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Most Popular Directors

The most popular directors, ranked by what CrossBingers actually watch, play, read, and listen to, blended with critical standing. Refreshed every day.

Updated 2026-11-11

  1. 1Christopher Nolan–
  2. 2Steven Spielberg–
  3. 3Ridley Scott–
  4. 4Guy Ritchie–
  5. 5Zack Snyder–
  6. 6Ron Howard–
  7. 7Antoine Fuqua–
  8. 8Martin Scorsese–
  9. 9Andrew Stanton–
  10. 10Tim Burton–
  11. 11Chris Columbus–
  12. 12Jon Watts–
  13. 13James Cameron–
  14. 14Alfred Hitchcock–
  15. 15Robert Zemeckis–
  16. 16Brian De Palma–
  17. 17John Carpenter–
  18. 18J.J. Abrams–
  19. 19Denis Villeneuve▲1
  20. 20Guillermo del Toro▼1
  21. 21Steven Soderbergh–
  22. 22Clint Eastwood–
  23. 23Peter Jackson–
  24. 24Sam Raimi–
  25. 25David Fincher–
  26. 26Woody Allen–
  27. 27Robert Rodriguez–
  28. 28Stanley Kubrick–
  29. 29Lasse Hallström–
  30. 30Francis Ford Coppola–
  31. 31Martin Campbell–
  32. 32Destin Daniel Cretton–
  33. 33Quentin Tarantino–
  34. 34Joel Coen–
  35. 35Roland Emmerich–
  36. 36Phil Lord▲1
  37. 37Christopher Miller▼1
  38. 38Lana Wachowski–
  39. 39Luc Besson–
  40. 40Matthew Vaughn–
  41. 41George Lucas–
  42. 42David Ayer–
  43. 43George Miller–
  44. 44Craig Gillespie–
  45. 45Joe Russo▲5
  46. 46Anthony Russo▲3
  47. 47Bille August▼2
  48. 48Gareth Edwards▼2
  49. 49Tyler Perry▼2
  50. 50
    William Lau    ▼2
  51. 51Catherine Hardwicke–
  52. 52Joe Wright–
  53. 53James Gunn–
  54. 54James Mangold–
  55. 55Peter Weir–
  56. 56Edgar Wright–
  57. 57Renny Harlin–
  58. 58Francis Lawrence–
  59. 59Lilly Wachowski▲2
  60. 60Jon Favreau▼1
  61. 61Paul Feig▼1
  62. 62Michael Bay–
  63. 63Castille Landon–
  64. 64Ethan Coen–
  65. 65Shawn Levy–
  66. 66Michael Jelenic–
  67. 67Lars von Trier–
  68. 68Richard Donner–
  69. 69Aaron Horvath–
  70. 70Simon McQuoid▲4
  71. 71Pierre Coffin▼1
  72. 72Rob Reiner▼1
  73. 73Danny Boyle▼1
  74. 74Oliver Stone▲1
  75. 75Roger Kumble▲1
  76. 76James Wan▲3
  77. 77David Yates–
  78. 78Jason Reitman–
  79. 79Spike Lee▲1
  80. 80Travis Knight▼7
  81. 81Doug Liman–
  82. 82Zhang Yimou–
  83. 83Paul Verhoeven–
  84. 84Ang Lee–
  85. 85Mike Newell–
  86. 86Todd Phillips▲1
  87. 87Joss Whedon▲1
  88. 88Paul Greengrass▼2
  89. 89Rob Marshall–
  90. 90David Cronenberg–
  91. 91David Lynch–
  92. 92M. Night Shyamalan–
  93. 93Tony Scott–
  94. 94Gore Verbinski–
  95. 95Peter Farrelly–
  96. 96Alfonso Cuarón▲1
  97. 97Wes Anderson▲1
  98. 98
    Neil Burger    ▲1
  99. 99
    Alex Garland    ▲1
  100. 100
    Phillip Noyce    ▼1