Through the Years

Film / Direction

Recent Winners

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    The Graduate

    Mike Nichols
    Direction
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    Midnight Cowboy

    John Schlesinger
    Direction
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    Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

    George Roy Hill
    Direction
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    Sunday, Bloody Sunday

    John Schlesinger
    Direction
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    Cabaret

    Bob Fosse
    Direction
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    Day For Night (La Nuit Américaine)

    François Truffaut
    Direction
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    Chinatown

    Roman Polanski
    Direction
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    Barry Lyndon

    Stanley Kubrick
    Direction

Through The Years

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      Paris, Texas

      Wim Wenders
      Direction
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      The Killing Fields

      Roland Joffé
      Direction
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      Once Upon A Time In America

      Sergio Leone
      Direction
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      The Dresser

      Peter Yates
      Direction
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      Local Hero

      Bill Forsyth
      Direction
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      Tootsie

      Sydney Pollack
      Direction
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      The King Of Comedy

      Martin Scorsese
      Direction
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      Heat And Dust

      James Ivory
      Direction
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      Gandhi

      Richard Attenborough
      Direction
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      On Golden Pond

      Mark Rydell
      Direction
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      Missing

      Costa-Gavras
      Direction
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      ET: The Extra-Terrestrial

      Steven Spielberg
      Direction
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      Atlantic City

      Louis Malle
      Direction
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      Gregory's Girl

      Bill Forsyth
      Direction
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      The French Lieutenant's Woman

      Karel Reisz
      Direction
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      Chariots Of Fire

      Hugh Hudson
      Direction
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      Kagemusha

      Akira Kurosawa
      Direction
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      Kramer Vs Kramer

      Robert Benton
      Direction
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      Fame

      Alan Parker
      Direction
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      The Elephant Man

      David Lynch
      Direction
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      Apocalypse Now

      Francis Ford Coppola
      Direction
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      Yanks

      John Schlesinger
      Direction
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      Manhattan

      Woody Allen
      Direction
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      The Deer Hunter

      Michael Cimino
      Direction
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      Midnight Express

      Alan Parker
      Direction
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      A Wedding

      Robert Altman
      Direction
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      Julia

      Fred Zinnemann
      Direction
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      Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

      Steven Spielberg
      Direction
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      Annie Hall

      Woody Allen
      Direction
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      Rocky

      John G Avildsen
      Direction
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      Network

      Sidney Lumet
      Direction
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      A Bridge Too Far

      Richard Attenborough
      Direction
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      One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

      Milos Forman
      Direction
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      Taxi Driver

      Martin Scorsese
      Direction
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      Bugsy Malone

      Alan Parker
      Direction
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      All The President's Men

      Alan J Pakula
      Direction
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      Barry Lyndon

      Stanley Kubrick
      Direction
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      Jaws

      Steven Spielberg
      Direction
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      Dog Day Afternoon

      Sidney Lumet
      Direction
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      Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

      Martin Scorsese
      Direction
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      Chinatown

      Roman Polanski
      Direction
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      Murder On The Orient Express/Serpico

      Sidney Lumet
      Direction
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      Lacombe Lucien

      Louis Malle
      Direction
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      The Conversation

      Francis Ford Coppola
      Direction
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      Day For Night (La Nuit Américaine)

      François Truffaut
      Direction
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      Don't Look Now

      Nicolas Roeg
      Direction
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      The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie)

      Luis Buñuel
      Direction
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      The Day Of The Jackal

      Fred Zinnemann
      Direction
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      Cabaret

      Bob Fosse
      Direction
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      The Last Picture Show

      Peter Bogdanovich
      Direction
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      The French Connection

      William Friedkin
      Direction
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      A Clockwork Orange

      Stanley Kubrick
      Direction
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      Sunday, Bloody Sunday

      John Schlesinger
      Direction
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      Taking Off

      Milos Forman
      Direction
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      The Go-Between

      Joseph Losey
      Direction
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      Death In Venice (Morte A Venezia)

      Luchino Visconti
      Direction
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      Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

      George Roy Hill
      Direction
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      Ryan's Daughter

      David Lean
      Direction
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      M*A*S*H

      Robert Altman
      Direction
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      Kes

      Ken Loach
      Direction
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      Midnight Cowboy

      John Schlesinger
      Direction
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      Women In Love

      Ken Russell
      Direction
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      Oh! What A Lovely War

      Richard Attenborough
      Direction
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      Bullitt

      Peter Yates
      Direction
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      The Graduate

      Mike Nichols
      Direction
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      Romeo And Juliet

      Franco Zeffirelli
      Direction
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      Oliver!

      Carol Reed
      Direction
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      If...

      Lindsay Anderson
      Direction