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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.

11	Mervyn LeRoy	2.7837	66	1920s - 8 1930s - 28 1940s - 14 1950s - 12 1960s - 4	1. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) 2. Little Caesar (1931) 3. Five Star Final (1931) 4. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) See all Mervyn LeRoy movie rankings
12	W.S. Van Dyke	2.7733	66	1910s - 6 1920s - 33 1930s - 22 1940s - 5	1. Thin Man, The (1934) 2. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) 3. Manhattan Melodrama (1934) 4. After the Thin Man (1936) See all W.S. Van Dyke movie rankings
13	Lewis Milestone	2.7519	42	1910s - 4 1920s - 8 1930s - 10 1940s - 11 1950s - 7 1960s - 2	1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 2. Captain Hates the Sea, The (1934) 3. Front Page, The (1931) 4. Rain (1932) See all Lewis Milestone movie rankings
14	Tod Browning	2.7467	59	1910s - 28 1920s - 23 1930s - 7 1960s - 1	1. Freaks (1932) 2. Dracula (1931) 3. Mark of the Vampire (1935) 4. Devil-Doll, The (1936) See all Tod Browning movie rankings
15	William Keighley	2.7347	34	1930s - 22 1940s - 9 1950s - 3	1. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 2. Each Dawn I Die (1939) 3. Secrets of an Actress (1938) 4. Prince and the Pauper, The (1937) See all William Keighley movie rankings
16	Mark Sandrich	2.7128	45	1920s - 18 1930s - 20 1940s - 7	1. Top Hat (1935) 2. Carefree (1938) 3. Follow the Fleet (1936) 4. Gay Divorcee, The (1934) See all Mark Sandrich movie rankings
17	William A. Wellman	2.7010	62	1920s - 13 1930s - 26 1940s - 12 1950s - 11	1. Public Enemy, The (1931) 2. Nothing Sacred (1937) 3. Beau Geste (1939) 4. Wild Boys of the Road (1933) See all William A. Wellman movie rankings
18	John Cromwell	2.6921	45	1920s - 3 1930s - 26 1940s - 10 1950s - 5 1960s - 1	1. Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937) 2. Of Human Bondage (1934) 3. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) 4. This Man Is Mine (1934) See all John Cromwell movie rankings
19	John Ford	2.6879	78	1910s - 4 1920s - 12 1930s - 25 1940s - 15 1950s - 15 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) 2. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) 3. Whole Town's Talking, The (1935) 4. Stagecoach (1939) See all John Ford movie rankings
20	Frank Lloyd	2.6859	122	1910s - 67 1920s - 30 1930s - 16 1940s - 7 1950s - 2	1. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 2. Cavalcade (1933) 3. Under Two Flags (1936) 4. Maid of Salem (1937) See all Frank Lloyd movie rankings

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