Statistics for Oscar for Best Director

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  • This quiz has been taken 86 times
  • The average score is 57 of 92

Answer Stats

YearMovieDirector% Correct
1993Schindler's ListSteven Spielberg
99%
1998Saving Private RyanSteven Spielberg
99%
2004Million Dollar BabyClint Eastwood
96%
1992UnforgivenClint Eastwood
96%
1974The Godfather Part IIFrancis Ford Coppola
96%
1997TitanicJames Cameron
96%
2006The DepartedMartin Scorsese
91%
1995BraveheartMel Gibson
90%
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingPeter Jackson
90%
1977Annie HallWoody Allen
90%
1990Dances with WolvesKevin Costner
87%
2005Brokeback MountainAng Lee
86%
2012Life of PiAng Lee
86%
1986PlatoonOliver Stone
84%
1989Born on the Fourth of JulyOliver Stone
84%
Ethan Coen
83%
2007No Country For Old MenJoel Coen
83%
2009The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow
83%
2002The PianistRoman Polanski
83%
1999American BeautySam Mendes
83%
2001A Beautiful MindRon Howard
79%
1994Forrest GumpRobert Zemeckis
77%
1952The Quiet ManJohn Ford
74%
1941How Green Was My ValleyJohn Ford
74%
1940The Grapes of WrathJohn Ford
74%
1935The InformerJohn Ford
74%
2008Slumdog MillionaireDanny Boyle
73%
1984AmadeusMilos Forman
73%
1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMilos Forman
73%
2014BirdmanAlejandro G. Inarritu
71%
2015The RevenantAlejandro G. Inarritu
71%
1991The Silence of the LambsJonathan Demme
71%
2013GravityAlfonso Cuaron
70%
1980Ordinary PeopleRobert Redford
70%
1987The Last EmperorBernardo Bertolucci
69%
2000TrafficSteven Soderbergh
69%
1981RedsWarren Beatty
69%
1982GandhiRichard Attenborough
66%
1996The English PatientAnthony Minghella
64%
1945The Lost WeekendBilly Wilder
64%
1960The ApartmentBilly Wilder
64%
1978The Deer HunterMichael Cimino
64%
2016La La LandDamien Chazelle
63%
1962Lawrence of ArabiaDavid Lean
63%
1957The Bridge on the River KwaiDavid Lean
63%
1985Out of AfricaSydney Pollack
63%
1939Gone with the WindVictor Fleming
63%
1946The Best Years of Our LivesWilliam Wyler
63%
1959Ben-HurWilliam Wyler
63%
1942Mrs. MiniverWilliam Wyler
63%
1972CabaretBob Fosse
61%
1938You Can't Take It With YouFrank Capra
61%
1934It Happened One NightFrank Capra
61%
1936Mr. Deeds Goes to TownFrank Capra
61%
1947Gentleman's AgreementElia Kazan
60%
1954On the WaterfrontElia Kazan
60%
1967The GraduateMike Nichols
60%
1943CasablancaMichael Curtiz
57%
1971The French ConnectionWilliam Friedkin
57%
2010The King's SpeechTom Hooper
56%
1988Rain ManBarry Levinson
54%
1948The Treasure of the Sierra MadreJohn Huston
54%
1964My Fair LadyGeorge Cukor
51%
1973The StingGeorge Roy Hill
51%
1976RockyJohn G. Avildsen
51%
1961West Side StoryRobert Wise
51%
1965The Sound of MusicRobert Wise
51%
1969Midnight CowboyJohn Schlesinger
50%
1950All About EveJoseph L. Mankiewicz
50%
1949A Letter to Three WivesJoseph L. Mankiewicz
50%
2011The ArtistMichel Hazanavicius
46%
1983Terms of EndearmentJames L. Brooks
43%
1951A Place in the SunGeorge Stevens
41%
1956GiantGeorge Stevens
41%
1958GigiVincente Minnelli
41%
1979Kramer vs. KramerRobert Benton
40%
1955MartyDelbert Mann
39%
Jerome Robbins
39%
1968Oliver!Carol Reed
37%
1970PattonFranklin J. Schaffner
37%
1966A Man for All SeasonsFred Zinnemann
37%
1953From Here to EternityFred Zinnemann
37%
1929 / 1930All Quiet on the Western FrontLewis Milestone
36%
Two Arabian KnightsLewis Milestone
36%
1963Tom JonesTony Richardson
36%
1944Going My WayLeo McCarey
31%
1937The Awful TruthLeo McCarey
31%
1931 / 1932Bad GirlFrank Borzage
27%
1927 / 19287th HeavenFrank Borzage
27%
1932 / 1933CavalcadeFrank Lloyd
27%
1928 / 1929The Divine LadyFrank Lloyd
27%
1930 / 1931SkippyNorman Taurog
26%

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