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Top Films by Director (M)

Hettie MacDonald

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Beautiful Thing 1996 1739

Kevin Macdonald

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Touching the Void 2003 1717
2 The Last King of Scotland 2006 3040

Alexander Mackendrick

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 209
2 The Ladykillers 1955 616
3 The Man in the White Suit 1951 2427
4 Tight Little Island 1949 2450

David Mackenzie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hell or High Water 2016 1432

John Mackenzie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Long Good Friday 1980 834

John Madden

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Shakespeare in Love 1998 1026

Guy Maddin

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 My Winnipeg 2007 2528

Albert Magnoli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Purple Rain 1984 1186

Sharon Maguire

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 736

Majid Majidi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Children of Heaven 1997 1431

Alan Mak

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Infernal Affairs1 2002 711

1 Collaborated with Wai Keung Lau.

Dusan Makavejev

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism 1971 2880

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 A Moment of Innocence 1996 2533

Terrence Malick

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Days of Heaven 1978 243
2 Badlands 1973 272
3 The Thin Red Line 1998 380
4 The Tree of Life 2011 773
5 The New World 2005 1630

Louis Malle

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Elevator to the Gallows 1958 706
2 Au Revoir, les Enfants 1987 819
3 Atlantic City 1980 1574
4 My Dinner with Andre 1981 2192
5 Lacombe Lucien 1974 2348
6 The Fire within 1963 2649

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Touki Bouki 1973 1650

Rouben Mamoulian

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 1289
2 Love Me Tonight 1932 1349
3 Queen Christina 1933 1701

James Mangold

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Logan 2017 478
2 3:10 to Yuma 2007 1195
3 Walk the Line 2005 1416
4 Ford v Ferrari 2019 1442
5 Girl, Interrupted 1999 2288

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 All about Eve 1950 64
2 Guys and Dolls 1955 1560
3 Sleuth 1972 1747
4 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 1791
5 Cleopatra 1963 1904
6 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 2602
7 Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 2792

Anthony Mann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Winchester '73 1950 786
2 The Naked Spur 1953 1042
3 The Man from Laramie 1955 1858
4 Man of the West 1958 2127
5 Bend of the River 1952 2494
6 El Cid 1961 2872

Delbert Mann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Marty 1955 1161

Michael Mann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Heat 1995 182
2 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 541
3 The Insider 1999 871
4 Ali 2001 1316
5 Thief 1981 1506
6 Collateral 2004 1590
7 Manhunter 1986 1626
8 Public Enemies 2009 2188

Chris Marker

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 La Jetée 1962 474
2 Sans soleil 1983 700
3 A Grin without a Cat 1977 2967

Richard Marquand

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Return of the Jedi 1983 219

James Marsh

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Man on Wire 2008 644
2 The Theory of Everything 2014 2817

Garry Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Pretty Woman 1990 443
2 Beaches 1988 2278
3 Overboard 1987 2887
4 The Princess Diaries 2001 2960

George Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Destry Rides Again 1939 1105
2 How the West Was Won1 1962 1519

1 Collaborated with John Ford and Henry Hathaway.

Neil Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Descent 2005 746

Penny Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 A League of Their Own 1992 417
2 Big 1988 515
3 Awakenings 1990 2297

Rob Marshall

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chicago 2002 763

Lucrecia Martel

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 La Ciénaga 2001 2523
2 The Headless Woman 2008 2746

Leslie H. Martinson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Batman 1966 2311

Andrew Marton

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Longest Day1 1962 864

1 Collaborated with Ken Annakin and Bernhard Wicki.

Rudolph Maté

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 When Worlds Collide 1951 2613
2 D.O.A. 1949 2822

Toshio Matsumoto

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Funeral Parade of Roses 1969 2053

Burny Mattinson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Great Mouse Detective1 1986 2626

1 Collaborated with Ron Clements, David Michener, and John Musker.

Julien Maury

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Inside1 2007 2805

1 Collaborated with Alexandre Bustillo.

Ron Maxwell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Gettysburg 1993 2000

Elaine May

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 A New Leaf 1971 1796
2 The Heartbreak Kid 1972 1998
3 Mikey and Nicky 1976 2206

Albert Maysles

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Grey Gardens1 2 1975 654
2 Gimme Shelter1 3 1970 914
3 Salesman1 3 1969 1250

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 654
2 Gimme Shelter1 3 1970 914
3 Salesman1 3 1969 1250

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 2549

1 Collaborated with Humphrey Jennings.

Leo McCarey

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Duck Soup 1933 129
2 The Awful Truth 1937 827
3 An Affair to Remember 1957 900
4 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 1279
5 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 2057
6 Going My Way 1944 2671
7 Love Affair 1939 2875

Tom McCarthy

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Spotlight 2015 783
2 The Station Agent 2003 2193

Martin McDonagh

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 In Bruges 2008 631
2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017 1109

Ross McElwee

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sherman's March 1985 1644

McG

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 We Are Marshall 2006 2893

Paul McGuigan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 2271

Adam McKay

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 479
2 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 1368
3 Step Brothers 2008 1832

Chris McKay

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The LEGO Batman Movie 2017 1632

Norman Z. McLeod

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 It's a Gift 1934 1777
2 Horse Feathers 1932 2184
3 Monkey Business 1931 2231

John McNaughton

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 1115
2 Wild Things 1998 1678

Christopher McQuarrie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018 882
2 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 1755

Steve McQueen

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 12 Years a Slave 2013 235
2 Hunger 2008 1355
3 Shame 2011 1979
4 Widows 2018 3011

James McTeigue

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 V for Vendetta 2005 524

John McTiernan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Die Hard 1988 85
2 Predator 1987 374
3 Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 1511
4 The Hunt for Red October 1990 1633
5 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 2774

Shane Meadows

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 This Is England 2006 1225
2 Dead Man's Shoes 2004 1600

Peter Medak

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Changeling 1980 1681

Fernando Meirelles

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 City of God 2002 103
2 The Constant Gardner 2005 1605

Jonas Mekas

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 2897

Theodore Melfi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hidden Figures 2016 771

Georges Méliès

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Voyage to the Moon 1902 377
2 The Impossible Voyage 1904 2762

Jean-Pierre Melville

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Army in the Shadows 1969 424
2 Le Samouraï 1967 455
3 Le Cercle rouge 1970 577
4 Bob le Flambeur 1956 1847
5 Le Doulos 1962 2466
6 Second Breath 1966 2836

Sam Mendes

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 American Beauty 1999 218
2 Skyfall 2012 703
3 1917 2019 1110
4 Road to Perdition 2002 1328
5 Revolutionary Road 2008 2401
6 Jarhead 2005 3058

Jirí Menzel

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Closely Watched Trains 1966 947

William Cameron Menzies

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Things to Come 1936 1325
2 Invaders from Mars 1953 2071

Muffie Meyer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Grey Gardens1 1975 654

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 317
2 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 2771

Russ Meyer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 1774
2 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 2142

Nancy Meyers

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Something's Gotta Give 2003 1470
2 The Parent Trap 1998 1715
3 The Holiday 2006 2238

Oscar Micheaux

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Within Our Gates 1920 1879

Roger Michell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Notting Hill 1999 732

David Michôd

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Animal Kingdom 2010 2233

Takashi Miike

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Audition 1999 463
2 13 Assassins 2010 1685
3 Ichi the Killer 2001 2735

Lewis Milestone

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 234
2 Of Mice and Men 1939 2895

John Milius

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Conan the Barbarian 1982 1410
2 Big Wednesday 1978 2993

Bennett Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Moneyball 2011 1319
2 Capote 2005 1406
3 Foxcatcher 2014 3033

Christopher Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Lego Movie1 2014 532
2 21 Jump Street1 2012 1992
3 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs1 2009 2775

1 Collaborated with Phil Lord.

David Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Lonely Are the Brave 1962 2491

Frank Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sin City1 2005 737

1 Collaborated with Robert Rodriguez.

George Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 113
2 The Road Warrior 1981 325
3 Mad Max 1979 614
4 Happy Feet 2006 2747

Tim Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Deadpool 2016 888

Todd Douglas Miller

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Apollo 11 2019 2748

Mike Mills

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Beginners 2010 2630

Anthony Minghella

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The English Patient 1996 584
2 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 980
3 Cold Mountain 2003 3014

Tsai Ming-liang

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Good Bye, Dragon Inn 2003 2596
2 The River 1997 2601
3 Vive L'Amour 1994 2679

Rob Minkoff

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Lion King1 1994 92

1 Collaborated with Roger Allers.

Vincente Minnelli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 284
2 An American in Paris 1951 405
3 The Band Wagon 1953 542
4 Gigi 1958 1218
5 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 1310
6 Cabin in the Sky 1943 1970
7 Some Came Running 1958 2025
8 Lust for Life 1956 2818

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 This Is Not a Film1 2011 2713

1 Collaborated with Jafar Panahi.

David Robert Mitchell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 It Follows 2014 958

John Cameron Mitchell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 605
2 Shortbus 2006 2237

Hayao Miyazaki

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Spirited Away 2001 32
2 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 144
3 Princess Mononoke 1997 205
4 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 599
5 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984 710
6 Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989 740
7 Laputa: Castle in the Sky 1986 1039
8 Ponyo 2008 1092
9 The Wind Rises 2013 1601
10 Porco Rosso 1992 1902

Kenji Mizoguchi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ugetsu 1953 352
2 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 414
3 The Life of Oharu 1952 1299
4 The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums 1939 1631
5 The Crucified Lovers 1954 2758

Mario Monicelli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958 2143

Lukas Moodysson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Show Me Love 1998 1373
2 Lilja 4-ever 2002 1544

Jason Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Pitch Perfect 2012 2316

Michael Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Bowling for Columbine 2002 795
2 Roger & Me 1989 1149
3 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 2183
4 Sicko 2007 2779

Rich Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Zootopia1 2016 855
2 Wreck-It Ralph 2012 1242

1 Collaborated with Byron Howard.

Tomm Moore

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Song of the Sea 2014 1570
2 The Secret of Kells 2009 1769
3 Wolfwalkers1 2020 2035

1 Collaborated with Ross Stewart.

Pierre Morel

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Taken 2008 1048

Edgar Morin

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chronicle of a Summer1 1961 1870

1 Collaborated with Jean Rouch.

Christopher Morris

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Four Lions 2010 2032

Errol Morris

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Thin Blue Line 1988 604
2 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara 2003 959
3 Gates of Heaven 1978 1836

Paul Morrissey

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Chelsea Girls1 1966 1915

1 Collaborated with Andy Warhol.

Greg Mottola

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Superbad 2007 610
2 Adventureland 2009 2415

Gabriele Muccino

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 1374
2 Seven Pounds 2008 2812

Russell Mulcahy

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Highlander 1986 1671

Robert Mulligan

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 109

Cristian Mungiu

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007 778

Jimmy T. Murakami

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 When the Wind Blows 1986 2845

Walter Murch

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 When the Wind Blows 1985 2845

F. W. Murnau

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Nosferatu 1922 107
2 Sunrise 1927 117
3 The Last Laugh 1924 835
4 Faust 1926 1221
5 Tabu 1931 1884

Andy Muschietti

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 It 2017 1264

John Musker

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Aladdin1 1992 427
2 The Little Mermaid1 1989 505
3 Moana1 2016 702
4 The Princess and the Frog1 2009 1520
5 Hercules1 1997 1524
6 The Great Mouse Detective1 2 1986 2626

1 Collaborated with Ron Clements.
2 Collaborated with Burny Mattinson and David Michener.

Daniel Myrick

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Blair Witch Project1 1999 271

1 Collaborated with Eduardo Sánchez.

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