1. Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler's List)
2. Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Casino, Goodfellas)
3. Stanley Kubrick (A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining)
4. Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window)
5. Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride)
6. Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill)
7.Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II,Dracula)
8. Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider, Collateral)
9. Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator)
10. James Cameron (Titanic, The Terminator, Aliens)

Honorable Mentions

Guillermo Del Toro

Alfonso Cuaron

Orson Welles

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Werner Herzog