The Most Popular Directors!

842 items • Updated 4/26/2026

All points from my Top of the Pops Lists and only from films with more than 500 points.

1		Christopher Nolan Producer
2		Steven Spielberg Producer
3		Quentin Tarantino Writer
4		Martin Scorsese Producer
5		Ridley Scott Producer
6		David Fincher Producer
7		Robert Zemeckis Producer
8		Stanley Kubrick Writer
9		Clint Eastwood Actor
10		Francis Ford Coppola Producer
11		Joel Coen Producer
12		Frank Darabont Writer
13		Sam Mendes Producer
14		Tim Burton Producer
15		Alfred Hitchcock Director
16		Denis Villeneuve Director
17		Danny Boyle Director
18		James Cameron Writer
19		Ron Howard Producer
20		Francis Lawrence Director
21		Todd Phillips Producer
22		Wes Anderson Director
23		M. Night Shyamalan Producer
24		Darren Aronofsky Producer
25		Edgar Wright Director
26		James Mangold Producer
27		Guy Ritchie Writer
28		Luc Besson Writer
29		Joseph Kosinski Director
30		Paul Greengrass Director
31		Gore Verbinski Director
32		Roman Polanski Director
33		Alejandro G. Iñárritu Director
34		Woody Allen Writer
35		Sergio Leone Second Unit or Assistant Director
36		Steven Soderbergh Producer
37		Tony Scott Producer
38		Paul Thomas Anderson Director
39		Terry Gilliam Director
40		Chris Columbus Producer
41		Marc Forster Producer
42		Rob Reiner Actor
43		Peter Weir Director
44		Brian De Palma Director
45		Michael Mann Producer
46		David O. Russell Producer
47		Jonathan Demme Director
48		Mel Gibson Actor
49		Miloš Forman Director
50		Damien Chazelle Director

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