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Top Films by Director (R)

Michael Radford

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 1984 1984 2260
2 Il Postino 1994 2419

Eric Radomski

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm1 1993 1575

1 Collaborated with Bruce W. Timm.

Bob Rafelson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Five Easy Pieces 1970 982

Sam Raimi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Evil Dead II 1987 288
2 The Evil Dead 1981 397
3 Spider-Man 2 2004 459
4 Spider-Man 2002 516
5 Army of Darkness 1992 1318
6 Drag Me to Hell 2009 1891
7 Darkman 1990 2464
8 A Simple Plan 1998 2587

S.S. Rajamouli

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 RRR 2022 3039

Harold Ramis

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Groundhog Day 1993 93
2 Caddyshack 1980 563
3 National Lampoon's Vacation 1983 1509

Lynne Ramsay

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 We Need to Talk about Kevin 2011 1348
2 Ratcatcher 1999 1728
3 You Were Never Really Here 2017 2479
4 Morvern Callar 2002 2604

Peter Ramsey

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse1 2018 189

1 Collaborated with Bob Persichett and Rodney Rothman.

Arthur Rankin Jr.

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Last Unicorn1 1982 2990

1 Collaborated with Jules Bass.

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 2043

Irving Rapper

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Now, Voyager 1942 1012

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Flee 2021 2921

Brett Ratner

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Rush Hour 1998 2554

Nicholas Ray

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Rebel without a Cause 1955 252
2 Johnny Guitar 1954 477
3 In a Lonely Place 1950 568
4 They Live by Night 1948 1472
5 Bigger than Life 1956 2028
6 The Lusty Men 1952 2809

Satyajit Ray

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Pather Panchali 1955 155
2 The World of Apu 1959 492
3 Aparajito 1956 651
4 The Music Room 1958 1417
5 Charulata 1964 1425

Robert Redford

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ordinary People 1980 1249
2 Quiz Show 1994 1956
3 A River Runs Through It 1992 2519

Carol Reed

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Third Man 1949 42
2 Oliver! 1968 1029
3 Odd Man Out 1947 1487
4 The Fallen Idol 1948 1722

Peyton Reed

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ant-Man 2015 1556
2 Bring It on 2000 1782

Dee Rees

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Pariah 2011 1194
2 Mudbound 2017 2891

Jerry Rees

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Brave Little Toaster 1987 2978

Matt Reeves

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014 1435
2 The Batman 2022 1885
3 War for the Planet of the Apes 2017 1968
4 Cloverfield 2008 2108
5 Let Me in 2010 2846

Michael Reeves

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Witchfinder General 1968 2383

Nicolas Winding Refn

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Drive 2011 469

Godfrey Reggio

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Koyaanisqatsi 1982 704

Kelly Reichardt

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Wendy and Lucy 2008 1530
2 Meek's Cutoff 2010 1536

Carl Reiner

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Jerk 1979 899
2 The Man with Two Brains 1983 2873

Rob Reiner

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Princess Bride 1987 47
2 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 130
3 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 143
4 Stand by Me 1986 307
5 Misery 1990 585
6 A Few Good Men 1992 1558
7 The American President 1995 2729

Lotte Reiniger

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 1696

Charles Reisner

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 974

Karel Reisz

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960 1190

Wolfgang Reitherman

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Jungle Book 1967 566
2 One Hundred and One Dalmatians1 1961 885
3 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh2 1977 2027
4 The Rescuers2 3 1977 2627
5 The Sword in the Stone 1963 2634
6 Robin Hood 1973 2672
7 The Aristocats 1970 2791

1 Collaborated with Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske.
2 Collaborated with John Lounsbery.
3 Collaborated with Art Stevens.

Ivan Reitman

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ghostbusters 1984 151
2 Stripes 1981 2614

Jason Reitman

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Juno 2007 468
2 Up in the Air 2009 2049

Edgar Reitz

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Heimat 1984 2163

Chris Renaud

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Despicable Me1 2010 1285
2 Despicable Me 21 2013 2600

1 Collaborated with Pierre Coffin.

Norman René

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Longtime Companion 1989 2644

Benjamin Renner

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Ernest & Celestine1 2012 1947

1 Collaborated with Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar.

Jean Renoir

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Rules of the Game 1939 138
2 The Grand Illusion 1937 180
3 The River 1951 1589
4 A Day in the Country 1946 1625
5 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 2139
6 La Chienne 1931 2331
7 La Bête Humaine 1938 2338
8 The Crime of Mr. Lange 1936 2489
9 French Cancan 1955 2930

Alain Resnais

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 432
2 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 433
3 Night and Fog 1956 490
4 Mon oncle d'Amérique 1980 2675

Kevin Reynolds

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 2910

Michael Rianda

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2021 1794

Richard Rich

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Fox and the Hound1 1981 3026

1 Collaborated with Ted Berman and Art Stevens.

Tony Richardson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962 1363
2 Tom Jones 1963 1531
3 A Taste of Honey 1961 3008

W. D. Richter

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 2174

Leni Riefenstahl

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Triumph of the Will 1935 877
2 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations 1938 1097
3 Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty 1938 1154

Marlon Riggs

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Tongues Untied 1989 1347

Boots Riley

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sorry to Bother You 2018 1975

Wolf Rilla

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Village of the Damned 1960 1085

Rintarô

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Metropolis 2001 2721

Dino Risi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Il Sorpasso 1962 2228

Guy Ritchie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Snatch. 2000 645
2 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 678
3 Sherlock Holmes 2009 3012

Michael Ritchie

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Bad News Bears 1976 993
2 Downhill Racer 1969 2653

Martin Ritt

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Hud 1963 1037
2 Sounder 1972 1897
3 Norma Rae 1979 2242
4 Hombre 1967 2609
5 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965 2624

Jacques Rivette

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Celine & Julie Go Boating 1974 764
2 La Belle noiseuse 1991 1698
3 Out 1 1971 2279

Jay Roach

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 1008
2 Meet the Parents 2000 1513
3 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 2877

Jerome Robbins

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 West Side Story1 1961 146

1 Collaborated with Robert Wise.

Tim Robbins

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Dead Man Walking 1995 1898

Bill Roberts

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Fantasia1 1940 229

1 Collaborated with James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Paul Satterfield, and Ben Sharpsteen.

Bruce Robinson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Withnail & I 1987 407

Phil Alden Robinson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Field of Dreams 1989 430

Mark Robson

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Seventh Victim 1943 2314
2 Von Ryan's Express 1965 2927

Glauber Rocha

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Black God and White Devil 1964 1397
2 Terra em Transe 1967 2420
3 Antonio das Mortes 1969 2754

Franc Roddam

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Quadrophenia 1979 1924

Robert Rodriguez

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Sin City1 2005 737
2 El Mariachi 1992 1779
3 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 1828
4 Desperado 1995 2235
5 Grindhouse2 2007 2567

1 Collaborated with Frank Miller.
2 Collaborated with Quentin Tarantino.

Nicolas Roeg

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Don't Look Now 1973 160
2 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 684
3 Performance1 1970 791
4 Walkabout 1971 981
5 The Witches 1990 1890
6 Bad Timing 1980 3053

1 Collaborated with Donald Cammell.

Michael Roemer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Nothing but a Man 1964 2449

Éric Rohmer

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 My Night at Maud's 1969 1034
2 Claire's Knee 1970 1756
3 Summer 1986 1988
4 A Summer's Tale 1996 2991

Mark Romanek

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Never Let Me Go 2010 2434

George A. Romero

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Night of the Living Dead 1968 102
2 Dawn of the Dead 1978 242
3 Day of the Dead 1985 1197
4 Martin 1977 2371
5 Creepshow 1982 2683

Bernard Rose

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Candyman 1992 1182

Martin Rosen

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Watership Down 1978 1287

Stuart Rosenberg

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Cool Hand Luke 1967 308
2 The Amityville Horror 1979 2797

Francesco Rosi

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Salvatore Giuliano 1962 2361

Gary Ross

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Hunger Games 2012 923
2 Seabiscuit 2003 1639
3 Pleasantville 1998 1694

Herbert Ross

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Steel Magnolias 1989 1415
2 Footloose 1984 2117
3 Play It Again, Sam 1972 2490
4 The Goodbye Girl 1977 2994

Roberto Rossellini

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Rome, Open City 1945 360
2 Voyage in Italy 1954 833
3 Paisan 1946 1120
4 Germany, Year Zero 1948 1912
5 The Flowers of St. Francis 1950 2275
6 Stromboli 1950 2563
7 Europa '51 1952 2666
8 The Rise of Louis XIV 1966 2917

Robert Rossen

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Hustler 1961 426
2 All the King's Men 1949 2001
3 Body and Soul 1947 2660

Rodney Rothman

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse1 2018 189

1 Collaborated with Bob Persichett and Peter Ramsey.

Jean Rouch

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

1 Collaborated with Edgar Morin.

Henry Alex Rubin

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Murderball1 2005 973

1 Collaborated with Dana Adam Shapiro.

Richard Rush

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Stunt Man 1980 2829

Chuck Russell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Mask 1994 1744

David O. Russell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Fighter 2010 881
2 Silver Linings Playbook 2012 915
3 Three Kings 1999 1238
4 American Hustle 2013 2382

Ken Russell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 The Devils 1971 1010
2 Altered States 1980 2064
3 Tommy 1975 2693

Anthony Russo

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Avengers: Endgame1 2019 373
2 Avengers: Infinity War1 2018 436
3 Captain America: The Winter Soldier1 2014 760
4 Captain America: Civil War1 2016 867

1 Collaborated with Joe Russo.

Joe Russo

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Avengers: Endgame1 2019 373
2 Avengers: Infinity War1 2018 436
3 Captain America: The Winter Soldier1 2014 760
4 Captain America: Civil War1 2016 867

1 Collaborated with Anthony Russo.

Walter Ruttmann

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 1927 2111

Mark Rydell

Rank Title Year Overall
Rank
1 On Golden Pond 1981 1497
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