Alfred Hitchcock Ranks No. 1 on TopTenREVIEWS™ List of Best Directors of All Time

Review Web site rates directors based on cumulative review scores and awards of their movies; also ranks directors by genre and decade


OGDEN, Utah— May 18, 2007 -

TopTenREVIEWS, the leading review site of entertainment and technology, announced its list of the TopTen™ Directors of All Time as categorized by review scores of their movies and awards for their work. Alfred Hitchcock is the best director of all time, followed by Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Peter Jackson and Martin Scorsese.

In addition to directors, TopTenREVIEWS’ new review Web site (http://movies.toptenreviews.com) ranks movies and actors based on a collective score from movie reviews and awards received. TopTenREVIEWS has ranked more than 10,000 directors, 37,000 actors and 23,000 actresses, utilizing 700,000 movie reviews of 190,000 movies from 40,000 sources.


TopTen™ Directors of All Time*

Alfred Hitchcock is ranked No. 1 for directing numerous highly acclaimed films, including Rear Window (1954), Psycho (1960) and Vertigo (1958), in addition to being nominated as best director six times by the Academy Awards. The entire list of highest-rated directors can be seen at http://movies.toptenreviews.com/directors/list_all_time_director.htm.

Rank	Movie	Actor’s Highest-Ranked Movie
1	Alfred Hitchcock	Rear Window (1954)
2	Steven Spielberg	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3	Woody Allen	Annie Hall (1977)
4	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
5	Martin Scorsese	Taxi Driver (1976)
6	Francis Ford Coppola	The Godfather (1972)
7	Stanley Kubrick	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
8	John Lounsbery	Lady and the Tramp (1955)
9	John Ford	Searchers, The (1956)
10	Clint Eastwood	Million Dollar Baby (2004)

*As of May 18, 2007. Rankings may change slightly as new movies are released and new reviews are posted.


Best Director in Select Genres*

With TopTenREVIEWS ranking system, directors in each genre can be ranked. Below is a list of the best directors in selected genres.

Genre	Best Director
Action	Steven Spielberg
Animation	John Lounsbery
Comedy	Woody Allen
Documentary	Steve James
Drama	Francis Ford Coppola
Horror	George A. Romero
Romance	Woody Allen
Sci-Fi	George Lucas
Western	Clint Eastwood

*As of May 18, 2007. Rankings may change slightly as new movies are released and new reviews are posted.

The movie, actor and director rankings are updated continuously, as new movies are released and new reviews become available. Over time, rankings may change when a new movie is released that is highly regarded by critics, or if an actor stars in a new movie, depending if that movie is rated well or rated poorly.
The complete lists of movie, actor and director rankings and pages can be found at http://movies.toptenreviews.com.


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