| RANK |
NOMINEE
|
SCORE |
CHANGE |
|
|
| 1 |
Martin
Scorsese
The Departed
|
97 |
= |
| 2 |
Bill
Condon
Dreamgirls
|
91 |
= |
|
|
| 3 |
Stephen
Frears
The Queen
|
81 |
= |
| 4 |
Alejandro
González Iñárritu
Babel
|
78 |
= |
|
|
| 5 |
Clint
Eastwood
Letters From Iwo Jima
|
62 |
+9 |
| 6 |
Clint
Eastwood
Flags of Our Fathers
|
58 |
-1 |
| 7 |
Paul
Greengrass
United 93
|
56 |
= |
|
|
| 8 |
Pedro
Almodovar
Volver
|
47 |
= |
| 9 |
Steven
Soderbergh
The Good German
|
42 |
-3 |
| 10 |
Robert
De Niro
The Good Shepherd
|
41 |
|
| 11 |
Oliver
Stone
World Trade Center
|
39 |
= |
| 12 |
Alfonso
Cuaron
Children of Men
|
38 |
+1 |
| |
| 13 |
Todd
Field
Little Children
|
37 |
-3 |
| 14 |
Robert
Altman
A Prairie Home Companion
|
36 |
+7 |
| 15 |
Mel
Gibson
Apocalypto
|
35 |
+8 |
| 16 |
Daynton
& Farris
Little Miss Sunshine
|
31 |
+1 |
|
|
| 17 |
Zhang
Yimou
Curse of the Golden Flower
|
25 |
+8 |
| 18 |
Edward
Zwick
Blood Diamond
|
25 |
-3 |
| 19 |
Emilio
Estevez
Bobby
|
23 |
-7 |
| 20 |
Anthony
Minghella
Breaking and Entering
|
23 |
= |
| 21 |
Guillermo
Del Toro
Pan's Labyrynth
|
23 |
+5 |
| |
| 22 |
Kevin
Macdonald
The Last King of Scottland
|
23 |
-4 |
| 23 |
Christopher
Nolan
The Prestige
|
20 |
-4 |
| 24 |
Gabriele
Muccino
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
20 |
-8 |
| 25 |
Chris
Noonan
Miss Potter
|
19 |
+3 |
| 26 |
Ryan
Fleck
Half Nelson
|
17 |
NEW! |
| |
| 27 |
John
Cameron Mitchell
Shortbus
|
15 |
+6 |
| 28 |
Spike
Lee
Inside Man
|
15 |
+5 |
| 29 |
John
Hillcoat
The Proposition
|
15 |
+4 |
| 30 |
Mary
Harron
The Notorious Bettie Page
|
15 |
+3 |
| 31 |
Allen
Coulter
Hollywoodland
|
15 |
+2 |
| |
| 32 |
David
Ayer
Harsh Times
|
15 |
+1 |
| 33 |
Michel
Gondry
The Science of Sleep
|
15 |
-1 |
| 34 |
Richard
Linklater
A Scanner Darkly
|
15 |
-3 |
| 35 |
Roger
Mitchell
Venus
|
15 |
-8 |
| 36 |
Darren
Aronofsky
The Fountain
|
15 |
-12 |
| |
| 37 |
Sofia
Coppola
Marie-Antoinette
|
15 |
-15 |
| 38 |
John
Curran
The Painted Veil
|
14 |
+21 |
| 39 |
Richard
Eyre
Notes on a Scandal
|
13 |
+5 |
