Movie Directors Top Films - Page 29

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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Martin Ritt

1914 - 1990

  1. Hud (1963)
  2. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
  3. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
  4. Norma Rae (1979)
  5. Sounder (1972)
  6. Hombre (1967)
  7. The Front (1976)
  8. Edge of the City (1957)
  9. The Great White Hope (1970)
10. Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)

Jacques Rivette

1928 - 2016

  1. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
  2. La belle noiseuse (1991)
  3. Out 1: Noli me tangere [with Suzanne Schiffman] (1971)
  4. L'amour fou (1969)
  5. Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
  6. The Nun (1966)
  7. Duelle (1976)
  8. Va savoir (2001)
  9. Le Pont du Nord (1981)
10. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)

DVD cover for the movie Céline and Julie Go Boating

Jay Roach

1957 -

  1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
  2. Meet the Parents (2000)
  3. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
  4. Bombshell (2019)
  5. Meet the Fockers (2004)
  6. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
  7. Game Change (2012)
  8. Recount (2008)
  9. Trumbo (2015)
10. All the Way (2016)

DVD cover for the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Mark Robson

1913 - 1978

  1. The Seventh Victim (1943)
  2. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
  3. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
  4. Champion (1949)
  5. Peyton Place (1957)
  6. The Harder They Fall (1956)
  7. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
  8. Earthquake (1974)
  9. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
10. The Ghost Ship (1943)

Glauber Rocha

1939 - 1981

  1. Black God, White Devil (1964)
  2. Entranced Earth (1967)
  3. Antônio das Mortes (1969)
  4. The Age of the Earth (1980)
  5. Barravento (1962)
  6. The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
  7. Cutting Heads (1970)
  8. Di Cavalcanti (1977)
  9. Maranhão 66 (1966)
10. Pátio (1959)

DVD cover for the movie Black God, White Devil

Robert Rodríguez

1968 -

  1. Sin City [with Frank Miller] (2005)
  2. From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
  3. El mariachi (1992)
  4. Desperado (1995)
  5. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
  6. Spy Kids (2001)
  7. The Faculty (1998)
  8. Planet Terror (2007)
  9. Machete [with Ethan Maniquis] (2010)
10. Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Nicolas Roeg

1928 - 2018

  1. Don't Look Now (1973)
  2. Walkabout (1971)
  3. Performance [with Donald Cammell] (1970)
  4. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
  5. Bad Timing (1980)
  6. The Witches (1990)
  7. Insignificance (1985)
  8. Eureka (1983)
  9. Castaway (1986)
10. Track 29 (1988)

Michael Roemer

1928 - 2025

  1. Nothing but a Man (1964)
  2. The Plot Against Harry (1971)
  3. Dying (1976)
  4. Vengeance Is Mine (1984)
  5. Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family [with Susan Todd, Andrew & Robert M. Young] (1993)

Poster for the 1964 movie Nothing but a Man

Éric Rohmer

1920 - 2010

  1. My Night at Maud's (1969)
  2. Claire's Knee (1970)
  3. The Green Ray (1986)
  4. La collectionneuse (1967)
  5. Love in the Afternoon (1972)
  6. The Marquise of O (1976)
  7. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
  8. The Sign of Leo (1962)
  9. Full Moon in Paris (1984)
10. A Summer's Tale (1996)

DVD cover for the movie My Night at Maud's

Alice Rohrwacher

1981 -

  1. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
  2. La chimera (2023)
  3. The Wonders (2014)
  4. Le pupille (2022)
  5. Heavenly Body (2011)

George A. Romero

1940 - 2017

  1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
  3. Day of the Dead (1985)
  4. Martin (1977)
  5. Creepshow (1982)
  6. Land of the Dead (2005)
  7. The Crazies (1973)
  8. Monkey Shines (1988)
  9. Knightriders (1981)
10. Diary of the Dead (2007)

DVD cover for the movie Night of the Living Dead

Stuart Rosenberg

1927 - 2007

  1. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  2. The Amityville Horror (1979)
  3. Brubaker (1980)
  4. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
  5. The April Fools (1969)
  6. Voyage of the Damned (1976)
  7. The Laughing Policeman (1973)
  8. The Drowning Pool (1975)
  9. Murder, Inc. [with Burt Balaban] (1960)
10. Question 7 (1961)

Francesco Rosi

1922 - 2015

  1. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
  2. Hands over the City (1963)
  3. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
  4. The Mattei Affair (1972)
  5. Illustrious Corpses (1976)
  6. Carmen (1984)
  7. The Moment of Truth (1965)
  8. Three Brothers (1981)
  9. Many Wars Ago (1970)
10. Lucky Luciano (1973)

DVD cover for the movie Salvatore Giuliano

Herbert Ross

1927 - 2001

  1. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
  2. Play It Again, Sam (1972)
  3. Steel Magnolias (1989)
  4. The Turning Point (1977)
  5. Footloose (1984)
  6. California Suite (1978)
  7. The Sunshine Boys (1975)
  8. Pennies from Heaven (1981)
  9. Funny Lady (1975)
10. The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)

Roberto Rossellini

1906 - 1977

  1. Rome, Open City (1945)
  2. Paisan (1946)
  3. Journey to Italy (1954)
  4. Germany, Year Zero (1948)
  5. Stromboli (1950)
  6. Europa '51 (1952)
  7. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
  8. General della Rovere (1959)
  9. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
10. India: Matri Bhumi (1959)

Robert Rossen

1908 - 1966

  1. The Hustler (1961)
  2. All the King's Men (1949)
  3. Body and Soul (1947)
  4. Island in the Sun (1957)
  5. Lilith (1964)
  6. Alexander the Great (1956)
  7. Johnny O'Clock (1947)
  8. They Came to Cordura (1959)
  9. The Brave Bulls (1951)
10. Mambo (1954)

Eli Roth

1972 -

  1. Hostel (2005)
  2. Cabin Fever (2002)
  3. Thanksgiving (2023)
  4. Death Wish (2018)
  5. The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
  6. Hostel: Part II (2007)
  7. Knock Knock (2015)
  8. The Green Inferno (2013)
  9. Borderlands (2024)
10. Fin (2021)

Jean Rouch

1917 - 2004

  1. Chronicle of a Summer [with Edgar Morin] (1961)
  2. Moi, un noir (1958)
  3. Les maîtres fous (1955)
  4. La pyramide humaine (1961)
  5. Jaguar (1967)
  6. Petit à petit (1970)
  7. Cocorico Monsieur Poulet [with Damouré Zika & Lam Ibrahim Dia] (1974)
  8. La chasse au lion à l'arc (1965)
  9. Bataille sur le grand fleuve (1950)
10. Les veuves de 15 ans (1964)

DVD cover for the movie Chronicle of a Summer

Alan Rudolph

1943 -

  1. Choose Me (1984)
  2. Trouble in Mind (1985)
  3. Mortal Thoughts (1991)
  4. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
  5. The Moderns (1988)
  6. The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
  7. Afterglow (1997)
  8. Remember My Name (1978)
  9. Songwriter (1984)
10. Love at Large (1990)

Raúl Ruiz

1941 - 2011

  1. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
  2. The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978)
  3. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
  4. City of Pirates (1983)
  5. Three Sad Tigers (1968)
  6. Time Regained (1999)
  7. Manoel's Destinies (1984)
  8. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
  9. Dog's Dialogue (1977)
10. Love Torn in a Dream (2000)

DVD cover for the movie Mysteries of Lisbon