and TV series that were created mainly by the director in question were all eligible.

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Last Updated: 2025-09-23

Robert Redford

1936 - 2025

  1. Ordinary People (1980)
  2. Quiz Show (1994)
  3. A River Runs Through It (1992)
  4. The Horse Whisperer (1998)
  5. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

Carol Reed

1906 - 1976

  1. The Third Man (1949)
  2. Odd Man Out (1947)
  3. The Fallen Idol (1948)
  4. Oliver! (1968)
  5. Our Man in Havana (1959)
  6. Night Train to Munich (1940)
  7. Trapeze (1956)
  8. The Way Ahead (1944)
  9. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
10. Bank Holiday (1938)

Matt Reeves

1966 -

  1. The Batman (2022)
  2. Cloverfield (2008)
  3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
  4. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
  5. Let Me In (2010)

Godfrey Reggio

1940 -

  1. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
  2. Powaqqatsi (1988)
  3. Anima Mundi (1992)
  4. Naqoyqatsi (2002)
  5. Visitors (2013)

Kelly Reichardt

1964 -

  1. First Cow (2019)
  2. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
  3. Meek's Cutoff (2010)
  4. Old Joy (2006)
  5. Certain Women (2016)
  6. Showing Up (2022)
  7. River of Grass (1994)
  8. Night Moves (2013)
  9. The Mastermind (2025)
10. Ode (1999)

Carl Reiner

1922 - 2020

  1. The Jerk (1979)
  2. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
  3. All of Me (1984)
  4. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
  5. Oh, God! (1977)
  6. The Man with Two Brains (1983)
  7. Summer School (1987)
  8. Summer Rental (1985)
  9. The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-1974)
10. Where's Poppa? (1970)

Rob Reiner

1947 - 2025

  1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  2. The Princess Bride (1987)
  3. Stand by Me (1986)
  4. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
  5. Misery (1990)
  6. A Few Good Men (1992)
  7. The Sure Thing (1985)
  8. The American President (1995)
  9. The Bucket List (2007)
10. Flipped (2010)

DVD cover for the movie This Is Spinal Tap

Lotte Reiniger

1899 - 1981

  1. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
  2. Cinderella (1922)
  3. Papageno (1935)
  4. The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart (1919)
  5. Dr. Dolittle and His Animals (1928)
  6. Carmen (1934)
  7. The Gallant Little Tailor (1954)
  8. The Secret of the Marquise (1922)
  9. Harlekin (1931)
10. Hänsel and Gretel (1954)

Poster for the movie The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Karel Reisz

1926 - 2002

  1. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
  2. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
  3. The Gambler (1974)
  4. Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
  5. Isadora (1968)
  6. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
  7. Sweet Dreams (1985)
  8. We Are the Lambeth Boys (1958)
  9. Momma Don't Allow [with Tony Richardson] (1955)
10. Night Must Fall (1964)

DVD cover for the movie Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Wolfgang Reitherman

1909 - 1985

  1. The Jungle Book (1967)
  2. One Hundred and One Dalmatians [with Clyde Geronimi & Hamilton Luske] (1961)
  3. The Aristocats (1970)
  4. Robin Hood (1973)
  5. The Sword in the Stone (1963)
  6. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [with John Lounsbery] (1977)
  7. The Rescuers [with John Lounsbery & Art Stevens] (1977)
  8. Goliath II (1960)
  9. The Truth About Mother Goose [with Bill Justice] (1957)
10. Aquamania (1961)

Ivan Reitman

1946 - 2022

  1. Ghostbusters (1984)
  2. Stripes (1981)
  3. Dave (1993)
  4. Meatballs (1979)
  5. Ghostbusters II (1989)
  6. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
  7. Twins (1988)
  8. Junior (1994)
  9. Legal Eagles (1986)
10. Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Jason Reitman

1977 -

  1. Juno (2007)
  2. Up in the Air (2009)
  3. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
  4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
  5. Tully (2018)
  6. Young Adult (2011)
  7. Saturday Night (2024)
  8. Labor Day (2013)
  9. The Front Runner (2018)
10. Men, Women & Children (2014)

Jean Renoir

1894 - 1979

  1. The Rules of the Game (1939)
  2. Grand Illusion (1937)
  3. La bête humaine (1938)
  4. Partie de campagne (1946)
  5. The River (1951)
  6. La chienne (1931)
  7. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
  8. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
  9. Toni (1935)
10. French Cancan (1955)

DVD cover for the movie The Rules of the Game

Alain Resnais

1922 - 2014

  1. Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
  2. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
  3. Night and Fog (1955)
  4. Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980)
  5. Providence (1977)
  6. Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
  7. Muriel (1963)
  8. The War Is Over (1966)
  9. Stavisky (1974)
10. Statues Also Die [with Ghislain Cloquet & Chris Marker] (1953)

DVD cover for the movie Hiroshima mon amour

Carlos Reygadas

1971 -

  1. Silent Light (2007)
  2. Battle in Heaven (2005)
  3. Post tenebras lux (2012)
  4. Japón (2002)
  5. Our Time (2018)

Tony Richardson

1928 - 1991

  1. Tom Jones (1963)
  2. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
  3. A Taste of Honey (1961)
  4. Look Back in Anger (1959)
  5. The Entertainer (1960)
  6. The Loved One (1965)
  7. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
  8. Mademoiselle (1966)
  9. The Border (1982)
10. The Phantom of the Opera (1990)

Leni Riefenstahl

1902 - 2003

  1. Triumph of the Will (1935)
  2. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
  3. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
  4. The Blue Light (1932)
  5. Tiefland (1954)

DVD cover for the movie Triumph of the Will

Dino Risi

1916 - 2008

  1. Il sorpasso (1962)
  2. A Difficult Life (1961)
  3. Scent of a Woman (1974)
  4. I mostri (1963)
  5. Poor, but Handsome (1957)
  6. In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
  7. Il vedovo (1959)
  8. The Sign of Venus (1955)
  9. The Forbidden Room (1977)
10. The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)

Guy Ritchie

1968 -

  1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  2. Snatch (2000)
  3. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
  4. The Gentlemen (2019)
  5. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
  6. Aladdin (2019)
  7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
  8. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
  9. Wrath of Man (2021)
10. RocknRolla (2008)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels movie DVD cover

Michael Ritchie

1938 - 2001

  1. The Bad News Bears (1976)
  2. Fletch (1985)
  3. The Candidate (1972)
  4. Downhill Racer (1969)
  5. Smile (1975)
  6. The Golden Child (1986)
  7. Prime Cut (1972)
  8. Semi-Tough (1977)
  9. Wildcats (1986)
10. The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)