CineVault Rankings

Top Directors

Ranked by average TMDB audience score across their films (minimum 4 films in the database).

  1. 1 Masaki Kobayashi

    Masaki Kobayashi

    ★ 8.2/10 average · 6 films

    Known for: Harakiri, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, Samurai Rebellion

  2. 2 Ismael Rodríguez

    Ismael Rodríguez

    ★ 8.14/10 average · 7 films

    Known for: Dos tipos de cuidado, Full Spead Ahead, Los tres huastecos

  3. 3 Giuseppe Tornatore

    Giuseppe Tornatore

    ★ 8.01/10 average · 4 films

    Known for: Cinema Paradiso, The Legend of 1900, The Best Offer

  4. 4 Hayao Miyazaki

    Hayao Miyazaki

    ★ 7.99/10 average · 11 films

    Known for: Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke

  5. 5 Miguel M. Delgado

    Miguel M. Delgado

    ★ 7.89/10 average · 17 films

    Known for: The Atomic Fireman, El Siete Machos, The Little Priest

  6. 6 Makoto Shinkai

    Makoto Shinkai

    ★ 7.85/10 average · 5 films

    Known for: Your Name., Weathering with You, Suzume

  7. 7 Christopher Nolan

    Christopher Nolan

    ★ 7.83/10 average · 4 films

    Known for: Memento, Oppenheimer, The Odyssey

  8. 8 Ertem Eğilmez

    Ertem Eğilmez

    ★ 7.81/10 average · 8 films

    Known for: From the Village to the City, The Chaos Class, The Foster Brothers

  9. 9 Sergio Leone

    Sergio Leone

    ★ 7.79/10 average · 7 films

    Known for: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time in the West

  10. 10 Dean DeBlois

    Dean DeBlois

    ★ 7.76/10 average · 5 films

    Known for: How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

  11. 11 Camillo Mastrocinque

    Camillo Mastrocinque

    ★ 7.74/10 average · 4 films

    Known for: Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy, The Band of Honest Men, Totòtruffa '62

  12. 12 Satyajit Ray

    Satyajit Ray

    ★ 7.72/10 average · 7 films

    Known for: The World of Apu, Aparajito, Pather Panchali

  13. 13 Isao Takahata

    Isao Takahata

    ★ 7.68/10 average · 4 films

    Known for: Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, The Story of Heidi

  14. 14 Rob Reiner

    Rob Reiner

    ★ 7.64/10 average · 7 films

    Known for: Flipped, Stand by Me, Misery

  15. 15 Chris Sanders

    Chris Sanders

    ★ 7.64/10 average · 5 films

    Known for: The Wild Robot, How to Train Your Dragon, Lilo & Stitch

  16. 16 Henri-Georges Clouzot

    Henri-Georges Clouzot

    ★ 7.62/10 average · 6 films

    Known for: The Wages of Fear, Diabolique, The Truth

  17. 17 Denis Villeneuve

    Denis Villeneuve

    ★ 7.62/10 average · 5 films

    Known for: Prisoners, Incendies, Arrival

  18. 18 Park Chan-wook

    Park Chan-wook

    ★ 7.62/10 average · 5 films

    Known for: Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Lady Vengeance

  19. 19 Leonid Gaidai

    Leonid Gaidai

    ★ 7.61/10 average · 7 films

    Known for: Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, The Diamond Arm, 12 Chairs

  20. 20 Peter Jackson

    Peter Jackson

    ★ 7.57/10 average · 8 films

    Known for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

  21. 21 Kenji Mizoguchi

    Kenji Mizoguchi

    ★ 7.54/10 average · 9 films

    Known for: Sansho the Bailiff, Ugetsu, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

  22. 22 Andrew Stanton

    Andrew Stanton

    ★ 7.54/10 average · 5 films

    Known for: Toy Story 5, WALL·E, Finding Nemo

  23. 23 Andrei Tarkovsky

    Andrei Tarkovsky

    ★ 7.53/10 average · 7 films

    Known for: Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Mirror

  24. 24 Mario Monicelli

    Mario Monicelli

    ★ 7.52/10 average · 14 films

    Known for: My Friends, Big Deal on Madonna Street, The Great War