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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	Stanley Kubrick	3.2413	14	1950s - 6 1960s - 4 1970s - 1 1980s - 2 1990s - 1	1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Spartacus (1960) 4. Lolita (1962) See all Stanley Kubrick movie rankings
2	Blake Edwards	3.0394	36	1950s - 6 1960s - 10 1970s - 8 1980s - 10 1990s - 2	1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 2. Shot in the Dark, A (1964) 3. Party, The (1968) 4. Experiment in Terror (1962) See all Blake Edwards movie rankings
3	Alfred Hitchcock	2.8172	58	1920s - 11 1930s - 15 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Psycho (1960) 2. Birds, The (1963) 3. Marnie (1964) 4. Torn Curtain (1966) See all Alfred Hitchcock movie rankings
4	Richard Brooks	2.7972	24	1950s - 13 1960s - 6 1970s - 3 1980s - 2	1. In Cold Blood (1967) 2. Professionals, The (1966) 3. Elmer Gantry (1960) 4. Lord Jim (1965) See all Richard Brooks movie rankings
5	George Roy Hill	2.7736	14	1960s - 6 1970s - 5 1980s - 3	1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 2. World of Henry Orient, The (1964) 3. Hawaii (1966) 4. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) See all George Roy Hill movie rankings
6	Roger Corman	2.7605	49	1950s - 22 1960s - 23 1970s - 3 1990s - 1	1. House of Usher (1960) 2. Tomb of Ligeia, The (1964) 3. X (1963) 4. Premature Burial, The (1962) See all Roger Corman movie rankings
7	Billy Wilder	2.7487	25	1940s - 7 1950s - 8 1960s - 5 1970s - 4 1980s - 1	1. Apartment, The (1960) 2. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) 3. Irma la Douce (1963) 4. Fortune Cookie, The (1966) See all Billy Wilder movie rankings
8	Robert Stevenson	2.7394	39	1930s - 9 1940s - 9 1950s - 5 1960s - 11 1970s - 5	1. Mary Poppins (1964) 2. Love Bug, The (1968) 3. Absent Minded Professor, The (1961) 4. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) See all Robert Stevenson movie rankings
9	Terence Fisher	2.7194	50	1940s - 6 1950s - 27 1960s - 16 1970s - 1	1. Devil Rides Out, The (1968) 2. Brides of Dracula, The (1960) 3. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 4. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) See all Terence Fisher movie rankings
10	Robert Wise	2.7015	39	1940s - 9 1950s - 18 1960s - 6 1970s - 5 1980s - 1	1. Sound of Music, The (1965) 2. West Side Story (1961) 3. Star! (1968) 4. Haunting, The (1963) See all Robert Wise movie rankings

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