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The 5 Best Movies From the Most Influential Directors - Page 3

This is a list of the 5 best movies from all of the most influential and popular directors.
In order they are: Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, John Hughes, Spike Lee, David Fincher, Edgar Wright, Spike Jonze, Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, Robert Zemeckis, Richard Linklater, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchock, Christopher Nolan, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Terrence Malick, Sam Raimi, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo Del Toro, Paul Verhoeven, Joel & Ethan Coen, Brian De Palma, John Landis, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Michael Bay, Peter Jackson, Akira Kurosawa, Danny Boyle, Roman Polanski, Sergio Leone, Billy Wilder, Rob Reiner, John Carpenter, Terry Gilliam, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, Charlie Chaplin, Darren Aronofsky, M. Night Shyamalan, and Jonathan Demme.
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Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
81
96%8.5
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
82
70%8.8
Cast Away (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
83
89%7.8
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
84
97%7.7
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
85
85%6.9
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunrise (1995)
86
100%8.1
Before Sunset (2004)
Before Sunset (2004)
87
94%8.1
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
88
92%7.6
School of Rock (2003)
School of Rock (2003)
89
92%7.1
Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood (2014)
90
97%7.9
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
91
96%8.2
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
92
79%8.2
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
93
94%8.2
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
94
96%8.7
The Departed (2006)
The Departed (2006)
95
90%8.5
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
96
91%8.3
Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
97
86%8.4
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
98
92%8.9
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
99
89%8.3
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
100
85%8.1
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
101
94%8.3
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
102
96%8.5
The Birds (1963)
The Birds (1963)
103
95%7.7
North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
104
97%8.3
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
105
98%8.5
Inception (2010)
Inception (2010)
106
87%8.8
Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Begins (2005)
107
84%8.2
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
108
94%9.0
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
109
93%8.4
The Prestige (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
110
76%8.5
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
111
97%9.2
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
112
96%9.0
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
113
98%8.4
Dracula (1992)
Dracula (1992)
114
75%7.4
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
115
97%7.8
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
116
90%8.1
Mystic River (2003)
Mystic River (2003)
117
88%7.9
Gran Torino (2008)
Gran Torino (2008)
118
81%8.1
American Sniper (2014)
American Sniper (2014)
119
72%7.3
Unforgiven (1992)
Unforgiven (1992)
120
96%8.2
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