British Film Institute's "greatest film director" Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WELLES British Film Institute's "greatest film director" (6)
73% LEN Film director Wiseman (3) Premier Sunday Dec 21, 2025
67% ROEG Film director Nicolas (4) New York Times Oct 24, 2025
67% LEANS Film director's lists (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 21, 2025
65% ONSET Start working as a film director, perhaps (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 31, 2025
65% REBEL Film about British revolutionary (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Dec 17, 2025
65% THE THIRD MAN The greatest British film of all time, according to the British Film Institute in 1999 (13) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 5, 2020
62% BFI The British Film Institute (1,1,1) (3)
59% IDA Lupino of film (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 7, 2026
59% EVER "The Greatest Game ___ Played" (2005 film starring Shia LaBeouf) (4)
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