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Best of the Decade
1 RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov)
2 PULSE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3 THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin)
4 EXILED (Johnnie To)
5 VENGEANCE (Johnnie To)
6 MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy)
7 ESTHER KAHN (Arnaud Desplechin)
8 FATHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
9 MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch)
10 DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2004
1 PRIMER (Shane Carruth)
2 VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
3 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
4 THROW DOWN (Johnnie To)
5 THE SOPRANOS: "TEST DREAM" (Allen Coulter)
6 THE SHIELD, SEASON 3 (various directors)
7 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
8 COLLATERAL (Michael Mann)
9 BREAKING NEWS (Johnnie To)
10 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme)
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)
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 THE SHIELD, SEASON ONE (various directors)
5 ALL OR NOTHING (Mike Leigh)
6 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Michel Gondry)
7 FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma)
8 BULLY (Larry Clark)
9 ANGEL: "Spin the Bottle" (Joss Whedon)
10 TURNING GATE (Sang-soo Hong)
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)
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)
