The Best Directors of 2013

List of the best directors of 2013, as ranked by film critics and movie fans. A movie is nothing without a great director. The film could have the most well written screenplay and the most talented actors of all time, but if there’s a mediocre director then the movie won’t be able to live up to its potential. That’s why it’s so pivotal to a movie’s financial and critical success to have a world class director at the helm. In 2013, there were plenty of directors who made the best possible movies, in genres from comedy to award season bait.

The best directors need to have a good handle on the story they're trying to tell and find a way to best visually depict the action.Directors like Steve McQueen and Alfonso Cuaron have been getting major Oscar buzz because of their ability to tell their unique stories in the most appropriate and beautiful ways. Other directors, like Paul Feig, Peter Jackson,and Guillermo Del Toro, managed to make the best films of their respective genres of the year.

What are the best directors of 2013? The directors on this list made films that, due to their hard work, were unequivocal successes.