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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	Billy Wilder	2.8596	25	1940s - 7 1950s - 8 1960s - 5 1970s - 4 1980s - 1	1. Double Indemnity (1944) 2. Lost Weekend, The (1945) 3. Major and the Minor, The (1942) 4. Foreign Affair, A (1948) See all Billy Wilder movie rankings
12	Preston Sturges	2.8565	10	1940s - 9 1950s - 1	1. Christmas in July (1940) 2. Lady Eve, The (1941) 3. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) 4. Palm Beach Story, The (1942) See all Preston Sturges movie rankings
13	John Huston	2.8229	37	1940s - 7 1950s - 9 1960s - 10 1970s - 6 1980s - 5	1. Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 3. Key Largo (1948) 4. Across the Pacific (1942) See all John Huston movie rankings
14	George Cukor	2.8210	46	1930s - 19 1940s - 9 1950s - 11 1960s - 4 1970s - 2 1980s - 1	1. Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 2. Gaslight (1944) 3. Double Life, A (1947) 4. Keeper of the Flame (1942) See all George Cukor movie rankings
15	George Stevens	2.8178	51	1930s - 36 1940s - 8 1950s - 5 1960s - 1 1970s - 1	1. Talk of the Town, The (1942) 2. More the Merrier, The (1943) 3. Penny Serenade (1941) 4. Woman of the Year (1942) See all George Stevens movie rankings
16	Sam Wood	2.8002	63	1920s - 27 1930s - 21 1940s - 15	1. Kings Row (1942) 2. Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) 3. Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941) 4. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) See all Sam Wood movie rankings
17	Henry King	2.7451	106	1910s - 38 1920s - 24 1930s - 18 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 1	1. Black Swan, The (1942) 2. Twelve O'Clock High (1949) 3. Song of Bernadette, The (1943) 4. Yank in the R.A.F., A (1941) See all Henry King movie rankings
18	Robert Siodmak	2.7304	53	1930s - 16 1940s - 18 1950s - 11 1960s - 8	1. Killers, The (1946) 2. Spiral Staircase, The (1946) 3. Criss Cross (1949) 4. Cobra Woman (1944) See all Robert Siodmak movie rankings
19	Fritz Lang	2.7064	45	1910s - 5 1920s - 10 1930s - 7 1940s - 9 1950s - 13 1960s - 1	1. Scarlet Street (1945) 2. Woman in the Window, The (1945) 3. Ministry of Fear (1944) 4. Western Union (1941) See all Fritz Lang movie rankings
20	David Lean	2.6920	14	1940s - 7 1950s - 4 1960s - 2 1980s - 1	1. Oliver Twist (1948) 2. Brief Encounter (1945) 3. Great Expectations (1946) 4. Blithe Spirit (1945) See all David Lean movie rankings

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