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Director's Trademarks (2017)

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Filmmakers often thread their films with bold visuals, unique characters, creative color schemes, and more to create one-of-a-kind movie-going experiences for audiences everywhere. IMDb takes a closer look at the signature trademarks of the world's greatest film directors.

IMDb rating
8.6 (419 votes)
Episode average
8.0 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons
3
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

8.21 avg 25 episodes 7.5 → 8.5 2 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 50 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 118 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 135 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 120 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 101 votesEp 6: 9.1 · 270 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 97 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 39 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 55 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 62 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 38 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 169 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 401 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 59 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 52 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 108 votesEp 17: 8.9 · 146 votesEp 18: 8.5 · 88 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 54 votesEp 20: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 44 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 31 votesEp 23: 8.6 · 78 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 75 votesEp 25: 8.5 · 65 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Luc Besson7.550
2James Cameron8.5118
3Steven Spielberg8.5135
4Wes Anderson8.5120
5Stanley Kubrick8.7101
6Christopher Nolan9.1270
7M. Night Shyamalan8.197
8Peter Berg7.539
9Spike Lee7.655
10Alfonso Cuarón8.262
11Steve McQueen7.638
12Quentin Tarantino9.2169
13Peter Jackson8.1401
14Damien Chazelle8.259
15Luca Guadagnino8.152
16The Coen Brothers8.4108
17David Fincher8.9146
18James Wan8.588
19Kevin Smith7.654
20Catherine Hardwicke7.527
21Yorgos Lanthimos8.244
22Harmony Korine7.031
23Tim Burton8.678
24Alfred Hitchcock8.675
25Guy Ritchie8.565

Season 2 (2019)

7.61 avg 14 episodes 8.5 → 8.0

Ep 1: 8.5 · 67 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 44 votesEp 3: 9.1 · 95 votesEp 4: 5.3 · 110 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 43 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 43 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 43 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 41 votesEp 10: 9.0 · 127 votesEp 11: 6.0 · 28 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 74 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 35 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 29 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Terrence Malick8.567
2Todd Phillips7.544
3Martin Scorsese9.195
4Rian Johnson5.3110
5J.J. Abrams7.243
6Sam Mendes8.443
7Ava DuVernay7.043
8Niki Caro7.027
9Cary Joji Fukunaga7.441
10Hayao Miyazaki9.0127
11Patty Jenkins6.028
12Zack Snyder8.474
13Sofia Coppola7.735
14Ryan Murphy8.029

Season 3 (2021)

7.82 avg 9 episodes 6.9 → 7.9

Ep 1: 6.9 · 8 votesEp 2: 8.9 · 51 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 33 votesEp 4: 5.7 · 344 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 42 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 26 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 22 votesEp 8: 9.3 · 53 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 28 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Chloé Zhao6.98
2Edgar Wright8.951
3Aaron Sorkin7.433
4Rohit Shetty5.7344
5Jon M. Chu8.742
6Taika Waititi7.926
7James Gunn7.722
8Ridley Scott9.353
9Paul Thomas Anderson7.928
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