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2009
1 VENGEANCE (Johnnie To)
2 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
3 FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson)
4 ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE-HAIRED GIRL (Manoel de Oliveira)
5 A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Robert Zemeckis)
6 THE KING OF ESCAPE (Alain Guiraudie)
7 WILD GRASS (Alain Resnais)
8 A SERIOUS MAN (Joel and Ethan Coen)
9 UP (Pete Docter)
10 SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
11 FUNNY PEOPLE (Judd Apatow)
12 THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (Tony Scott)
13 IN THE LOOP (Armando Iannucci)
14 ABOUT ELLY (Asghar Farhadi)
15 THE THICK OF IT, Series Three (Armando Iannucci)
16 THE HEADLESS WOMAN (Lucretia Martel)
17 PERSECUTION (Patrice Chereau)
18 PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann)
19 THIRST (Park Chan-wook)
2008
1 SPEED RACER (The Wachowskis)
2 HISTORIAS EXTRAORDINARIAS (Mariano Llinás)
3 SPARROW (Johnnie To)
4 CHANGELING (Clint Eastwood)
5 PONTYPOOL (Bruce McDonald)
6 BURN AFTER READING (Joel and Ethan Coen)
7 SHIRIN (Abbas Kiarostami)
8 WALL·E (Andrew Stanton)
9 THE BROTHERS BLOOM (Rian Johnson)
10 ME AND ORSON WELLES (Richard Linklater)
11 DEATH RACE (Paul W.S. Anderson)
12 SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) (Jake Nava)
13 IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh)
14 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (David Fincher)
15 PONYO (Hayao Miyazaki)
16 DR HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG (Joss Whedon)
17 LEATHERHEADS (George Clooney)
18 AUSTRALIA (Baz Luhrmann)
19 TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
20 TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
21 ALL AROUND US (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
22 REDBELT (David Mamet)
23 BE KIND REWIND (Michel Gondry)
24 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen)
25 APPALOOSA (Ed Harris)
2007
1 MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy)
2 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3 BEOWULF (Robert Zemeckis)
4 FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino)
6 THE THICK OF IT: "SPINNERS AND LOSERS" (Armando Iannucci)
7 THE MIST (Frank Darabont)
8 THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson)
9 THE HEARTBREAK KID (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
10 MAD DETECTIVE (Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai)
11 HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright)
12 I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes)
13 ZODIAC (David Fincher)
14 SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas)
15 STARDUST (Matthew Vaughn)
16 CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (Mike Nichols)
17 DIARY OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
18 REDACTED (Brian De Palma)
19 THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA & CELADON (Eric Rohmer)
20 RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird)
2006
1 EXILED (Johnnie To)
2 INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch)
3 MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)
4 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (Michel Gondry)
5 LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood)
6 THE UNIT: "OLD HOME WEEK" (David Mamet)
7 A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (Robert Altman)
8 THE PRESTIGE (Christopher Nolan)
9 PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Alain Resnais)
10 LADY IN THE WATER (M. Night Shyamalan)
11 A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater)
12 FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY (Asghar Farhadi)
13 TRIAD ELECTION (Johnnie To)
14 THE BOSS OF IT ALL (Lars von Trier)
15 RETRIBUTION (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
16 LADY CHATTERLY (Pascale Ferran)
17 MASTERS OF HORROR: "THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION" (Joe Dante)
18 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (Gore Verbinski)
19 THE ILLUSIONIST (Neil Burger)
20 BUG (William Friedkin)
21 IDIOCRACY (Mike Judge)
22 INSIDE MAN (Spike Lee)
SMOKIN' ACES (Joe Carnahan)
2005
1 MOUSE HEAVEN (Kenneth Anger)
2 THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Tsai Ming-liang)
3 MASTERS OF HORROR: "HOMECOMING" (Joe Dante)
4 LAND OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
5 WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg)
6 ELECTION (Johnnie To)
7 LE CANAPE ROUGE (Eric Rohmer)
8 LOFT (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
9 STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (George Lucas)
10 THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu)
11 MUNICH (Steven Spielberg)
12 THE PROPOSITION (John Hillcoat)
13 SERENITY (Joss Whedon)
14 THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN (Judd Apatow)
15 TALE OF CINEMA (Hong Sang-soo)
16 THE SUN (Alexander Sokurov)
17 GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (George Clooney)
18 BRICK (Rian Johnson)
19 L'ENFANT (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
20 THE MEANING OF LIFE (Don Hertzfeldt)
21 CACHÉ (Michael Haneke)
22 REVOLVER (Guy Ritchie)
23 THE ICE HARVEST (Harold Ramis)
2004
1 PRIMER (Shane Carruth)
2 VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
3 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
4 THROW DOWN (Johnnie To)
5 THE SHIELD, SEASON 3 (various directors)
6 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
7 COLLATERAL (Michael Mann)
8 BREAKING NEWS (Johnnie To)
9 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme)
10 I ♥ HUCKABEES (David O. Russell)
11 KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
12 MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
13 WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Sang-soo Hong)
14 SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sam Raimi)
15 TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
16 BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
17 SPARTAN (David Mamet)
18 THE HOLY GIRL (Lucrecia Martel)
19 GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (Mamoru Oshii)
20 HEAD-ON (Fatih Akin)
21 HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Hayao Miyazaki)
22 THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird)
24 AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (Paul W.S. Anderson)
25 SIX SHOOTER (Martin McDonagh)
2003
1 DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier)
2 FATHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
3 BRIGHT FUTURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
4 CAFÉ LUMIÈRE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 DOPPELGÄNGER (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6 ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA (Dan Sallitt)
7 THE MATRIX RELOADED (The Wachowskis)
8 MASTER OF COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (Peter Weir)
9 RUNNING ON KARMA (Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai)
10 STUCK ON YOU (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
11 KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
12 ELEPHANT (Gus Van Sant)
13 PLAYING 'IN THE COMPANY MEN' (Arnaud Desplechin)
14 THE HUNTED (William Friedkin)
15 NO REST FOR THE BRAVE (Alain Guiradie)
16 OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook)
17 OPEN RANGE (Kevin Costner)
18 GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang)
19 HULK (Ang Lee)
20 PTU (Johnnie To)
21 THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (The Wachowskis)
22 ZATÔICHI (Takeshi Kitano)
23 NOT ON THE LIPS (Alain Resnais)
24 THE RUNDOWN (Peter Berg)
25 TIMELINE (Richard Donner)
26 THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Sylvain Chomet)
27 ZERO DAY (Ben Coccio)
28 BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
29 THE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON (Michel Gondry)
30 ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)
31 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Chosen" (Joss Whedon)
32 THE MAGIC GLOVES (Martin Rejtman)
33 INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (Joel and Ethan Coen)
2002
1 RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov)
2 PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3 MY LEFT EYE SEES GHOSTS (Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai)
4 ALL OR NOTHING (Mike Leigh)
5 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Michel Gondry)
6 FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma)
7 BULLY (Larry Clark)
8 ANGEL: "Spin the Bottle" (Joss Whedon)
9 TURNING GATE (Sang-soo Hong)
10 THE SON (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
11 FAT CHOI SPIRIT (Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai)
12 THE RING (Gore Verbinski)
13 ALI (Michael Mann)
14 THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (Mark Pellington)
15 ANGEL: "Waiting in the Wings" (Joss Whedon)
16 MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg)
17 OASIS (Chang-dong Lee)
18 BLOOD WORK (Clint Eastwood)
19 DOLLS (Takeshi Kitano)
20 STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (George Lucas)
21 THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS (Alan Rudolph)
22 UNDISPUTED (Walter Hill)
23 HAPPY HERE AND NOW (Michael Almereyda)
2001
1 PULSE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch)
3 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "The Body" (Joss Whedon)
4 SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)
5 WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater)
6 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg)
7 LA CIÉNAGA (Lucrecia Martel)
8 PISTOL OPERA (Seijun Suzuki)
9 FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat)
10 THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel and Ethan Coen)
11 HEIST (David Mamet)
12 LA PIANISTE (Michael Haneke)
13 THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
14 MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsaio Hsien)
15 SHALLOW HAL (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
16 TIME OUT (Laurent Cantet)
17 WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang)
18 READ MY LIPS (Jacques Audiard)
19 I'M GOING HOME (Manoel de Oliveira)
20 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Frederick Wiseman)
21 REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME (Chris Marker and Yannick Bellon)
22 TAURUS (Alexander Sokurov)
23 NO SUCH THING (Hal Hartley)
24 GHOSTS OF MARS (John Carpenter)
2000
1 THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin)
2 ESTHER KAHN (Arnaud Desplechin)
3 EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama)
4 WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
5 HAMLET (Michael Almereyda)
6 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (Joel and Ethan Coen)
7 YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Lonergan)
8 DEVILS ON THE DOOR STEP (Wen Jiang)
9 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Who Are You?" (Joss Whedon)
10 ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDRE ARSENEVITCH (Chris Marker)
11 THE WAY OF THE GUN (Christopher McQuarrie)
12 BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee)
13 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (Terence Davies)
14 CHOPPER (Andrew Dominik)
15 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai)
16 CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis)
17 AS I WAS MOVING AHEAD OCCASIONALLY I SAW BRIEF GLIMPSES OF BEAUTY (Jonas Mekas)
18 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Restless" (Joss Whedon)
19 KIPPUR (Amos Gitai)
20 THE YARDS (James Gray)
21 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (William Friedkin)
22 AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron)
23 STATE AND MAIN (David Mamet)
24 ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe)
25 BROTHER (Takeshi Kitano)
26 SEXY BEAST (Jonathan Glazer)
27 WHAT'S UP FATLIP? (Spike Jonze)
28 YI YI (Edward Yang)
29 FINAL DESTINATION (James Wong)
30 SENTIMENTAL DESTINIES (Olivier Assayas)
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