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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	Peter Jackson	3.2887	11	1970s - 1 1980s - 2 1990s - 3 2000s - 5	1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, (2001) 2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 4. King Kong (2005) See all Peter Jackson movie rankings
2	Martin Scorsese	3.1586	31	1950s - 1 1960s - 1 1970s - 8 1980s - 5 1990s - 8 2000s - 8	1. Departed, The (2006) 2. My Voyage to Italy (2001) 3. Shine a Light (2008) 4. Aviator, The (2004) See all Martin Scorsese movie rankings
3	Clint Eastwood	3.1166	31	1970s - 7 1980s - 7 1990s - 8 2000s - 9	1. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 2. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) 3. Mystic River (2003) 4. Flags of our Fathers (2006) See all Clint Eastwood movie rankings
4	Sam Raimi	3.0753	16	1970s - 2 1980s - 3 1990s - 5 2000s - 6	1. Spider-Man 2 (2004) 2. Spider-Man (2002) 3. Drag Me to Hell (2009) 4. Spider-Man 3 (2007) See all Sam Raimi movie rankings
5	Steven Spielberg	3.0313	32	1950s - 1 1960s - 3 1970s - 3 1980s - 7 1990s - 7 2000s - 9	1. Catch Me If You Can (2002) 2. Minority Report (2002) 3. Munich (2005) 4. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) See all Steven Spielberg movie rankings
6	Joel Coen	3.0174	13	1980s - 2 1990s - 5 2000s - 6	1. No Country for Old Men (2007) 2. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 3. Burn After Reading (2008) 4. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) See all Joel Coen movie rankings
7	Christopher Nolan	3.0030	7	1990s - 2 2000s - 5	1. Dark Knight, The (2008) 2. Memento (2000) 3. Insomnia (2002) 4. Prestige, The (2006) See all Christopher Nolan movie rankings
8	Tim Burton	2.9928	19	1970s - 2 1980s - 5 1990s - 5 2000s - 7	1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) 2. Big Fish (2003) 3. Corpse Bride (2005) 4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) See all Tim Burton movie rankings
9	Paul Greengrass	2.9708	7	1980s - 1 1990s - 1 2000s - 5	1. United 93 (2006) 2. Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) 3. Bloody Sunday (2002) 4. Bourne Supremacy, The (2004) See all Paul Greengrass movie rankings
10	Yimou Zhang	2.9642	6	2000s - 6	1. House of Flying Daggers (2004) 2. Hero (2004) 3. Not One Less (2000) 4. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2006) See all Yimou Zhang movie rankings

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