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Best Director

Who should have won the Oscar?
2013
Joel & Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
Ron Howard - Rush
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne - Nebraska
David O. Russell - American Hustle
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
Jean-Marc Vallee - Dallas Buyers Club
2012
Ben Affleck - Argo
Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke - Amour
Tom Hooper - Les Miserables
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
2011
Tomas Alfredson - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
George Clooney - The Ides of March
David Fincher - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Terence Malick - The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Steven Spielberg - War Horse
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
2010
Ben Affleck - The Town
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Joel & Ethan Coen - True Grit
David Fincher - The Social Network
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu - Biutiful
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David O. Russell - The Fighter
Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island
2009
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp - District 9
James Cameron - Avatar
Joel & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart
Lee Daniels - Precious
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Lone Scherfig - An Education
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
2008
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Steven Soderbergth - Che: Part One
Gus Van Sant - Milk
2007
Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Ultimatum
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Jason Reitman - Juno
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement
2006
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu - Babel
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Christopher Nolan - The Prestige
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Edward Zwick - Blood Diamond
2005
Woody Allen - Match Point
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
Paul Haggis - Crash
Ron Howard - Cinderella Man
Peter Jackson - King Kong
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
Bennett Miller - Capote
Steven Spielberg - Munich
2004
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
Mike Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Taylor Hackford - Ray
Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
Michael Mann - Collateral
Mike Nichols - Closer
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Wolfgang Petersen - Troy
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
2003
Tim Burton - Big Fish
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Fernando Meirelles - City of God
Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
Gary Ross - Seabiscuit
Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill vol. 1
Gore Verbinski - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Peter Weir - Master and Commander
2002
Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her
Stephen Daldry - The Hours
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Spike Jonze - Adaptation
Rob Marshall - Chicago
Sam Mendes - Road to Perdition
Alexander Payne - About Schmidt
Roman Polanski - The Pianist
Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York
Steven Spielberg - Catch Me If You Can
2001
Robert Altman - Gosford Park
Antoine Fuqua - Training Day
Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Amelie
Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge
David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
Michael Mann - Ali
Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down
Steven Soderbergh - Ocean's Eleven
2000
Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous
Joel & Ethan Coen - O Brother, Where Art Thou
Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliott
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Christopher Nolan - Memento
Guy Ritchie - Snatch
Ridley Scott - Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
1999
Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
David Fincher - Fight Club
Lasse Hallstrom - The Cider House Rules
Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
Michael Mann - The Insider
Sam Mendes - American Beauty
Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley
M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
Andy & Larry Wachowski - The Matrix
1998
Roberto Benigni - La Vita e Bella
Joel & Ethan Coen - The Big Lebowski
Shekhar Kapur - Elizabeth
Tony Kaye - American History X
John Madden - Shakespeare in Love
Terence Malick - The Thin Red Line
Robert Redford - The Horse Whisperer
Steven Soderbergh - Out of Sight
Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
Peter Weir - The Truman Show
1997
Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights
Jean-Jacques Annaud - Seven Years in Tibet
James L. Brooks - As Good as it Gets
James Cameron - Titanic
Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty
Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
Mike Newell - Donnie Brasco
Steven Spielberg - Amistad
Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown
Gus van Sant - Good Will Hunting
1996
Danny Boyle - Trainspotting
Joel Coen - Fargo
Cameron Crowe - Jerry Maguire
Milos Forman - The People vs Larry Flint
Scott Hicks - Shine
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Baz Luhrmann - Romeo & Juliet
Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
Alan Parker - Evita
Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
1995
Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas
David Fincher - Se7en
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Ron Howard - Apollo 13
Ang Lee - Sense and Sensibility
Michael Mann - Heat
Chris Noonan - Babe
Tim Robbins - Dead Man Walking
Martin Scorsese - Casino
Bryan Singer - The Usual Suspects
1994
Woody Allen - Bullets over Broadway
Tim Burton - Ed Wood
Frank Darabont - The Shawshank Redemption
Krzystof Kiesslowski - Three Colors: Red
Mike Newell - Four Weddings and a Funeral
Robert Redford - Quiz Show
Oliver Stone - Natural Born Killers
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
Edward Zwick - Legends of the Fall
1993
Jane Campion - The Piano
Andrew Davis - The Fugitive
Jonathan Demme - Philadelphia
Lasse Hallstrom - Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
James Ivory - The Remains of the Day
Brian De Palma - Carlito's Way
Martin Scorsese - The Age of Innocence
Jim Sheridan - In the Name of the Father
Steven Spielberg - Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List
1992
Robert Altman - The Player
Martin Brest - Scent of a Woman
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
James Ivory - Howards End
Neil Jordan - The Crying Game
Spike Lee - Malcolm X
Michael Mann - The Last of the Mohicans
Robert Redford - A River Runs Through It
Rob Reiner - A Few Good Men
Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs
1991
James Cameron - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Joel Coen - Barton Fink
Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
Terry Gilliam - The Fisher King
Barry Levinson - Bugsy
Martin Scorsese - Cape Fear
Ridley Scott - Thelma & Louise
John Singleton - Boyz n the Hood
Oliver Stone - JFK
Barbra Streisand - The Prince of Tides
1990
Tim Burton - Edward Scissorhands
Joel Coen - Millers Crossing
Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part III
Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
Stephen Frears - The Grifters
Barry Levinson - Avalon
Penny Marshall - Awakenings
Rob Reiner - Misery
Barbet Schroeder - Reversal of Fortune
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas
This poll was created on 2014-03-06 16:58:11 by slafd