Work by various directors, ranked in order. Always fluid, as rewatches can influence so much…it’s also helpful to see how much of a filmography I’ve gone through, and who I really need to fill in the gaps on. Will be working on this in the coming weeks.

Coding:

RED = personal favorite | PRO (+)
ORANGE = fantastic | very strong PRO; could potentially jump to red at some point
GREEN = very, very good | PRO (-) to solid PRO
BLUE = solid | pro to pro (+)
PURPLE = definitely worthwhile, if flawed | mixed (+) / pro (-) territory
BLACK = eh / bad / worthless, all lumped together | mixed to CON (-)

Allen, Woody

01. MANHATTAN (1979)
02. ANNIE HALL (1977)
03. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (1994)
04. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)
05. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (2008)
06. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985)
07. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011)
08. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989)
09. MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (1993)
10. LOVE AND DEATH (1975)
11. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (1997)
12. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (1972)
13. MATCH POINT (2005)
14. SMALL TIME CROOKS (2000)
15. SLEEPER (1973)
16. BANANAS (1971)

Baumbach, Noah:

01. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (2005)
02. GREENBERG (2010)
03. KICKING AND SCREAMING (1995)
04. MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (2007)

Bresson, Robert

01. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (1966)
02. LANCELOT OF THE LAKE (1974)
03. MOUCHETTE (1967)
04. PICKPOCKET (1959)
05. L’ARGENT (1983)
06. A MAN ESCAPED (1956)
07. THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC (1962)
08. FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (1971)
09. DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (1951)
10. A GENTLE WOMAN (1969)
11. LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE (1945)
12. THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (1977)

Buñuel, Luis:

01. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962)
02. LOS OLVIDADOS (1950)
03. THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (1977)
04. BELLE DE JOUR (1967)
05. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISE (1972)
06. NAZARÍN (1959)
07. EL: THIS STRANGE PASSION (1953)
08. THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ (1955)
09. UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929)
10. VIRIDIANA (1961)
11. THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (1974)
12. SUSANA (1951)
13. L’ÂGE D’DOR (1930)
14. SIMON OF THE DESERT (1965)
15. EL BRUTO (1952)
16. ILLUSION TRAVELS BY STREETCAR (1953)
17. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
18. THE MILKY WAY (1969)
19. FEVER MOUNTS ON EL PAO (1959)
20. LAND WITHOUT BREAD (1933)
21. A WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE (1951)
22. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1954)
23. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE (1954)

Burton, Tim

01. ED WOOD (1994)
02. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)
03. SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007)
04. BEETLEJUICE (1988)
05. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)
06. CORPSE BRIDE (2008)
07. BATMAN (1989)
08. BATMAN RETURNS (1992)
09. PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)
10. SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)
11. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)
12. BIG FISH (2003)
13. PLANET OF THE APES (2001)

Capra, Frank

01. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
02. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
03. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

Chaplin, Charles:

01. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
02. THE CIRCUS (1928)
03. THE KID (1921)
04. MODERN TIMES (1936)
05. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
06. EASY STREET (1917)

Clouzot, Henri-Georges

01. LE CORBEAU (1943)
02. LES DIABOLIQUES (1955)
03. THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO (1956)
04. THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953)
05. QUAI DES ORFEVRES (1947)

Cukor, George:

01. HOLIDAY (1938)
02. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
03. CAMILLE (1936)

De Palma, Brian:

01. DRESSED TO KILL (1980)
02. SISTERS (1973)
03. CARRIE (1976)
04. BLOW OUT (1981)
05. CARLITO’S WAY (1995)
06. SCARFACE (1983)
07. OBSESSION (1976)
08. THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)

De Toth, André:

01. NONE SHALL ESCAPE (1944)
02. DAY OF THE OUTLAW (1959)

Deren, Maya

01. MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
02. A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA (1945)
03. AT LAND (1944)

Fellini, Federico

01. NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957)
02. 8 1/2 (1963)
03. LA DOLCE VITA (1960)
04. I VITELLONI (1953)
05. CITY OF WOMEN (1980)
06. THE WHITE SHEIK (1952)
07. LA STRADA (1954)
08. FELLINI SATYRICON (1969)
09. JULIET OF THE SPIRITS (1965)
10. AMARCORD (1973)

Fincher, David:

01. FIGHT CLUB (1999)
02. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)
03. ZODIAC (2007)
04. SEVEN (1995)
05. PANIC ROOM (2002)
06. ALIEN 3 (1992)
07. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008)

Ford, John:

01. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
02. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
03. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
04. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)
05. STAGECOACH (1939)

Fuller, Samuel

01. WHITE DOG (1982)
02. SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
03. PARK ROW (1952)
04. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953)
05. THE BIG RED ONE (1980)

Gray, James:

01. TWO LOVERS (2009)
02. THE YARDS (2000)
03. WE OWN THE NIGHT (2007)
04. LITTLE ODESSA (1994)

Hawks, Howard

01. THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
02. SCARFACE (1932)
03. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
04. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939)
05. EL DORADO (1967)
06. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (194)
07. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1942)
08. RIO BRAVO (1959)
09. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
10. HATARI! (1962)
11. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
12. THE CROWD ROARS (1935)
13. MONKEY BUSINESS (1952)
14. I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (1949)

Haynes, Todd:

01. SAFE (1995)
02. FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002)
03. I’M NOT THERE (2007)

Herzog, Werner

01. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1973)
02. NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT (1979)
03. FITZCARRALDO (1982)
WOYZECK (1979)
05. THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER (1974)
06. MY BEST FIEND (1999)
07. COBRA VERDE (1987)
08. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (2011)
09. ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007)
10. GRIZZLY MAN (2005)
11. STROSZEK (1977)
12. HEART OF GLASS (1976)
13. EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL (1970)
14. MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE (2009)

Hitchcock, Alfred

01. PSYCHO (1960)
02. REAR WINDOW (1954)
03. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
04. THE WRONG MAN (1956)
05. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1958)
06. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1943)
07. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
08. NOTORIOUS (1946)
09. THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
10. VERTIGO (1958)
11. JAMAICA INN (1939)
12. TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)
13. MARNIE (1964)
14. DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
15. SUSPICION (1941)
16. THE 39 STEPS (1935)
17. STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
18. FRENZY (1972)
19. REBECCA (1940)
20. ROPE (1948)
21. I CONFESS (1953)
22. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
23. MR. & MRS. SMITH (1941)
24. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
25. SABOTAGE (1936)
26. SECRET AGENT (1936)
27. NUMBER 17 (1932)
28. MURDER (1930)
29. EASY VIRTUE (1927)
30. BLACKMAIL (1929)

Keaton, Buster:

01. SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)
02. ONE WEEK (1920)
03. OUR HOSPITALITY (1923)
04. STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928)
05. THE GENERAL (1927)
06. THE PALEFACE (1922)
07. THE SCARECROW (1920)

Lang, Fritz:

01. M (1931)
02. THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933)
03. METROPOLIS (1927)
04. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937)
05. FURY (1936)
06. DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (1922)
07. THE BIG HEAT (1952)
08. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
09. SCARLET STREET (1945)
10. MINISTRY OF FEAR (1944)
11. CLASH BY NIGHT (1952)
12. THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
13. THE INDIAN TOMB (1959)
14. THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR (1959)

Losey, Joseph:

01. THE PROWLER (1951)
02. THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (1948)
03. THESE ARE THE DAMNED (1963)

Lynch, David

01. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)
02. THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
03. ERASERHEAD (1976)
04. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)
05. BLUE VELVET (1986)
06. THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
07. WILD AT HEART (1990)
08. INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
09. LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
10. DUNE (1984)

Malick, Terrence

01. THE TREE OF LIFE (2011)
02. THE NEW WORLD (2005)
03. BADLANDS (1973)
04. DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978)
05. THE THIN RED LINE (1998)

Mann, Anthony

01. THE NAKED SPUR (1953)
02. THE TALL TARGET (1951)
03. WINCHESTER ’73 (1950)

McCarey, Leo

01. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937)
02. RUGGLES OF RED GAP (1935)
03. DUCK SOUP (1933)
04. THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)

Melville, Jean-Pierre

01. ARMY OF SHADOWS (1969)
02. LE SAMOURAI (1967)
03. LE DOULOS (1962)

Minnelli, Vincente

01. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
02. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1943)
03. THE CLOCK (1945)
04. THE BAND WAGON (1953)

Naruse, Mikio

01. WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (1960)
02. FLOATING CLOUDS (1955)
03. REPAST (1951)

Nolan, Christopher

01. THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
02. MEMENTO (2001)
03. INCEPTION (2010)
04. THE PRESTIGE (2006)
05. INSOMNIA (2002)
06. BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
07. FOLLOWING (1998)

Ozu, Yasujiro

01. LATE AUTUMN (1960)
02. LATE SPRING (1949)
03. TOKYO STORY (1953)
04. I WAS BORN, BUT… (1932)
05. FLOATING WEEDS (1959)
06. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1962)
07. GOOD MORNING (1959)

Polanski, Roman

01. CHINATOWN (1974)
02. REPULSION (1965)
03. ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)
04. THE PIANIST (2002)
05. THE GHOST WRITER (2010)
06. KNIFE IN THE WATER (1962)
07. THE NINTH GATE (1999)

Powell & Pressburger

01. I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (1945)
02. BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

Preminger, Otto

01. LAURA (1944)
02. DAISY KENYON (1947)
03. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965)

Ray, Nicholas

01. IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
02. JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
03. ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951)
04. BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)
05. BORN TO BE BAD (1950)
06. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1949)
07. PARTY GIRL (1958)
08. THE LUSTY MEN (1951)
09. BITTER VICTORY (1956)
10. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
11. FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1952)

Reichardt, Kelly

01. OLD JOY (2006)
02. WENDY AND LUCY (2008)
03. MEEK’S CUTOFF (2010)

Roeg, Nicholas

01. DON’T LOOK NOW (1973)
02. THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976)
03. WALKABOUT (1971)

Romero, George A.

01. DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
02. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
03. DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
04. DIARY OF THE DEAD (2007)
05. LAND OF THE DEAD (2005)
06. CREEPSHOW (1982)
07. MARTIN (1977)
08. SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (2010)

Shinkai, Makoto

01. 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (2007)
02. VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR (2003)
03. THE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS (2004)
04. SHE AND HER CAT (1999)

Sirk, Douglas

01. IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)
02. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955)
03. THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW (1956)
04. THE TARNISHED ANGELS (1958)
05. ALL I DESIRE (1953)
06. WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956)

Starewicz, Wladyslaw

01. THE CAMERAMAN’S REVENGE (1912)
02. THE MASCOT (1934)
03. THE FROGS WHO WANTED A KING (1923)
04. THE MAGIC CLOCK (1928)

05. THE INSECTS’ CHRISTMAS (1913)
06. THE VOICE OF THE NIGHTINGALE (1923)
07. THE LITTLE PARADE (1928)

Tourneur, Jacques

01.OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
02. NIGHTFALL (1956)
03. CAT PEOPLE (1942)
04. THE LEOPARD MAN (1943)
05. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957)
06. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943)

Truffaut, François

01. THE 400 BLOWS (1959)
02. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (1960)
03. STOLEN KISSES (1968)
04. THE WILD CHILD (1970)
05. JULES AND JIM (1962)

Van Sant, Gus

01. ELEPHANT (2003)
02. LAST DAYS (2005)
03. PARANOID PARK (2008)
04. MILK (2008)
05. GERRY (2002)
06. FINDING FORRESTER (2000)
07. GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997)
08. MALA NOCHE (1985)
09. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (1989)
10. PSYCHO (1997)

Vigo, Jean

01. À PROPOS DE NICE (1930)
02. ZERO FOR CONDUCT (1933)
03. L’ATALANTE (1934)
04. JEAN TARIS, SWIMMING CHAMPION (1931)

Walsh, Raoul

01. WHITE HEAT (1949)
02. THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939)

Welles, Orson

01. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
02. TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
03. F FOR FAKE (1973)
04. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
05. THE STRANGER (1946)
06. THE TRIAL (1962)
07. CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (1955)
08. MACBETH (1948)

Wyler, William

01. THE HEIRESS (1949)
02. JEZEBEL (1938)