The Rules
Updates:
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• Shame (2011) / Steve McQueen
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• Take Shelter (2011) / Jeff Nichols
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• Observe and Report (2009) / Jody Hill
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• Funny Ha Ha (2005) / Andre Bujalski
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• Crimson and Gold (2004) / Jafar Panahi
2011:
01. Film Socialisme / Jean-Luc Godard
02. A Separation / Asghar Farhadi
03. The Tree of Life / Terrence Malick
04. Certified Copy / Abbas Kiarostami
05. Love Exposure / Sion Sono
06. Shame / Steve McQueen
07. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy / Tomas Alfredson
08. The Artist / Michel Hazanavicius
09. Drive / Nicolas Winding Refn
10. Take Shelter / Jeff Nichols
2010:
01. The Social Network / David Fincher
02. A Prophet / Jacques Audiard
03. I Am Love / Luca Guadagnino
04. The Ghost Writer / Roman Polanski
05. Black Swan / Darren Aronofsky
06. Another Year / Mike Leigh
07. Fish Tank / Andrea Arnold
08. True Grit / Joel Coen
09. Shutter Island / Martin Scorsese
10. Toy Story 3 / Lee Unkrich
Decade: 2009 - 20000:
01. Los Angeles Plays Itself / Thom Andersen
02. Caché / Michael Haneke
03. Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch
04. In Praise of Love / Jean-Luc Godard
05. Police, Adjective / Corneliu Porumboiu
06. In the Mood for Love / Won Kar-Wai
07. Inland Empire / David Lynch
08. The New World / Terrence Malick
09. There Will Be Blood / P.T. Anderson
10. Hunger / Steve McQueen
11. Zodiac / David Fincher
12. Crimson and Gold / Jafar Panahi
13. No Country for Old Men / Joel Coen
14. Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke
15. Elephant / Gus Van Sant
16. Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman
17. Yi Yi: a One and a Two... / Edward Yang
18. A.I. Artificial Intelligence / Steven Spielberg
19. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days / Cristian Mungiu
20. Code Unknown / Michael Haneke
2009:
01. Police, Adjective / Corneliu Porumboiu
02. A Serious Man / Joel Coen
03. The White Ribbon / Michael Haneke
04. In the Loop / Armando Iannucci
05. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans / Werner Herzog
06. Star Trek / J.J. Abrams
07. Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino
08. Public Enemies / Michael Mann
09. A Single Man / Tom Ford
10. Observe and Report / Jody Hill
2008:
01. Hunger / Steve McQueen
02. Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman
03. Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke
04. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days / Cristian Mungiu
05. Rachel Getting Married / Jonathan Demme
06. Let the Right One In / Tomas Alfredson
07. Happy-Go-Lucky / Mike Leigh
08. Encounters at the End of the World / Werner Herzog
09. In Bruges / Martin McDonough
10. Speed Racer / Larry & Andy Wachowski
2007:
01. There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson
02. No Country for Old Men / Joel Coen
03. Zodiac / David Fincher
04. Offside / Jafar Panahi
05. Death Proof / Quentin Tarantino
06. Halloween / Rob Zombie
07. Hot Fuzz / Edgar Wright
08. Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi
09. The King of Kong / Seth Gordon
10. The Host / Bong Joon-ho
2006:
01. Inland Empire / David Lynch
02. L'Enfant / Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne
03. Pan's Labyrinth / Guillermo Del Toro
04. Bugcrush / Carter Smith
05. A Prairie Home Companion / Robert Altman
06. The Departed / Martin Scorsese
07. Brick / Rian Johnson
08. The Descent / Neil Marshal
09. The Prestige / Christopher Nolan
10. Mission Impossible III / J.J. Abrams
2005:
01. Caché / Michael Haneke
02. The New World / Terrence Malick
03. A History of Violence / David Cronenberg
04. Funny Ha Ha / Andrew Bujalski
05. Grizzly Man / Werner Herzog
06. Old Boy / Park Chan-Wook
07. Broken Flowers / Jim Jarmusch
08. Capote / Bennett Miller
09. Downfall / Oliver Hirschbiegel
10. The War of the Worlds / Steven Spielberg
2004:
01. Los Angeles Plays Itself / Thom Andersen
02. Crimson and Gold / Jafar Panahi
03. Notre Musique / Jean-Luc Godard
04. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Michel Gondry
05. Dogville / Lars Von Trier
06. Sideways / Alexander Payne
07. 9 Songs / Michael Winterbottom
08. Vera Drake / Mike Leigh
09. Before Sunset / Richard Linklater
10. Primer / Shane Carruth
2003:
01. Elephant / Gus Van Sant
02. Lost in Translation / Sophia Coppola
03. The Fog of War / Errol Morris
04. All the Real Girls / David Gordon Green
05. Shattered Glass / Billy Ray
06. 21 Grams / Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
07. The Cooler / Wayne Kramer
08. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 / Quentin Tarantino
09. American Splendor / Shari Springer Berman
10. Finding Nemo / Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
2002:
01. In Praise of Love / Jean-Luc Godard
02. Y Tu Mama Tambien / Alfonso Cuaron
03. Punch-Drunk Love / P.T. Anderson
04. Spider / David Cronenberg
05. 25th Hour / Spike Lee
06. Trouble Every Day / Claire Denis
07. Spirited Away / Hayao Miyazaki
08. About Schmidt / Alexander Payne
09. 24 Hour Party People / Michael Winterbottom
10. Adaptation / Spike Jonze
2001:
01. Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch
02. A.I. Artificial Intelligence / Steven Spielberg
03. In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar-Wai
04. Code Unknown / Michael Haneke
05. The Royal Tenenbaums / Wes Anderson
06. Ghost World / Terry Zwigoff
07. Gosford Park / Robert Altman
08. Audition / Takashi Miike
09. Ginger Snaps / John Fawcett
10. Waking Life / Richard Linklater
2000:
01. Yi Yi: A One and a Two... / Edward Yang
02. Dancer in the Dark / Lars Von Trier
03. The Heart of the World / Guy Maddin
04. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai / Jim Jarmusch
05. Best in Show / Christopher Guest
06. Wonderland / Michael Winterbottom
07. Battle Royale / Kinji Fukasaku
08. Traffic / Steven Soderbergh
09. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Ang Lee
10. American Psycho / Mary Harron
Calum Marsh—Film Yearbook
Film Yearbooks
Music Yearbooks
In an effort to maintain some level of continuity, every film has been categorized by its US theatrical release year. If a film never receives a US theatrical release, it’s given a “five year buffer period” before it becomes eligible the year of its earliest public release anywhere in the world. —SCM
