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Top Films by Director (M)

Hettie MacDonald

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Beautiful Thing 1996 1694

Kevin Macdonald

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Touching the Void 2003 1180
2 The Last King of Scotland 2006 2128

Gustav Machatý

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ecstasy 1933 2410

Alexander Mackendrick

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 173
2 The Ladykillers 1955 512
3 The Man in the White Suit 1951 1614
4 Tight Little Island 1949 1718

David Mackenzie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hell or High Water 2016 2457

John Mackenzie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Long Good Friday 1980 642

John Madden

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Shakespeare in Love 1998 592

Guy Maddin

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 My Winnipeg 2007 2627

Albert Magnoli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Purple Rain 1984 1834

Sharon Maguire

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 1091

Majid Majidi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Children of Heaven 1997 1534

Alan Mak

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Infernal Affairs1 2002 685

1 Collaborated with Wai-keung Lau.

Dusan Makavejev

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism 1971 2236

Terrence Malick

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Days of Heaven 1978 221
2 Badlands 1973 228
3 The Thin Red Line 1998 378
4 The Tree of Life 2011 1275
5 The New World 2005 1494

Louis Malle

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Atlantic City 1980 784
2 Au Revoir, les Enfants 1987 792
3 Elevator to the Gallows 1958 820
4 The Fire within 1963 1915
5 My Dinner with Andre 1981 1996
6 Lacombe Lucien 1974 2116
7 Murmur of the Heart 1971 2777

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Touki Bouki 1973 2134

David Mamet

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 House of Games 1987 2207

Rouben Mamoulian

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Love Me Tonight 1932 845
2 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 1134
3 Queen Christina 1933 1462
4 The Mark of Zorro 1940 2763

Milcho Manchevski

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Before the Rain 1994 2442

James Mangold

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 3:10 to Yuma 2007 1059
2 Walk the Line 2005 1171
3 Logan 2017 1505
4 Girl, Interrupted 1999 1781

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 All about Eve 1950 56
2 Sleuth 1972 1430
3 Guys and Dolls 1955 1470
4 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 1528
5 Cleopatra 1963 1654
6 The Barefoot Contessa 1954 2375
7 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 2558

Anthony Mann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Winchester '73 1950 668
2 The Naked Spur 1953 867
3 The Man from Laramie 1955 1788
4 Man of the West 1958 1823
5 T-Men 1947 2246
6 Raw Deal 1948 2439
7 Bend of the River 1952 2464
8 El Cid 1961 2544

Delbert Mann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Marty 1955 1150

Michael Mann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Heat 1995 157
2 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 463
3 The Insider 1999 1105
4 Ali 2001 1199
5 Manhunter 1986 1377
6 Collateral 2004 1645
7 Thief 1981 1789

Chris Marker

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 La Jetée 1962 350
2 Sans soleil 1983 561

Richard Marquand

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Return of the Jedi 1983 236

James Marsh

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Man on Wire 2008 689

Garry Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Pretty Woman 1990 521

George Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Destry Rides Again 1939 836
2 How the West Was Won1 1962 1530

1 Collaborated with John Ford and Henry Hathaway.

Neil Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Descent 2005 1228

Penny Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Big 1988 501
2 A League of Their Own 1992 591
3 Awakenings 1990 1902

Rob Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chicago 2002 617

Lucrecia Martel

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 La Ciénaga 2001 2485

Leslie H. Martinson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Batman 1966 2556

Andrew Marton

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Longest Day1 1962 923

1 Collaborated with Ken Annakin and Bernhard Wicki.

Rudolph Maté

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 D.O.A. 1949 1604
2 When Worlds Collide 1951 2254

Ronald F. Maxwell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Gettysburg 1993 2033

Elaine May

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Heartbreak Kid 1972 2592
2 A New Leaf 1971 2772

Archie Mayo

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Petrified Forest 1936 2765

Albert Maysles

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Grey Gardens1 2 1975 670
2 Gimme Shelter1 3 1970 830
3 Salesman1 3 1969 906

1 Collaborated with David Maysles.
2 Collaborated with Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer
3 Collaborated with Charlotte Zwerin.

David Maysles

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Grey Gardens1 2 1975 670
2 Gimme Shelter1 3 1970 830
3 Salesman1 3 1969 906

1 Collaborated with Albert Maysles.
2 Collaborated with Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer.
3 Collaborated with Charlotte Zwerin.

Stewart McAllister

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Listen to Britain1 1942 1481

1 Collaborated with Humphrey Jennings.

Jim McBride

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 David Holzman's Diary 1967 2416

Leo McCarey

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Duck Soup 1933 85
2 The Awful Truth 1937 758
3 An Affair to Remember 1957 794
4 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 949
5 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 1651
6 Going My Way 1944 1876

Tom McCarthy

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Spotlight 2015 1373
2 The Station Agent 2003 1825

Winsor McCay

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 2776

Martin McDonagh

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 In Bruges 2008 846
2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017 1272

Ross McElwee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sherman's March 1985 1266

Paul McGuigan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 1992

Adam McKay

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 491
2 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 1794
3 Step Brothers 2008 2290

Greg McLean

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Wolf Creek 2005 2659

Norman Z. McLeod

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 It's a Gift 1934 1068
2 Horse Feathers 1932 1533
3 Monkey Business 1931 2234

John McNaughton

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 1073
2 Wild Things 1998 1687

Christopher McQuarrie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 2435
2 Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018 2474

Steve McQueen

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 12 Years a Slave 2013 543
2 Hunger 2008 1321
3 Shame 2011 2787

James McTeigue

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 V for Vendetta 2005 705

John McTiernan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Die Hard 1988 83
2 Predator 1987 347
3 Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 1390
4 The Hunt for Red October 1990 2229
5 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 2769

Shane Meadows

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 This Is England 2006 1205
2 Dead Man's Shoes 2004 1295

Peter Medak

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Changeling 1980 2118

Julio Medem

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Lovers of the Arctic Circle 1998 2719

Fernando Meirelles

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 City of God 2002 128
2 The Constant Gardner 2005 1963

Bill Melendez

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965 2640

Georges Méliès

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Voyage to the Moon 1902 337
2 The Impossible Voyage 1904 2473

Jean-Pierre Melville

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Le Samouraï 1967 375
2 Army in the Shadows 1969 388
3 Le Cercle rouge 1970 656
4 Bob le Flambeur 1956 1247
5 Le Doulos 1962 2248

Sam Mendes

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 American Beauty 1999 142
2 Road to Perdition 2002 1149
3 Skyfall 2012 1259

Malik Mendjelloul

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Searching for Sugar Man 2012 1905

Jirí Menzel

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Closely Watched Trains 1966 680

William Cameron Menzies

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Things to Come 1936 1022
2 Invaders from Mars 1953 2000

Muffie Meyer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Grey Gardens1 1975 670

1 Collaborated with Ellen Hovde and Albert and David Maysles.

Nicholas Meyer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 393
2 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 2468

Russ Meyer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 1278
2 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 2055

Oscar Micheaux

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Within Our Gates 1920 2235

Roger Michell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Notting Hill 1999 996

David Michôd

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Animal Kingdom 2010 2093

Takashi Miike

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Audition 1999 511
2 13 Assassins 2010 1683
3 Ichi the Killer 2001 2673

Nikita Mikhalkov

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Burnt by the Sun 1994 1743

Lewis Milestone

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 225
2 Of Mice and Men 1939 2789

John Milius

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Conan the Barbarian 1982 1433

Bennett Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Capote 2005 1386
2 Moneyball 2011 1657

Christopher Miller

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 Phil Lord.

David Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Lonely Are the Brave 1962 1704

Frank Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sin City1 2005 515

1 Collaborated with Robert Rodriguez.

George Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Road Warrior 1981 295
2 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 377
3 Mad Max 1979 671
4 Happy Feet 2006 2192

Tim Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Deadpool 2016 1700

Mike Mills

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Beginners 2010 2611

Anthony Minghella

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The English Patient 1996 510
2 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 979

Rob Minkoff

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Lion King1 1994 138

1 Collaborated with Roger Allers.

Vincente Minnelli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 283
2 An American in Paris 1951 391
3 The Band Wagon 1953 585
4 Gigi 1958 1031
5 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 1292
6 Some Came Running 1958 1891
7 Cabin in the Sky 1943 2013
8 Lust for Life 1956 2182
9 Father of the Bride 1950 2715

David Robert Mitchell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 It Follows 2014 2221

John Cameron Mitchell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 779
2 Shortbus 2006 2419

Hayao Miyazaki

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Spirited Away 2001 79
2 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 230
3 Princess Mononoke 1997 265
4 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 573
5 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984 750
6 Laputa: Castle in the Sky 1986 1058
7 Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989 1305
8 Ponyo 2008 1608
9 Porco Rosso 1992 1737
10 The Wind Rises 2013 2422
11 The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 2576

Kenji Mizoguchi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ugetsu 1953 241
2 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 376
3 The Life of Oharu 1952 986
4 The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums 1939 1162
5 The Crucified Lovers 1954 2021

Edouard Molinaro

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 La Cage aux Folles 1978 2111

Mario Monicelli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958 1836
2 The Great War 1959 2752

Lukas Moodysson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Lilja 4-ever 2002 1414
2 Show Me Love 1998 1443
3 Together 2000 2441

Michael Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Bowling for Columbine 2002 630
2 Roger & Me 1989 861
3 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 1615
4 Sicko 2007 2427

Rich Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Zootopia1 2016 1039
2 Wreck-It Ralph 2012 1576

1 Collaborated with Byron Howard.

Tomm Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Secret of Kells 2009 1999
2 Song of the Sea 2014 2345

Pierre Morel

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Taken 2008 1166

Nanni Moretti

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Caro Diario 1993 2446
2 The Son's Room 2001 2545

Edgar Morin

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chronicle of a Summer1 1961 1510

1 Collaborated with Jean Rouch.

Christopher Morris

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Four Lions 2010 1856

Errol Morris

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Thin Blue Line 1988 438
2 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara 2003 929
3 Gates of Heaven 1978 1236
4 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 1997 1961

Paul Morrissey

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chelsea Girls1 1966 1717

1 Collaborated with Andy Warhol.

Greg Mottola

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Superbad 2007 777
2 Adventureland 2009 2808

Gabriele Muccino

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 1716

Russell Mulcahy

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Highlander 1986 1714

Peter Mullan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Magdalene Sisters 2002 2275

Robert Mulligan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 100

Cristian Mungiu

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007 808

Jimmy T. Murakami

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 When the Wind Blows 1986 2261

F. W. Murnau

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sunrise 1927 81
2 Nosferatu 1922 84
3 The Last Laugh 1924 597
4 Faust 1926 835
5 Tabu 1931 1667

John Musker

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Aladdin1 1992 535
2 The Little Mermaid1 1989 653
3 Moana1 2016 1804
4 The Princess and the Frog1 2009 2175
5 Hercules1 1997 2549

1 Collaborated with Ron Clements.

Daniel Myrick

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Blair Witch Project1 1999 281

1 Collaborated with Eduardo Sánchez.

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