Best Director lineups 2010s

2010
1. Abbas Kiaorstami, Certified Copy. 
2. Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff. 
3. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. 
4. Christopher Nolan, Inception. 
5. Sofia Coppola, Somewhere. 

2011
1. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. 
2. Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive. 
3. Mike Mills, Beginners. 
4. Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin. 
5. Lars von Trier, Melancholia. 

2012
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master. 
2. Leos Carax, Holy Motors. 
3. Lilly & Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas. 
4. David Cronenberg, Cosmopolis. 
5. Abbas Kiarostami, Like Someone in Love. 

2013
1. Sion Sono, Why Don't You Play in Hell?. 
2. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street. 
3. Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis. 
4. Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises. 
5. James Gray, The Immigrant. 

2014
1. Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin. 
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman. 
3. Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice. 
4. Christian Petzold, Phoenix. 
5. Chad Stahelski & David Leitch, John Wick. 

2015
1. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road. 
2. Sebastian Schipper, Victoria. 
3. Jafar Panahi, Taxi. 
4. Todd Haynes, Carol. 
5. Ciro Guerra, Embrace of the Serpent. 

2016
1. Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden. 
2. Andrea Arnold, American Honey. 
3. Martin Scorsese, Silence. 
4. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight. 
5. Na Hong-jin, The Wailing. 

2017
1. Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049. 
2. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread. 
3. Sean Baker, The Florida Project. 
4. Lucrecia Martel, Zama. 
5. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird. 

2018
1. Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here. 
2. Chloé Zhao, The Rider. 
3. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters. 
4. Panos Cosmatos, Mandy. 
5. Paul Schrader, First Reformed. 

2019
1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman. 
2. Josh and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems. 
3. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite. 
4. Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 
5. Greta Gerwig, Little Women. 

2010:
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David Fincher - The Social Network
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island
Joel & Ethan Coen - True Grit***

2011:
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo***
Lynne Ramsay - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lars von Trier - Melancholia

2012:
Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Ang Lee - Life of Pi***
Rian Johnson - Looper
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

2013:
Joel & Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity***
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze - Her

2014:
Damien Chazelle - Whiplash
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman***
Christopher Nolan - Interstellar
David Fincher - Gone Girl
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

2015:
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Lobster
Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies
Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant***
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight

2016:
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By the Sea***
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Martin Scorsese - Silence
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

2017:
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Killing of A Sacred Deer
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread***
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird

2018:
Gorgons Lanthimos - The Favourite***
Alfonso Cuarón - Roma
Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Joel & Ethan Coen - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Paul Schrader - First Reformed

2019:
Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
Martin Scorsese - The Irishman***
Sam Mendes - 1917
Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Todd Philips - Joker

2010:
1. Raul Ruiz - Mysteries Of Lisbon
2. Kelly Reichardt - Meek's Cutoff
3. Abbas Kiarostami - Certified Copy
4. Zhang Yimou - Under The Hawthorn Tree
5. Tetsuya Nakashima - Confessions


2011:
1. Mojtaba Mirtahmasb & Jafar Panahi - This Is Not A Film
2. Julia Leigh - Sleeping Beauty
3. Nadine Labaki - Where Do We Go Now?
4. Sion Sono - Himizu
5. Zack Snyder - Sucker Punch


2012:
1. Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani - Caesar Must Die
2. Leos Carax - Holy Motors
3. Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
4. Thomas Vinterberg - The Hunt
5. Cristian Mungiu - Beyond The Hills

2013:
1. Jia Zhangke - A Touch Of Sin
2. Sion Sono - Why Don't You Play In Hell?
3. Ben Wheatley - A Field In England
4. Asghar Farhadi - The Past
5. Park Hoon-jung - New World


2014:
1. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Winter Sleep
2. Marwan Hamed - The Blue Elephant
3. Xavier Dolan - Mommy
4. Andrey Zvyagintsev - Leviathan
5. Sion Sono - Tokyo Tribe

2015:
1. Sion Sono - Tag
2. Jafar Panahi - Taxi
3. Choi Dong-hoon - Assassination
4. Laszlo Nemes - Son Of Saul
5. Todd Haynes - Carol


2016:
1. Lee Sang-il - Rage
2. Jim Jarmusch - Paterson
3. Cristian Mungiu - Graduation
4. Mohamed Diab - Clash
5. Anne Fontaine - The Innocents


2017:
1. Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
2. Bruno Dumont - Jeannette: The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc
3. Pantelis Voulgaris - The Last Note
4. Kathryn Bigelow - Detroit
5. Taylor Sheridan - Wind River


2018:
1. Hu Bo - An Elephant Sitting Still
2. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - The Wild Pear Tree
3. Zhang Yimou - Shadow
4. Lars Von Trier - The House That Jack Built
5. Claire Denis - High Life


2019:
1. Mark Jenkin - Bait
2. Tanel Toom - Truth And Justice
3. Marwan Hamed - The Blue Elephant 2
4. Mati Diop - Atlantics
5. Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie - Uncut Gems

Best of the decade is definitely Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani for Caesar Must Die. Probably top 10 of all time as well. What they did in that film is absolutely remarkable.

That's a very good pick. He narrowly misses my line-up.

Abbas Kiarostami, Certifled Copy ***
David Fincher, The Social Network
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Sylvain Chomet, The Illusionist
Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Matthew Vaugh, Kick-Ass

Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive ***
Tomas Alfredson, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff
Bennett Miller, Moneyball
The Dardennes, The Kid with a Bike
Aki Kaurismakï, Le Havre

Leos Carax, Holy Motors ***
Michael Haneke, Amour
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Cristian Mungiu, Beyond the Hills
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Ron Fricke, Samsara
Carlos Reygadas, Post Tenebras Lux

Paolo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty ***
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Abdellatif Kechiche, Blue is the Warmest Color
Coens, Inside Llewyn Davis
Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin
Alain Guiraudie, Stranger by the Lake
Claire Denis, Bastards

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel ***
Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner
Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Mia Hansen-love, Eden
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Leviathan
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin

George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road ***
Matteo Garrone, Tale of Tales
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
László Nemes, Son of Saul
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies
Jafar Panahi, Taxi
Agnieszka Smoczynska, The Lure

Paul Verhoeven, Elle ***
Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
Bertrand Bonello, Nocturama
Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden
Xavier Dolan, It's Only the End of the World
Olivier Assayas, Personal Shopper
Gianfranco Rosi, Fire at Sea

Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name ***
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Bong Joon-ho, Okja
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Kathryn Bigelow, Detroit
Carla Simon, Summer 1993
Michael Haneke, Happy End

Lee Chang-dong, Burning ***
Alice Rohrwacher, Happy as Lazzaro
Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Coens, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs
Claire Denis, High Life

Bong Joon-ho, Parasite ***
Martin Scorsese, The Irisman
Martin Scorsese, Rolling Thunder Revue
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Jessica Hausner, Little Joe
Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Honeyland

2010
1. Lee Chang-dong, Poetry
2. Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy
3. David Fincher, The Social Network
4. Debra Granik, Winter's Bone
5. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6. Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, Daddy Longlegs
7. Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

2011
1. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
2. Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin
3. Lars von Trier, Melancholia
4. Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
5. Andrew Haigh, Weekend
6. Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret
7. Bertrand Bonello, House of Tolerance

2012
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
2. Leos Carax, Holy Motors
3. Miguel Gomes, Tabu
4. Michael Haneke, Amour
5. Abbas Kiarostami, Like Someone in Love
6. Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways
7. Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

2013
1. Alain Guiraudie, Stranger by the Lake
2. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
3. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
4. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Richard Linklater, Before Midnight
6. Lav Diaz, Norte, The End of History
7. Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

2014
1. Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
2. Pedro Costa, Horse Money
3. Xavier Dolan, Mommy
4. Christian Petzold, Phoenix
5. Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
6. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. Céline Sciamma, Girlhood

2015
1. Todd Haynes, Carol
2. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Cemetery of Splendour
3. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Happy Hour
4. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Andrew Haigh, 45 Years
6. Jafar Panahi, Taxi
7. Sean Baker, Tangerine

2016
1. Bertrand Bonello, Nocturama
2. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
3. Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
4. Terence Davies, A Quiet Passion
5. Martin Scorsese, Silence
6. Olivier Assayas, Personal Shopper
7. Pablo Larraín, Jackie

2017
1. Lucrecia Martel, Zama
2. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
3. Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
4. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
5. Jordan Peele, Get Out
6. Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, Good Time
7. Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here

2018
1. Claire Denis, High Life
2. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
3. Lee Chang-dong, Burning
4. Josephine Decker, Madeline's Madeline
5. Christian Petzold, Transit
6. Alice Rohrwacher, Happy as Lazzaro
7. Chloé Zhao, The Rider

2019
1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
2. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
3. Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems
4. Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir
5. Greta Gerwig, Little Women
6. Mati Diop, Atlantics
7. Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory

2019
1. Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse
2. Josh & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
3. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
4. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
5. Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2018
1. Lee Chang-dong, Burning
2. Panos Cosmatos, Mandy
3. Joel & Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
4. Gaspar Noe, Climax
5. Ari Aster, Hereditary

2017
1. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2. Josh & Benny Safdie, Good Time
3. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
4. Joachim Trier, Thelma
5. Michael Haneke, Happy End

2016
1. Robert Eggers, The Witch
2. Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden
3. Martin Scorsese, Silence
4. Jim Jarmusch, Paterson
5. Alejandro Jodorowsky, Endless Poetry

2015
1. David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
2. S. Craig Zahler, Bone Tomahawk
3. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
4. Sebastian Schipper, Victoria
5. Ciro Guerra, Embrace of the Serpent

2014
1. Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
2. Ruben Ostlund, Force Majeure
3. Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
4. Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
5. Fabrice Du Welz, Alleluia

2013
1. Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers
2. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Abdellatif Kechiche, Blue Is the Warmest Color
4. Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Dance of Reality

2012
1. Don Hertzfeldt, It's Such a Beautiful Day
2. Leos Carax, Holy Motors
3. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
4. Thomas Vinterberg, The Hunt
5. Michael Haneke, Amour

2011
1. Justin Kurzel, Snowtown
2. Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin
3. Sion Sono, Cold Fish
4. Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
5. Lars von Trier, Melancholia

2010
1. Kim Jee-woon, I Saw the Devil
2. Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy
3. Lee Chang-dong, Poetry
4. David Fincher, The Social Network
5. Quentin Dupieux, Rubber

2010
David Fincher, The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Denis Villeneuve, Incendies
Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island

2011
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Steve McQueen, Shame
Pedro Almódovar, The Skin I Live In
Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene

2012
Thomas Vinterberg, The Hunt
Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone
J. A. Bayona, The Impossible
Sam Mendes, Skyfall
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

2013
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Denis Villeneuve, Prisoners
Derek Cianfrance, The Place Beyond the Pines
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Spike Jonze, Her

2014
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

2015
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Denis Villeneuve, Sicario
Todd Haynes, Carol
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Andrew Haigh, 45 Years

2016
Martin Scorsese, Silence
Pablo Larraín, Jackie
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden

2017
Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049
Darren Aronofsky, Mother!
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Phantom Thread
Paul King, Paddington 2
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2018
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War
Damien Chazelle, First Man
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters
Ari Aster, Hereditary

2019
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2010
1. David Fincher, The Social Network
2. Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
3. Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy
4. Coen brothers, True Grit
5. Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

2011
1. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
2. Lars von Trier, Melancholia
3. David Fincher, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
4. Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
5. Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

2012
1. Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
2. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
3. Leos Carax, Holy Motors!
4. Kleber Mendonça Filho, Neighbouring Sounds
5. Ben Affleck, Argo

2013
1. Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha
2. Coen brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis
3. Spike Jonze, Her
4. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
5. Chan-wook Park, Stoker

2014
1. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Alejandro G. Iñarritu, Birdman
3. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
4. Jonathan Glazer, Under The Skin
5. Jennifer Kent, The Babadook

2015
1. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Todd Haynes, Carol
3. Lenny Abrahamson, Room
4. Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa
5. Mélanie Laurent, Breathe

2016
1. Damien Chazelle, La La Land
2. Robert Eggers, The Witch
3. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
4. Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
5. Pablo Larraín, Jackie

2017
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
2. Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049
3. Olivier Assayas, Personal Shopper
4. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
5. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk

2018
1. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
2. Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
3. Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
4. Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
5. Alex Garland, Annihilation

2019
1. Greta Gerwig, Little Women
2. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
3. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
5. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman