Leading Film Totals by Directors in the Top 1000

These are the highest film counts by individual directors in our Top Ranked 1000 Films (all polls), 2011 edition.

Andy Warhol and Alfred Hitchcock

Similar to the last poll in 2009, but at the top Hitchcock lost 2 titles down to 14, Godard dropped 4 films to 12 - they were tied last time. Scorsese obviously picked up Shutter Island and jumped up a little in count, as Bergman also lost a couple. Kubrick's 11 films represent his ENTIRE filmography! That's the most amazing feat on this list, plus he has 6 in the top 100, easily the most of any director.

Rank, Director, Titles in the 1000

1. Hitchcock, Alfred 14
2. Scorsese, Martin 13
3. Bergman, Ingmar 12
3. Godard, Jean-Luc 12
5. Kubrick, Stanley 11
5. Kurosawa, Akira 11
7. Buñuel, Luis 10
7. Coen, Joel and Ethan (I lumped all theirs together) 10
7. Ford, John 10
10. Fellini, Federico 9
11. Bresson, Robert 8
11. Hawks, Howard 8
11. Powell, Michael (some shared) 8
11. Renoir, Jean 8
11. Visconti, Luchino 8
16. Eisenstein, Sergei 7
16. Keaton, Buster (some shared) 7
16. Kiarostami, Abbas 7
16. Spielberg, Steven 7
16. Tarkovsky, Andrei 7
16. Wilder, Billy 7

Total of 21 directors, 194 films

Disappointments
- Zhang Yimou, China - only 3
- William Wyler - only 4 (he had 13 best picture nominees)
- Fritz Lang – only 4 (c'mon, deserves 7-8 at least)
- Carol Reed - 3 (missing Outcast of the Islands and Oliver!)
- Sydney Pollack – just 1
- Joseph Losey – just 1
- Chen Kaige, China - 0 (Together, Farewell My Concubine, The Promise)