2. Martin Scorsese – The Irishman [133/22]
3. Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood [98/14]
4. Greta Gerwig – Little Women [83/14]
5. Josh & Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems [71/11]
6. Céline Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on Fire [47/7]
7. Terrence Malick – A Hidden Life [40/7]
8. Mati Diop – Atlantics [39/8]
9. Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story [36/6]
10. Sam Mendes – 1917 [31/5]
11. Joanna Hogg – The Souvenir [30/5]
12 (tie). Robert Eggers – The Lighthouse [29/5]
12 (tie). S. Craig Zahler – Dragged Across Concrete [29/5]
14. Pedro Almodovar – Pain and Glory [24/5]
15. Rian Johnson – Knives Out [21/4]
16. Claire Denis – High Life [20/4]
17. Jia Zhangke – Ash Is Purest White [19/3]
18 (tie). Hu Bo – An Elephant Sitting Still [17/3]
18 (tie). Trey Edward Shults – Waves [17/3]
20 (tie). Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Asako I & II [16/3]
20 (tie). Joe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San Francisco [16/3]
22. Bi Gan – Long Day’s Journey Into Night [16/2]
23 (tie). Abel Ferrera – Pasolini [15/2]
23 (tie). Christian Petzold – Transit [15/2]
25. Khalik Allah – Black Mother [13/2]
26 (tie). Nadav Lapid – Synonyms [12/2]
26 (tie). Alex Ross Perry – Her Smell [12/2]
26 (tie). Lulu Wang – The Farewell [12/2]
29 (tie). Ari Aster – Midsommar [11/2]
29 (tie). Jordan Peele – Us [11/2]
The following directors received one vote apiece:
Rick Alverson – The Mountain
Craig Brewer – Dolemite Is My Name
Brian De Palma – Domino
Roland Emmerich – Midway
Benedikt Erlingsson – Woman at War
Asghar Farhadi – Everybody Knows
Jean-Luc Godard – The Image Book
Yann Gonzalez – Knife + Heart
James Gray – Ad Astra
Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego – Birds of Passage
Jessica Hausner – Little Joe
Hong Sang-soo – Grass
Kent Jones – Diane
Jennifer Kent – The Nightingale
Mike Leigh – Peterloo
Mariano Llinas – La Flor
Ladj Ly – Les Miserables
Takashi Miike – First Love
Roberto Minervini – What You Gonna Do With the World’s on Fire?
David Robert Mitchell – Under the Silver Lake
Adam Egypt Mortimer – Daniel Isn’t Real
Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri – The Gospel of Eureka
Laszlo Nemes – Sunset
Gaspar Noé – Climax
Eric Nortanicola – Mister America
Nicholas Pesce – Piercing
Todd Phillips – Joker
Joel Potrykus – Relaxer
Jennifer Reeder – Knives and Skin
Lorene Scafaria – Hustlers
Tilman Singer – Luz
Steven Soderbergh – High Flying Bird
Dominga Sotomayor – Too Late to Die Young
Chad Stahelski – John Wick Ch. 3: Parabellum
Sam Taylor-Johnson – A Million Little Pieces
Florian Henckel von Donnarsmarck – Never Look Away
Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
Olivia Wilde – Booksmart
Rupert Wyatt – Captive State
Zhang Yimou – Shadow
