| LACAGEAUXFOLLES | 1978 comedy starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault for which Edouard Molinaro was a Best Director Oscar nominee |
| LACAGE | 1978 comedy starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault for which Edouard Molinaro was a Best Director Oscar nominee (2,4,3,6) |
| AUXFOLLES | 1978 comedy starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault for which Edouard Molinaro was a Best Director Oscar nominee (2,4,3,6) |
| THEFULL | 1997 comedy-drama film for which Peter Cattaneo was a Best Director Oscar nominee (3,4,5) |
| THEFULLMONTY | 1997 comedy-drama film for which Peter Cattaneo was a Best Director Oscar nominee |
| THEKINGANDI | 1956 film for which Walter Lang was a Best Director Oscar nominee (3,4,3,1) |
| ROMA | 2018 film set in Mexico City for which director Alfonso Cuaron won a Best Director Oscar (4) |
| QUIETMAN | The -, 1952 comedy-drama film for which John Ford won a Best Director Oscar |
| SAMMENDES | British film and stage director who won a Best Director Oscar for his directorial debut film American Beauty (3,6) |
| WARRENBEATTY | American actor and filmmaker who has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards, winning a Best Director Oscar for the film Reds (6,6) |
| LINA | Wertmuller who was the first woman to be nominated for a best-director Oscar |
| GRETAGERWIG | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 2017's Lady Bird: 2 wds. |
| JANECAMPION | Woman nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1993's The Piano: 2 wds. |
| SYDNEYPOLLACK | US film director who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1985 film Out of Africa (6,7) |
| REDS | 1981 film drama for which Warren Beatty won a Best Director Oscar (4) |
| TAR | 2022 movie for which Todd Field got a Best Director Oscar nomination |
| GRAVITY | Film for which Alfonso Cuaron received a Best Director Oscar at the 2014 awards |
| BLUEVELVET | 1986 noir thriller for which David Lynch received a Best Director nomination (2 wds.) |
| EVERY | 1978 comedy starring Clint Eastwood, - Which Way But Loose (5) |
| RON | Howard who won a Best Director Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" |
