Throughout 2025, each week I will be watching one film from these 52 directors that I am yet to see, and I invite you to join me in creating your own list of films using these directors too!

If you have seen all of a directors filmography, feel free to substitute them for whoever you prefer.

1. Sam Raimi ✅
2. Roman Polanski ✅
3. Michael Mann ✅
4. Park Chan-Wook ✅
5. Paul Thomas Anderson ✅
6. Akira Kurosawa ✅
7. Ang Lee ✅
8. Clint Eastwood ✅
9. Cameron Crowe ✅
10. James Wan ✅
11. David Lynch ✅
12. Thomas Vinterburg ✅
13. Richard Linklater ✅
14. Steven Spielberg ✅
15. Billy Wilder ✅
16. Mike Leigh ✅
17. Tim Buron ✅
18. Wong Kar-Wai ✅
19. David Lean ✅
20. Masaki Kobayashi ✅
21. Christopher Nolan ✅
22. Wes Craven ✅
23. Danny Boyle ✅
24. Brian De Palma ✅
25. Terry Gilliam ✅
26. Dario Argento ✅
27. William Friedkin ✅
28. Peter Weir ✅
29. Woody Allen ✅
30. Lars Von Trier ✅
31. Ridley Scott ✅
32. Guillermo Del Toro ✅
33. Sidney Lumet ✅
34. Jean Luc-Godard ✅
35. Francis Ford Coppola ✅
36. Kathryn Bigelow ✅
37. Justin Kurzel ✅
38. Ron Howard ✅
39. Robert Zemeckis ✅
40. Fritz Lang ✅
41. Kim Jee-Woon ✅
42. Gus Van Sant ✅
43. John Carpenter ✅
44. Edward Berger ✅
45. Tony Scott ✅
46. Alfred HItchcock ✅
47. Michael Bay ✅
48. Brad Bird ✅
49. Rob Reiner ✅
50. Hayao Miyazaki ✅
51. Coen Brothers ✅
52. Spike Lee ✅