Here’s my annual stab at listing and ranking the best directors on the planet. Usually I look at the last 10 years’ worth of work with a heavy emphasis on even more recent work in Nolan (1)– Roma and Cuaron was the only thing in 2018 with enough power to possibly knock off Nolan for the #1 slot and I just can’t do it. I have Roma over Dunkirk slightly but only slightly and the combined efforts of Inception, Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar trump Gravity pretty handedly. I ran the numbers on the list of directors with multiple films

Top 10 Directors Current list Here’s my annual stab at listing and ranking the best directors on the planet. Usually I look at the last 10 years’ worth of work with a heavy emphasis on even more recent work in the last 3-5 years. I am a massive believer in the auteur theory so I take into account not only who directed great films but the level of personal visual style and reoccurring themes. Iñárritu - The back to back masterpieces in 2014 (birdman) and 2015 (the revenant) are impossible for anyone else on this last to match.