You'll get varying lists depending on what is is supposed to have been influenced (e.g. history as a whole, filmmaking itself). I'll stick with history as a whole.
1. D. Griffith
2. Frank Capra (besides having directed many very popular films, he also directed propaganda films for the allies)
3. Preston Sturges (paved the way for Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and others, by giving directors far more room for creativity)
4. F.W. Murnau or Fritz Lang
6. Eisenstein,
7. Chaplin
8. George Méliès
9. Hitchcock
10. Renoir or Godard
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