Trending Film Directors — September 2026
The 99 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Alan Ritchson. Data as of 30 October 2026.
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Ranked
44,495,952
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Alan Ritchson
American actor (born 1982)
1,230,753
views
views
2
Sandra Bullock
American actress and film producer
1,040,381
views
views
3
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
990,810
views
views
4
Guy Ritchie
English filmmaker (born 1968)
897,408
views
views
5
Woody Harrelson
American actor (born 1961)
850,833
views
views
6
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
848,481
views
views
7
Julia Stiles
American actress
818,845
views
views
8
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
760,778
views
views
9
Warren Beatty
American actor and filmmaker
737,288
views
views
10
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
707,547
views
views
11
Robert De Niro
American actor (born 1943)
669,061
views
views
12
Maria Sten
Danish actress and filmmaker
639,022
views
views
13
Zach Cregger
American actor and film director (born 1981)
633,223
views
views
14
Rebecca Hall
English actress and filmmaker (born 1982)
627,598
views
views
15
Zoe Saldaña
American actress (born 1978)
608,129
views
views
16
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
604,673
views
views
17
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
590,710
views
views
18
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
581,248
views
views
19
Lance Oppenheim
American film director
569,543
views
views
20
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
563,316
views
views
21
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
562,220
views
views
22
Al Pacino
American actor (born 1940)
561,661
views
views
23
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
529,609
views
views
24
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
528,301
views
views
25
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
520,509
views
views
26
Kenneth Branagh
British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
509,140
views
views
27
Morgan Freeman
American actor and producer (born 1937)
498,863
views
views
28
Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor (born 1980)
491,075
views
views
29
Heath Ledger
Australian actor (1979–2008)
490,780
views
views
30
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress and producer (born 1990)
471,695
views
views
31
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
470,678
views
views
32
Carrot Top
American stand-up comedian
466,033
views
views
33
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
454,474
views
views
34
George Michael
English singer (1963–2016)
444,494
views
views
35
Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born 1965)
444,371
views
views
36
Sora Hokimoto
Japanese film director, musician and novelist
443,883
views
views
37
Johnny Depp
American actor (born 1963)
441,425
views
views
38
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
438,845
views
views
39
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
427,490
views
views
40
Simon Baker
Australian actor and director (born 1969)
410,805
views
views
41
Richard Gere
American actor (born 1949)
409,914
views
views
42
Olivia Wilde
American actress and film director (born 1984)
408,044
views
views
43
Taylor Sheridan
American producer, screenwriter and director (born 1970)
404,949
views
views
44
Sally Field
American actress
402,739
views
views
45
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
396,244
views
views
46
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
392,264
views
views
47
Ben Affleck
American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)
389,717
views
views
48
Ralph Fiennes
English actor, director and producer (born 1962)
387,613
views
views
49
Prince
American musician (1958–2016)
386,512
views
views
50
Denzel Washington
American actor (born 1954)
385,333
views
views
51
Emma Watson
English actress (born 1990)
381,447
views
views
52
Salma Hayek
Mexican and American actress (born 1966)
375,869
views
views
53
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
371,740
views
views
54
Callum Turner
English actor
367,582
views
views
55
Jennifer Aniston
American actress (born 1969)
366,113
views
views
56
George Clooney
American-French actor and filmmaker (born 1961)
363,846
views
views
57
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
355,987
views
views
58
Alan Cumming
British actor (born 1965)
355,201
views
views
59
Gillian Anderson
American actress (born 1968)
354,027
views
views
60
Channing Tatum
American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
351,936
views
views
61
Mel Gibson
American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956)
350,118
views
views
62
Giancarlo Esposito
American actor (born 1958)
350,054
views
views
63
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
347,907
views
views
64
Zoë Kravitz
American actress, director, singer and model (born 1988)
345,564
views
views
65
Will Smith
American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968)
343,668
views
views
66
Michael Keaton
American actor (born 1951)
342,376
views
views
67
Jason Momoa
American actor (born 1979)
339,335
views
views
68
Kate Winslet
English actress (born 1975)
335,005
views
views
69
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
334,165
views
views
70
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor
332,028
views
views
71
Taylor Hanson
American musician
330,700
views
views
72
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
326,941
views
views
73
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
324,443
views
views
74
Stanley Kubrick
American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
323,405
views
views
75
Harvey Weinstein
American film producer and sex offender (born 1952)
323,309
views
views
76
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
322,333
views
views
77
Catherine O'Hara
Canadian-American actress (1954–2026)
319,267
views
views
78
Jack Nicholson
American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
318,303
views
views
79
Quentin Tarantino
American filmmaker and actor (born 1963)
317,431
views
views
80
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
316,401
views
views
81
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
316,299
views
views
82
Sam Neill
New Zealand actor (1947–2026)
314,011
views
views
83
Eva Mendes
American actress and model (born 1974)
308,447
views
views
84
Cher
American musician, singer, actress and television personality (born 1946)
307,159
views
views
85
Robert Redford
American actor and director (1936–2025)
306,484
views
views
86
Dakota Fanning
American actress and model (born 1994)
302,298
views
views
87
Roman Polanski
French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
301,466
views
views
88
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
301,371
views
views
89
Russell Crowe
New Zealand actor
299,336
views
views
90
Kate Hudson
American actress and singer (born 1979)
299,051
views
views
91
Alexander Skarsgård
Swedish actor
297,079
views
views
92
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
294,885
views
views
93
Rob Reiner
American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025)
292,753
views
views
94
Diane Keaton
American actress and film director (1946–2025)
292,138
views
views
95
George Lucas
American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)
291,602
views
views
96
Steve Buscemi
American actor
288,634
views
views
97
Bradley Cooper
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
288,316
views
views
98
Noah Wyle
American actor (born 1971)
285,846
views
views
99
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
282,949
views
views