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1999
1 THE INSIDER (Michael Mann)
2 CHARISMA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Hush" (Joss Whedon)
4 THE LIMEY (Steven Soderbergh)
5 THE NINTH GATE (Roman Polanski)
6 LET FOREVER BE (Michel Gondry)
7 THE MATRIX (The Wachowskis)
8 THE MISSION (Johnnie To)
9 THE 13TH WARRIOR (John McTiernan and Michael Crichton)
10 BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Martin Scorsese)
11 EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
12 GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (Jim Jarmusch)
13 THE SOPRANOS: "PILOT EPISODE" (David Chase)
14 OFFICE SPACE (Mike Judge)
15 EXCEL SAGA: "Bowling Girls" (Shinichi Watanabe)
16 THREE KINGS (David O. Russell)
17 THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)
18 THE STRAIGHT STORY (David Lynch)
19 THE MINUS MAN (Hampton Fancher)
20 DA FUNK (Spike Jonze)
1998
1 HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA (Jean-Luc Godard)
2 THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
3 FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
4 HONEYMOON (Dan Sallitt)
5 LICENSE TO LIVE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg)
7 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel and Ethan Coen)
8 EYES OF THE SPIDER (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
9 THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Whit Stillman)
10 DR. AKAGI (Shohei Imamura)
11 THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-liang)
12 THE POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE (Hong Sang-soo)
13 THREE BUSINESSMEN (Alex Cox)
14 LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (Guy Ritchie)
15 BELOVED (Jonathan Demme)
16 CONFESSION (Alexander Sokurov)
17 RONIN (John Frankenheimer)
18 AUTUMN TALE (Eric Rohmer)
19 CROUPIER (Mike Hodges)
20 THE SILENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
21 BULWORTH (Warren Beatty)
SERPENT'S PATH (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
1997
1 CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 MOTHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
3 JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
4 END OF EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
5 KUNDUN (Martin Scorsese)
6 STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven)
7 TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami)
8 THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang)
9 PRINCESS MONONOKE (Hayao Miyazaki)
10 FIREWORKS (Takeshi Kitano)
11 LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch)
12 PRONTO (Jim McBride)
13 CONTACT (Robert Zemeckis)
14 BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson)
15 BACHELORETTE (Michel Gondry)
16 LAWN DOGS (John Duigan)
17 AS GOOD AS IT GETS (James L. Brooks)
18 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "PROPHECY GIRL" (Joss Whedon)
19 THE EEL (Shohei Imamura)
20 GABBEH (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
21 EVENT HORIZON (Paul W.S. Anderson)
22 AROUND THE WORLD (Michel Gondry)
1996
1 FARGO (Joel and Ethan Coen)
2 ORIENTAL ELEGY (Alexander Sokurov)
3 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (Brian De Palma)
4 A SUMMER'S TALE (Eric Rohmer)
5 LA PROMESSE (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
6 MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Arnaud Desplechin)
7 CRASH (David Cronenberg)
8 IRMA VEP (Olivier Assayas)
9 A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
10 BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson)
11 GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
12 HUBERT ROBERT. A SIMPLE LIFE (Alexander Sokurov)
13 KINGPIN (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
14 BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier)
1995
1 SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
2 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
3 DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch)
4 CLOCKERS (Spike Lee)
5 DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (John McTiernan)
6 HEAT (Michael Mann)
7 BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
8 RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
9 SAFE (Todd Haynes)
10 THE NEON BIBLE (Terence Davies)
11 ON YOUR MARK (Hayao Miyazaki)
12 2 X 50 YEARS OF FRENCH CINEMA (Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville)
13 FROM THE JOURNALS OF JEAN SEBERG (Mark Rappaport)
14 JLG/JLG (Jean-Luc Godard)
15 THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (Sam Raimi)
1994
1 JOAN THE MAID (Jacques Rivette)
2 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
3 NADJA (Michael Almereyda)
4 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami)
5 BARCELONA (Whit Stillman)
6 AMATEUR (Hal Hartley)
7 HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
8 SATANTANGO (Béla Tarr)
9 TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou)
10 CHARTRES SERIES (Stan Brakhage)
11 AN UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER (Lucian Pintilie)
12 CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai)
13 FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
14 SIRENS (John Duigan)
15 VANYA ON 42ND STREET (Louis Malle)
CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff)
1993
1 CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
2 ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira)
3 THE PUPPETMASTER (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
4 CALENDAR (Atom Egoyan)
5 NAKED (Mike Leigh)
6 SONATINE (Takeshi Kitano)
7 WHISPERING PAGES (Alexander Sokurov)
8 A PERFECT WORLD (Clint Eastwood)
9 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
10 DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (Todd Haynes)
11 THE TREE, THE MAYOR, AND THE MEDIATHEQUE (Eric Rohmer)
12 MY FAVORITE SEASON (André Téchiné)
13 DAZED AND CONFUSED (Richard Linklater)
14 ACE OF BASE: THE SIGN (Mathias Julin)
1992
1 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
2 THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)
3 THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Terence Davies)
4 UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
5 DEATH BECOMES HER (Robert Zemeckis)
6 CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
7 MALCOLM X (Spike Lee)
8 BASIC INSTINCT (Paul Verhoeven)
9 BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Francis Ford Coppola)
10 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann)
11 BITTER MOON (Roman Polanski)
12 A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer)
13 TRESPASS (Walter Hill)
14 TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA (Craig Baldwin)
15 ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET (Michael Almereyda)
16 LIFE AND NOTHING MORE (Abbas Kiarostami)
1991
1 VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat)
2 FLIRTING (John Duigan)
3 JFK (Oliver Stone)
4 HOMICIDE (David Mamet)
5 HIGH HEELS (Pedro Almodovar)
6 BLOOD TIES (Jim McBride)
7 SURVIVING DESIRE (Hal Hartley)
8 SIDE/WALK/SHUTTLE (Ernie Gehr)
9 MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (Gus Van Sant)
10 THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
11 THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT (Hal Hartley)
12 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron)
13 SLACKER (Richard Linklater)
14 AMBITION (Hal Hartley)
1990
1 GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2 METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3 DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai)
4 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch): "Lonely Souls"
5 BOILING POINT (Takeshi Kitano)
6 CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami)
7 TRUST (Hal Hartley)
8 MIAMI BLUES (George Armitage)
9 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch): "Pilot"
10 A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (Eric Rohmer)
11 CINÉMA DE NOTRE TEMPS: JACQUES RIVETTE, LE VEILLEUR (Claire Denis)
12 WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (Clint Eastwood)
13 LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh)
14 MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel and Ethan Coen)
15 TOTAL RECALL (Paul Verhoeven)
16 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (John McTiernan)
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