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1	Alfred Hitchcock	3.4285	57	1920s - 10 1930s - 15 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Rear Window (1954) 2. Psycho (1960) 3. Vertigo (1958) 4. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) See all Alfred Hitchcock movie rankings
2	Quentin Tarantino	3.3209	8	1990s - 3 2000s - 3	1. Pulp Fiction (1994) 2. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 3. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) 4. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) See all Quentin Tarantino movie rankings
3	Martin Scorsese	3.2737	31	1950s - 1 1960s - 1 1970s - 8 1980s - 5 1990s - 8 2000s - 8	1. Taxi Driver (1976) 2. Departed, The (2006) 3. After Hours (1985) 4. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) See all Martin Scorsese movie rankings
4	Christopher Nolan	3.2242	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
5	Steven Spielberg	3.2163	31	1950s - 1 1960s - 3 1970s - 3 1980s - 7 1990s - 6 2000s - 9	1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 2. Jaws (1975) 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) See all Steven Spielberg movie rankings
6	James Cameron	3.2071	13	1970s - 1 1980s - 4 1990s - 4 2000s - 4	1. Aliens (1986) 2. Terminator, The (1984) 3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 4. Abyss, The (1989) See all James Cameron movie rankings
7	Roman Polanski	3.1412	24	1950s - 7 1960s - 6 1970s - 5 1980s - 2 1990s - 2 2000s - 2	1. Chinatown (1974) 2. Repulsion (1965) 3. Cul-de-sac (1966) 4. Frantic (1988) See all Roman Polanski movie rankings
8	John Carpenter	3.1197	23	1960s - 5 1970s - 3 1980s - 8 1990s - 5 2000s - 2	1. Halloween (1978) 2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 3. Thing, The (1982) 4. Dark Star (1974) See all John Carpenter movie rankings
9	Carol Reed	3.0911	30	1930s - 8 1940s - 10 1950s - 7 1960s - 3 1970s - 2	1. Third Man, The (1950) 2. Fallen Idol, The (1948) 3. Odd Man Out (1947) 4. Our Man in Havana (1959) See all Carol Reed movie rankings
10	Sam Raimi	3.0684	15	1970s - 2 1980s - 3 1990s - 5 2000s - 5	1. Spider-Man 2 (2004) 2. Spider-Man (2002) 3. Evil Dead, The (1981) 4. Simple Plan, A (1998) See all Sam Raimi movie rankings

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