#4 Stanley Kubrick Score: 8.390 (15 Ratings)
Rated 10–9.5–9–8: 3–2–2–4
Key Films:
The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Shining (1980)
#3 Satyajit Ray Score: 8.428 (9 Ratings)
Rated 10–9.5–9–8: 1–1–4–1
Key Films:
Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), The World of Apu (1959)
The Big City (1963)
Charulata (1964)
The Adversary (1970)
Company Limited (1972)
Distant Thunder (1973)
The Middleman (1976)
#2 Alfred Hitchcock Score: 8.656 (15 Ratings)
Rated 10–9.5–9–8: 4–1–5–0
Key Films:
The 39 Steps (1935)
Notorious (1946)
Rear Window (1954)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
#1 Hayao Miyazaki Score: 8.984 (20 Ratings)
Rated 10–9–8.5–8: 5–7–1–4
Key Films:
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Wind Rises (2013)