Who are the best films directors ever?

Stanley Kubrick, David Lean.

I think you'd need to make the question more specific but here are my votes.

Action: Michael Bay

British Action films: Guy Ritchie.

Most timeless in our generations: Quentin Tarantino

Classic: (you were serious when you said of ALL TIME, right?)Cecil B. DeMille

Of films that deal with a racial theme: Spike Lee

Chick Flicks: Penny Marshall(apology to Jon Avnet)

Italian: Felini, Felini, Felini

French: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

From Spain: Alejandro Amenábar

Chinese: John Woo

Gay theme: Pedro Almodovar

Mind Fcuk: David Lynch

Odd Films: Tim Burton

Classic Comedy: Mel Brooks

Classic Animation: Walt Disney

Contemporary Animation: Brad Bird

And David Fincher belongs in there somewhere..

Thats sort of strange hating Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg because their brilliant.

Other directors Joe Wright, Tim Burton, Shyamalan, Marc Foster, Alfonso Cuaron, Mira Nair

Peter Jackson

Stanley Kubrick, Scorsese, Gus Van Sant

Ingmar Bergman

Fredrico Fellini

John Huston

Gary Winick (13 going on 30)

Adam Shankman (A Walk to Remember)

Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook)

Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth)

Andy Wachowski &

Larry Wachowski (Matrix)

Peter Segal (50 first dates)

Stanley Kubrick

Yeah, that's kinda weird that you would exclude 2 of some of the best directors in the world.

Tarantino and several others I would list right below these 2 guys on my top 20 list.

Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston