Greatest Directors of the 21st Century

Greats: Gone Baby Gone (2007) (2007); Argo (2012)✧

Give It a Shot: The Town (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): Russian Ark (2002); Father and Son (2003); The Sun (2005); Alexandra (2007); Faust (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): The Incredibles (2004) (2004)✧; Ratatouille (2007) [Co-director] (2007); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) (2011)

Give It a Shot: The Deep Blue Sea (2011) (2012*)

Other Notable Film(s): The House of Mirth (2000) (2000); Of Time and the City (2008) [doc] (2008)

Notable Films: What Time Is It Over Time? (2001); Good Bye, Dragon Inn (2003); The Wayward Cloud (2005); I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): Trouble Every Day (2001) (2001); Friday Night (2002); The Intruder (2004); 35 Shots of Rum (2008); White Material (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Songs from the Second Floor (2000); You, the Living (2007)

Give It a Shot: Lost in Translation (2003) (2003)✧

Other Notable Film(s): Marie Antoinette (2006) (2006); Somewhere (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): The Swamp (2001); The Holy Girl (2004); The Headless Woman (2008)

Greats: A Separation (2011)✧

Other Notable Film(s): The Past (2013)

Give It a Shot: Win Win (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): The Station Agent (2003) (2003); The Visitor (2007) (2007)

Other Notable Film(s): Moon (2009) (2009); Source Code (2011) (2011)

Give It a Shot: Looper (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): Brick (2005) (2005); The Brothers Bloom (2008) (2008)

Give It a Shot: District 9 (2009) (2009)

Coming Soon... Elysium (2013) (2013)

Give It a Shot: 25th Hour (2002) (2002); Inside Man (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) (2000); Bamboozled (2000) (2000); Jim Brown: All American (2002) [doc] (2002); She Hate Me (2004) (2004); Miracle at St. Anna (2008) (2008); Kobe Doin' Work (2009) [doc] (2009); Red Hook Summer (2012) (2012); Oldboy (2013) (2013)

Give It a Shot: Almost Famous (2000) (2000)✖✧

Caution: Vanilla Sky (2001) (2001); We Bought a Zoo (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Elizabethtown (2005) (2005)

Other Notable Film(s): The Good Thief (2002) (2002); Breakfast on Pluto (2005) (2005); The Brave One (2007) (2007); Ondine (2009) (2009)

Coming Soon... Byzantium (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): In the Cut (2003) (2003); Bright Star (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Merci Pour le Chocolat (2000); The Flower of Evil (2003); The Bridesmaid (2004); L'ivresse du pouvoir (2006) (2006); The Girl Cut in Two (2007); Inspector Bellamy (2009)

Give It a Shot: Sin City (2005) (2005); Planet Terror (2007) (2007)

Caution: Spy Kids (2001) (2001); Machete (2010) (2010)

Notable Films: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) (2002); Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) (2003); Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) (2003); The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005) (2005); Shorts (2009) (2009); Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) (2002); The Saddest Music in the World (2003) (2003); Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands (2003) (2003); Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters (2006) (2006); My Winnipeg (2007) (2007)

Give It a Shot: Spider-Man (2002) (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004) (2004)

Caution: Spider-Man 3 (2007) (2007); Drag Me to Hell (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Fim(s): The Gift (2000) (2000); Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) (2013)

Other Notable Film(s): Les destinées (2000); Demonlover (2002); Clean (2004); Boarding Gate (2007) (2007); Summer Hours (2008)

Coming Soon... Après mai (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): In July (2000); Solino (2002) (2002); Head-On (2004); Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) [doc] (2005); The Edge of Heaven (2007); Soul Kitchen (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): The Gleaners & I [doc] (2000); The Beaches of Agnès [doc] (2008)

Give It a Shot: Winter's Bone (2010) (2010)✧

Other Notable Film(s): Down to the Bone (2004) (2004)

Notable Films: The Claim (2000) (2000); 24 Hour Party People (2002) (2002)✧; In This World (2002) (2002); Code 46 (2003) (2003); 9 Songs (2004) (2004); Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005); The Road to Guantanamo (2006) [doc] (2006); A Mighty Heart (2007) (2007); A Summer in Genoa (2008); The Killer Inside Me (2010) (2010)

Coming Soon... Everyday (2012) (2012)

Caution: Irreversible (2002)✧

Other Notable Film(s): Enter the Void (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Storytelling (2001) (2001); Palindromes (2004) (2004); Life During Wartime (2009) (2009); Dark Horse (2011) (2011)

Give It a Shot: Bad Santa (2003) (2003)

Other Notable Film(s): Ghost World (2001) (2001)✧; Art School Confidential (2006) (2006)

Greats: Collateral (2004) (2004)

Give It a Shot: Ali (2001) (2001)

Caution: Miami Vice (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): Public Enemies (2009) (2009)

Caution: Dream House (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): In America (2002) (2002); Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) (2005); Brothers (2009) (2009)

Give It a Shot: Chicago (2002) (2002)

Notable Films: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (2005); Nine (2009) (2009); Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) (2011)

Give It a Shot: Watchmen (2009) (2009)

Caution: Dawn of the Dead (2004) (2004); 300 (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) (2010); Sucker Punch (2011) (2011); Man of Steel (2013) (2013)

Give It a Shot: X: First Class (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Layer Cake (2004) (2004); Stardust (2007) (2007); Kick-Ass (2010) (2010)

Give It a Shot: The Pledge (2001) (2001)

Other Notable Film(s): Into the Wild (2007) (2007)

Give It a Shot: Snatch (2000) (2000); Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) (2011)

Caution: Revolver (2005) (2005); Sherlock Holmes (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Swept Away (2002) (2002); RocknRolla (2008) (2008)

Give It a Shot: Star Trek (2009) (2009); Super 8 (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Mission: Impossible III (2006) (2006)

Give It a Shot: Cast Away (2000) (2000); Flight (2012) (2012)

Caution: What Lies Beneath (2000) (2000); Beowulf (2007) (2007)

Other Notable Film(s): The Polar Express (2004) (2004); A Christmas Carol (2009) (2009)

Give It a Shot: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) (2007)

Other Notable Film(s): Find Me Guilty (2006) (2006)

Give It a Shot: The Perfect Storm (2000) (2000); Troy (2004) (2004)

Other Notable Film(s): Poseidon (2006) (2006)

Give It a Shot: Knocked Up (2007) (2007)

Caution: The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) (2005); Funny People (2009) (2009)

Coming Soon... This Is 40 (2012) (2012)

Caution: Charlie Wilson's War (2007) (2007)

Other Notable Film(s): What Planet Are You From? (2000) (2000); Closer (2004) (2004)

Give It a Shot: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) (2010)

Caution: W. (2008) (2008)

Flops: Alexander (2004) (2004)

Other Notable Film(s): World Trade Center (2006) (2006); Savages (2012) (2012)

A great director for action films.

Give It a Shot: Deja Vu (2006) (2006)

Caution: Man on Fire (2004) (2004)

Other Notable Film(s): Spy Game (2001) (2001); Domino (2005) (2005); The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) (2009); Unstoppable (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): The Truth About Charlie (2002) (2002); The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (2004); Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) (2006); Rachel Getting Married (2008) (2008)

Other Notable Film(s): Italian for Beginners (2000); Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002) (2002); An Education (2009) (2009); One Day (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): In Praise of Love (2001); Notre musique (2004) (2004); Film socialisme (2010) (2010)

Give It a Shot: Blow (2001) (2001)

Other Notable Film(s): A Decade Under the Influence (2003) [doc/co-director] (2003)

Give It a Shot: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) (2001)

Caution: Jersey Girl (2004) (2004); Clerks II (2006) (2006); Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) (2008)

Flops: Red State (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Cop Out (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): Bully (2001) (2001); Teenage Caveman (2002) (2002); Ken Park (2002) (2002); Wassup Rockers (2005) (2005)

Other Notable Film(s): The Princess and the Warrior (2001); Heaven (2002) (2002); Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) (2006); The International (2009) (2009); 3 (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): Malèna (2000); The Unknown Woman (2006); Baarìa (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Sunshine State (2002) (2002); Casa de los babys (2003) (2003); Silver City (2004) (2004); Honeydripper (2007) (2007); Amigo (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): Taking Sides (2001) (2001); Being Julia (2004) (2004)

Coming Soon... The Door (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): Julie Walking Home (2002) (2002); Copying Beethoven (2006) (2006); W ciemnosci (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Baran (2001); The Willow Tree (2005); The Song of Sparrows (2008)

Other Notable Film(s): Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (2004); The Dust of Time (2008)

Other Notable Film(s): The Son's Room (2001); The Caiman (2006); We Have the Pope (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Monsoon Wedding (2001); Hysterical Blindness (2002) (2002); Vanity Fair (2004) (2004); The Namesake (2006); Amelia (2009) (2009)

Coming Soon... The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) (2013)

Other Notable Film(s): Frida (2002) (2002); Across the Universe (2007) (2007); The Tempest (2010) (2010)

Representing himself and Alan Mak

Other Notable Film(s): Infernal Affairs (2002); Infernal Affairs II (2003); Infernal Affairs: End Inferno 3 (2003)

Greats: The Help (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Pretty Ugly People (2008) (2008)

Other Notable Film(s): Flickering Lights (2000); The Green Butchers (2003); Adam's Apples (2005)

Give It a Shot: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (2003); Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (2006)

Caution: The Ring (2002) (2002)

Other Notable Film(s): The Mexican (2001) (2001); The Weather Man (2005) (2005); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (2007); Rango (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) (2002); The Quiet American (2002) (2002); Catch a Fire (2006) (2006); Salt (2010) (2010)

Give It a Shot: X-Men (2000) (2000); X2 (2003) (2003)

Other Notable Film(s): Superman Returns (2006) (2006); Valkyrie (2008) (2008)

Coming Soon... Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) (2013)

Other Notable Film(s): The Escapist (2008) (2008); Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (2011)

Give It a Shot: Donnie Darko (2001) (2001)

Other Notable Film(s): Southland Tales (2006) (2006); The Box (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): A Song for Martin (2001); Return to Sender (2004) (2004); Goodbye Bafana (2007) (2007)

Coming Soon... The Passion of Marie (2012)

Caution: Pineapple Express (2008) (2008)

Other Notable Film(s): George Washington (2000) (2000); All the Real Girls (2003) (2003); Undertow (2004) (2004); Snow Angels (2007) (2007); Your Highness (2011) (2011); The Sitter (2011) (2011)

Greats: Training Day (2001) (2001)

Caution: Tears of the Sun (2003) (2003); Shooter (2007) (2007)

Other Notable Film(s): Bait (2000) (2000); Lightning in a Bottle (2004) [doc] (2004); King Arthur (2004) (2004); Brooklyn's Finest (2009) (2009)

Coming Soon... Untitled Yang Guifei Project (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): Battle Royale (2000); Battle Royale II (2003)

Other Notable Film(s): Together (2000); Lilya 4 Ever (2002); A Hole in My Heart (2004); Container (2006) (2006); Mammoth (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) (2002); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (2005)

Other Notable Film(s): The Tailor of Panama (2001) (2001); In My Country (2004); The Tiger's Tail (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) (2001); Proof (2005) (2005); Killshot (2008) (2008); The Debt (2010) (2010); The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Happy Feet (2006) (2006); Happy Feet Two (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Cars (2006) [Co-director] (2006); Cars 2 (2011) [Co-director] (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000); Under the Sand (2000); 8 Women (2002); Swimming Pool (2003); 5x2 (2004) (2004); Time to Leave (2005); Angel (2007) (2007); Ricky (2009) (2009); Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009); Potiche (2010) (2010)

Coming Soon... Dans la maison (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): Sin Nombre (2009); Jane Eyre (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Dog Soldiers (2002) (2002); The Descent (2005) (2005); Doomsday (2008) (2008); Centurion (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): The Fog of War [doc] (2003); Standard Operating Procedure (2008) [doc] (2008); Tabloid (2010) [doc] (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): Old Joy (2006) (2001); Wendy and Lucy (2008) (2008); Meek's Cutoff (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): A Single Man (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Shadowboxer (2005) (2005); Precious (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Maelström (2000) (2000); Polytechnique (2009) (2009); Incendies (2010) (2010)

Other Notable Film(s): V for Vendetta (2005) (2006); Ninja Assassin (2009) (2009); The Raven (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): Moolaadé (2003) (2004)

Give It a Shot: Moulin Rouge! (2001) (2001)

Other Notable Film(s): Australia (2008) (2008); The Great Gatsby (2013) (2013)

Give It a Shot: Dreamgirls (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): Kinsey (2004) (2004); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) (2011); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) (2012)

Other Notable Film(s): On the Run (2002); After the Life (2002); An Amazing Couple (2002); Rapt (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): Unfaithful (2002) (2002)

Give It a Shot: Iron Man (2008) (2008) Caution: Elf (2003) (2003); Cowboys & Aliens (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Made (2001) (2001); Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) (2005); Iron Man 2 (2010) (2010)

Caution: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) (2004); Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) (2006); Step Brothers (2008) (2008); The Other Guys (2010) (2010)

Give It a Shot: Something's Gotta Give (2003) (2003)

Caution: What Women Want (2000) (2000) The Holiday (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): It's Complicated (2009) (2009)

Other Notable Film(s): The Score (2001) (2001); The Stepford Wives (2004) (2004); Death at a Funeral (2007) (2007)

Give It a Shot: The Bourne Identity (2002) (2001)

Other Notable Film(s): Jumper (2008) (2008); Fair Game (2010) (2010)

Caution: Bug (2006) (2006); Killer Joe (2011) (2011)

Other Notable Film(s): Rules of Engagement (2000) (2000); The Hunted (2003) (2003)

Caution: The Contract (2006) (2006)

Other Notable Film(s): Bride of the Wind (2001) (2001); Evelyn (2002) (2002); Mao's Last Dancer (2009) (2009); Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011) (2012)