The Rules

Updates:

1. •  Birdsong (2009) / Albert Serra
   

2. •  Workingman’s Death (2006) / Michael Glawogger 
   

3. •  The Uncertainty Principle (2002) / Manoel de Oliveira
   

4. •  The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (2001) / John Gianvito
   

5. •  The Heart of the World (2000) / Guy Maddin
   

2011:

1. •  Aurora / Cristi Puiu
   

2. •  The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu / Andrei Ujicä
   

3. •  Certified Copy / Abbas Kiarostami
   

4. •  Film Socialisme / Jean-Luc Godard
   

5. •  Le Havre / Aki Kaurismäki
   

6. •  House of Pleasures / Bertrand Bonello
   

7. •  Meek’s Cutoff / Kelly Reichardt
   

8. •  Mysteries of Lisbon / Raúl Ruiz
   

9. •  Poetry / Lee Chang-dong
   

10. •  Le Quattro Volte / Michelangelo Frammartino
    

11. •  El Sicario: Room 164 / Gianfranco Rosi
    

12. •  To Die Like a Man / João Pedro Rodrigues
    

13. •  The Tree of Life / Terrence Malick
    

14. •  Tuesday, After Christmas / Radu Muntean
    

15. •  Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
    

2010:

1. •  Alamar / Pedro González Rubio
   

2. •  Around a Small Mountain / Jacques Rivette
   

3. •  Bluebeard / Catherine Breillat
   

4. •  Dogtooth / Yorgos Lanthimos
   

5. •  Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl / Manoel de Oliveira
   

6. •  Everyone Else / Maren Ade
   

7. •  Mother / Bong Joon-ho
   

8. •  Ne change rien / Pedro Costa
   

9. •  Our Beloved Month of August / Miguel Gomes
   

10. •  Secret Sunshine / Lee Chang-dong
    

11. •  The Social Network / David Fincher
    

12. •  The Strange Case of Angelica / Manoel de Oliveira
    

13. •  Trash Humpers / Harmony Korine
    

14. •  White Material / Claire Denis
    

15. •  Wild Grass / Alain Resnais
    

Decade: 2009 - 2000:

01. Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch

02. Syndromes and a Century / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

03. Platform / Jia Zhang-ke

04. In Vanda’s Room / Pedro Costa

05. Yi Yi: A One and a Two... / Edward Yang

06. Werkmeister Harmonies / Béla Tarr

07. The Wind Will Carry Us / Abbas Kiarostami

08. Russian Ark / Alexandr Sokurov

09. Goodbye, Dragon Inn / Tsai Ming-liang

10. Los Angeles Plays Itself / Thom Andersen

11. Evolution of a Filipino Family / Lav Diaz

12. Caché / Michael Haneke

13. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu / Cristi Puiu

14. Eureka / Shinji Aoyama

15. La Libertad / Lissandro Alonso

16. Beau Travail / Claire Denis

17. Three Times / Hou Hsiao-hsien

18. The New World / Terrence Malick

19. There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson

20. In Praise of Love / Jean-Luc Godard

2009:

1. •  24 City / Jia Zhang-ke
   

2. • 35 Shots of Rum / Claire Denis
   

3. •  Birdsong / Albert Serra
   

4. •  The Headless Woman / Lucrecia Martel
   

5. •  Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino
   

6. •  The Limits of Control / Jim Jarmusch
   

7. •  Liverpool / Lisandro Alonso
   

8. •  Police, Adjective / Corneliu Porumboiu
   

9. •  Revanche / Götz Spielman
   

10. •  Silent Light / Carlos Reygadas
    

11. •  Still Walking / Hirokazu Kore-eda
    

12. •  Summer Hours / Olivier Assayas
    

13. •  The Sun / Aleksandr Sokurov
    

14. •  Tokyo Sonata / Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    

15. •  The White Ribbon / Michael Haneke
    

2008:

1. •  4 Months, 3 Weeks & Two Days / Cristian Mungiu
   

2. •  A Christmas Tale / Arnaud Desplechin
   

3. •  Alexandra / Alexandr Sokurov
   

4. •  The Duchess of Langeais / Jacques Rivette
   

5. •  Flight of the Red Balloon / Hou Hsiao-hsie
   

6. •  In the City of Sylvia / Jose Luis Guerin
   

7. •  My Winnipeg / Guy Maddin
   

8. •  Paranoid Park / Gus Van Sant
   

9. •  Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind / John Gianvito
   

10. •  The Romance of Astrea & Celadon / Eric Rohmer
    

11. •  The Secret of the Grain / Abdel Kechiche
    

12. •  Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke
    

13. •  Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman
    

14. •  Wendy & Lucy / Kelly Reichardt
    

15. •  Woman On the Beach / Hong Sangsoo
    

2007:

1. •  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford / Andrew Dominik
   

2. •  Black Book / Paul Verhoeven
   

3. •  Colossal Youth / Pedro Costa
   

4. •  I’m Not There / Todd Haynes
   

5. •  I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone / Tsai Ming-liang
   

6. •  Longing / Valeska Grisebach
   

7. •  Los muertos / Lisandro Alonso
   

8. •  No Country for Old Men / Joel & Ethan Coen
   

9. •  Offside / Jafar Panahi
   

10. •  Private Fears in Public Places / Alain Resnais
    

11. •  RR / James Benning
    

12. •  Syndromes and a Century / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
    

13. •  There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson
    

14. •  West of the Tracks / Wang Bing
    

15. •  Zodiac / David Fincher
    

2006:

1. •  Battle in Heaven / Carlos Reygadas
   

2. •  Children of Men / Alfonso Cuaron
   

3. •  Clean / Olivier Assayas
   

4. •  Climates / Nuri Bilge Ceylan
   

5. •  The Death of Mr. Lazarescu / Cristi Puiu
   

6. •  The Departed / Martin Scorsese
   

7. •  L’Enfant / Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne
   

8. •  Inland Empire / David Lynch
   

9. •  Workingman’s Death / Michael Glawogger
   

10. •  Old Joy / Kelly Reichardt
    

11. •  Pan’s Labyrinth / Guillermo Del Toro
    

12. •  Three Times / Hou Hsiao-hsien
    

13. •  Two Drifters / João Pedro Rodrigues
    

14. •  When the Levees Broke / Spike Lee
    

15. •  Woman Is the Future of Man / Hong Sangsoo
    

2005:

1. •  2046 / Wong Kar-wai
   

2. •  A History of Violence / David Cronenberg
   

3. •  Caché / Michael Haneke
   

4. •  Café Lumiere / Hou Hsiao-hsien
   

5. •  Grizzly Man / Werner Herzog
   

6. •  The Holy Girl / Lucrecia Martel
   

7. •  The Intruder / Claire Denis
   

8. •  Kings & Queen / Arnaud Desplechin
   

9. •  Last Days / Gus Van Sant
   

10. •  Memories of Murder / Bong Joon-ho
    

11. •  The New World / Terrence Malick
    

12. •  Oxhide / Jiayin Liu
    

13. •  Saraband / Ingmar Bergman
    

14. •  Tropical Malady / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
    

15. •  The World / Jia Zhang-ke
    

2004:

1. •  13 Lakes / James Benning
   

2. •  Bad Education / Pedro Almodovar
   

3. •  Before Sunset / Richard Linklater
   

4. •  Crimson Gold / Jafar Panahi
   

5. •  Distant / Nuri Bilge Ceylan
   

6. •  Dogville / Lars von Trier
   

7. •  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Michel Gondry
   

8. •  Evolution of a Filipino Family / Lav Diaz
   

9. •  Goodbye, Dragon Inn / Tsai Ming-liang
   

10. •  Kill Bill Vol. 2 / Quentin Tarantino
    

11. •  Los Angeles Plays Itself / Thom Andersen
    

12. •  Springtime in a Small Town / Tian Zhuangzhuang
    

13. •  Moolaadé / Ousmane Sembene
    

14. •  Notre Musique / Jean-Luc Godard
    

15. •  Tarnation / Jonathan Caouette
    

2003:

1. •  Capturing the Friedmans / Andrew Jarecki
   

2. •  Come and Go / João César Monteiro
   

3. •  demonlover / Olivier Assayas
   

4. •  Elephant / Gus Van Sant
   

5. •  Friday Night / Claire Denis
   

6. •  Gerry / Gus Van Sant
   

7. •  Kill Bill Vol. 1 / Quentin Tarantino
   

8. •  Lost in Translation / Sophia Coppola
   

9. •  The Man Without a Past / Aki Kaurismäki
   

10. •  Millennium Mambo / Hou Hsiao-hsien
    

11. •  Mystic River / Clint Eastwood
    

12. •  Platform / Jia Zhang-ke
    

13. •  The Son / Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
    

14. •  Ten / Abbas Kiarostami
    

15. •  Unknown Pleasures / Jia Zhang-ke
    

2002:

1. •  25th Hour / Spike Lee
   

2. •  Adaptation. / Spike Jonze
   

3. •  Blissfully Yours / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
   

4. •  The Fast Runner / Zacharias Kunuk
   

5. •  I’m Going Home / Manoel de Oliveira
   

6. •  In Praise of Love / Jean-Luc Godard
   

7. •  The Lady and the Duke / Eric Rohmer
   

8. •  Russian Ark / Alexandr Sokurov
   

9. •  Spider / David Cronenberg
   

10. •  Spirited Away / Hayao Miyazaki
    

11. •  Talk to Her / Pedro Almodovar
    

12. •  Trouble Every Day / Claire Denis
    

13. •  Turning Gate / Hong Sangsoo
    

14. •  The Uncertainty Principle / Manoel de Oliveira
    

15. •  What Time Is It There? / Tsai Ming-liang
    

2001:

1. •  A.I. Artificial Intelligence / Steven Spielberg
   

2. •  La ciénaga / Lucrecia Martel
   

3. •  The Circle / Jafar Panahi
   

4. •  Eureka / Shinji Aoyama
   

5. •  Fat Girl / Catherine Briellat
   

6. •  Ghost World / Terry Zwigoff
   

7. •  The Gleaners & I / Agnès Varda
   

8. •  In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar-wai
   

9. •  La libertad / Lisandro Alonso
   

10. •  The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein / John Gianvito
    

11. •  Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch
    

12. •  The Royal Tenenbaums / Wes Anderson
    

13. •  Songs from the Second Floor / Roy Andersson
    

14. •  Va Savoir / Jacques Rivette
    

15. •  Werkmeister Harmonies / Béla Tarr
    

2000:

1. •  Almost Famous / Cameron Crowe
   

2. •  Beau Travail / Claire Denis
   

3. •  La Captive / Chantal Akerman
   

4. •  Dancer in the Dark / Lars von Trier
   

5. •  George Washington / David Gordon Green
   

6. •  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai / Jim Jarmusch
   

7. •  The Heart of the World / Guy Maddin
   

8. •  The House of Mirth / Terence Davies
   

9. •  In Vanda’s Room / Pedro Costa
   

10. •  Taboo / Nagisa Oshima
    

11. •  Time Regained / Raul Ruiz
    

12. •  Traffic / Steven Soderbergh
    

13. •  Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors / Hong Sangsoo
    

14. •  The Wind Will Carry Us / Abbas Kiarostami
    

15. •  Yi Yi: A One and a Two... / Edward Yang

Jordan Cronk—Film Yearbook

Film Yearbooks

1. •Sam C. Mac
   

2. •Jordan Cronk
   

3. •Luke Gorham
   

4. •Kathie Smith
   

5. •Calum Marsh
   

6. •A.A. Dowd
   

7. •Matthew Lucas

Music Yearbooks

1. •Sam C. Mac
   

2. •Jordan Cronk
   

3. •Luke Gorham
   

4. •Chris Nowling
   

5. •Kyle Fowle
   

6. •Calum Marsh

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

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