| 100% | FORD | 4 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| 57% | HUSTON | 6 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| 57% | STONE | 5 | Oliver —, Best Director Oscar winner for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July |
| 52% | WYLER | 5 | William —, Best Director Oscar winner for Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Mrs Miniver |
| 52% | DAVID | 5 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 52% | DAVIDLYNCH | 10 | Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 51% | LYNCH | 5 | David —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet |
| 50% | WISE | 4 | Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Sound of Music |
| 50% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 49% | KAZAN | 5 | Elia —, Best Director Oscar winner for On the Waterfront and Gentleman's Agreement |
| 49% | ANGLEE | 6 | Best Director Oscar winner for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi |
| 48% | JACKSON | 7 | Peter —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 48% | MILOS | 5 | Best Director Oscar winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus |
| 47% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | Best Actor Oscar winner for both "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Father": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MALICK | 6 | Terrence —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life |
| 45% | JOFFE | 5 | Roland —, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields and The Mission |
| 45% | SCHLESINGER | 11 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for Midnight Cowboy |
| 45% | NICHOLS | 7 | Mike —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Graduate |
| 45% | POLANSKI | 8 | Roman —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Piano |
| 44% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar-winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 44% | ALFONSOCUARON | 13 | Best Director Oscar winner for the 2018 film "Roma": 2 wds. |
| 44% | HURT | 4 | John —, Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man |
| 44% | MINGHELLA | 9 | Anthony —, Best Director Oscar winner for The English Patient |
| 44% | CIMINO | 6 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter |
| 44% | IVORY | 5 | James —, Best Director Oscar nominee for Howards End, A Room with a View and The Remains of the Day |
| 44% | COPPOLA | 7 | Francis Ford —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Godfather: Part II |
| 43% | LEAN | 4 | David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 43% | VIDOR | 5 | King —, Best Director Oscar nominee for War and Peace and The Citadel |
| 43% | LEVINSON | 8 | Barry —, Best Director Oscar winner for Rain Man |