Top Directors Right Now
Ranked by Attention Score · Wednesday, November 04, 2026
Rank
Actor
Attention Score
  1. 1
    LB
    Lizzie Borden
    19.0
  2. 2
    +3
    MM
    Martin McDonagh
    10.9
  3. 3
    +18
    MN
    Mira Nair
    10.2
  4. 4
    -1
    LO
    Lance Oppenheim
    10.1
  5. 5
    +8
    SS
    Steven Spielberg
    8.0
  6. 6
    +113
    ZS
    Zack Snyder
    6.9
  7. 7
    +1
    QT
    Quentin Tarantino
    6.9
  8. 8
    -2
    GR
    Guy Ritchie
    6.6
  9. 9
    -5
    MF
    Mike Flanagan
    6.6
  10. 10
    +54
    DD
    Dinesh D'Souza
    5.9
  11. 11
    -9
    TW
    Taika Waititi
    5.9
  12. 12
    -5
    TK
    Travis Knight
    5.5
  13. 13
    -2
    CN
    Christopher Nolan
    5.5
  14. 14
    -2
    SK
    Stanley Kubrick
    5.2
  15. 15
    DL
    David Lynch
    4.8
  16. 16
    +1
    OW
    Orson Welles
    4.7
  17. 17
    -3
    TB
    Tim Burton
    4.6
  18. 18
    -8
    CB
    Curry Barker
    4.6
  19. 19
    +5
    MS
    Martin Scorsese
    4.0
  20. 20
    -2
    RP
    Roman Polanski
    4.0
  21. 21
    +1
    DV
    Denis Villeneuve
    4.0
  22. 22
    +45
    ST
    Sam Taylor-Johnson
    3.9
  23. 23
    +3
    WA
    Woody Allen
    3.8
  24. 24
    -4
    DF
    David Fincher
    3.7
  25. 25
    +3
    RR
    Rob Reiner
    3.6
  26. 26
    -1
    AW
    Andy Warhol
    3.6
  27. 27
    +6
    RS
    Ridley Scott
    3.5
  28. 28
    +4
    RH
    Ron Howard
    3.4
  29. 29
    KR
    Ken Russell
    3.4
  30. 30
    MS
    M. Night Shyamalan
    3.4
  31. 31
    -8
    KS
    Karthik Subbaraj
    3.3
  32. 32
    +4
    JC
    John Carpenter
    3.2
  33. 33
    +4
    FC
    Francis Ford Coppola
    3.2
  34. 34
    -7
    JA
    J.J. Abrams
    3.2
  35. 35
    -4
    HR
    Harold Ramis
    3.1
  36. 36
    +6
    JC
    James Cameron
    2.9
  37. 37
    +4
    WA
    Wes Anderson
    2.9
  38. 38
    +1
    AH
    Alfred Hitchcock
    2.9
  39. 39
    +11
    TY
    Takashi Yamazaki
    2.9
  40. 40
    -21
    SA
    Siddharth Anand
    2.9
  41. 41
    +18
    SM
    Sam Mendes
    2.9
  42. 42
    -4
    LD
    Lena Dunham
    2.8
  43. 43
    -3
    AS
    Aaron Sorkin
    2.7
  44. 44
    +349
    JD
    Jesse Dylan
    2.7
  45. 45
    +18
    GP
    Gordon Parks
    2.6
  46. 46
    -30
    KB
    Ken Burns
    2.6
  47. 47
    -3
    GL
    George Lucas
    2.5
  48. 48
    +1
    RZ
    Rob Zombie
    2.5
  49. 49
    -14
    WH
    Werner Herzog
    2.5
  50. 50
    -2
    SC
    Sofia Coppola
    2.5
  51. 51
    -8
    GT
    Guillermo del Toro
    2.4
  52. 52
    +3
    CM
    Charlie McDowell
    2.4
  53. 53
    +149
    SK
    Stephen Kay
    2.3
  54. 54
    +20
    JL
    John Landis
    2.3
  55. 55
    +27
    SS
    Steven Soderbergh
    2.3
  56. 56
    -4
    PA
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    2.2
  57. 57
    -10
    KP
    Kane Parsons
    2.2
  58. 58
    -13
    MM
    Michael Mann
    2.2
  59. 59
    -3
    PA
    Paul W. S. Anderson
    2.1
  60. 60
    -6
    PJ
    Peter Jackson
    2.1
  61. 61
    +304
    HH
    Howard Hawks
    2.1
  62. 62
    AA
    Ari Aster
    2.1
  63. 63
    -5
    RE
    Robert Eggers
    2.1
  64. 64
    -55
    MN
    Mike Nichols
    2.1
  65. 65
    -8
    BR
    Brett Ratner
    2.0
  66. 66
    -32
    HM
    Hayao Miyazaki
    2.0
  67. 67
    -21
    TW
    Ti West
    1.9
  68. 68
    +152
    FC
    Frank Capra
    1.9
  69. 69
    SR
    Sam Raimi
    1.9
  70. 70
    -9
    DA
    Darren Aronofsky
    1.9
  71. 71
    -18
    BP
    Brian De Palma
    1.8
  72. 72
    -12
    SL
    Spike Lee
    1.8
  73. 73
    -7
    JA
    Judd Apatow
    1.8
  74. 74
    -9
    DC
    David Cronenberg
    1.8
  75. 75
    +723
    FG
    Francis Galluppi
    1.8
  76. 76
    +1
    JH
    Jim Henson
    1.7
  77. 77
    -6
    AK
    Akira Kurosawa
    1.7
  78. 78
    -3
    JW
    James Wan
    1.6
  79. 79
    +24
    BT
    Bassam Tariq
    1.6
  80. 80
    -12
    WC
    Wes Craven
    1.6
  81. 81
    +15
    TG
    Terry Gilliam
    1.6
  82. 82
    +46
    DB
    Danny Boyle
    1.6
  83. 83
    +24
    JH
    John Hughes
    1.6
  84. 84
    -14
    EK
    Elia Kazan
    1.6
  85. 85
    -6
    KS
    Kevin Smith
    1.6
  86. 86
    +101
    RJ
    Rian Johnson
    1.6
  87. 87
    -7
    JB
    Jeff Baena
    1.5
  88. 88
    -5
    SJ
    Spike Jonze
    1.5
  89. 89
    +16
    SR
    S. S. Rajamouli
    1.5
  90. 90
    -9
    MR
    Matt Reeves
    1.5
  91. 91
    +33
    PF
    Peter Farrelly
    1.5
  92. 92
    -20
    SM
    Sean Mathias
    1.5
  93. 93
    -9
    JW
    John Waters
    1.5
  94. 94
    -8
    BA
    Banksy
    1.5
  95. 95
    -22
    BS
    Benny Safdie
    1.5
  96. 96
    -18
    HS
    Henry Selick
    1.4
  97. 97
    -9
    JS
    Jane Schoenbrun
    1.4
  98. 98
    -13
    SE
    Sam Esmail
    1.4
  99. 99
    -12
    ER
    Eli Roth
    1.4
  100. 100
    -10
    RZ
    Robert Zemeckis
    1.4