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J
Master
Jarmusch, Jim
(1953-)
- Permanent Vacation (1980)
- Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
- Down by Law (1986)
- Mystery Train (1989)
- Night on Earth (1991)
- Dead Man (1995)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
- Paterson (2016)
- The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
Master
Jia, Zhangke
(1970-)
- Pickpocket (1998)
- Still Life (2006)
- Useless (2007)*
- 24 City (2008)
- I Wish I Knew (2010)
- A Touch of Sin (2013)
- Mountains May Depart (2015)
- Ash Is Purest White (2018)
- Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)
- Caught by the Tides (2024)
Master
Jodorowsky, Alejandro
(1929-)
- Fando and Lis (1968)
- El Topo (1970)
- The Holy Mountain (1973)
- The Dance of Reality (2013)
- Endless Poetry (2016)
Master
Jude, Radu
(1977-)
- The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
- Aferim! (2015)
- Uppercase Print (2020)
- Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
- Kontinental ’25 (2025)
- Dracula (2025)
Great Director
Jackson, Peter
(1961-)
- The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
- The Lovely Bones (2009)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
- They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
Director-to-Follow
Johnson, Rian
(1973-)
- Looper (2012)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
- Knives Out (2019)
- Glass Onion (2022)
K
Legend
Kubrick, Stanley
(1928-1999)
- Fear and Desire (1953)
- The Killing (1956)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Lolita (1962)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- The Shining (1980)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Legend
Kurosawa, Akira
(1910-1998)
- One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
- Drunken Angel (1948)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- I Live in Fear (1955)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- High and Low (1963)
- Red Beard (1965)
- Ran (1985)
Legend
Kiarostami, Abbas
(1940-2016)
- The Traveler (1974)
- Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987)
- Close-Up (1990)
- And Life Goes On (1992)
- Through the Olive Trees (1994)
- Taste of Cherry (1997)
- The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
- Ten (2002)
- Shirin (2008)
- Certified Copy (2010)
- Like Someone in Love (2012)
- 24 Frames (2017)
Master
Kim, Ki-young
(1919-1998)
- The Housemaid (1960)
- The Sea Knows (1961)
- Woman of Fire (1971)
- Iodo (1977)
Master
Kieslowski, Krzysztof
(1941-1996)
- Camera Buff (1979)
- No End (1985)
- Dekalog (1988)
- A Short Film About Killing (1988)
- The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
- Three Colors: Blue (1993)
- Three Colors: White (1994)
- Three Colors: Red (1994)
Master
Kore-eda, Hirokazu
(1962-)
- After Life (1998)
- Still Walking (2008)
- Like Father, Like Son (2013)
- Our Little Sister (2015)
- After the Storm (2016)
- The Third Murder (2017)
- Shoplifters (2018)
- The Truth (2019)
- Broker (2022)
- Monster (2023)
Master
Kon, Satoshi
(1963-2010)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Millennium Actress (2001)
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
- Paprika (2006)
Master
Kaurismaki, Aki
(1957-)
- Crime and Punishment (1983)
- Calamari Union (1985)
- Shadows in Paradise (1986)
- Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
- Ariel (1988)
- I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
- The Match Factory Girl (1990)
- Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
- Drifting Clouds (1996)
- Juha (1999)
- The Man Without a Past (2002)
- Lights in the Dusk (2006)
- The Other Side of Hope (2017)
- Fallen Leaves (2023)
Master
Kinoshita, Keisuke
(1912-1998)
- Carmen Comes Home (1951)
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Great Director
Kim Jee-woon
(1964-)
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
- A Bittersweet Life (2005)
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
- I Saw the Devil (2010)
- The Last Stand (2013)
- The Age of Shadows (2016)
- Cobweb (2023)
Great Director
Kechiche, Abdellatif
(1960-)
- The Secret of the Grain (2007)
- Black Venus (2010)
- Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Great Director
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
(1955-)
- Cure (1997)
- Pulse (2001)
- Tokyo Sonata (2008)
- To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
- Wife of a Spy (2020)
Great Director
Kwan, Stanley
(1957-)
- Love Unto Waste (1986)
- Rouge (1987)
- Center Stage (1991)
- Lan Yu (2001)
Great Director
Kawase, Naomi
(1969-)
- The Mourning Forest (2007)
- Still the Water (2014)
- True Mothers (2020)
Director-to-Follow
Khoo, Eric
(1965-)
- Mee Pok Man (1995)
- 12 Storeys (1997)
- Be With Me (2005)
- My Magic (2008)
- Tatsumi (2011)
- 7 Letters – Cinema (2015)
- In the Room (2015)
- Ramen Teh (2018)
Director-to-Follow
Kuosmanen, Juho
(1979-)
- The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)
- Compartment No. 6 (2021)
L
Legend
Lean, David
(1908-1991)
- Blithe Spirit (1945)
- Brief Encounter (1945)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Legend
Lynch, David
(1946-2025)
- Eraserhead (1977)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- Inland Empire (2006)
Master
Lumet, Sidney
(1924-2011)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Network (1976)
- Equus (1977)
- The Wiz (1978)
Master
Loach, Ken
(1936-)
- Poor Cow (1967)
- Kes (1970)
- Land and Freedom (1995)
- I, Daniel Blake (2016)
- Sorry We Missed You (2019)
- The Old Oak (2023)
Master
Lee, Chang-dong
(1954-)
- Green Fish (1997)
- Peppermint Candy (1999)
- Oasis (2002)
- Secret Sunshine (2007)
- Poetry (2010)
- Burning (2018)
Great Director
Lanthimos, Yorgos
(1973-)
- Dogtooth (2009)
- Alps (2011)
- The Lobster (2015)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
- The Favourite (2018)
- Poor Things (2023)
- Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Great Director
Larrain, Pablo
(1976-)
- Tony Manero (2008)
- Post Mortem (2010)
- No (2012)
- Neruda (2016)
- Jackie (2016)
- Ema (2019)
- Spencer (2021)
- El Conde (2023)
- Maria (2024)
Great Director
Lee, Spike
(1957-)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Inside Man (2006)
- Oldboy (2013)
- Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
- BlackKklansman (2018)
- Da 5 Bloods (2020)
- Highest 2 Lowest (2025)*
Great Director
Loznitsa, Sergei
(1964-)
- Blockade (2006)
- The Event (2015)
- Donbass (2018)
- The Trial (2018)
- State Funeral (2019)
Great Director
Linklater, Richard
(1960-)
- Slacker (1990)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Before Sunrise (1995)
- Before Sunset (2004)
- Bernie (2011)
- Before Midnight (2013)
- Boyhood (2014)
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
- Hit Man (2023)
- Nouvelle Vague (2025)
Great Director
Lau, Kar-Leung
(1934-2013)
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
- Heroes of the East (1978)
- Dirty Ho (1979)
- Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
- The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Great Director
Li, Han-Hsiang
(1926-1996)
- The Love Eterne (1963)
- Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties (1965)
- Storm Over the Yangtze River (1969)
Great Director
Lou, Ye
(1965-)
- Suzhou River (2000)
- Summer Palace (2006)
- Spring Fever (2009)
- Blind Massage (2014)
- Saturday Fiction (2019)
- An Unfinished Film (2024)
Director-to-Follow
Lelio, Sebastian
(1974-)
- Gloria (2013)
- A Fantastic Woman (2017)
- Disobedience (2017)
Eternality Tan 