People the shows credited

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The people the hosts credited in directing. A credit is a speaker's word, never a fact. The lines are the ones that run one way through them or those films.

Showing 1–100 of 828 people.

  1. David Fincher: 200 credits, 53 films, 118 lines. Bamboleo (Gypsy Kings video) (1987); She Comes On (Wire Train video) (1987); Straight Up (Paula Abdul video) (1988); Express Yourself (Madonna video) (1989); Cradle of Love (Billy Idol video) (1990); Alien 3 (1992); Bad Girl (Madonna video) (1992); Seven (1995); Sixth Avenue Heartache (Wallflowers video) (1996); The Cable Guy (1996); The Game (1997); Fight Club (1999); Panic Room (2002); Zodiac (2007); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); The Social Network (2010); The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011); Gone Girl (2014); Mindhunter (2017); Mank (2020); The Killer (2023); Bop Till You Drop (Rick Springfield video); Charm the Snake (Christopher Cross video); Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul video); Dance This World Away (Rick Springfield video); Englishman in New York (Sting video); Freedom 90 (George Michael video); House of Cards; I Don't Mind at All (Bourgeois Tagg video); Iggy Pop video (Brick by Brick; title transcribed 'Beautiful stranger'); Janie's Got a Gun (Aerosmith video); Johnny B (The Hooters video); Judith (A Perfect Circle video); L.A. Woman (Billy Idol video); Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video); Mindhunter (TV); Nine Inch Nails video (title not said); Notorious (Loverboy video); Oh Father (Madonna video); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (and the planned Fincher follow-up); Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain); Real Love (Jody Watley video); Shame (The Motels video); Shattered Dream (Johnny Hates Jazz video); She's Like the Wind (Patrick Swayze video); Storybook Love (Mark Knopfler and Willie DeVille video); Suit & Tie (Justin Timberlake video); The Further Misadventures of Cliff Booth; Videosyncrasy (unmade); Vogue (Madonna video); We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (Jermaine Stewart video); unnamed film; unspecified.
  2. Martin Scorsese: 124 credits, 34 films, 65 lines. Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Mean Streets (1973); Taxi Driver (1976); New York, New York (1977); American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978); Raging Bull (1980); The King of Comedy (1982); After Hours (1985); Mirror, Mirror (Amazing Stories episode) (1985); The Color of Money (1986); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Goodfellas (1990); Cape Fear (1991); The Age of Innocence (1993); Casino (1995); Kundun (1997); Bringing Out the Dead (1999); Gangs of New York (2002); The Aviator (2004); The Departed (2006); Public Speaking (2010); Shutter Island (2010); Hugo (2011); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Silence (2016); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); The Irishman (2019); Pretend It's a City (2021); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Life Lessons (2023); (various); The Last Waltz; unspecified.
  3. Stanley Kubrick: 122 credits, 17 films, 99 lines. Day of the Fight (1951); Flying Padre (1951); Fear and Desire (1953); The Seafarers (1953); Killer's Kiss (1955); The Killing (1956); Paths of Glory (1957); Spartacus (1960); Lolita (1962); Dr. Strangelove (1964); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); A Clockwork Orange (1971); Barry Lyndon (1975); The Shining (1980); Full Metal Jacket (1987); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); All films (named by guest).
  4. Steven Spielberg: 90 credits, 27 films, 64 lines. Jaws (1975); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); 1941 (1979); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); The Color Purple (1985); Empire of the Sun (1987); Hook (1991); Jurassic Park (1993); Schindler's List (1993); Amistad (1997); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); Saving Private Ryan (1998); A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); Catch Me If You Can (2002); Minority Report (2002); War of the Worlds (2005); Lincoln (2012); West Side Story (2021); The Fabelmans (2022); Always; Duel; Munich; Ready Player One; The Post; unnamed spy movie with Tom Hanks.
  5. Michael Mann: 69 credits, 17 films, 20 lines. The Jericho Mile (1979); Thief (1981); The Keep (1983); Miami Vice (1984); Manhunter (1986); L.A. Takedown (1989); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); Heat (1995); The Insider (1999); Ali (2001); Collateral (2004); Miami Vice (2006); Public Enemies (2009); Black Hat (2015); Ferrari (2023); Red Dragon / Manhunter; unspecified.
  6. Christopher Nolan: 52 credits, 16 films, 13 lines. Batman (1989); Batman Returns (1992); Memento (2000); Insomnia (2002); Batman Begins (2005); The Dark Knight (2008); Inception (2010); The Dark Knight Rises (2012); Interstellar (2014); Dunkirk (2017); Tenet (2020); Oppenheimer (2023); The Odyssey (2026); The Odyssey (2026); Christopher Nolan's Batman films; Following.
  7. Quentin Tarantino: 51 credits, 10 films, 37 lines. Reservoir Dogs (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994); Jackie Brown (1997); Kill Bill (2003); Death Proof (2007); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Django Unchained (2012); The Hateful Eight (2015); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019); unspecified.
  8. Ridley Scott: 49 credits, 23 films, 27 lines. Alien (1979); Blade Runner (1982); Legend (1985); Black Rain (1989); Thelma & Louise (1991); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); White Squall (1996); Gladiator (2000); Black Hawk Down (2002); Kingdom of Heaven (2005); Prometheus (2012); The Counselor (2013); Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014); The Martian (2015); Alien: Covenant (2017); All the Money in the World (2017); House of Gucci (2021); The Last Duel (2021); Napoleon (2023); G.I. Jane; Gladiator II; Napoleon (Ridley Scott); Someone to Watch Over Me.
  9. Francis Ford Coppola: 45 credits, 20 films, 6 lines. The Godfather (1972); The Godfather Part II (1974); Apocalypse Now (1979); One from the Heart (1982); The Outsiders (1983); The Cotton Club (1984); Peggy Sue Got Married (1986); Gardens of Stone (1987); Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); Godfather 3 (1990); Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992); Megalopolis (2024); Apocalypse Now (Redux); Francis Ford Coppola's career; New York Stories; Tetro; The Godfather Part III (Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone); The Rainmaker; Twixt; Youth Without Youth.
  10. Paul Thomas Anderson: 42 credits, 13 films, 10 lines. Hard Eight (1996); Boogie Nights (1997); Magnolia (1999); Punch-Drunk Love (2002); A Prairie Home Companion (2006); There Will Be Blood (2007); The Master (2012); Phantom Thread (2017); Licorice Pizza (2021); One Battle After Another (2025); (various); Hard Eight (Sydney); Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson film.
  11. Oliver Stone: 41 credits, 17 films, 8 lines. Platoon (1986); Wall Street (1987); Born on the Fourth of July (1989); JFK (1991); The Doors (1991); Heaven & Earth (1993); Natural Born Killers (1994); Nixon (1995); Any Given Sunday (1999); Alexander (2004); World Trade Center (2006); W. (2008); Born on the 4th of July; Salvador; Talk Radio; Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; unspecified.
  12. Wes Anderson: 41 credits, 14 films, 21 lines. Do the Right Thing (1989); Bottle Rocket (1996); Rushmore (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); The Darjeeling Limited (2007); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Moonrise Kingdom (2012); The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014); Isle of Dogs (2018); The French Dispatch (2021); Asteroid City (2023); The Phoenician Scheme (2025); Henry Sugar.
  13. James Cameron: 39 credits, 14 films, 22 lines. Piranha II: The Spawning (1981); The Terminator (1984); Aliens (1986); The Abyss (1989); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); True Lies (1994); Titanic (1997); Avatar (2009); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Aliens of the Deep; Avatar and its sequels; Ghost of the Deep (Cameron documentary, as transcribed); Ghosts of the Abyss; Piranha II.
  14. Robert Altman: 36 credits, 25 films, 14 lines. M*A*S*H (1970); MASH (1970); The Long Goodbye (1973); Thieves Like Us (1974); Nashville (1975); Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976); Popeye (1980); Vincent & Theo (1990); The Player (1992); Short Cuts (1993); Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) (1994); Kansas City (1996); A Prairie Home Companion (2006); 3 Women; 70s Altman films; 80s/90s/2000s Altman films; Brewster McCloud; California Split; Cookie's Fortune; Gosford Park; Heaven's Gate (as transcribed 'health'); McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Resurrection Blues; Tanner '88; The Company.
  15. Tim Burton: 34 credits, 17 films, 21 lines. Vincent (1982); Frankenweenie (1984); Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985); Beetlejuice (1988); Batman Returns (1992); Ed Wood (1994); Sleepy Hollow (1999); Planet of the Apes (2001); Big Fish (2003); Alice in Wonderland (2010); Dark Shadows (2012); Frankenweenie (2012); The Batman (2022); Batman (Burton/Keaton films); Batman (Tim Burton); Big Eyes; Edward Scissorhands.
  16. David Lynch: 33 credits, 15 films, 19 lines. Eraserhead (1977); The Elephant Man (1980); Dune (1984); Blue Velvet (1986); Twin Peaks (1990); Wild at Heart (1990); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Lost Highway (1997); The Straight Story (1999); Mulholland Drive (2001); Inland Empire (2006); Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017); Dune (David Lynch); Six Men Getting Sick; The Grandmother.
  17. Ang Lee: 28 credits, 12 films, 9 lines. Sense and Sensibility (1995); The Ice Storm (1997); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); Hulk (2003); Brokeback Mountain (2005); Lust, Caution (2007); Life of Pi (2012); Gemini Man (2019); Eat Drink Man Woman; Pride and Prejudice; Ride with the Devil; The Wedding Banquet.
  18. Paul Verhoeven: 28 credits, 16 films, 11 lines. Spetters (1980); The Fourth Man (1983); Flesh and Blood (1985); RoboCop (1987); Total Recall (1990); Basic Instinct (1992); Showgirls (1995); Starship Troopers (1997); Hollow Man (2000); Benedetta (2021); Business Is Business; Flesh and Blood; Keetje Tippel; Soldier of Orange; Turkish Delight; an unnamed film Reijn acted in for him.
  19. Clint Eastwood: 26 credits, 15 films, 2 lines. Bronco Billy (1980); Changeling (1980); Bird (1988); Unforgiven (1992); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Mystic River (2003); Jersey Boys (2014); Sully (2016); The 15:17 to Paris (2018); The Mule (2018); Richard Jewell (2019); Cry Macho (2021); Juror #2 (2024); Honkytonk Man; White Hunter, Black Heart.
  20. Peter Weir: 26 credits, 12 films, 7 lines. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975); The Last Wave (1977); Gallipoli (1981); The Year of Living Dangerously (1982); Witness (1985); The Mosquito Coast (1986); Dead Poets Society (1989); Green Card (1990); Fearless (1993); The Truman Show (1998); Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003); Master and Commander.
  21. Alfred Hitchcock: 25 credits, 15 films, 29 lines. The Lady Vanishes (1938); Strangers on a Train (1951); I Confess (1953); Rear Window (1954); To Catch a Thief (1955); Vertigo (1958); North by Northwest (1959); Psycho (1960); The Birds (1963); Mission: Impossible (1996); The Truman Show (1998); Hitchcock's North by Northwest / Psycho / The Birds / Rear Window; Shadow of a Doubt; The Man Who Knew Too Much; wrongly-accused thrillers (invoked).
  22. Rob Reiner: 24 credits, 11 films, 13 lines. This Is Spinal Tap (1984); The Sure Thing (1985); Stand by Me (1986); The Princess Bride (1987); When Harry Met Sally (1989); Misery (1990); A Few Good Men (1992); North (1994); The American President (1995); The Story of Us (1999); Spinal Tap II.
  23. Steven Soderbergh: 23 credits, 19 films, 6 lines. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); Erin Brockovich (2000); Ocean's Eleven (2001); The Good German (2006); Haywire (2011); Magic Mike (2012); Behind the Candelabra (2013); Logan Lucky (2017); High Flying Bird (2019); The Laundromat (2019); Let Them All Talk (2020); Presence (2024); Black Bag (2025); Ocean's 11 (Soderbergh version); The Girlfriend Experience; The Underneath; Traffic; n/a; unnamed.
  24. Brian De Palma: 22 credits, 16 films, 14 lines. Carrie (1976); Dressed to Kill (1980); Blow Out (1981); Blowout (1981); Scarface (1983); Body Double (1984); The Untouchables (1987); The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990); Carlito's Way (1993); Mission: Impossible (1996); (reference); (unnamed thrillers with Lithgow); Mission: Impossible (earlier entries); Obsession (De Palma); Snake Eyes; The Black Dahlia.
  25. Sam Raimi: 22 credits, 15 films, 3 lines. Darkman (1990); The Quick and the Dead (1995); A Simple Plan (1998); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Drag Me to Hell (2009); Evil Dead (2013); Oz the Great and Powerful (2013); Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022); Send Help (2026); Hudsucker Proxy (named as director of the sequence; probably Hudsucker Proxy by the hosts); Raimi Spider-Man films; Spider-Man (Raimi films); The Evil Dead (series).
  26. Nancy Meyers: 21 credits, 10 films, 6 lines. Private Benjamin (1980); Father of the Bride (1991); The Parent Trap (1998); Something's Gotta Give (2003); The Holiday (2006); It's Complicated (2009); The Intern (2015); (rom-com filmmakers); Meyers filmography; What Women Want.
  27. Doug Liman: 20 credits, 13 films, 4 lines. Road House (1989); Swingers (1996); Go (1999); The Bourne Identity (2002); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); Jumper (2008); Fair Game (2010); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); American Made (2017); The Wall (2017); Chaos Walking (2021); Locked Down (2021); The Instigators (2024).
  28. Sidney Lumet: 20 credits, 12 films, 2 lines. 12 Angry Men (1957); Fail-Safe (1964); Serpico (1973); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Network (1976); Prince of the City (1981); The Verdict (1982); Running on Empty (1988); Find Me Guilty (2006); (rehearsal-heavy directors); Daniel; Night Falls on Manhattan.
  29. Spike Lee: 20 credits, 14 films, 11 lines. Do the Right Thing (1989); Mo' Better Blues (1990); Jungle Fever (1991); Clockers (1995); 4 Little Girls (1997); 25th Hour (2002); Inside Man (2006); Red Hook Summer (2012); She's Gotta Have It (2017); BlacKkKlansman (2018); Da 5 Bloods (2020); Malcolm X; She's Gotta Have It; unnamed Spike Lee Netflix film.
  30. John Hughes: 19 credits, 7 films, 17 lines. Sixteen Candles (1984); The Breakfast Club (1985); Weird Science (1985); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987); Uncle Buck (1989); Pretty in Pink.
  31. M. Night Shyamalan: 19 credits, 13 films, 1 line. Praying with Anger (1992); The Sixth Sense (1999); Unbreakable (2000); Signs (2002); The Village (2004); Lady in the Water (2006); The Happening (2008); The Last Airbender (2010); The Visit (2015); Knock at the Cabin (2023); (McAvoy run); Old; The Glass trilogy (Unbreakable, Split, Glass).
  32. Tony Scott: 19 credits, 13 films, 8 lines. The Hunger (1983); Top Gun (1986); Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Days of Thunder (1990); Revenge (1990); True Romance (1993); The Fan (1996); Spy Game (2001); The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (remake) (2009); (various); The Taking of Pelham 123; The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake); unspecified 80s films.
  33. Mike Flanagan: 18 credits, 13 films, 12 lines. Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016); Doctor Sleep (2019); Absentia; Before I Wake; Fall of the House of Usher (TV); Gerald's Game; Hush; Midnight Mass; Oculus; Ouija: Origin of Evil; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Haunting of Hill House; The Midnight Club.
  34. Mike Nichols: 18 credits, 15 films, 7 lines. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); The Graduate (1967); Carnal Knowledge (1971); Silkwood (1983); Heartburn (1986); Biloxi Blues (1988); Working Girl (1988); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Regarding Henry (1991); Wolf (1994); The Birdcage (1996); Charlie Wilson's War; Closer; Primary Colors; What Planet Are You From? (title not said).
  35. Terrence Malick: 18 credits, 13 films, 3 lines. An Angel at My Table (1990); The Thin Red Line (1998); The Tree of Life (2011); To the Wonder (2012); Knight of Cups (2015); Song to Song (2017); A Hidden Life (2019); A Hidden Life (said only as 'the Malik') (2019); Days of Heaven; Malick filmography; Terrence Malick films; The New World; unspecified.
  36. Todd Haynes: 18 credits, 10 films, 3 lines. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987); Safe (1995); Velvet Goldmine (1998); Far from Heaven (2002); I'm Not There (2007); Dark Waters (2019); The Velvet Underground (2021); May December (2023); I'm Not There (the Bob Dylan film); Wonderstruck.
  37. Henry Selick: 17 credits, 7 films, 11 lines. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); James and the Giant Peach (1996); Monkeybone (2001); Coraline (2009); Wendell and Wild (2022); Seepage; Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions.
  38. Yorgos Lanthimos: 17 credits, 10 films, 4 lines. My Best Friend (2001); Dogtooth (2009); The Lobster (2015); The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017); The Favourite (2018); Poor Things (2023); Bugonia (2025); Alps; Kinds of Kindness; Kinetta.
  39. Baz Luhrmann: 16 credits, 8 films, 5 lines. Romeo + Juliet (1996); Moulin Rouge! (2001); Australia (2008); The Great Gatsby (2013); Elvis (2022); Strictly Ballroom; The Get Down; unspecified.
  40. Christopher McQuarrie: 16 credits, 7 films, 4 lines. Mission: Impossible (1988); The Way of the Gun (2000); Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011); Jack Reacher (2012); Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015); Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018); Mission: Impossible (modern films).
  41. George Lucas: 16 credits, 8 films, 45 lines. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983); The Phantom Menace (1999); Star Wars (original trilogy / special editions); Star Wars prequels; Star Wars prequels / The Phantom Menace; Star Wars special editions (as said).
  42. James Gunn: 16 credits, 7 films, 11 lines. Super (1991); Slither (2006); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); Suicide Squad (2016); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Suicide Squad (planned reboot); Thor: The Dark World mid-credits.
  43. Jane Campion: 16 credits, 11 films, 3 lines. Two Friends (1986); Sweetie (1989); An Angel at My Table (1990); The Piano (1993); Portrait of a Lady (1996); In the Cut (2003); Bright Star (2009); Top of the Lake (2013); The Power of the Dog (2021); An Angel at My Table (implied by Dana Stevens episode reference); Campion filmography.
  44. Jason Reitman: 16 credits, 9 films, 5 lines. Thank You for Smoking (2005); Juno (2007); Up in the Air (2009); Young Adult (2011); Men, Women & Children (2014); Tully (2018); Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021); Labor Day; The Front Runner.
  45. John Carpenter: 16 credits, 9 films, 18 lines. Halloween (1978); Escape from New York (1981); The Thing (1982); Christine (1983); Starman (1984); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Carpenter filmography; Halloween (incl. 2018 revival); Prince of Darkness.
  46. Jon Favreau: 16 credits, 9 films, 15 lines. Made (2001); Elf (2003); Iron Man (2008); Iron Man 2 (2010); Cowboys & Aliens (2011); Iron Man 3 (2013); Chef (2014); The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026); Chef (Jon Favreau).
  47. Joss Whedon: 16 credits, 6 films, 16 lines. Serenity (2005); The Avengers (2012); The Cabin in the Woods (2012); Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015); Justice League (2017); Avengers (Marvel).
  48. Michael Bay: 16 credits, 14 films, 5 lines. Bad Boys (1995); Armageddon (1998); Pearl Harbor (2001); The Island (2005); Hot Fuzz (2007); Transformers (2007); Pain & Gain (2013); Six Underground (2019); Ambulance (2022); 13 Hours; Bad Boys II; Transformers (Michael Bay films); Transformers (series); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
  49. Park Chan-wook: 16 credits, 10 films, 4 lines. Oldboy (2003); Lady Vengeance (2005); I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006); Thirst (2009); Stoker (2013); The Handmaiden (2016); The Little Drummer Girl (2018); Decision to Leave (2022); The Brigands of Rattlecreek; Trio.
  50. Renny Harlin: 16 credits, 12 films, 3 lines. Die Hard 2 (1990); Cliffhanger (1993); Cutthroat Island (1995); The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996); Deep Blue Sea (1999); The Legend of Hercules (2014); A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; Exorcist prequel (Harlin version, transcribed 'Harlan'); Ford Fairlane; Nightmare on Elm Street 4; The Adventures of Ford Fairlane; The Strangers (newer movies).
  51. Zack Snyder: 16 credits, 9 films, 6 lines. Dawn of the Dead (2004); 300 (2006); Watchmen (2009); Man of Steel (2013); Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016); Justice League (2017); Batman v Superman / Snyder's DC films; Snyder Cut (Justice League); Zack Snyder's Justice League (the Snyder cut).
  52. Guillermo del Toro: 15 credits, 12 films, 4 lines. Cronos (1992); Mimic (1997); Hellboy (2004); Pan's Labyrinth (2006); The Shape of Water (2017); Nightmare Alley (2021); Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro) (2022); Frankenstein (2025); Blade 2; Blade II; Hellboy II; The Devil's Backbone.
  53. Ryan Coogler: 15 credits, 6 films, 9 lines. Creed (2015); Black Panther (2018); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); Sinners (2025); Fruitvale Station; n/a.
  54. Woody Allen: 15 credits, 12 films, 2 lines. Annie Hall (1977); Manhattan (1979); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Sweet and Lowdown (1999); Cassandra's Dream; Match Point; New York Stories; Scoop; Sleeper; unspecified; unspecified films with Kevin Dunn.
  55. Barry Levinson: 14 credits, 11 films, 11 lines. Diner (1982); The Natural (1984); Rain Man (1988); Bugsy (1991); What Just Happened (2008); (unnamed gangster movie); 30 for 30; Envy; Rock the Kasbah; The Bay; Toys.
  56. Barry Sonnenfeld: 14 credits, 11 films, 0 lines. The Addams Family (1991); Addams Family Values (1993); Get Shorty (1995); Men in Black (1997); Men in Black II (2002); Men in Black 3 (2012); Big Trouble; For Love or Money; Men in Black (trilogy); RV; Wild Wild West.
  57. Cameron Crowe: 14 credits, 8 films, 9 lines. Say Anything... (1989); Singles (1992); Jerry Maguire (1996); Almost Famous (2000); Vanilla Sky (2001); Elizabethtown (2005); Aloha (2015); (rom-com filmmakers).
  58. Harold Becker: 14 credits, 11 films, 3 lines. Taps (1981); Vision Quest (1985); Sea of Love (1989); Malice (1993); City Hall (1996); Mercury Rising (1998); Domestic Disturbance (2001); Big Town; Black Marble; The Boost; The Onion Field.
  59. Jane Schoenbrun: 14 credits, 4 films, 5 lines. We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021); Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026); I Saw the TV Glow; Self-Induced Hallucination.
  60. John McTiernan: 14 credits, 9 films, 6 lines. Rollerball (1975); Die Hard (1988); The Hunt for Red October (1990); Last Action Hero (1993); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); The 13th Warrior (1999); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); Basic (2003); Nomads.
  61. Jordan Peele: 14 credits, 4 films, 3 lines. Get Out (2017); Us (2019); Nope (2022); Get Out / Us / Nope.
  62. Noah Baumbach: 14 credits, 9 films, 0 lines. Kicking and Screaming (2005); The Squid and the Whale (2005); Margot at the Wedding (2007); The Meyerowitz Stories (2017); Marriage Story (2019); Frances Ha; Francis Ha; Jay Kelly; White Noise.
  63. Nora Ephron: 14 credits, 11 films, 7 lines. Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Michael (1996); Phenomenon (1996); You've Got Mail (1998); Lucky Numbers (2000); Bewitched (2005); Julie & Julia (2009); Michael (2026); Mixed Nuts; This Is My Life; unspecified.
  64. Adrian Lyne: 13 credits, 10 films, 1 line. Flashdance (1983); 9 1/2 Weeks (1986); Fatal Attraction (1987); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Indecent Proposal (1993); Sliver (1993); Unfaithful (2002); Deep Water (2022); Breathless; Lolita (Adrian Lyne version).
  65. Damien Chazelle: 13 credits, 5 films, 9 lines. Whiplash (2014); La La Land (2016); First Man (2018); The Eddy (2020); Babylon (2022).
  66. Edgar Wright: 13 credits, 9 films, 15 lines. Spaced (1999); Shaun of the Dead (2004); Hot Fuzz (2007); Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010); Baby Driver (2017); Last Night in Soho (2021); The Sparks Brothers (2021); One Night in Soho; The Running Man.
  67. Hayao Miyazaki: 13 credits, 8 films, 5 lines. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979); Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984); Castle in the Sky (1986); My Neighbor Totoro (1988); Princess Mononoke (1997); Spirited Away (2001); The Boy and the Heron (2023); Kiki's Delivery Service.
  68. James L. Brooks: 13 credits, 8 films, 2 lines. Terms of Endearment (1983); Broadcast News (1987); I'll Do Anything (1994); As Good as It Gets (1997); Spanglish (2004); (model for Is This Thing On?); (rom-com filmmakers); unspecified.
  69. Jonathan Demme: 13 credits, 11 films, 3 lines. Crazy Mama (1975); Stop Making Sense (1984); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); Rachel Getting Married (2008); A Master Builder (2013); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Caged Heat; Fighting Mad; Ricky and the Flash; The Master Builder (Jonathan Demme film).
  70. Orson Welles: 13 credits, 8 films, 6 lines. Citizen Kane (1941); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); Macbeth (2015); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); Chimes at Midnight; F for Fake; Mr. Arkadin; The Trial.
  71. Peter Hyams: 13 credits, 8 films, 12 lines. Busting (1974); Peeper (1975); Capricorn One (1977); Outland (1981); The Star Chamber (1983); 2010 (1984); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); The Relic (1996).
  72. Sam Mendes: 13 credits, 8 films, 5 lines. American Beauty (1999); Road to Perdition (2002); Jarhead (2005); Revolutionary Road (2008); Away We Go (2009); Skyfall (2012); Spectre (2015); 1917 (2019).
  73. Bryan Singer: 12 credits, 6 films, 2 lines. The Usual Suspects (1995); X-Men (2000); X2: X-Men United (2003); Valkyrie (2008); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
  74. Greta Gerwig: 12 credits, 3 films, 1 line. Lady Bird (2017); Little Women (2019); Barbie (2023).
  75. Joel Schumacher: 12 credits, 11 films, 6 lines. Flatliners (1990); The Client (1994); Batman Forever (1995); A Time to Kill (1996); Batman & Robin (1997); 8mm (1999); Batman (Joel Schumacher films); Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the Schumacher movies); Dying Young; Joel Schumacher Batman movies; Twelve.
  76. Mel Brooks: 12 credits, 8 films, 3 lines. Young Frankenstein (1974); History of the World, Part I (1981); Dracula: Dead and Loving It; High Anxiety; Life Stinks; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Silent Movie; Spaceballs.
  77. Spike Jonze: 12 credits, 6 films, 0 lines. Being John Malkovich (1999); Adaptation (2002); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Her (2013); Beastie Boys documentary; music videos.
  78. Adam McKay: 11 credits, 7 films, 8 lines. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004); Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006); Step Brothers (2008); The Other Guys (2010); The Big Short (2015); Vice (2018); Don't Look Up (2021).
  79. Danny Boyle: 11 credits, 7 films, 2 lines. Shallow Grave (1994); Trainspotting (1996); Sunshine (2007); Steve Jobs (2015); T2 Trainspotting (2017); Yesterday (2019); London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
  80. James Gray: 11 credits, 7 films, 3 lines. Two Lovers (2008); Ad Astra (2019); Armageddon Time (2022); The Immigrant; The Lost City of Z; The Yards; We Own the Night.
  81. Peter Berg: 11 credits, 10 films, 7 lines. Friday Night Lights (2004); Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004); Hancock (2008); Ted (2012); Lone Survivor (2013); Deepwater Horizon (2016); 30 for 30; Patriots Day; Spenser Confidential (the Peter Berg remake of Spenser: For Hire); The Rundown.
  82. Peter Jackson: 11 credits, 7 films, 1 line. The Lord of the Rings (1978); Heavenly Creatures (1994); King Kong (2005); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); The Frighteners; The Hobbit films; The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  83. Rian Johnson: 11 credits, 6 films, 1 line. Brick (2005); The Brothers Bloom (2008); Looper (2012); Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017); Knives Out (2019); Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
  84. Richard Linklater: 11 credits, 11 films, 2 lines. Slacker (1990); School of Rock (2003); Boyhood (2014); Before Midnight; Before Sunset; Everybody Wants Some!!; Hit Man; Hit Man (Richard Linklater); Linklater filmography; Merrily We Roll Along; Richard Linklater's Orson Welles movie (title not said).
  85. Todd Phillips: 11 credits, 9 films, 10 lines. Frat House (1998); Road Trip (2000); Old School (2003); The Hangover (2009); Due Date (2010); Joker (2019); (unnamed clown film); Bittersweet Motel; Hated.
  86. Blake Edwards: 10 credits, 9 films, 0 lines. The Pink Panther (1963); The Party (1968); Switch (1991); Curse of the Pink Panther; Son of the Pink Panther; Sunset; That's Life!; Trail of the Pink Panther; Victor/Victoria (TV remake).
  87. Chloe Zhao: 10 credits, 4 films, 0 lines. The Rider (2018); Nomadland (2020); Eternals (2021); her first movie / Frances McDormand film.
  88. Denis Villeneuve: 10 credits, 6 films, 0 lines. Prisoners (2013); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); Dune (2021); Dune: Part Two (2024); August 32nd on Earth; Villeneuve films.
  89. Jean-Pierre Jeunet: 10 credits, 5 films, 6 lines. Delicatessen (1991); The City of Lost Children (1995); Alien Resurrection (1997); Amélie (2001); A Very Long Engagement (2004).
  90. Kathryn Bigelow: 10 credits, 8 films, 0 lines. Near Dark (1987); Blue Steel (1990); Point Break (1991); Strange Days (1995); The Hurt Locker (2008); Zero Dark Thirty (2012); K-19: The Widowmaker; The Weight of Water.
  91. Mike Mitchell: 10 credits, 8 films, 3 lines. Sky High (2005); Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015); Trolls (2016); Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo; Shrek Forever After; Surviving Christmas; The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie / sequel (second SpongeBob film).
  92. Ron Howard: 10 credits, 8 films, 2 lines. Night Shift (1982); Parenthood (1989); Far and Away (1992); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); A Beautiful Mind (2001); Cinderella Man (2005); Hillbilly Elegy (2020); (unnamed films).
  93. Sydney Pollack: 10 credits, 6 films, 2 lines. Tootsie (1982); The Firm (1993); Sabrina (1995); Random Hearts (1999); The Interpreter (2005); The Scalp Hunters.
  94. Todd Field: 10 credits, 5 films, 3 lines. In the Bedroom (2001); Little Children (2006); Tár (2022); (his own films); the Todd Field movies.
  95. William Friedkin: 10 credits, 9 films, 4 lines. The French Connection (1971); Sorcerer (1977); Cruising (1980); Deal of the Century (1983); Jade; Rules of Engagement; The Exorcist; The Exorcist: Believer; The Hunted.
  96. Adam Wingard: 9 credits, 8 films, 1 line. You're Next (2011); Godzilla vs. Kong (2021); A Horrible Way to Die; Blair Witch (The Woods); Death Note; Godzilla vs. Kong (announced); The Guest; You're Next (title not said; 'your next', Adam Wingard).
  97. Bob Fosse: 9 credits, 6 films, 10 lines. Sweet Charity (1969); Cabaret (1972); Lenny (1974); All That Jazz (1979); Star 80 (1983); Pippin.
  98. David Lowery: 9 credits, 6 films, 1 line. Pete's Dragon (2016); A Ghost Story (2017); The Green Knight (2021); Ain't Them Bodies Saints; Peter Pan and Wendy; The Old Man & the Gun.
  99. David O. Russell: 9 credits, 8 films, 1 line. Three Kings (1999); The Fighter (2010); Silver Linings Playbook (2012); Joy (2015); Amsterdam (2022); American Hustle; Flirting with Disaster; Untitled Al Davis / Madden film (David O. Russell).
  100. David Slade: 9 credits, 8 films, 1 line. Hannibal (2001); Hard Candy (2005); 30 Days of Night (2007); The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010); Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018); American Gods; Dark Harvest; Powers.