| Director | Films from the Last 10 Years Ranked |
| 1. Christopher Nolan | 1. Dunkirk (2017) 2. Oppenheimer (2023) 3. Tenet (2020) |
| 2. Yorgos Lanthimos | 1. The Favourite (2018) 2. Poor Things (2023) 3. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) 4. 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. Denis Villeneuve | 1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 2. Dune: Part One and Two (2021, 2024) 3. Arrival (2016) |
| 5. Alfonso Cuarón | 1. Roma (2018) 2. Disclaimer (2024) |
| 6. Ari Aster | 1. Midsommar (2019) 2. Hereditary (2018) 3. Beau is Afraid (2023) 4. Eddington (2025) |
| 7. Pablo Larraín | 1. Spencer (2021) 2. Maria (2024) 3. Jackie (2016) 4. El Conde (2023) |
| 8. Steve McQueen | 1. Widows (2018) 2. Small Axe (2020) 3. Blitz (2024) |
| 9. Robert Eggers | 1. Nosferatu (2024) 2. The Lighthouse (2019) 3. The Northman (2022) |
| 10. Barry Jenkins | 1. Moonlight (2016) 2. The Underground Railroad (2021) 3. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
| 11. Damien Chazelle | 1. La La Land (2016) 2. Babylon (2022) 3. First Man (2018) |
| 12. Martin Scorsese | 1. The Irishman (2019) 2. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 3. Silence (2016) |
| 13. 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) |
| 14. Guillermo del Toro | 1. The Shape of Water (2018) 2. Nightmare Alley (2021) 3. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) |
| 15. Paul Schrader | 1. First Reformed (2017) 2. The Card Counter (2021) 3. Master Gardener (2022) |
| 16. James Gray | 1. Ad Astra (2019) 2. The Lost City of Z (2016) 3. Armageddon Time (2022) |
| 17. David Fincher | 1. The Killer (2023) 2. Mank (2020) |
| 18. Bong Joon-ho | 1. Parasite (2019) 2. Okja (2017) 3. Mickey 17 (2025) |
| 19. Nicolas Winding Refn | 1. The Neon Demon (2016) 2. Copenhagen Cowboy (2023) |
| 20. Kogonada | 1. Columbus (2017) 2. After Yang (2021) |
| 21. Ryan Coogler | 1. Sinners (2025) 2. Black Panther (2018) 3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) |
| 22. Emerald Fennell | 1. Promising Young Woman (2020) 2. Saltburn (2023) |
| 23. David Lowery | 1. The Green Knight (2021) 2. A Ghost Story (2017) |
| 24. Alex Garland | 1. Annihilation (2018) 2. Civil War (2024) 3. Men (2022) 4. Devs (2020) |
| 25. The Safdie Brothers | 1. Good Time (2017) 2. Uncut Gems (2019) |