More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films ...

When your first film is "Hiroshima Mon Amour" or "Eraserhead" it sets an impossibly high bar - but these directors reached it ...

Starting June 23, we’ll unveil a list of 100, as voted on by directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and ...

Steven Spielberg, one could say, was less than pleased when he found out he was not nominated for the Oscar for Best Director ...

He’s among the best directors ever, regardless of region, and if it weren’t for duds like The Counselor (2013) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), he could’ve placed even higher.

In 2022, Jane Campion won Best Director for “The Power of the Dog” but “CODA” was named Best Picture.In 2019 Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director for “Roma” only to see his film eclipsed ...

Nolan ended up winning Best Director for Oppenheimer, which also won Best Picture, but seeing a female contender in that race – especially amid Gerwig’s snub – still made it an exciting one.

Clockwise from top left: Edward Berger, Coralie Fargeat, Brady Corbet, Mohammad Rasoulof, Jacques Audiard, Denis Villeneuve, RaMell Ross, Payal Kapadia and Sean Baker (center).