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25 Best Film Directors of the 2010s

As the decade draws to a close, Close-up Culture's James Prestridge attempts to pick out 25 of his favourite directors of the last ten years.
10 Special Mentions: Chloé Zhao, Dardenne Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jacques Audiard, Sean Baker, Jafar Panahi, Kelly Reichardt, Richard Linklater, Carol Morley, David Fincher.
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Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín
1
No (2012)
No (2012)
2
93%7.4
Jackie (2016)
Jackie (2016)
3
87%6.7
Ema (2019)
Ema (2019)
4
88%6.8
David Lowery
David Lowery
5
Pete's Dragon (2016)
Pete's Dragon (2016)
6
88%6.7
A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story (2017)
7
91%6.9
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
8
93%6.7
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
9
Shame (2011)
Shame (2011)
10
79%7.2
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
11
95%8.1
Widows (2018)
Widows (2018)
12
91%6.8
Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright
13
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
14
82%7.5
The World's End (2013)
The World's End (2013)
15
89%7.0
Baby Driver (2017)
Baby Driver (2017)
16
92%7.6
Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler
17
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
18
94%7.5
Creed (2015)
Creed (2015)
19
95%7.6
Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
20
96%7.3
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
21
Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
22
86%8.4
The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
23
74%7.8
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
24
85%7.6
Joel & Ethan Coen
Joel & Ethan Coen
25
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
26
92%7.5
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
27
86%6.3
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
28
89%7.3
Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos
29
The Lobster (2015)
The Lobster (2015)
30
87%7.2
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
31
80%7.0
The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite (2018)
32
93%7.5
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
33
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
34
93%7.8
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
35
92%8.1
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
36
90%7.8
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Andrey Zvyagintsev
37
Elena (2013)
Elena (2013)
38
81%7.6
Leviathan (2014)
Leviathan (2014)
39
97%7.6
Loveless (2017)
Loveless (2017)
40
95%7.6
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