It Happened One Night
1934 · ★ 7.8
CURATED COLLECTION
Academy Award for Best Director Winners
A curated selection of acclaimed films whose directors won the Academy Award for Best Director, spanning classic Hollywood and modern cinema.
Movies in this collection
Gone with the Wind
1939 · ★ 7.9
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · ★ 7.8
Ben-Hur
1959 · ★ 7.9
West Side Story
1961 · ★ 7.2
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · ★ 8.0
The Sound of Music
1965 · ★ 7.7
The French Connection
1971 · ★ 7.5
The Godfather Part II
1974 · ★ 8.6
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · ★ 8.4
Rocky
1976 · ★ 7.8
Annie Hall
1977 · ★ 7.7
Gandhi
1982 · ★ 7.6
Amadeus
1984 · ★ 8.0
Platoon
1986 · ★ 7.7
Dances with Wolves
1990 · ★ 7.8
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · ★ 8.3
Unforgiven
1992 · ★ 7.9
Schindler's List
1993 · ★ 8.6
Forrest Gump
1994 · ★ 8.5
Braveheart
1995 · ★ 7.9
Titanic
1997 · ★ 7.9
Saving Private Ryan
1998 · ★ 8.2
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · ★ 7.9
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · ★ 8.5
The Departed
2006 · ★ 8.2
No Country for Old Men
2007 · ★ 8.0
Slumdog Millionaire
2008 · ★ 7.7
The Hurt Locker
2008 · ★ 7.2
Life of Pi
2012 · ★ 7.4
Gravity
2013 · ★ 7.2
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · ★ 7.4
The Revenant
2015 · ★ 7.5
La La Land
2016 · ★ 7.9
The Shape of Water
2017 · ★ 7.2
Roma
2018 · ★ 7.6
Parasite
2019 · ★ 8.5
Nomadland
2021 · ★ 7.2
The Power of the Dog
2021 · ★ 6.7
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · ★ 7.7
Oppenheimer
2023 · ★ 8.0
Anora
2024 · ★ 7.1