These are the directors whose overall filmographies I most admire.
I've listed the films I consider their very best, as well as some runner-ups.

	1. Woody Allen Cream of the crop: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days Other favorites: Crimes and Misdemeanors, Husbands and Wives, Love and Death, Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Zelig
	2. The Coen Brothers Cream of the crop: The Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona Other favorites: Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, O Brother Where Art Thou?
	3. Rob Reiner Cream of the crop: A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally Other favorites: Misery, The Sure Thing
	4. Wes Anderson Cream of the crop: Bottle Rocket, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore
	5. Steven Spielberg Cream of the crop: E.T., Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List Other favorites: Catch Me if You Can, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park
	6. Barry Levinson Cream of the crop: Avalon, Bugsy, Diner, Rain Man, Tin Men Other favorites: Liberty Heights, The Natural, Young Sherlock Holmes
	7. Richard Linklater Cream of the crop: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Dazed and Confused, School of Rock Other favorites: Slacker, Waking Life
	8. Pedro Almodovar Cream of the crop: All About My Mother, Bad Education, Talk to Her Other favorites: Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
	9. Martin Scorsese Cream of the crop: Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver Other favorites: The Aviator, Mean Streets, Raging Bull
	10. Quentin Tarantino Cream of the crop: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs Other favorites: Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2