| Director | Films from the Last 10 Years Ranked |
| 1. Christopher Nolan | 1. Dunkirk (2017) 2. Oppenheimer (2023) 3. The Odyssey (2026) 4. Tenet (2020) |
| 2. Yorgos Lanthimos | 1. The Favourite (2018) 2. Poor Things (2023) 3. Bugonia (2025) 4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) 5. Kinds of Kindness (2024) |
| 3. Wes Anderson | 1. The French Dispatch (2021) 2. Asteroid City (2023) 3. The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 4. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023) 5. Isle of Dogs (2018) |
| 4. Alfonso Cuarón | 1. Roma (2018) 2. Disclaimer (2024) |
| 5. Bi Gan | 1. Resurrection (2025) 2. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018) |
| 6. Guillermo del Toro | 1. The Shape of Water (2018) 2. Frankenstein (2025) 3. Nightmare Alley (2021) 4. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) |
| 7. Denis Villeneuve | 1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 2. Dune: Part Two (2024) 3. Dune (2021) |
| 8. Steve McQueen | 1. Widows (2018) 2. Small Axe (2020) 3. Blitz (2024) |
| 9. Ari Aster | 1. Midsommar (2019) 2. Hereditary (2018) 3. Beau is Afraid (2023) 4. Eddington (2025) |
| 10. Robert Eggers | 1. Nosferatu (2024) 2. The Lighthouse (2019) 3. The Northman (2022) |
| 11. Paweł Pawlikowski | 1. Cold War (2018) 2. Fatherland (2026) |
| 12. Pablo Larraín | 1. Spencer (2021) 2. Maria (2024) 3. El Conde (2023) |
| 13. Park Chan-wook | 1. Decision to Leave (2022) 2. No Other Choice (2025) |
| 14. Emerald Fennell | 1. Wuthering Heights (2026) 2. Promising Young Woman (2020) 3. Saltburn (2023) |
| 15. Martin Scorsese | 1. The Irishman (2019) 2. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) |
| 16. Josh Safdie | 1. Good Time (2017) 2. Marty Supreme (2025) 3. Uncut Gems (2019) |
| 17. David Fincher | 1. The Killer (2023) 2. Mank (2020) |
| 18. Luca Guadagnino | 1. Call Me By Your Name (2017) 2. Queer (2024) 3. Challengers (2024) 4. Bones and All (2022) 5. Suspiria (2018) 6. We Are Who We Are (2020) |
| 19. Paul Schrader | 1. First Reformed (2017) 2. The Card Counter (2021) 3. Master Gardener (2022) |
| 20. Kogonada | 1. Columbus (2017) 2. After Yang (2021) 3. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) |
| 21. Paul Thomas Anderson | 1. Phantom Thread (2017) 2. One Battle After Another (2025) 3. Licorice Pizza (2021) |
| 22. Chloé Zhao | 1. Nomadland (2020) 2. Hamnet (2025) 3. The Rider (2017) 4. Eternals (2021) |
| 23. Noah Baumbach | 1. Marriage Story (2019) 2. Jay Kelly (2025) 3. The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) 4. White Noise (2022) |
| 24. Bong Joon-ho | 1. Parasite (2019) 2. Okja (2017) 3. Mickey 17 (2025) |
| 25. Edward Berger | 1. Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 2. Conclave (2024) 3. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) |
