| 100% | BIGELOW | 7 | *... for Best Directors |
| 89% | SCORSESE | 8 | Nine-time Oscar nominee for Best Director |
| 88% | LEE | 3 | Ang ___, winner of two Oscars for Best Director |
| 87% | TODD | 4 | Phillips who was nominated for Best Director for "Joker" |
| 87% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |
| 87% | TARNATION | 9 | Three-time nominee for Best Director (1994, 2009, 2019) |
| 86% | NOLAN | 5 | Best Director nominee for "Dunkirk" |
| 85% | ANG | 3 | ___ Lee, first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Director |
| 85% | DANIELS | 7 | Duo awarded the Oscar for Best Director in 2023, casually |
| 84% | YENTL | 5 | Film with the only female Golden Globe winner for Best Director |
| 83% | SAMMENDES | 9 | Best Director Oscar winner for American Beauty |
| 83% | WILLIAMWYLER | 12 | Best Director Oscar winner for Mrs Miniver |
| 82% | SAM | 3 | Mendes who won a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for "1917" |
| 82% | CABARET | 7 | 1972 movie musical that earned Bob Fosse an Oscar for Best Director |
| 82% | HUGHHUDSON | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Chariots of Fire |
| 82% | KENRUSSELL | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Women in Love |
| 82% | MIKEFIGGIS | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas |
| 82% | SOFIA | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for Lost in Translation |
| 82% | ROMA | 4 | 2018 drama from Mexico that won Oscars for Best Director and Best Cinematography |
| 81% | FOSSE | 5 | 1973’s Oscar winner for Best Director, beating out Coppola for “The Godfather” |
| 80% | LUMET | 5 | Best Director nominee for "12 Angry Men" and "Network" |
| 80% | LOUISMALLE | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for 1980 film Atlantic City |
| 80% | RITT | 4 | Martin —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Hud |
| 80% | FOSSE | 5 | Bob —, Best Director Oscar winner for Cabaret |
| 80% | CAROL | 5 | & 18D Best Director Oscar-winner for Oliver! |
| 80% | SODERBERGH | 10 | Steven —, Best Director Oscar winner for Traffic |