1. Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch

2. The Assassination of … / Andrew Dominik

3. The New World / Terrence Malick

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

5. Syndromes ... / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

6. Werkmeister Harmonies / Béla Tarr

7. Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke

8. 8.There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson
   

9. 9.Colossal Youth / Pedro Costa
   

10. The Wind Will Carry Us / Abbas Kiarostami

11. Eureka / Shinji Aoyama

12. Zodiac / David Fincher

13. Dogville / Lars von Trier

14. In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar-wai

15. L’Enfant / Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

16. Lost in Translation / Sophia Coppola

17. The White Ribbon / Michael Haneke

18. Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman

19. Goodbye, Dragon Inn / Tsai Ming-liang

20. Flight of the Red Balloon / Hou Hsiao-hsien

1.   35 Shots of Rum / Claire Denis
   

2.   Antichrist / Lars von Trier
   

3.   Bad Lieutenant: Port of … / Werner Herzog
   

4.   Gommorah / Matteo Gorrone
   

5.   The Headless Woman / Lucrecia Martel
   

6.   Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino
   

7.   Night and Day / Hong Sangsoo
   

8.   Revanche / Götz Spielman
   

9.   A Serious Man / Joel & Ethan Coen
   

10.   Silent Light / Carlos Reygadas
    

11.   Still Walking / Hirokazu Kore-eda
    

12.   Summer Hours / Olivier Assayas
    

13.   Tokyo Sonata / Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    

14.   Where the Wild Things Are / Spike Jonze
    

15.   The White Ribbon / Michael Haneke

1.   4 Months, 3 Weeks … / Cristian Mungiu
   

2.   A Christmas Tale / Arnaud Desplechin
   

3.   Boarding Gate / Olivier Assayas
   

4.   The Dark Knight / Christopher Nolan
   

5.   Flight of the Red Balloon / Hou Hsiao-hsien
   

6.   Happy-Go-Lucky / Mike Leigh
   

7.   In the City of Sylvia / Jose Luis Guerin
   

8.   Let the Right One In / Tomas Alfredson
   

9.   Paranoid Park / Gus Van Sant
   

10.   Rachel Getting Married / Jonathan Demme
    

11.   Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke
    

12.   Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman
    

13.   Wendy & Lucy / Kelly Reichardt
    

14.   Woman on the Beach / Hong Sangsoo
    

15.   The Wrestler / Darren Aronofsky

1.   The Assassination of … / Andrew Dominik
   

2.   Colossal Youth / Pedro Costa
   

3.   Control / Anton Corbijn
   

4.   The Diving Bell and the ... / Julian Schnabel
   

5.   The Host / Bong Joon-ho
   

6.   I’m Not There / Todd Haynes
   

7.   I Don’t Want to Sleep ... / Tsai Ming-liang
   

8.   The King of Kong: A Fistful ... / Seth Gordon
   

9.   No Country For Old Men / Joel & Ethan Coen
   

10.   Offside / Jafar Panahi
    

11.   Quiet City / Aaron Katz
    

12.   Syndromes ... / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
    

13.   There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson
    

14.   The Wayward Cloud / Tsai Ming-liang
    

15.   Zodiac / David Fincher

1.   Battle in Heaven / Carlos Reygadas
   

2.   Brick / Rian Johnson
   

3.   Children of Men / Alfonso Cuaron
   

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.   The Fountain / Darren Aronofsky
   

9.   Inland Empire / David Lynch
   

10.   Marie Antoinette / Sophia Coppola
    

11.   Pan’s Labyrinth / Guillermo Del Toro
    

12.   The Proposition / John Hillcoat
    

13.   Three Times / Hou Hsiao-hsien
    

14.   Two Drifters / João Pedro Rodrigues
    

15.   Volver / Pedro Almodovar

1.   A History of Violence / David Cronenberg
   

2.   Caché / Michael Haneke
   

3.   Café Lumiere / Hou Hsiao-hsien
   

4.   Devil and Daniel Johnston / Jeff Feuerzeig
   

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.   The New World / Terrence Malick
    

11.   Pulse / Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    

12.   The Squid and the Whale / Noah Baumbach
    

13.   Tropical Malady / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
    

14.   The White Diamond / Werner Herzog
    

15.   The World / Jia Zhang-ke

1.   Bad Education / Pedro Almodovar
   

2.   Before Sunset / Richard Linklater
   

3.   Crimson Gold / Jafar Panahi
   

4.   Distant / Nuri Bilge Ceylan
   

5.   Dogville / Lars von Trier
   

6.   Eternal Sunshine of the ... / Michel Gondry
   

7.   Goodbye, Dragon Inn / Tsai Ming-liang
   

8.   House of Flying Daggers / Zhang Yimou
   

9.   Kill Bill Vol. 2 / Quentin Tarantino
   

10.   Million Dollar Baby / Clint Eastwood
    

11.   Notre Musique / Jean-Luc Godard
    

12.   Sideways / Alexander Payne
    

13.   Tarnation / Jonathan Caouette
    

14.   Time of the Wolf / Michael Haneke
    

15.   Touching the Void / Kevin Macdonald

1.   Capturing the Friedmans / Andrew Jarecki
   

2.   demonlover / Olivier Assayas
   

3.   Elephant / Gus Van Sant
   

4.   Friday Night / Claire Denis
   

5.   Gerry / Gus Van Sant
   

6.   Kill Bill Vol. 1 / Quentin Tarantino
   

7.   Lord of the Rings: Return ... / Peter Jackson
   

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

1.   25th Hour / Spike Lee
   

2.   Adaptation. / Spike Jonze
   

3.   Blissfully Yours / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
   

4.   Far From Heaven / Todd Haynes
   

5.   In Praise of Love / Jean-Luc Godard
   

6.   Lord of the Rings ... / Peter Jackson
   

7.   The Piano Teacher / Michael Haneke
   

8.   Punch-Drunk Love / Paul Thomas Anderson
   

9.   Russian Ark / Alexandr Sokurov
   

10.   Spirited Away / Hayao Miyazaki
    

11.   Talk to Her / Pedro Almodovar
    

12.   Trouble Every Day / Claire Denis
    

13.   Turning Gate / Hong Sangsoo
    

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

15.   Y Tu Mamá También / Alfonso Cuaron

1.   A.I. Artificial Intelligence / Steven Spielberg
   

2.   La ciénaga / Lucrecia Martel
   

3.   Donnie Darko / Richard Kelly
   

4.   Eureka / Shinji Aoyama
   

5.   Fat Girl / Catherine Briellat
   

6.   Ghost World / Terry Zwigoff
   

7.   The Gleaners & I / Agnès Varda
   

8.   Gosford Park / Robert Altman
   

9.   In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar-wai
   

10.   La libertad / Lisandro Alonso
    

11.   Lord of the Rings ... / Peter Jackson
    

12.   Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch
    

13.   The Royal Tenenbaums / Wes Anderson
    

14.   Songs from the Second ... / Roy Andersson
    

15.   Werkmeister Harmonies / Béla Tarr

1.   Almost Famous / Cameron Crowe
   

2.   Beau Travail / Claire Denis
   

3.   La Captive / Chantal Akerman
   

4.   Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Ang Lee
   

5.   Dancer in the Dark / Lars von Trier
   

6.   George Washington / David Gordon Green
   

7.   Ghost Dog: The Way of ... / Jim Jarmusch
   

8.   In Vanda’s Room / Pedro Costa
   

9.   Requiem for a Dream / Darren Aronofsky
   

10.   Traffic / Steven Soderbergh
    

11.   Virgin Stripped Bare by ... / Hong Sangsoo
    

12.   The Virgin Suicides / Sofia Coppola
    

13.   The Wind Will Carry Us / Abbas Kiarostami
    

14.   Wonder Boys / Curtis Hanson
    

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

1.   Ghost Dog: The Way of ... / Jim Jarmusch
   

2.   The Piano Teacher / Michael Haneke
   

3.   The Man Without a Past / Aki Kaurismäki
   

4.   Tarnation / Jonathan Caouette
   

5.   Million Dollar Baby / Clint Eastwood

1.   Film Yearbook - Sam C. Mac
   

2.   Film Yearbook - Jordan Cronk
   

3.   Film Yearbook - A.A. Dowd
   

4.   Film Yearbook - Ranylt Richildis
   

5.   Film Yearbook - Matthew Lucas
   

6.   Film Yearbook - Kathie Smith

In effort to maintain some continuity, films have been categorized by their US release date. If a film has never seen release in the US, it’s given a ‘Five Year Buffer Period’ before it becomes eligible the year of its earliest release anywhere in the world.