Top 10 Film Directors of the 1920s

Movie Rankings

Actor Rankings

Director Rankings

Decades

1920s

Genres

Blogs

Newsletters

We'll deliver fresh reviews, acticles, tips and deals right to your inbox.

Home Theater

Movie Watcher

New Review Sites

Top Director by Decade List

Quiet on the Set!

Alfred Hitchcock has passed on, but his movies will never die. Check out the top 50 directors by decade and see who are the up and coming Steven Spielbergs. Or better yet, take a trip to the past and see which movie-makers had a "direct" influence on the headliners of today.

1	F.W. Murnau	3.3433	21	1910s - 1 1920s - 18 1930s - 2	1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 2. Letzte Mann, Der (1924) 3. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (1922) 4. Faust (1926) See all F.W. Murnau movie rankings
2	Fritz Lang	2.9793	45	1910s - 5 1920s - 10 1930s - 7 1940s - 9 1950s - 13 1960s - 1	1. Metropolis (1927) 2. Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die (1924) 3. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (1922) 4. Spione (1928) See all Fritz Lang movie rankings
3	Erich von Stroheim	2.5253	8	1910s - 1 1920s - 6 1930s - 1	1. Foolish Wives (1922) 2. Greed (1924) 3. Queen Kelly (1929) 4. Merry Widow, The (1925) See all Erich von Stroheim movie rankings
4	Buster Keaton	2.4803	34	1910s - 1 1920s - 23 1930s - 10	1. General, The (1927) 2. Navigator, The (1924) 3. Three Ages (1923) 4. Our Hospitality (1923) See all Buster Keaton movie rankings
5	King Vidor	2.4022	55	1910s - 7 1920s - 21 1930s - 12 1940s - 8 1950s - 6 1980s - 1	1. Crowd, The (1928) 2. Hallelujah! (1929) 3. Big Parade, The (1925) 4. Patsy, The (1928) See all King Vidor movie rankings
6	Fred Niblo	2.3996	40	1910s - 12 1920s - 23 1930s - 5	1. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) 2. Mark of Zorro, The (1920) 3. Blood and Sand (1922) 4. Mysterious Lady, The (1928) See all Fred Niblo movie rankings
7	Sam Taylor	2.3930	19	1920s - 11 1930s - 6 1940s - 1 1950s - 1	1. Why Worry? (1923) 2. Freshman, The (1925) 3. Safety Last! (1923) 4. My Best Girl (1927) See all Sam Taylor movie rankings
8	Alfred Hitchcock	2.3121	58	1920s - 11 1930s - 15 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Blackmail (1929) 2. Lodger, The (1927) 3. Easy Virtue (1928) 4. Farmer's Wife, The (1928) See all Alfred Hitchcock movie rankings
9	Alan Crosland	2.3088	63	1910s - 12 1920s - 31 1930s - 20	1. Beloved Rogue, The (1927) 2. Jazz Singer, The (1927) 3. Don Juan (1926) 4. Old San Francisco (1927) See all Alan Crosland movie rankings
10	Sergei M. Eisenstein	2.2694	23	1920s - 6 1930s - 7 1940s - 9 1980s - 1	1. Stachka (1925) 2. Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 3. Oktyabr (1927) 4. Dnevnik Glumova (1923) See all Sergei M. Eisenstein movie rankings

Displaying 1 to 10 of 200

<< Previous 10

| Next 10 >>

Get new Movie Reviews emailed directly to you

See reviews and ratings on New in Theaters and New on DVD every week.

See more free newsletters >>

Leave your own movie review

Share your opinion on your favorite (or not so favorite) movie with the rest of the world. Just go to any movie review page on our site and underneath the review scores there's a place to leave your own review.

Ads by Google

Shop & Compare

Rebates

TopTenREPORTS

See our Feeds