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1	Clint Eastwood	2.9781	31	1970s - 7 1980s - 7 1990s - 8 2000s - 9	1. Unforgiven (1992) 2. Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) 3. High Plains Drifter (1973) 4. Bronco Billy (1980) See all Clint Eastwood movie rankings
2	John Ford	2.9591	78	1910s - 4 1920s - 12 1930s - 25 1940s - 15 1950s - 15 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Searchers, The (1956) 2. 3 Godfathers (1948) 3. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 4. Fort Apache (1948) See all John Ford movie rankings
3	Sam Peckinpah	2.8790	14	1960s - 4 1970s - 9 1980s - 1	1. Wild Bunch, The (1969) 2. Junior Bonner (1972) 3. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) 4. Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970) See all Sam Peckinpah movie rankings
4	Anthony Mann	2.6836	34	1940s - 14 1950s - 15 1960s - 5	1. Man of the West (1958) 2. Man from Laramie, The (1955) 3. Bend of the River (1952) 4. Cimarron (1960) See all Anthony Mann movie rankings
5	Howard Hawks	2.6212	40	1920s - 7 1930s - 14 1940s - 10 1950s - 5 1960s - 3 1970s - 1	1. Red River (1948) 2. Barbary Coast (1935) 3. Rio Bravo (1959) 4. Rio Lobo (1970) See all Howard Hawks movie rankings
6	Michael Curtiz	2.5547	110	1910s - 4 1920s - 20 1930s - 42 1940s - 21 1950s - 19 1960s - 4	1. Dodge City (1939) 2. Comancheros, The (1961) 3. Virginia City (1940) 4. Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) See all Michael Curtiz movie rankings
7	John Sturges	2.5175	40	1940s - 8 1950s - 18 1960s - 10 1970s - 4	1. Magnificent Seven, The (1960) 2. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) 3. Hour of the Gun (1967) 4. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) See all John Sturges movie rankings
8	Sergio Leone	2.4056	8	1960s - 6 1970s - 1 1980s - 1	1. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) 2. Fistful of Dollars, A (1964) 3. Fistful of Dynamite, A (1971) 4. Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The (1968) See all Sergio Leone movie rankings
9	William A. Wellman	2.3869	62	1920s - 13 1930s - 26 1940s - 12 1950s - 11	1. Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) 2. Yellow Sky (1948) 3. Buffalo Bill (1944) 4. Track of the Cat (1954) See all William A. Wellman movie rankings
10	Henry King	2.3820	106	1910s - 38 1920s - 24 1930s - 18 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 1	1. In Old Chicago (1937) 2. Gunfighter, The (1950) 3. Bravados, The (1958) 4. Jesse James (1939) See all Henry King movie rankings

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