2009
- Bright Star – Directed by Jane Campion
2. A Prophet – Directed by Jacques Audiard
3. Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans – Directed by Werner Herzog
4. A Serious Man – Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
5. The White Ribbon – Directed by Michael Haneke
6. A Single Man – Directed by Tom Ford
7. Public Enemies – Directed by Michael Mann
8. Inglourious Basterds – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
9. The Messenger – Directed by Oren Moverman
10. I Am Love – Directed by Luca Guadagnino
11. Crazy Heart – Directed by Scott Cooper
12. The Road – Directed by John Hillcoat
13. An Education – Directed by Lone Scherfig
14. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
15. White Material – Directed by Claire Denis
16. Where The Wild Things Are – Directed by Spike Jonze
17. Avatar – Directed by James Cameron
18. In The Loop – Directed by Armando Iannucci
19. It’s Complicated – Directed by Nancy Meyers
20. Away We Go – Directed by Sam Mendes
21. The Informant! – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
22. Mother – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
23. Brothers – Directed by Jim Sheridan
24. Adventureland – Directred by Greg Mottola
25. Drag Me To Hell – Directed by Sam Raimi
26. Fish Tank – Directed by Andrea Arnold
2008
- Synecdoche, New York – Directed by Charlie Kaufman
2. The Dark Knight – Directed by Christopher Nolan
3. Let The Right One In – Directed by Tomas Alfredson
4. The Wrestler – Directed by Darren Aronofsky
5. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Directed by David Fincher
6. Two Lovers – Directed by James Gray
7. Doubt – Directed by John Patrick Shanley
8. Milk – Directed by Gus Van Sant
9. The Hurt Locker – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
10. Man On Wire – Directed by James Marsh
11. Wendy And Lucy – Directed by Kelly Reichardt
12. Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Directed by Woody Allen
13. Gran Torino – Directed by Clint Eastwood
14. Still Walking – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
15. Rachel Getting Married – Directed by Jonathan Demme
16. Che: Part One – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
17. Che: Part Two – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
18. Happy-Go-Lucky – Directed by Mike Leigh
19. Burn After Reading – Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
20. Frost/Nixon – Directed by Ron Howard
21. Appaloosa – Directed by Ed Harris
22. Il Divo – Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
23. Revolutionary Road – Directed by Sam Mendes
24. W. – Directed by Oliver Stone
25. Gomorrah – Directed by Matteo Garrone
2007
- There Will Be Blood – Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford – Directed by Andrew Dominik
3. I’m Not There – Directed byTodd Haynes
4. No Country For Old Men – Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
5. Michael Clayton – Directed by Tony Gilroy
6. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead – Directed by Sidney Lumet
7. We Own The Night – Directed by James Gray
8. Margot At The Wedding – Directed by Noah Baumbach
9. Zodiac – Directed by David Fincher
10. Atonement – Directed by Joe Wright
11. 3:10 To Yuma – Directed by James Mangold
12. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly – Directed by Julian Schnabel
13. American Gangster – Directed by Ridley Scott
14. Eastern Promises – Directed by David Cronenberg
15. Into The Wild – Directed by Sean Penn
16. The Darjeeling Limited – Directed by Wes Anderson
17. Once – Directed by John Carney
18. Control – Directed by Anton Corbijn
19. La Vie en Rose – Directed by Olivier Dahan
20. Hot Fuzz – Directed by Edgar Wright
21. Planet Terror – Directed by Robert Rodriguez
22. Death Proof – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
23. Charlie Wilson’s War – Directed by Mike Nichols
2006
- Half Nelson – Directed by Ryan Fleck
2. The Departed – Directed by Martin Scorsese
3. A Scanner Darkly – Directed by Richard Linklater
4. The Fountain – Directed by Darren Aronofsky
5. The Prestige – Directed by Christopher Nolan
6. The Science Of Sleep – Directed by Michel Gondry
7. Children Of Men – Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
8. Candy – Directed by Neil Armfield
9. Notes On A Scandal – Directed by Richard Eyre
10. Rescue Dawn – Directed by Werner Herzog
11. Babel – Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
12. Reprise – Directed by Joachim Trier
13. Bug – Directed by William Friedkin
14. The Host – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
15. Inland Empire – Directed by David Lynch
16. Lights In The Dusk – Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
2005
- The New World – Directed by Terrence Malick
2. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan – Directed by Martin Scorsese
3. The Squid And The Whale – Directed by Noah Baumbach
4. A History Of Violence – Directed by David Cronenberg
5. Batman Begins – Directed by Christopher Nolan
6. The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Directed by Jacques Audiard
7. The Constant Gardener – Directed by Fernando Meirelles
8. Capote – Directed by Bennett Miller
9. Brokeback Mountain – Directed by Ang Lee
10. Broken Flowers – Directed by Jim Jarmusch
11. Proof – Directed by John Madden
12. Cache – Directed by Michael Haneke
13. Syriana – Directed by Stephen Gaghan
14. Sin City – Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
15. Pride & Prejudice – Directed by Joe Wright
16. Munich – Directed by Steven Spielberg
17. Brick – Directed by Rian Johnson
18. Good Night, And Good Luck. – Directed by George Clooney
19. Walk The Line – Directed by James Mangold
20. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – Directed by Shane Black
21. The Weather Man – Directed by Gore Verbinski
22. Cinderella Man – Directed by Ron Howard
23. Grizzly Man – Directed by Werner Herzog
24. The Ice Harvest – Directed by Harold Ramis
25. The Devil And Daniel Johnston – Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig
2004
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind – Directed by Michel Gondry
2. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou – Directed by Wes Anderson
3. Birth – Directed by Jonathan Glazer
4. Sideways – Directed by Alexander Payne
5. Million Dollar Baby – Directed by Clint Eastwood
6. I Heart Huckabees – Directed by David O. Russell
7. Before Sunset – Directed by Richard Linklater
8. The Aviator – Directed by Martin Scorsese
9. Collateral – Directed by Michael Mann
10. 2046 – Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
11. Howl’s Moving Castle – Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
12. Man On Fire – Directed by Tony Scott
13. The Bourne Supremacy – Directed by Paul Greengrass
14. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
15. Garden State – Directed by Zach Braff
16. Closer – Directed by Mike Nichols
17. Shaun Of The Dead – Directed by Edgar Wright
18. Ocean’t Twelve – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
19. The Village – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
20. The Machinist – Directed by Brad Anderson
21. The Assassination Of Richard Nixon – Directed by Niels Mueller
22. Napoleon Dynamite – Directed by Jared Hess
23. The Passion Of The Christ – Directed by Mel Gibson
2003
- Mystic River – Directed by Clint Eastwood
2. Lost In Translation – Directed by Sofia Coppola
3. 21 Grams – Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
4. The Triplets Of Belleville – Directed by Sylvain Chomet
5. All The Real Girls – Directed by David Gordon Green
6. Elephant – Directed by Gus Van Sant
7. Cold Mountain – Directed by Anthony MInghella
8. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King – Directed by Peter Jackson
9. Dogville – Directed by Lars von Trier
10. Owning Mahowny – Directed by Richard Kwietniowski
11. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 – Directed by Quentin Tarantino
12. Coffee And Cigarettes – Directed by Jim Jarmusch
13. The Fog Of War – Directed by Errol Morris
14. Matchstick Men – Directed by Ridley Scott
15. American Splendor – Directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
16. Something’s Gotta Give – Directed by Nancy Meyers
17. Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World – Directed by Peter Weir
18. Girl With A Pearl Earring – Directed by Peter Webber
19. The Cooler – Directed by Wayne Kramer
20. Code 46 – Directed by Michael Winterbottom
21. Oldboy – Directed by Park Chan-wook
22. Monster – Directed by Patty Jenkins
23. Swimming Pool – Directed by Francois Ozon
2002
- Adaptation. – Directed by Spike Jonze
2. Love Liza – Directed by Todd Louiso
3. Punch-Drunk Love – Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
4. 25th Hour – Directed by Spike Lee
5. Minority Report – Directed by Steven Spielberg
6. Catch Me If You Can – Directed by Steven Spielberg
7. The Hours – Directed by Stephen Daldry
8. Insomnia – Directed by Christopher Nolan
9. Talk To Her – Directed by Pedro Almodovar
10. Laurel Canyon – Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
11. About Schmidt – Directed by Alexander Payne
12. 28 Days Later – Directed by Danny Boyle
13. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers – Directed by Peter Jackson
14. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind – Directed by George Clooney
15. The Man Without A Past – Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
16. Gerry – Directed by Gus Van Sant
17. Spider – Directed by David Cronenberg
18. 24 Hour Party People – Directed by Michael Winterbottom
19. One Hour Photo – Directed by Mark Romanek
20. City Of God – Directed by Fernando Meirelles
21. The Pianist – Directed by Roman Polanski
22. The Bourne Identity – Directed by Doug Liman
23. Solaris – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
24. Panic Room – Directed by David Fincher
25. Morvern Callar – Directed by Lynne Ramsay
26. The Kid Stays In The Picture – Directed by Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen
27. Lost In La Mancha – Directed by Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe
28. 8 Mile – Directed by Curtis Hanson
2001
- The Royal Tenenbaums – Directed by Wes Anderson
2. Vanilla Sky – Directed by Cameron Crowe
3. A Beautiful Mind – Directed by Ron Howard
4. In The Bedroom – Directed by Todd Field
5. I Am Sam – Directed by Jessie Nelson
6. Waking Life – Directed by Richard Linklater
7. Mulholland Drive – Directed by David Lynch
8. Spirited Away – Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
9. Ghost World – Directed by Terry Zwigoff
10. Wet Hot American Summer – Directed by David Wain
11. Donnie Darko – Directed by Richard Kelly
12. Training Day – Directed by Antoine Fuqua
13. Gosford Park – Directed by Robert Altman
14. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring – Directed by Peter Jackson
15. Monster’s Ball – Directed by Marc Forster
16. Ocean’s Eleven – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
17. The Piano Teacher – Directed by Michael Haneke
18. Amelie – Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
19. Tape – Directed by Richard Linklater
20. Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures – Directed by Jan Harlan
21. Blow – Directed by Ted Demme
22. Ali – Directed by Michael Mann
23. Rivers And Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time – Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer
2000
- Gladiator – Directed by Ridley Scott
2. Traffic – Directed by Steven Soderberg
3. Memento – Directed by Christopher Nolan
4. Requiem For A Dream – Directed by Darren Aronofsky
5. Wonder Boys – Directed by Curtis Hanson
6. Pollock – Directed by Ed Harris
7. In The Mood For Love – Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
8. High Fidelity – Directed by Stephen Frears
9. Almost Famous – Directed by Cameron Crowe
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Directed by Ang Lee
11. Erin Brockovich – Directed by Steven Soderbergh
12. Unbreakable – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
13. You Can Count On Me – Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
14. Cast Away – Directed by Robert Zemeckis
15. American Psycho – Directed by Mary Harron
16. Before Night Falls – Directed by Julian Schnabel
17. Shadow Of The Vampire – Directed by E. Elias Merhige
18. The Contender – Directed by Rod Lurie
19. Best In Show – Directed by Christopher Guest
20. O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Directed by Joel Coen
21. The Cell – Directed by Tarsem Singh
22. Sexy Beast – Directed by Jonathan Glazer
23. George Washington – Directed by David Gordon Green
24. Battle Royale – Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
25. Amores Perros – Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
26. Bedazzled – Directed by Harold Ramis
27. Billy Elliot – Directed by Stephen Daldry
28. Snatch – Directed by Guy Ritchie
29. Chopper – Directed by Andrew Dominik
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