The Best Directors of the 21st Century (So Far)
Reporting by Movieweb surveys filmmakers credited with redefining cinema in the 21st century, noting the challenge of a market driven by sequels, remakes, reboots and adaptations while highlighting directors who produced compelling, thought‑provoking and visually striking films.
Edgar Wright is noted for the Cornetto Trilogy and films such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Baby Driver and Last Night in Soho, and for stepping away from Ant‑Man when Marvel did not want an Edgar Wright movie; Baby Driver is described as his biggest box‑office hit and his earlier work as cult classics.
Yorgos Lanthimos is singled out for his eccentric, stylistically unique films from Dogtooth to The Lobster, The Favourite and Poor Things, with a distinctive visual style that emphasizes geometric distortions and disorienting dystopian worlds.