Christopher Nolan
5 titles, 44th in points with 16,073
Christopher Nolan is certainly one of the best of the young directors, along with Darren Aronofsky. If anything, he's underrated currently, and almost certainly headed for the top 10 all-time at his current rate, given that Scorsese is now #3 and Spielberg #7, Nolan is that good.
Nolan’s films are always finely crafted, usually
Ridley Scott
4 titles in the the top 1000,
27th in points with 20,824
Ridley Scott, one of the best modern action directors, has managed to direct both popular films, and films that were excellent examples of cinema craftmanship, among the best of their genres. These are all the films of Ridley Scott’s (brother of Tony Scott) that made the top 1000 in our 2011 update of the Top Ranked 1000
Hero (2002) is a Chinese epic from director Zhang Yimou. Actor Jet Li said the screenplay (by Li Feng, Zhang Yimou, and Wang Bin) was the best he had ever read and left him in tears. They often call this Jet Li's Hero to distinguish it from an earlier U.S. film (also worth watching but nothing great) starring Andy Garcia and Dustin Hoffman. Along with Li, the film also stars the most popular
Action and / or adventure films
Films in gold won Best Picture Oscars®
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Around the World in 80 Days (original)
Batman
Ben-Hur (10 Oscars)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
El Mariachi (Mexico)
The French Connection
The Game
Gladiator
Hero (Jet Li's, China)
La Femme Nikita (France)
The Man Who Would Be King
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
The Raiders of the Lost
