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1	Alfred Hitchcock	3.4272	58	1920s - 11 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	Martin Scorsese	3.3402	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
3	Steven Spielberg	3.3281	32	1950s - 1 1960s - 3 1970s - 3 1980s - 7 1990s - 7 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
4	James Cameron	3.3108	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
5	Quentin Tarantino	3.2872	9	1990s - 3 2000s - 4	1. Pulp Fiction (1994) 2. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) 3. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 4. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) See all Quentin Tarantino movie rankings
6	Christopher Nolan	3.2247	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
7	Roman Polanski	3.1429	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	David Fincher	3.1183	6	1990s - 3 2000s - 3	1. Fight Club (1999) 2. Zodiac (2007) 3. Se7en (1995) 4. Game, The (1997) See all David Fincher movie rankings
9	John Carpenter	3.1028	23	1960s - 5 1970s - 3 1980s - 8 1990s - 5 2000s - 2	1. Halloween (1978) 2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 3. Dark Star (1974) 4. Escape from New York (1981) See all John Carpenter movie rankings
10	David Cronenberg	3.0685	23	1960s - 3 1970s - 5 1980s - 5 1990s - 4 2000s - 6	1. Dead Zone, The (1983) 2. Fly, The (1986) 3. History of Violence, A (2005) 4. Eastern Promises (2007) See all David Cronenberg movie rankings

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