Silver Lion – Best Director

1990 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerGoodfellasMartin ScorseseThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.Amazon

2001 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerSecret BallotBabak PayamiA female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.Amazon

2000 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerThe WrestlersBuddhadev DasguptaAmazon

1999 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerSeventeen YearsYuan ZhangTao Lan and Yu Xiaoqin are teenage stepsisters. They go to the same high school, sleep in the same bedroom, but couldn't be more different. The first is wild, a bit of a vagabond, while the...Amazon

1998 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerBlack Cat, White CatEmir KusturicaA small time hustler gets more than he bargained for when he tries to repay his debts by marrying his son to a sister of a troublesome gangster.Amazon

1994 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerHeavenly CreaturesPeter JacksonTwo teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.AmazonLittle OdessaJames GrayEarly 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.AmazonThe BullCarlo MazzacuratiItalia, 1994. Franco e Loris are two friends that decide to steal a stud bull. The bull is worth a lot. Their idea is to immediately leave Italy and try to sell the bull in Hungary. But ...Amazon

1993 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerKosh ba koshBakhtyar KhudojnazarovAmazon

1992 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerHotel de luxDan PitaIn an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. The ignorant views of leaders and the social stratification are the main focus.AmazonJamón, JamónBigas LunaWhen a mother disapproves of her son's lover, she hires an underwear model and former bullfighter to seduce her away.AmazonUn coeur en hiverClaude SautetBeautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.Amazon

1991 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerJ'entends plus la guitarePhilippe GarrelFor those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.AmazonRaise the Red LanternYimou ZhangA young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.AmazonThe Fisher KingTerry GilliamA former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.Amazon

2002 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerOasisChang-dong LeeAn irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.Amazon