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Top Films by Director (L)

Gregory La Cava

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 My Man Godfrey 1936 788
2 Stage Door 1937 2186

Neil LaBute

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 In the Company of Men 1997 2066

René Laloux

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Fantastic Planet 1973 728

Albert Lamorisse

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Red Balloon 1956 921

John Landis

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Blues Brothers 1980 343
2 Animal House 1978 360
3 An American Werewolf in London 1981 436
4 Trading Places 1983 632
5 Coming to America 1988 1042
6 ¡Three Amigos! 1986 2616

Fritz Lang

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Metropolis 1927 39
2 M 1931 69
3 The Big Heat 1953 429
4 Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 1922 957
5 Siegfried 1924 1195
6 Fury 1936 1385
7 Scarlet Street 1945 1513
8 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933 1521
9 Kriemhild's Revenge 1924 1574
10 The Woman in the Window 1944 1643
11 Rancho Notorious 1952 2156
12 Spione 1928 2201
13 Ministry of Fear 1944 2653
14 While the City Sleeps 1956 2743
15 You Only Live Once 1937 2802

Walter Lang

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The King and I 1956 997

Claude Lanzmann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Shoah 1985 243

John Lasseter

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Toy Story 1995 50
2 Toy Story 2 1999 310
3 A Bug's Life 1998 1689

Wai-keung Lau

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Infernal Affairs1 2002 685

1 Collaborated with Alan Mak.

Charles Laughton

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Night of the Hunter 1955 54

Pascal Laugier

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Martyrs 2008 1916

Jean-Claude Lauzon

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Léolo 1992 2559

Francis Lawrence

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 1950
2 I Am Legend 2007 2385

Bart Layton

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Imposter 2012 2747

David Lean

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 19
2 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 94
3 Brief Encounter 1945 174
4 Great Expectations 1946 415
5 Doctor Zhivago 1965 425
6 In Which We Serve1 1942 1653
7 Oliver Twist 1948 2037

1 Collaborated with Noel Coward.

Ang Lee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Brokeback Mountain 2005 153
2 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 191
3 Sense and Sensibility 1995 602
4 Life of Pi 2012 1111
5 The Ice Storm 1997 1182
6 Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 1362
7 The Wedding Banquet 1993 1595
8 Lust, Caution 2007 2218

Bruce Lee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Return of the Dragon 1972 2761

Francis Lee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 God's Own Country 2017 2602

Jennifer Lee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Frozen1 2013 940

1 Collaborated with Chris Buck.

Spike Lee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Do the Right Thing 1989 89
2 Malcolm X 1992 746
3 25th Hour 2002 1219
4 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts 2006 1300
5 She's Gotta Have It 1986 1537
6 He Got Game 1998 1675
7 Inside Man 2006 2119

Michael Lehmann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Heathers 1989 663

Mike Leigh

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Secrets & Lies 1996 470
2 Naked 1993 639
3 Topsy-Turvy 1999 1048
4 Vera Drake 2004 2418
5 Life Is Sweet 1990 2633
6 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 2703

Danny Leiner

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 2004 1865

Mitchell Leisen

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Midnight 1939 1832

David Leland

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Band of Brothers1 2001 2591

1 Collaborated with David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To.

Claude Lelouch

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 A Man and a Woman 1966 1955

Kasi Lemmons

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Eve's Bayou 1997 2289

Sergio Leone

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 44
2 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 58
3 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 133
4 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 383
5 For a Few Dollars More 1965 468
6 Duck, You Sucker 1971 1676

Mervyn LeRoy

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 981
2 Little Caesar 1931 983
3 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 1100
4 Mister Roberts1 1955 1627
5 The Bad Seed 1956 2701

1 Collaborated with John Ford.

Mark L. Lester

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Commando 1985 1850

Richard Lester

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 A Hard Day's Night 1964 270
2 Superman II 1980 971

Jørgen Leth

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Five Obstructions1 2003 2790

1 Collaborated with Lars von Trier.

Barry Levinson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Rain Man 1988 479
2 The Natural 1984 832
3 Diner 1982 1084
4 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 1629
5 Sleepers 1996 2533

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Blood Feast 1963 2554

Jerry Lewis

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Nutty Professor 1963 1269

Joseph H. Lewis

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Gun Crazy 1950 505
2 The Big Combo 1955 1729

Kevin Lima

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Enchanted 2007 1296
2 Tarzan1 1999 2288

1 Collaborated with Chris Buck.

Doug Liman

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Bourne Identity 2002 854
2 Swingers 1996 1103
3 Edge of Tomorrow 2014 1421
4 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005 2146

Justin Lin

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Fast Five 2011 1882

Richard Linklater

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Before Sunset 2004 315
2 Before Sunrise 1995 373
3 Dazed and Confused 1993 389
4 Boyhood 2014 751
5 Waking Life 2001 970
6 Slacker 1990 1207
7 The School of Rock 2003 1256
8 Before Midnight 2013 1336
9 A Scanner Darkly 2006 1389

Steven Lisberger

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Tron 1982 874

Chia-Liang Liu

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Drunken Master II 1994 1761

Jennie Livingston

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Paris Is Burning 1990 615

Frank Lloyd

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 1074

Phyllida Lloyd

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Mamma Mia! 2008 2639

Ken Loach

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Kes 1969 478
2 Land and Freedom 1995 2147

Barbara Loden

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Wanda 1970 1881

Joshua Logan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 South Pacific 1958 2143

Richard Loncraine

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Richard III 1995 2503
2 Band of Brothers1 2001 2591

1 Collaborated with David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To.

Ken Lonergan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Manchester by the Sea 2016 1740
2 You Can Count on Me 2000 2339
3 Margaret 2011 2782

Peter Lord

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chicken Run1 2000 962

1 Collaborated with Nick Park.

Phil Lord

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Lego Movie1 2014 918
2 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs1 2009 2343
3 21 Jump Street1 2012 2483

1 Collaborated with Christopher Miller.

Joseph Losey

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Servant 1963 824
2 The Damned 1962 2430

John Lounsbery

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Rescuers1 2 1977 2586
2 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh1 1977 2625

1 Collaborated with Wolfgang Reitherman.
2 Collaborated with Art Stevens.

Ernst Lubitsch

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 To Be or Not to Be 1942 280
2 The Shop around the Corner 1940 345
3 Trouble in Paradise 1932 381
4 Ninotchka 1939 401
5 The Merry Widow 1934 2030
6 Heaven Can Wait 1943 2168
7 One Hour with You 1932 2399
8 Design for Living 1933 2451
9 The Love Parade 1929 2637

George Lucas

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Star Wars 1977 6
2 American Graffiti 1973 362
3 THX-1138 1971 944
4 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 1139
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 2263

Baz Luhrmann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Moulin Rouge! 2001 357
2 Romeo + Juliet 1996 901
3 Strictly Ballroom 1992 2059

Robert Luketic

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Legally Blonde 2001 2686

Sidney Lumet

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 12 Angry Men 1957 73
2 Network 1976 182
3 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 208
4 Serpico 1973 767
5 The Verdict 1982 1075
6 Fail-Safe 1964 1520
7 The Pawnbroker 1964 2052
8 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 2597

Auguste Lumière

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat1 1896 1229

1 Collaborated with Louis Lumière.

Louis Lumière

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat1 1896 1229
2 Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory 1895 2230

1 Collaborated with Auguste Lumière.

Ida Lupino

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Hitch-Hiker 1953 2415

Hamilton Luske

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Pinocchio1 1940 233
2 Fantasia2 3 1940 266
3 One Hundred and One Dalmatians4 5 1961 755
4 Lady and the Tramp2 4 1955 811
5 Cinderella2 4 1950 847
6 Alice in Wonderland2 4 1951 1310
7 Peter Pan2 4 1953 1396

1 Collaborated with Ben Sharpsteen.
2 Collaborated with Wilfred Jackson.
3 Collaborated with James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Bill Roberts, and Paul Satterfield.
4 Collaborated with Clyde Geronimi
5 Collaborated with Wolfgang Reitherman.

David Lynch

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Blue Velvet 1986 103
2 Mulholland Dr. 2001 124
3 Eraserhead 1977 220
4 The Elephant Man 1980 368
5 Lost Highway 1997 793
6 The Straight Story 1999 916
7 Wild at Heart 1990 1157
8 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 1189
9 Inland Empire 2006 1361
10 Dune 1984 2034
11 Twin Peaks Pilot 1990 2301

Adrian Lyne

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Fatal Attraction 1987 879
2 Jacob's Ladder 1990 1271
3 9 1/2 Weeks 1986 1633

Jonathan Lynn

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 My Cousin Vinny 1992 1557
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