ICM Forum's Favorite Directors (2014 Edition)

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Forum's Top 150 directors, compiled from 73 lists

1. (–, #1 ) Stanley Kubrick - 664 Pts (57 Votes) ICM films
2. (–, #2 ) Alfred Hitchcock - 640 Pts (56 Votes) ICM films
3. (–, #3 ) Akira Kurosawa - 550 Pts (52 Votes) ICM films
4. (–, #4 ) Ingmar Bergman - 516 Pts (50 Votes) ICM films
5. (⇧2, #7 ) Billy Wilder - 485 Pts (50 Votes) ICM films
6. (⇧2, #8 ) David Lynch - 459 Pts (48 Votes) ICM films
7. (⇧2, #9 ) Martin Scorsese - 425 Pts (46 Votes) ICM films
8. (⇩2, #6 ) Fritz Lang - 411 Pts (48 Votes) ICM films
9. (⇩4, #5 ) Andrei Tarkovsky - 405 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
10. (⇧1, #11 ) Ethan Coen - 403 Pts (45 Votes) ICM films
11. (⇧10, #21 ) Hayao Miyazaki - 393 Pts (43 Votes) ICM films
12. (⇧3, #15 ) Quentin Tarantino - 367 Pts (45 Votes) ICM films
13. (⇩3, #10 ) Luis Buñuel - 347 Pts (43 Votes) ICM films
14. (⇧2, #16 ) Yasujirô Ozu - 341 Pts (37 Votes) ICM films
15. (⇧11, #26 ) Sergio Leone - 338 Pts (39 Votes) ICM films
16. (⇩4, #12 ) Orson Welles - 332 Pts (44 Votes) ICM films
17. (⇩3, #14 ) Woody Allen - 322 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
18. (–, #18 ) Werner Herzog - 309 Pts (39 Votes) ICM films
19. (⇩6, #13 ) Jean-Luc Godard - 301 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
20. (⇧3, #23 ) Charles Chaplin - 292 Pts (37 Votes) ICM films
21. (⇧4, #25 ) Roman Polanski - 290 Pts (42 Votes) ICM films
22. (⇩5, #17 ) Krzysztof Kieslowski - 289 Pts (34 Votes) ICM films
23. (⇧28, #51 ) Paul Thomas Anderson - 276 Pts (36 Votes) ICM films
24. (⇩5, #19 ) Buster Keaton - 274 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
25. (⇧3, #28 ) Sidney Lumet - 273 Pts (39 Votes) ICM films
26. (⇧10, #36 ) Steven Spielberg - 265 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
27. (⇩7, #20 ) F.W. Murnau - 265 Pts (39 Votes) ICM films
28. (⇧1, #29 ) Federico Fellini - 264 Pts (34 Votes) ICM films
29. (⇩7, #22 ) Masaki Kobayashi - 257 Pts (29 Votes) ICM films
30. (⇧3, #33 ) David Cronenberg - 254 Pts (37 Votes) ICM films
31. (⇧11, #42 ) Francis Ford Coppola - 251 Pts (36 Votes) ICM films
32. (⇩2, #30 ) Michelangelo Antonioni - 242 Pts (30 Votes) ICM films
33. (⇧7, #40 ) Terrence Malick - 235 Pts (32 Votes) ICM films
34. (⇧4, #38 ) Ernst Lubitsch - 235 Pts (33 Votes) ICM films
35. (⇧24, #59 ) Michael Haneke - 234 Pts (30 Votes) ICM films
36. (⇧14, #50 ) Lars von Trier - 233 Pts (28 Votes) ICM films
37. (⇧30, #67 ) Christopher Nolan - 233 Pts (31 Votes) ICM films
38. (⇧9, #47 ) François Truffaut - 233 Pts (35 Votes) ICM films
39. (⇧14, #53 ) Abbas Kiarostami - 230 Pts (33 Votes) ICM films
40. (⇩1, #39 ) Jean-Pierre Melville - 227 Pts (34 Votes) ICM films
41. (⇧2, #43 ) Kar Wai Wong - 227 Pts (29 Votes) ICM films
42. (⇧14, #56 ) Wes Anderson - 226 Pts (32 Votes) ICM films
43. (⇩19, #24 ) Howard Hawks - 223 Pts (34 Votes) ICM films
44. (⇩17, #27 ) Robert Bresson - 222 Pts (31 Votes) ICM films
45. (⇩14, #31 ) John Ford - 209 Pts (30 Votes) ICM films
46. (⇧3, #49 ) Robert Altman - 207 Pts (29 Votes) ICM films
47. (⇩13, #34 ) Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 206 Pts (34 Votes) ICM films
48. (⇩13, #35 ) Kenji Mizoguchi - 206 Pts (31 Votes) ICM films
49. (⇩4, #45 ) David Fincher - 205 Pts (33 Votes) ICM films
50. (⇩6, #44 ) Eric Rohmer - 203 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
51. (⇩10, #41 ) David Lean - 199 Pts (33 Votes) ICM films
52. (⇩15, #37 ) Frank Capra - 197 Pts (32 Votes) ICM films
53. (⇧5, #58 ) John Cassavetes - 195 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
54. (⇩8, #46 ) Satyajit Ray - 185 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
55. (⇧5, #60 ) Luchino Visconti - 178 Pts (28 Votes) ICM films
56. (⇩4, #52 ) Michael Powell - 174 Pts (32 Votes) ICM films
57. (⇧18, #75 ) Ridley Scott - 170 Pts (28 Votes) ICM films
58. (⇧6, #64 ) John Huston - 170 Pts (31 Votes) ICM films
59. (⇩27, #32 ) Jean Renoir - 167 Pts (29 Votes) ICM films
60. (⇧43, #103 ) Richard Linklater - 165 Pts (25 Votes) ICM films
61. (⇩4, #57 ) Elia Kazan - 164 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
62. (⇩8, #54 ) Carl Theodor Dreyer - 162 Pts (31 Votes) ICM films
63. (⇩15, #48 ) Alain Resnais - 161 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
64. (⇩3, #61 ) Pedro Almodóvar - 160 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
65. (⇩10, #55 ) John Carpenter - 158 Pts (25 Votes) ICM films
66. (⇧5, #71 ) Béla Tarr - 157 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
67. (⇧1, #68 ) Nicholas Ray - 157 Pts (30 Votes) ICM films
68. (⇧1, #69 ) William Wyler - 153 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
69. (⇧9, #78 ) Terry Gilliam - 152 Pts (23 Votes) ICM films
70. (⇧19, #89 ) Darren Aronofsky - 151 Pts (25 Votes) ICM films
71. (⇧8, #79 ) Mike Leigh - 150 Pts (23 Votes) ICM films
72. (⇧10, #82 ) Clint Eastwood - 136 Pts (24 Votes) ICM films
73. (⇩3, #70 ) Jim Jarmusch - 134 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films
74. (⇩1, #73 ) Preston Sturges - 133 Pts (23 Votes) ICM films
75. (⇧19, #94 ) Agnès Varda - 127 Pts (25 Votes) ICM films
76. (⇧53, #129 ) Ming-liang Tsai - 124 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
77. (–, #77 ) Jacques Tati - 124 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
78. (⇧27, #105 ) James Cameron - 117 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
79. (⇩14, #65 ) Henri-Georges Clouzot - 117 Pts (23 Votes) ICM films
80. (⇧11, #91 ) Yimou Zhang - 116 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
81. (⇩5, #76 ) Louis Malle - 116 Pts (22 Votes) ICM films
82. (⇧5, #87 ) Peter Jackson - 114 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
83. (⇩20, #63 ) Sergei M. Eisenstein - 112 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
84. (⇧6, #90 ) Chan-wook Park - 112 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
85. (⇧8, #93 ) Carol Reed - 111 Pts (22 Votes) ICM films
86. (⇩14, #72 ) Vittorio De Sica - 110 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
87. (⇧24, #111 ) Hsiao-Hsien Hou - 110 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
88. (⇩8, #80 ) Sam Peckinpah - 109 Pts (22 Votes) ICM films
89. (⇧9, #98 ) Claire Denis - 109 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
90. (⇧22, #112 ) Jan Svankmajer - 109 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
91. (⇩8, #83 ) Marcel Carné - 107 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
92. (⇩30, #62 ) Mikhail Kalatozov - 107 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
93. (⇩12, #81 ) Aki Kaurismäki - 105 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
94. (⇩8, #86 ) Roberto Rossellini - 104 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
95. (⇩7, #88 ) Milos Forman - 102 Pts (22 Votes) ICM films
96. (⇧6, #102 ) Stan Brakhage - 101 Pts (12 Votes) ICM films
97. (⇩23, #74 ) Wim Wenders - 101 Pts (24 Votes) ICM films
98. (⇩32, #66 ) Max Ophüls - 97 Pts (21 Votes) ICM films
99. (⇩2, #97 ) Aleksandr Sokurov - 97 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
100. (⇧23, #123 ) Danny Boyle - 97 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
101. (⇩2, #99 ) Pier Paolo Pasolini - 96 Pts (15 Votes) ICM films
102. (⇧6, #108 ) Michael Curtiz - 95 Pts (20 Votes) ICM films
103. (⇧53, #156 ) Spike Jonze - 94 Pts (21 Votes) ICM films
104. (⇧11, #115 ) Douglas Sirk - 94 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
105. (⇩21, #84 ) Tim Burton - 91 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
106. (⇧28, #134 ) Hiroshi Teshigahara - 90 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
107. (⇧53, #160 ) Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 90 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
108. (⇧14, #122 ) Jean-Pierre Dardenne - 89 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
109. (⇧8, #117 ) Tex Avery - 89 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
110. (⇩4, #106 ) Mikio Naruse - 89 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
111. (⇧19, #130 ) Georges Méliès - 87 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
112. (⇩27, #85 ) Brian De Palma - 83 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
113. (⇧26, #139 ) Jean Cocteau - 82 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
114. (⇧55, #169 ) Peter Greenaway - 80 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
115. (⇧30, #145 ) Michael Mann - 78 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
116. (⇧36, #152 ) Ang Lee - 77 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
117. (⇧2, #119 ) Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 77 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
118. (⇧13, #131 ) Jacques Rivette - 75 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
119. (⇧19, #138 ) Paul Verhoeven - 75 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
120. (⇧20, #140 ) George Cukor - 72 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
121. (⇧63, #184 ) Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 72 Pts (12 Votes) ICM films
122. (⇧3, #125 ) Jacques Tourneur - 69 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
123. (⇧3, #126 ) Samuel Fuller - 69 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
124. (⇩10, #114 ) Alfonso Cuarón - 69 Pts (15 Votes) ICM films
125. (⇩15, #110 ) Andrzej Wajda - 69 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
126. (⇧68, #194 ) Chuck Jones - 69 Pts (15 Votes) ICM films
127. (⇧28, #155 ) Raoul Ruiz - 68 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
128. (⇩36, #92 ) Anthony Mann - 68 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
129. (⇩25, #104 ) Raoul Walsh - 67 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
130. (⇧53, #183 ) Nicolas Roeg - 67 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
131. (⇧20, #151 ) Edgar Wright - 67 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
132. (⇩19, #113 ) Dario Argento - 66 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
133. (⇧111, #244 ) Gaspar Noé - 65 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
134. (⇩25, #109 ) Steven Soderbergh - 63 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
135. (⇩7, #128 ) Emir Kusturica - 63 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
136. (⇧66, #202 ) Miklós Jancsó - 63 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
137. (⇧29, #166 ) Apichatpong Weerasethakul - 62 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
138. (⇩37, #101 ) Peter Weir - 61 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
139. (⇧19, #158 ) Roy Andersson - 60 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
140. (⇧520, #660 ) Don Hertzfeldt - 60 Pts (8 Votes) ICM films
141. (⇩46, #95 ) Josef von Sternberg - 59 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
142. (⇧2, #144 ) George A. Romero - 59 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
143. (⇧44, #187 ) Shôhei Imamura - 59 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
144. (⇩3, #141 ) Robert Wise - 58 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
145. (⇧36, #181 ) Alejandro Jodorowsky - 58 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
146. (⇧17, #163 ) Jacques Becker - 58 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
147. (⇩29, #118 ) Victor Sjöström - 57 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
148. (⇧43, #191 ) Yoshishige Yoshida - 57 Pts (7 Votes) ICM films
149. (⇧33, #182 ) James Whale - 57 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
150. (⇧38, #188 ) Gus Van Sant - 56 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films

Link to the Spreadsheet Sheet 0 is the results, sheet 1 is all the individual votes.
Previous years Top 100 directors:Dec 2013
Dec 2012
Dec 2011

iCheckMovies · #2

Runners Up:
151. (⇩8, #143 ) Guy Maddin - 56 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
152. (⇩19, #133 ) Jules Dassin - 55 Pts (15 Votes) ICM films
153. (⇧59, #212 ) Nicolas Winding Refn - 54 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
154. (⇩19, #135 ) Takashi Miike - 54 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
155. (⇧18, #173 ) Mario Bava - 54 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
156. (⇩20, #136 ) Takeshi Kitano - 54 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
157. (⇧46, #203 ) Jacques Demy - 54 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
158. (⇩62, #96 ) Frederick Wiseman - 53 Pts (7 Votes) ICM films
159. (⇧9, #168 ) Chantal Akerman - 53 Pts (8 Votes) ICM films
160. (⇧186, #346 ) Shion Sono - 52 Pts (6 Votes) ICM films
161. (⇩8, #153 ) James Benning - 51 Pts (6 Votes) ICM films
162. (⇧79, #241 ) Fred Zinnemann - 51 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
163. (⇧48, #211 ) Mamoru Oshii - 51 Pts (8 Votes) ICM films
164. (⇩17, #147 ) Robert Zemeckis - 51 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
165. (⇧13, #178 ) Nagisa Ôshima - 50 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
166. (⇧189, #355 ) Marguerite Duras - 50 Pts (5 Votes) ICM films
167. (⇩60, #107 ) Theodoros Angelopoulos - 50 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
168. (⇧3, #171 ) Guillermo del Toro - 49 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
169. (⇩7, #162 ) Luc Besson - 48 Pts (8 Votes) ICM films
170. (⇩38, #132 ) Leo McCarey - 48 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
171. (⇩17, #154 ) Ki-duk Kim - 48 Pts (12 Votes) ICM films
172. (⇧3, #175 ) Costa-Gavras - 48 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
173. (⇩31, #142 ) D.W. Griffith - 48 Pts (12 Votes) ICM films
174. (⇧46, #220 ) Alejandro González Iñárritu - 47 Pts (12 Votes) ICM films
175. (⇧29, #204 ) Errol Morris - 47 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films

Runner Up Stats:
Directors with #1 votes not in the Top 150:

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155. (⇧18, #173 ) Mario Bava - 54 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
182. (⇧18, #200 ) Johnnie To - 45 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
208. (⇧182, #390 ) Philippe Grandrieux - 38 Pts (4 Votes) ICM films
247. (⇧56, #303 ) Claude Lelouch - 30 Pts (3 Votes) ICM films
310. (⇩82, #228 ) Jacques Audiard - 20 Pts (4 Votes) ICM films
500. (⇧NEW, # ) Nicole Rittenmeyer - 11 Pts (1 Votes) ICM films

Directors with multiple Top 10 votes not in the Top 150:
3 Top10
161. (⇩8, #153 ) James Benning - 51 Pts (6 Votes) ICM films
166. (⇧189, #355 ) Marguerite Duras - 50 Pts (5 Votes) ICM films
2 Top10

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160. (⇧186, #346 ) Shion Sono - 52 Pts (6 Votes) ICM films
165. (⇧13, #178 ) Nagisa Ôshima - 50 Pts (9 Votes) ICM films
189. (⇩39, #150 ) Hollis Frampton - 43 Pts (4 Votes) ICM films
196. (⇧40, #236 ) Louis Feuillade - 41 Pts (6 Votes) ICM films
208. (⇧182, #390 ) Philippe Grandrieux - 38 Pts (4 Votes) ICM films
225. (⇧56, #281 ) Carmelo Bene - 35 Pts (4 Votes) ICM films
235. (⇧NEW, # ) Hélène Cattet - 32 Pts (3 Votes) ICM films
240. (⇧51, #291 ) Jack Hill - 31 Pts (3 Votes) ICM films
247. (⇧56, #303 ) Claude Lelouch - 30 Pts (3 Votes) ICM films
257. (⇧NEW, # ) Zbigniew Rybczynski - 27 Pts (2 Votes) ICM films
262. (⇧73, #335 ) Pedro Costa - 26 Pts (2 Votes) ICM films

Directors with at least 13 votes not in the Top 150
15 Votes
152. (⇩19, #133 ) Jules Dassin - 55 Pts (15 Votes) ICM films
14 Votes

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156. (⇩20, #136 ) Takeshi Kitano - 54 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
212. (⇩88, #124 ) Bernardo Bertolucci - 37 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films

13 Votes

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157. (⇧46, #203 ) Jacques Demy - 54 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
170. (⇩38, #132 ) Leo McCarey - 48 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
181. (⇧17, #198 ) Sofia Coppola - 45 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
186. (⇩66, #120 ) Otto Preminger - 44 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
187. (⇩1, #186 ) William Friedkin - 43 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films

Dropoffs from last year's Top 100
158. (⇩62, #96 ) Frederick Wiseman - 53 Pts (7 Votes) ICM films
191. (⇩91, #100 ) Chris Marker - 42 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films

Top Directors who are women:
(1)75. (⇧19, #94 ) Agnès Varda - 127 Pts (25 Votes) ICM films
(2)89. (⇧9, #98 ) Claire Denis - 109 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
(3)159. (⇧9, #168 ) Chantal Akerman - 53 Pts (8 Votes) ICM films
(4)166. (⇧189, #355 ) Marguerite Duras - 50 Pts (5 Votes) ICM films
(5)181. (⇧17, #198 ) Sofia Coppola - 45 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
(6)194. (⇧65, #259 ) Kathryn Bigelow - 42 Pts (8 Votes) ICM films
(7)201. (⇩16, #185 ) Danièle Huillet - 39 Pts (4 Votes) ICM films
(8)210. (⇧51, #261 ) Larisa Shepitko - 37 Pts (6 Votes) ICM films
(9)235. (⇧NEW, # ) Hélène Cattet - 32 Pts (3 Votes) ICM films
(10)237. (⇧63, #300 ) Susanne Bier - 31 Pts (7 Votes) ICM films

iCheckMovies · #3

Directors with multiple #1 votes:
9 #1 votes
1. (–, #1 ) Stanley Kubrick - 664 Pts (57 Votes) ICM films
7 #1 Votes
2. (–, #2 ) Alfred Hitchcock - 640 Pts (56 Votes) ICM films
5 #1 Votes
9. (⇩4, #5 ) Andrei Tarkovsky - 405 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
4 #1 Votes
4. (–, #4 ) Ingmar Bergman - 516 Pts (50 Votes) ICM films
2 #1 Votes

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3. (–, #3 ) Akira Kurosawa - 550 Pts (52 Votes) ICM films
6. (⇧2, #8 ) David Lynch - 459 Pts (48 Votes) ICM films
11. (⇧10, #21 ) Hayao Miyazaki - 393 Pts (43 Votes) ICM films
10. (⇧1, #11 ) Ethan Coen - 403 Pts (45 Votes) ICM films
12. (⇧3, #15 ) Quentin Tarantino - 367 Pts (45 Votes) ICM films
13. (⇩3, #10 ) Luis Buñuel - 347 Pts (43 Votes) ICM films
22. (⇩5, #17 ) Krzysztof Kieslowski - 289 Pts (34 Votes) ICM films
29. (⇩7, #22 ) Masaki Kobayashi - 257 Pts (29 Votes) ICM films
19. (⇩6, #13 ) Jean-Luc Godard - 301 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
26. (⇧10, #36 ) Steven Spielberg - 265 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
54. (⇩8, #46 ) Satyajit Ray - 185 Pts (27 Votes) ICM films

Directors with at least 10 Top10 votes
31 Top10
1. (–, #1 ) Stanley Kubrick - 664 Pts (57 Votes) ICM films
29 Top10
2. (–, #2 ) Alfred Hitchcock - 640 Pts (56 Votes) ICM films
24 Top10
3. (–, #3 ) Akira Kurosawa - 550 Pts (52 Votes) ICM films
22 Top10
4. (–, #4 ) Ingmar Bergman - 516 Pts (50 Votes) ICM films
20 Top10
9. (⇩4, #5 ) Andrei Tarkovsky - 405 Pts (38 Votes) ICM films
19 Top10
5. (⇧2, #7 ) Billy Wilder - 485 Pts (50 Votes) ICM films
6. (⇧2, #8 ) David Lynch - 459 Pts (48 Votes) ICM films
17 Top10
11. (⇧10, #21 ) Hayao Miyazaki - 393 Pts (43 Votes) ICM films
14 Top10
7. (⇧2, #9 ) Martin Scorsese - 425 Pts (46 Votes) ICM films
10. (⇧1, #11 ) Ethan Coen - 403 Pts (45 Votes) ICM films
12 Top10
14. (⇧2, #16 ) Yasujirô Ozu - 341 Pts (37 Votes) ICM films

Biggest Decrease:
141. (⇩46, #95 ) Josef von Sternberg - 59 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
138. (⇩37, #101 ) Peter Weir - 61 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
128. (⇩36, #92 ) Anthony Mann - 68 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
98. (⇩32, #66 ) Max Ophüls - 97 Pts (21 Votes) ICM films
92. (⇩30, #62 ) Mikhail Kalatozov - 107 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
147. (⇩29, #118 ) Victor Sjöström - 57 Pts (10 Votes) ICM films
59. (⇩27, #32 ) Jean Renoir - 167 Pts (29 Votes) ICM films
112. (⇩27, #85 ) Brian De Palma - 83 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films
134. (⇩25, #109 ) Steven Soderbergh - 63 Pts (13 Votes) ICM films
129. (⇩25, #104 ) Raoul Walsh - 67 Pts (16 Votes) ICM films
97. (⇩23, #74 ) Wim Wenders - 101 Pts (24 Votes) ICM films
105. (⇩21, #84 ) Tim Burton - 91 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
83. (⇩20, #63 ) Sergei M. Eisenstein - 112 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films

Biggest increases, within the top 150:
76. (⇧53, #129 ) Ming-liang Tsai - 124 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
60. (⇧43, #103 ) Richard Linklater - 165 Pts (25 Votes) ICM films
37. (⇧30, #67 ) Christopher Nolan - 233 Pts (31 Votes) ICM films
115. (⇧30, #145 ) Michael Mann - 78 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
23. (⇧28, #51 ) Paul Thomas Anderson - 276 Pts (36 Votes) ICM films
106. (⇧28, #134 ) Hiroshi Teshigahara - 90 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
78. (⇧27, #105 ) James Cameron - 117 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
113. (⇧26, #139 ) Jean Cocteau - 82 Pts (11 Votes) ICM films
35. (⇧24, #59 ) Michael Haneke - 234 Pts (30 Votes) ICM films
87. (⇧24, #111 ) Hsiao-Hsien Hou - 110 Pts (14 Votes) ICM films
100. (⇧23, #123 ) Danny Boyle - 97 Pts (18 Votes) ICM films
90. (⇧22, #112 ) Jan Svankmajer - 109 Pts (19 Votes) ICM films
120. (⇧20, #140 ) George Cukor - 72 Pts (17 Votes) ICM films

iCheckMovies · #4

I'll do the 25 Runner ups (175-150) tomorrow, but want to start with a few outside of that range that didn't make it.

First up, 6 people's #1 didn't make the list.

Here are the lowest 3:

#247 (⇧56, #303) Claude Lelouch (ICM) Points: 29.7 (3 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–2–2

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Un homme et une femme (1966) – 5 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Veterini (1)
Samlion (2)
toro913 (239)

#310 (⇩82, #228) Jacques Audiard (ICM) Points: 19.76 (4 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Un prophète (2009) [A Prophet] – 4 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Samlion (1)
Veterini (61)
allisoncm (131)
toro913 (142)

#500 (⇧NEW, #) Nicole Rittenmeyer (ICM) Points: 10.5 (1 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008) on ICM

List of Voters:

Perception de Ambiguity (1)

iCheckMovies · #5

Note from the above, for people who ranked their list in tiers, like Perception de Ambiguity, I kept the rankings even though I adjusted the points, which is why Nicole Rittenmeyer has 10.5 points rather than the usual 15 pts for #1.

joachimt · #6

Samlion will be sad, his #1 and #2 didn't make it. That's a bad start.

iCheckMovies · #7

The next two #1s who missed the list.

#182 (⇧18, #200) Johnnie To (ICM) Points: 44.98 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Cheung foh (1999) – 4 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

frbrown (1)
Perception de Ambiguity (21)
Serriform (44)
cinephage (56)
timmy_501 (58)
Lonewolf2003 (83)
Veterini (83)
ororama (114)
toro913 (114)

#208 (⇧182, #390) Philippe Grandrieux (ICM) Points: 37.53 (4 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–2

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Sombre (1998) – 1 Official list on ICM

List of Voters:

beavis (1)
Perception de Ambiguity (8)
plasma_birds (19)
Y U M E (80)

Wonderful Rainbow · #8

yay, results!

Torgo · #9

Hooray for the start!

Regarding Jacques Audiard: I 8'ed 3 of his last movies, so give him one more film, and he might be in.

iCheckMovies · #10

The last #1 who missed the list.

#155 (⇧18, #173) Mario Bava (ICM) Points: 53.88 (10 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Cani arrabbiati (1974) [A Man and a Boy] – 3 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Cocoa (1)
mjf314 (26)
kingink (31)
ChrisReynolds (32)
Serriform (55)
Laydback (56)
Veterini (69)
St. Gloede (80)
plasma_birds (100)
ororama (101)

iCheckMovies · #11

OK, I'm going to start with the Runners Up (175-151) while I finish up the prettier presentations for those in the Top 150

#175 (⇧29, #204) Errol Morris (ICM) Points: 47.36 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: 201
Key Film: The Thin Blue Line (1988) – 10 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

TraverseTown (21)
sebby (25)
lisa- (30)
Clogston (45)
jeff_v (45)
Gershwin (53)
sacmersault (68)
kierkegaardian (78)
brokenface (118)
ororama (121)
toro913 (200)

#174 (⇧46, #220) Alejandro González Iñárritu (ICM) Points: 47.5 (12 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Amores perros (2000) [Love's a Bitch] – 16 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Magenta Bob (16)
Lonewolf2003 (40)
Torgo (40)
bathkuyp (41)
TraverseTown (44)
joachimt (45)
jvv (55)
Laydback (88)
pitn (105)
allisoncm (122)
tommy_leazaq (144)
toro913 (171)

iCheckMovies · #12

#173 (⇩31, #142) D.W. Griffith (ICM) Points: 47.56 (12 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: 41
Key Film: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) – 21 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

mathiasa (23)
Dude Lanez (26)
Lammetje (36)
kierkegaardian (41)
Cippenham (45)
sushantv10 (74)
pitn (77)
Serriform (81)
allisoncm (88)
joachimt (102)
tommy_leazaq (102)
jeff_v (110)

#172 (⇧3, #175) Costa-Gavras (ICM) Points: 48.03 (10 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Z (1969) – 16 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

sortile9io (6)
PeacefulAnarchy (24)
Samlion (35)
kingink (36)
bal3x (62)
St. Gloede (62)
allisoncm (83)
Veterini (87)
Rad82 (92)
toro913 (184)

joachimt · #13

Have I seen only two Costa-Gavras movies? I guess I need to change that. Z is fantastic. The other movie is Mad City (1997) which was very mediocre.

beavis · #14

I've only seen 5 in total, but would certainly give Clair de Femme (1979) and L'Aveu (1970) very high reccomendations!

iCheckMovies · #15

État de siège and Missing are great.

Torgo · #16

Funny that Mario Bava has significantly more films in official lists than a name like Costa-Gavras. (Of Bava's films, eleven are on the Top-500-Horror-list!)

iCheckMovies · #17

#171 (⇩17, #154) Ki-duk Kim (ICM) Points: 48.03 (12 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003) [Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring] – 8 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

globetrotter (24)
Rad82 (26)
Lonewolf2003 (31)
Torgo (37)
tommy_leazaq (60)
St. Gloede (61)
Mochard (72)
toro913 (88)
kingink (94)
Veterini (100)
sebby (102)
pitn (106)

#170 (⇩38, #132) Leo McCarey (ICM) Points: 48.18 (13 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: 72
Key Film: Duck Soup (1933) – 20 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Cocoa (23)
kierkegaardian (28)
ororama (45)
allisoncm (47)
Cippenham (52)
frbrown (54)
Kasparius (64)
cinephage (67)
cayh (83)
pitn (94)
joachimt (97)
tommy_leazaq (122)
toro913 (245)

toro913 · #18

I feel like I'm gonna see my name come up a lot. The rest of you need to make giant 300 director sized lists

iCheckMovies · #19

#169 (⇩7, #162) Luc Besson (ICM) Points: 48.24 (8 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Léon (1994) [The Professional] – 18 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Samlion (7)
Mochard (18)
mightysparks (30)
mathiasa (44)
sacmersault (74)
allisoncm (128)
toro913 (293)
FazilFaleel (NA)

#168 (⇧3, #171) Guillermo del Toro (ICM) Points: 48.77 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: El laberinto del fauno (2006) [Pan's Labyrinth] – 26 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Armoreska (16)
Clogston (23)
mightysparks (40)
cayh (45)
sacmersault (47)
bathkuyp (57)
ChrisReynolds (72)
metaller (74)
Rad82 (87)
kierkegaardian (92)
tommy_leazaq (158)

iCheckMovies · #20

#167 (⇩60, #107) Theodoros Angelopoulos (ICM) Points: 50.16 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: 83
Key Film: O thiasos (1975) [The Travelling Players] – 8 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

kingink (7)
mogliss (17)
Dude Lanez (44)
Gershwin (46)
plasma_birds (51)
perceval (59)
joachimt (61)
Rad82 (70)
pitn (92)

#166 (⇧189, #355) Marguerite Duras (ICM) Points: 50.31 (5 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–3

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: India Song (1975) – 6 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

beavis (5)
insomnius (8)
Dolwphin (10)
perceval (35)
Serriform (45)

joachimt · #21

Theo dropped off?

So no Greek directors in the top 150...

iCheckMovies · #22

joachimt on Dec 29 2014, 02:33:42 PM wrote:Theo dropped off?
So no Greek directors in the top 150...

The list was 100 last time, so Theo wasn't on it.

iCheckMovies · #23

#165 (⇧13, #178) Nagisa Ôshima (ICM) Points: 50.38 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–2

TSPDT Rank: 149
Key Film: Ai no korîda (1976) [In the Realm of the Senses] – 12 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Melvelet (4)
mjf314 (7)
beavis (28)
plasma_birds (45)
jeff_v (56)
Y U M E (59)
Veterini (95)
ororama (117)
toro913 (289)

#164 (⇩17, #147) Robert Zemeckis (ICM) Points: 50.51 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: 166
Key Film: Forrest Gump (1994) – 24 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Fergenaprido (10)
cayh (22)
Armoreska (23)
Lammetje (33)
mightysparks (35)
tommy_leazaq (54)
ChrisReynolds (83)
sebby (148)
toro913 (243)

sortile9io · #24

joachimt on Dec 29 2014, 12:41:54 PM wrote:Have I seen only two Costa-Gavras movies? I guess I need to change that. Z is fantastic. The other movie is Mad City (1997) which was very mediocre.

Z along with État de siège and Section spéciale are my choice. Also willing to see L'aveu soon.

iCheckMovies · #25

#163 (⇧48, #211) Mamoru Oshii (ICM) Points: 50.91 (8 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Kôkaku Kidôtai (1995) [Ghost in the Shell] – 10 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

mjf314 (10)
mathiasa (18)
ChrisReynolds (27)
frbrown (31)
Lonewolf2003 (43)
TraverseTown (55)
Rad82 (80)
Y U M E (96)

#162 (⇧79, #241) Fred Zinnemann (ICM) Points: 51.3 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: 187
Key Film: High Noon (1952) – 19 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

sushantv10 (19)
Caracortada (26)
bathkuyp (32)
jvv (41)
Mochard (45)
cayh (57)
bal3x (59)
metaller (65)
St. Gloede (82)
tommy_leazaq (88)
toro913 (189)

Torgo · #26

I "like" how iCM still displays our current and the old-days-KKD on the same page: Kim Ki-Duk

Also, booh for the low rank.

iCheckMovies · #27

#161 (⇩8, #153) James Benning (ICM) Points: 51.45 (6 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–3–3

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: 13 Lakes (2004) – 3 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Dolwphin (2)
perceval (2)
insomnius (4)
plasma_birds (63)
Serriform (69)
beavis (89)

#160 (⇧186, #346) Shion Sono (ICM) Points: 52.25 (6 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–2

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Ai no mukidashi (2008) [Love Exposure] – 3 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

globetrotter (10)
Perception de Ambiguity (10)
mjf314 (13)
metaller (21)
Veterini (25)
ororama (133)

iCheckMovies · #28

Shion Sono and Marguerite Duras are the two biggest climbers in the Top 200, bodes well for them for next year, possibly.

iCheckMovies · #29

#159 (⇧9, #168) Chantal Akerman (ICM) Points: 52.94 (8 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: 80
Key Film: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) – 7 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

insomnius (10)
Dolwphin (12)
beavis (32)
Serriform (38)
plasma_birds (46)
perceval (47)
lisa- (58)
Magenta Bob (85)

#158 (⇩62, #96) Frederick Wiseman (ICM) Points: 53.26 (7 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–1

TSPDT Rank: 197
Key Film: Titicut Follies (1967) – 5 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Serriform (2)
insomnius (14)
plasma_birds (24)
PeacefulAnarchy (28)
perceval (50)
sebby (62)
jvv (69)

iCheckMovies · #30

Only two directors from last year's Top 100 fell out of the Top 150, Wiseman is one, the other is at 191 but I won't mention who it is for now.

Pretentious Hipster · #31

PeacefulAnarchy on Dec 29 2014, 04:38:25 PM wrote:Only two directors from last year's Top 100 fell out of the Top 150, Wiseman is one, the other is at 191 but I won't mention who it is for now.

My fault. I just couldn't make a list this time, it was too difficult.

iCheckMovies · #32

#157 (⇧46, #203) Jacques Demy (ICM) Points: 53.71 (13 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–1

TSPDT Rank: 93
Key Film: Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) [The Umbrellas of Cherbourg] – 13 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Magenta Bob (2)
joachimt (44)
allisoncm (46)
brokenface (53)
lisa- (55)
sacmersault (57)
metaller (68)
jeff_v (72)
Veterini (73)
Cippenham (75)
toro913 (80)
kierkegaardian (81)
mathiasa (130)

#156 (⇩20, #136) Takeshi Kitano (ICM) Points: 53.77 (14 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Sonatine (1993) [Sonachine] – 6 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Torgo (31)
cinephage (32)
Rad82 (34)
Laydback (44)
Y U M E (49)
Veterini (52)
Lonewolf2003 (53)
kingink (71)
frbrown (74)
jeff_v (75)
kierkegaardian (75)
Serriform (86)
brokenface (112)
toro913 (280)

frbrown · #33

13 votes is not enough to make the list

Too bad that Onderhond didn't submit a list - I'm sure that would have helped Oshii.

iCheckMovies · #34

frbrown on Dec 29 2014, 05:03:42 PM wrote:13 votes is not enough to make the list

Plenty of directors on the list have 13 or fewer votes, including one in the Top 100, just have to be high votes. The director with the least # of votes on the list has 7. A few others have less than 10.

14 votes is the most for a director not on the list. Two directors managed that, one of those is Kitano, the other is Bertolucci all the way down at #212.

sebby · #35

Wrong thread

iCheckMovies · #36

#155 (⇧18, #173) Mario Bava (ICM) Points: 53.88 (10 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 1–1–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Cani arrabbiati (1974) [A Man and a Boy] – 3 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Cocoa (1)
mjf314 (26)
kingink (31)
ChrisReynolds (32)
Serriform (55)
Laydback (56)
Veterini (69)
St. Gloede (80)
plasma_birds (100)
ororama (101)

#154 (⇩19, #135) Takashi Miike (ICM) Points: 54.11 (9 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Ôdishon (1999) [Audition] – 8 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

Laydback (6)
Torgo (17)
Cocoa (20)
Rokp (24)
St. Gloede (55)
Magenta Bob (57)
ChrisReynolds (62)
tommy_leazaq (123)
toro913 (265)

iCheckMovies · #37

#153 (⇧59, #212) Nicolas Winding Refn (ICM) Points: 54.38 (11 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–1–1

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Drive (2011) – 5 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

globetrotter (4)
metaller (22)
bathkuyp (31)
Lonewolf2003 (34)
Gershwin (57)
Torgo (59)
Mochard (76)
Clogston (82)
Laydback (91)
Magenta Bob (93)
kingink (99)

Torgo · #38

Takeshi and Takashi, previously neighbourly ranked on 136 & 135, both not making it into the 150! I note a decrease in this community's favor for Japanese digressions in violence, delinquency and black humor.

What a nice surprise with Refn, though

drbop · #39

Either I need to lower my "movies seen" threshold to 2, or I need to find a third movie from each director next time. Already I've seen some I would have voted for had I seen enough.

iCheckMovies · #40

#152 (⇩19, #133) Jules Dassin (ICM) Points: 55.33 (15 Votes)
Top 1–5–10: 0–0–0

TSPDT Rank: N/A
Key Film: Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) – 15 Official lists on ICM

List of Voters:

metaller (38)
Magenta Bob (40)
bal3x (41)
timmy_501 (41)
pitn (47)
tommy_leazaq (50)
ororama (56)
sebby (57)
frbrown (60)
Mochard (67)
kingink (88)
cayh (90)
jeff_v (96)
brokenface (98)
allisoncm (133)