Critics' Choice Awards, Best Director - TheTVDB.com

2026

Chloé Zhao / Hamnet

Joachim Trier / Affeksjonsverdi

Ryan Coogler / Sinners

Guillermo del Toro / Frankenstein

2025

Jacques Audiard / Emilia Pérez

Coralie Fargeat / The Substance

Brady Corbet / The Brutalist

Jon M. Chu / Wicked

Sean Baker / Anora

Edward Berger / Conclave

Denis Villeneuve / Dune: Part Two

RaMell Ross / Nickel Boys

2024

Martin Scorsese / Killers of the Flower Moon

Bradley Cooper / Maestro

Greta Gerwig / Barbie

Christopher Nolan / Oppenheimer

Yorgos Lanthimos / Poor Things

Alexander Payne / The Holdovers

2023

James Cameron / Avatar: The Way of Water

Sarah Polley / Women Talking

Daniel Kwan / Everything Everywhere All at Once

Daniel Scheinert / Everything Everywhere All at Once

Steven Spielberg / The Fabelmans

Todd Field / TÁR

S.S. Rajamouli / ఆర్ఆర్ఆర్

Damien Chazelle / Babylon

Baz Luhrmann / Elvis

Martin McDonagh / The Banshees of Inisherin

Gina Prince-Bythewood / The Woman King

2022

Steven Spielberg / West Side Story

Kenneth Branagh / Belfast

Guillermo del Toro / Nightmare Alley

Jane Campion / The Power of the Dog

Paul Thomas Anderson / Licorice Pizza

Denis Villeneuve / Dune: Part One

2021

Chloé Zhao / Nomadland

Regina King / One Night in Miami...

Emerald Fennell / Promising Young Woman

Aaron Sorkin / The Trial of the Chicago 7

David Fincher / Mank

Lee Isaac Chung / Minari

2020

Sam Mendes / 1917

Bong Joon-ho / 기생충

Josh Safdie / Uncut Gems

Benny Safdie / Uncut Gems

2019

Spike Lee / BlacKkKlansman

Alfonso Cuarón / Roma

2018

Luca Guadagnino / Call Me by Your Name

Guillermo del Toro / The Shape of Water

Greta Gerwig / Lady Bird

2017

Kenneth Lonergan / Manchester by the Sea

Damien Chazelle / La La Land

2016

Tom McCarthy / Spotlight

Mel Gibson / Hacksaw Ridge

Denis Villeneuve / Arrival

2015

Ava DuVernay / Selma

David Fincher / Gone Girl

2014

Martin Scorsese / The Wolf of Wall Street

Spike Jonze / Her

2013

Ang Lee / Life of Pi

2012

Michel Hazanavicius / The Artist

Nicolas Winding Refn / Drive

2011

Danny Boyle / 127 Hours

David Fincher / The Social Network

2010

Jason Reitman / Up in the Air

Clint Eastwood / Invictus

James Cameron / Avatar

2009

Danny Boyle / Slumdog Millionaire

Gus Van Sant / Milk

David Fincher / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

Tim Burton / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Ethan Coen / No Country for Old Men

Joel Coen / No Country for Old Men

2007

Bill Condon / Dreamgirls

Clint Eastwood / Letters from Iwo Jima

2006

Ang Lee / Brokeback Mountain

2005

Clint Eastwood / Million Dollar Baby

2004

Clint Eastwood / Mystic River

Tim Burton / Big Fish

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