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1	Steven Spielberg	3.2675	32	1950s - 1 1960s - 3 1970s - 3 1980s - 7 1990s - 7 2000s - 9	1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 2. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 3. Schindler's List (1993) 4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) See all Steven Spielberg movie rankings
2	Martin Scorsese	3.2403	31	1950s - 1 1960s - 1 1970s - 8 1980s - 5 1990s - 8 2000s - 8	1. Taxi Driver (1976) 2. Goodfellas (1990) 3. Raging Bull (1980) 4. Departed, The (2006) See all Martin Scorsese movie rankings
3	Joel Coen	3.1813	14	1980s - 2 1990s - 5 2000s - 7	1. No Country for Old Men (2007) 2. Serious Man, A (2009) 3. Fargo (1996) 4. Barton Fink (1991) See all Joel Coen movie rankings
4	Paul Thomas Anderson	3.1795	5	1990s - 3 2000s - 2	1. Magnolia (1999) 2. There Will Be Blood (2007) 3. Boogie Nights (1997) 4. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) See all Paul Thomas Anderson movie rankings
5	Alfred Hitchcock	3.1606	58	1920s - 11 1930s - 15 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Vertigo (1958) 2. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 3. Rebecca (1940) 4. Notorious (1946) See all Alfred Hitchcock movie rankings
6	Stanley Kubrick	3.1541	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. Paths of Glory (1958) 3. Spartacus (1960) 4. Clockwork Orange, A (1971) See all Stanley Kubrick movie rankings
7	Peter Jackson	3.1496	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
8	Francis Ford Coppola	3.1372	17	1960s - 2 1970s - 5 1980s - 4 1990s - 4 2000s - 2	1. Godfather, The (1972) 2. Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 3. Conversation, The (1974) 4. Apocalypse Now (1979) See all Francis Ford Coppola movie rankings
9	James Whale	3.1086	21	1930s - 17 1940s - 3 1960s - 1	1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 2. Frankenstein (1931) 3. Show Boat (1936) 4. Invisible Man, The (1933) See all James Whale movie rankings
10	Roman Polanski	3.1039	24	1950s - 7 1960s - 6 1970s - 5 1980s - 2 1990s - 2 2000s - 2	1. Chinatown (1974) 2. Repulsion (1965) 3. Pianist, The (2002) 4. Cul-de-sac (1966) See all Roman Polanski movie rankings

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