Movie Directors Top Films - Page 36

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: 2025-12-13

William A. Wellman

1896 - 1975

  1. The Public Enemy (1931)
  2. Wings (1927)
  3. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
  4. A Star Is Born (1937)
  5. Battleground (1949)
  6. The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
  7. Nothing Sacred (1937)
  8. Beau Geste (1939)
  9. The High and the Mighty (1954)
10. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

Poster for the 1931 movie The Public Enemy

Wim Wenders

1945 -

  1. Wings of Desire (1987)
  2. Paris, Texas (1984)
  3. The American Friend (1977)
  4. Alice in the Cities (1974)
  5. Kings of the Road (1976)
  6. Perfect Days (2023)
  7. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
  8. Pina (2011)
  9. The State of Things (1982)
10. The Salt of the Earth [with Juliano Ribeiro Salgado] (2014)

Lina Wertmüller

1928 - 2021

  1. Seven Beauties (1975)
  2. Swept Away (1974)
  3. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
  4. I basilischi (1963)
  5. Love and Anarchy (1973)
  6. Blood Feud (1978)
  7. Ciao, Professore! (1992)
  8. Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1986)
  9. A Night Full of Rain (1978)
10. Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990)

James Whale

1889 - 1957

  1. Frankenstein (1931)
  2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  3. The Invisible Man (1933)
  4. Show Boat (1936)
  5. The Old Dark House (1932)
  6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
  7. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
  8. The Great Garrick (1937)
  9. The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
10. One More River (1934)

Ben Wheatley

1972 -

  1. Kill List (2011)
  2. Sightseers (2012)
  3. A Field in England (2013)
  4. Free Fire (2016)
  5. High-Rise (2015)
  6. Down Terrace (2009)
  7. Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
  8. Rebecca (2020)
  9. In the Earth (2021)
10. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

Joss Whedon

1964 -

  1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
  2. The Avengers (2012)
  3. Firefly [with Tim Minear] (2002)
  4. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  5. Serenity (2005)
  6. Angel [with David Greenwalt] (1999-2004)
  7. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
  8. Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
  9. Dollhouse [with others] (2009-2010)
10. The Nevers [season 1] (2021)

Poster for the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bo Widerberg

1930 - 1997

  1. Elvira Madigan (1967)
  2. Ådalen 31 (1969)
  3. Raven's End (1963)
  4. All Things Fair (1995)
  5. The Man on the Roof (1976)
  6. The Man from Majorca (1984)
  7. Joe Hill (1971)
  8. The Baby Carriage (1963)
  9. The Serpent's Way (1986)
10. Fimpen (1974)

Robert Wiene

1873 - 1938

  1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  2. The Hands of Orlac (1924)
  3. Raskolnikow (1923)
  4. Genuine (1920)
  5. Fear (1917)
  6. Der Rosenkavalier (1925)
  7. I.N.R.I. (1923)
  8. The Other (1930)
  9. The Wandering Light (1916)
10. The Guardsman (1925)

Poster for the 1920 movie The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Billy Wilder

1906 - 2002

  1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  2. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  3. Double Indemnity (1944)
  4. The Apartment (1960)
  5. The Lost Weekend (1945)
  6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  7. Stalag 17 (1953)
  8. Ace in the Hole (1951)
  9. Sabrina (1954)
10. The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Nicolas Winding Refn

1970 -

  1. Drive (2011)
  2. Pusher (1996)
  3. Bronson (2008)
  4. The Neon Demon (2016)
  5. Valhalla Rising (2009)
  6. Pusher II (2004)
  7. Too Old to Die Young (2019)
  8. Only God Forgives (2013)
  9. Pusher 3 (2005)
10. Copenhagen Cowboy (2023)

Michael Winterbottom

1961 -

  1. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  2. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
  3. The Trip (2010)
  4. Wonderland (1999)
  5. In This World (2002)
  6. The Road to Guantanamo [with Mat Whitecross] (2006)
  7. Jude (1996)
  8. The Trip to Italy (2014)
  9. Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
10. The Trip to Spain (2017)

Poster for the movie 24 Hour Party People

Robert Wise

1914 - 2005

  1. The Sound of Music (1965)
  2. West Side Story [with Jerome Robbins] (1961)
  3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  4. The Haunting (1963)
  5. The Set-Up (1949)
  6. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
  7. I Want to Live! (1958)
  8. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
  9. The Curse of the Cat People [with Gunther von Fritsch] (1944)
10. The Body Snatcher (1945)

Frederick Wiseman

1930 -

  1. High School (1968)
  2. Titicut Follies (1967)
  3. Welfare (1975)
  4. Hospital (1970)
  5. Near Death (1989)
  6. Belfast, Maine (1999)
  7. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
  8. National Gallery (2014)
  9. In Jackson Heights (2015)
10. City Hall (2020)

Wong Kar-Wai

1958 -

  1. In the Mood for Love (2000)
  2. Chungking Express (1994)
  3. Days of Being Wild (1990)
  4. 2046 (2004)
  5. Happy Together (1997)
  6. Fallen Angels (1995)
  7. Ashes of Time (1994)
  8. The Grandmaster (2013)
  9. As Tears Go By (1988)
10. My Blueberry Nights (2007)

Poster for the movie In the Mood for Love

John Woo

1946 -

  1. The Killer (1989)
  2. Hard Boiled (1992)
  3. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
  4. Face/Off (1997)
  5. Bullet in the Head (1990)
  6. Red Cliff (2008/2009)
  7. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
  8. Broken Arrow (1996)
  9. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
10. Hard Target (1993)

Edward D. Wood, Jr.

1924 - 1978

  1. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
  2. Glen or Glenda (1953)
  3. Bride of the Monster (1955)
  4. Night of the Ghouls (1959)
  5. Jail Bait (1954)
  6. The Sinister Urge (1960)
  7. Necromania (1971)
  8. Take It Out in Trade (1970)
  9. Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid (1953)
10. Crossroads of Laredo (1995)

Poster for the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space