Trending Film Directors — October 2026
The 100 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Patrick Stewart. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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Ranked
46,818,280
Total Views (October 2026)
1
Patrick Stewart
English actor (1940–2026)
2,988,672
views
views
2
Nana Patekar
Indian philanthropist, writer, film actor, and filmmaker (1951–2026)
2,276,762
views
views
3
Tom Skerritt
American actor (1933–2026)
1,254,619
views
views
4
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
913,857
views
views
5
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
904,396
views
views
6
Heath Ledger
Australian actor (1979–2008)
877,787
views
views
7
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
825,211
views
views
8
Ben Affleck
American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)
808,989
views
views
9
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
740,796
views
views
10
Raphaël Glucksmann
French film director, journalist and politician
687,750
views
views
11
Mike Flanagan
American filmmaker (born 1978)
674,982
views
views
12
Julia Stiles
American actress
648,820
views
views
13
Michael Sheen
Welsh actor
597,755
views
views
14
Alan Ritchson
American actor (born 1982)
572,364
views
views
15
Gillian Anderson
American actress (born 1968)
568,662
views
views
16
Alexander Skarsgård
Swedish actor
561,529
views
views
17
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
560,424
views
views
18
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
523,153
views
views
19
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
510,494
views
views
20
Mackenzie Davis
Canadian actress (born 1987)
508,988
views
views
21
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
498,108
views
views
22
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
495,508
views
views
23
Miranda Hart
English comedian
491,582
views
views
24
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexican film director
480,311
views
views
25
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
480,149
views
views
26
Paul Bettany
British actor (born 1971)
474,140
views
views
27
Woody Harrelson
American actor (born 1961)
468,144
views
views
28
Callum Turner
English actor
455,367
views
views
29
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress and producer (born 1990)
452,565
views
views
30
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
446,707
views
views
31
Johnny Depp
American actor (born 1963)
444,070
views
views
32
Lance Oppenheim
American film director
444,057
views
views
33
Chad Lowe
American actor and director
441,636
views
views
34
Robert De Niro
American actor (born 1943)
438,017
views
views
35
Guy Ritchie
English filmmaker (born 1968)
431,765
views
views
36
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
424,739
views
views
37
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
422,713
views
views
38
Jessica Biel
American actress (born 1982)
418,176
views
views
39
Tim Daly
American actor (born 1956)
415,564
views
views
40
Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor (born 1980)
402,428
views
views
41
Jason Momoa
American actor (born 1979)
391,909
views
views
42
Sandra Bullock
American actress and film producer
387,888
views
views
43
Al Pacino
American actor (born 1940)
381,716
views
views
44
Olivia Wilde
American actress and film director (born 1984)
381,507
views
views
45
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
380,887
views
views
46
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
380,110
views
views
47
Kate Siegel
American actress and writer (born 1982)
377,803
views
views
48
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
376,295
views
views
49
Matthew Lillard
American actor (born 1970)
371,212
views
views
50
Ellie Ōmiya
Japanese screenwriter (1975-2025)
368,161
views
views
51
Jack Nicholson
American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
365,745
views
views
52
Amber Midthunder
American actress
361,642
views
views
53
Quentin Tarantino
American filmmaker and actor (born 1963)
360,802
views
views
54
Simon Baker
Australian actor and director (born 1969)
358,716
views
views
55
Bryan Cranston
American actor (born 1956)
358,060
views
views
56
Robin Givens
American stage, television, and film actress (born 1964)
356,745
views
views
57
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
356,015
views
views
58
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
351,605
views
views
59
Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born 1965)
346,170
views
views
60
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine since 2019
344,650
views
views
61
Don Johnson
American actor and singer (born 1949)
343,645
views
views
62
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
339,982
views
views
63
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
336,198
views
views
64
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
333,713
views
views
65
George Michael
English singer (1963–2016)
331,941
views
views
66
Halle Berry
American actress (born 1966)
331,278
views
views
67
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
331,210
views
views
68
Stanley Kubrick
American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
330,042
views
views
69
Denzel Washington
American actor (born 1954)
329,899
views
views
70
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
328,077
views
views
71
Prince
American musician (1958–2016)
327,885
views
views
72
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
327,583
views
views
73
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
326,654
views
views
74
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
323,865
views
views
75
Jennifer Aniston
American actress (born 1969)
320,759
views
views
76
Emma Watson
English actress (born 1990)
320,742
views
views
77
Zoe Saldaña
American actress (born 1978)
319,615
views
views
78
Bradley Cooper
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
318,305
views
views
79
Noah Wyle
American actor (born 1971)
314,538
views
views
80
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
313,907
views
views
81
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
313,322
views
views
82
Dominic West
British actor
310,518
views
views
83
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
309,979
views
views
84
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
309,663
views
views
85
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
307,003
views
views
86
Stanley Tucci
American actor and author (born 1960)
301,438
views
views
87
Jodie Foster
American actress and filmmaker (born 1962)
300,387
views
views
88
Ralph Fiennes
English actor, director and producer (born 1962)
297,181
views
views
89
Shia LaBeouf
American actor
296,253
views
views
90
Russell Crowe
New Zealand actor
295,022
views
views
91
Justine Lupe
American actress
294,237
views
views
92
Mel Gibson
American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956)
290,327
views
views
93
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
286,839
views
views
94
Channing Tatum
American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
284,970
views
views
95
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
281,896
views
views
96
Jennifer Garner
American actress (born 1972)
281,759
views
views
97
Mieko Harada
Japanese actress
281,271
views
views
98
Emma Thompson
English actress and screenwriter (born 1959)
279,720
views
views
99
Giancarlo Esposito
American actor (born 1958)
278,933
views
views
100
Nelson Dilipkumar
Indian filmmaker
278,330
views
views