#13 "Near Dark." Excellent, under appreciated vampire cult film and #16 "12 Angry Men," a legendary masterpiece in both stage and film.

Peter Jackson
1987 Bad Taste
1989 Meet the Feebles
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

...must have been cold on the set of Pirates

#10 2 rare examples where Kenneth Branagh didn’t cast himself in the lead.

Stanley Kubrick.
2001 Space Odyssey vs. Clockwork Orange vs. Dr. Strangelove

for more than half of them "director" is a big word ,they just executed what they've been told to do by the big frakkin mouse executives.