2: Academy-approved and Well-receied by critics

At this level we find as well as Sundance type independent films, and respected Hollywood classics from older days that are well known but overlooked by less discering viwera. Films start to sacrifice accessibility for artistic and academic aspirations. May start to bore or go over the head of some viewers, due to wither age (B/W) or artiness

Wes Anderson (USA) - Joel and Ethan Coen (USA) - Martin Scorsese (USA) - Roman Polanski (France) - Steven Soderbergh (USA) - Paul Thomas Anderson (USA) - Woody Allen (USA) - Orson Welles (EUA) - John Ford (USA) - Alfred Hitchcok (USA) - Darren Aronofsky (USA) - David Cronenberg (Canada) - Michel Gondry (France) - Edgar Wright (England) - Greta Gerwig (USA) - Christopher Nolan (USA) - Spike Lee (USA)