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1	Stanley Kubrick	3.2350	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. Full Metal Jacket (1987) See all Stanley Kubrick movie rankings
2	Howard Hawks	2.9064	40	1920s - 7 1930s - 14 1940s - 10 1950s - 5 1960s - 3 1970s - 1	1. Sergeant York (1941) 2. To Have and Have Not (1944) 3. Today We Live (1933) 4. Air Force (1943) See all Howard Hawks movie rankings
3	David Lean	2.8728	14	1940s - 7 1950s - 4 1960s - 2 1980s - 1	1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 2. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 3. In Which We Serve (1942) See all David Lean movie rankings
4	John Huston	2.7893	37	1940s - 7 1950s - 9 1960s - 10 1970s - 6 1980s - 5	1. African Queen, The (1951) 2. Red Badge of Courage, The (1951) 3. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) 4. Across the Pacific (1942) See all John Huston movie rankings
5	Steven Spielberg	2.7279	32	1950s - 1 1960s - 3 1970s - 3 1980s - 7 1990s - 7 2000s - 9	1. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 2. Schindler's List (1993) 3. Empire of the Sun (1987) 4. Escape to Nowhere (1961) See all Steven Spielberg movie rankings
6	Emeric Pressburger	2.6984	16	1940s - 8 1950s - 8	1. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943) 2. Canterbury Tale, A (1944) 3. Battle of the River Plate, The (1956) 4. Small Back Room, The (1949) See all Emeric Pressburger movie rankings
7	John Ford	2.6743	78	1910s - 4 1920s - 12 1930s - 25 1940s - 15 1950s - 15 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Mister Roberts (1955) 2. They Were Expendable (1945) 3. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) 4. Long Voyage Home, The (1940) See all John Ford movie rankings
8	Lewis Milestone	2.6148	42	1910s - 4 1920s - 8 1930s - 10 1940s - 11 1950s - 7 1960s - 2	1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 2. Halls of Montezuma (1950) 3. Edge of Darkness (1943) 4. Pork Chop Hill (1959) See all Lewis Milestone movie rankings
9	Francis Ford Coppola	2.6030	17	1960s - 2 1970s - 5 1980s - 4 1990s - 4 2000s - 2	1. Apocalypse Now (1979) 2. Apocalypse Now (1979) See all Francis Ford Coppola movie rankings
10	Edward Dmytryk	2.5896	53	1930s - 1 1940s - 24 1950s - 16 1960s - 8 1970s - 4	1. Caine Mutiny, The (1954) 2. Anzio (1968) 3. Young Lions, The (1958) 4. Cornered (1945) See all Edward Dmytryk movie rankings

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