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Ranker's Top 30 Greatest Directors in Movie History

Cinema is possibly the most complete artistic expression, encompassing many artistic pillars and fascinating interpretations of great actors. But in the absence of the director, nothing would be possible. They are the ones who analyze, guide and organize the sets. Here are the 30 greatest movie directors of all time, according to popular opinion.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
1
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
2
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
3
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
4
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
5
John Ford
John Ford
6
David Lean
David Lean
7
Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
8
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
9
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
10
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
11
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
12
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
13
Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
14
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
15
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
16
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
17
William Wyler
William Wyler
18
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
19
John Huston
John Huston
20
Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
21
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
22
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
23
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
24
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
25
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
26
David Lynch
David Lynch
27
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
28
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
29
James Cameron
James Cameron
30
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