The Guardian's "The World's 40 best directors"

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Their list of the best active directors. It was printed in 2003 or 2004.

The objects on the list are the work considered to be the directors best, or the best film that includes "by BLANK" on this website

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html

  1. 1.
    Eraserhead
    by David Lynch

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  2. 2.
    Goodfellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  3. 3.
    Fargo (Special Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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  4. 4.
    Traffic
    by Steven Soderbergh

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  5. 5.
    Days of Heaven
    by Terrence Malick

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  6. 6.
    Taste of Cherry - Criterion Collection
    by Abbas Kiarostami

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  7. 7.
    Gates of Heaven
    by Errol Morris

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  8. 8.
    Spirited Away
    by Hayao Miyazaki

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  9. 9.
    Crash
    by David Cronenberg

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  10. 10.
    Distant Voices Still Lives [VHS]
    by Terence Davies

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  11. 11.
    Together
    by Lukas Moodysson

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  12. 12.
    Ratcatcher - Criterion Collection
    by Lynne Ramsay

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  13. 13.
    Werckmeister Harmonies
    by Béla Tarr

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  14. 14.
    In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection
    by Kar Wai Wong

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  15. 15.
    Volver
    by Pedro Almodóvar

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  16. 16.
    Far from Heaven
    by Todd Haynes

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  17. 17.
    Pulp Fiction
    by Quentin Tarantino

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  18. 18.
    Rebels of Neon God (Ws Sub)
    by Ming-liang Tsai

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  19. 19.
    The Man Without a Past
    by Aki Kaurismäki

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  20. 20.
    24 Hour Party People
    by Michael Winterbottom

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  21. 21.
    Magnolia
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

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  22. 22.
    The Seventh Continent
    by Michael Haneke

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  23. 23.
    The Motorcycle Diaries (Widescreen Edition)
    by Walter Salles

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  24. 24.
    Sideways (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alexander Payne

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  25. 25.
    Being John Malkovich [HD DVD]
    by Spike Jonze

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  27. 28.
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    Fahrenheit 9/11
    by Michael Moore

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  28. 29.
    Rushmore
    by Wes Anderson

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  29. 30.
    Dolls
    by Takeshi Kitano

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  30. 31.
    Before Sunrise
    by Richard Linklater

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  31. 32.
    I Stand Alone
    by Gaspar Noé

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  32. 33.
    Last Resort
    by Pawel Pawlikowski

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  33. 34.
    Three Kings
    by David O. Russell

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  34. 35.
    The Matrix
    by Andy Wachowski

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  35. 37.
    Dogville
    by Lars von Trier

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  36. 38.
    Ichi the Killer (Unrated Edition)
    by Takashi Miike

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  37. 39.
    Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Fincher

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  38. 40.
    Drugstore Cowboy
    by Gus Van Sant

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Created by beeniebag12 on Jul 10, 2009.
 

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