1. In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar-wai
2. Pistol Opera / Seijun Suzuki

3. Eureka / Shinji Aoyama

4. Tropical Malady / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

5. Japon / Carlos Reygadas

6. Werckmeister Harmonies / Béla Tarr

7. Millennium Mambo / Hou Hsiao-hsien

8. La Ciénaga / Lucrecia Martel

9. Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke

10. Inland Empire / David Lynch

11. What Time Is It There? / Tsai Ming-

12. Sympathy for Mr. ... / Park Chan-wook

13. The Saddest Music in ... / Guy Maddin

14. Syndromes ... / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

15. Graveyard of Honor / Takashi Miike

16. Pulse / Kiyoshi Kurosawa

17. Death of Mr. Lazarescu / Cristi Puiu

18. Old Joy / Kelly Reichardt

19. Cache / Michael Haneke

20. Colossal Youth / Pedro Costa

1.   24 City / Jia Zhangke
   

2.   35 Shots of Rum / Claire Denis
   

3.   Antichrist / Lars von Trier
   

4.   The Beaches of Agnès / Agnès Varda
   

5.   Bronson / Nicolas Winding Refn
   

6.   Gomorrah / Matteo Garrone
   

7.   The Headless Woman / Lucrecia Martel
   

8.   The Hurt Locker / Kathryn Bigelow
   

9.   Il Divo / Paolo Sorrentino
   

10.   Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino
    

11.   Munyurangabo / Lee Isaac Chung
    

12.   Oblivion / Heddy Honigmann
    

13.   Rembrandt’s J’accuse / Peter Greenaway
    

14.   Revanche / Götz Spielmann
    

15.   Silent Light / Carlos Reygadas
    

16.   Still Walking / Hirokazu Koreeda
    

17.   Summer Hours / Oliver Assayas
    

18.   The Sun / Aleksandr Sokurov
    

19.   Tokyo Sonata / Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    

20.   The White Ribbon / Michael Haneke

1.   4 Months, 3 Weeks and … / Cristian Mungiu
   

2.   Alexandra / Aleksandr Sokurov
   

3.   Beaufort / Joseph Cedar
   

4.   Before I Forget / Jacques Nolot
   

5.   Cassandra’s Dream / Woody Allen
   

6.   Encounters at the End of ... / Werner Herzog
   

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

8.   Hunger / Steve McQueen
   

9.   JCVD / Mabrouk El Mechri
   

10.   Mad Detective / Johnnie To
    

11.   Man on Wire / James Marsh
    

12.   Mister Lonely / Harmony Korine
    

13.   Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke
    

14.   Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman
    

15.   The Unforeseen / Laura Dunn
    

16.   Trouble the Water / Carl Deal & Tia Lessin
    

17.   Waltz With Bashir / Ari Forman
    

18.   Wendy and Lucy / Kelly Reichardt
    

19.   Woman on the Beach / Hong Sang-soo
    

20.   Zidane: A 21st Century … / Douglas Gordon

1.   12:08 East of Bucharest / Corneliu Porumbolu
   

2.   Branded Upon the Brain! / Guy Maddin
   

3.   Bug / William Friedkin
   

4.   Chop Shop / Ramin Bahrani
   

5.   Colossal Youth / Pedro Costa
   

6.   Dry Season / Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
   

7.   Exiled / Johnnie To
   

8.   Ghosts of Cité ... / Asger Leth
   

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

10.   I’m Not There / Todd Haynes
    

11.   Little Moth / Tao Peng
    

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

13.   No End in Sight / Charles Ferguson
    

14.   Ping Pong / Fumihiko Sori
    

15.   Southland Tales / Richard Kelly
    

16.   Taste of Tea / Katsuhiro Ishii
    

17.   Tears of the Black Tiger / Wisit Sasanatieng
    

18.   Triad Election / Johnnie To
    

19.   The Wayward Cloud / Tsai Ming-liang
    

20.   West of the Tracks / Wang Bing

1.   4 / Ilya Khrjanovsky
   

2.   Children of Men / Alfonso Curón
   

3.   Climates / Nuri Bilge Ceylan
   

4.   Darwin’s Nightmare / Hubert Sauper
   

5.   Gabrielle / Patrice Chéreau
   

6.   Inland Empire / David Lynch
   

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

8.   Man Push Cart / Ramin Bahrani
   

9.   Marie Antionette / Sofia Coppola
   

10.   Miami Vice / Michael Mann
    

11.   Old Joy / Kelly Reichardt
    

12.   Our Daily Bread / Nikolaus Geyrhaiter
    

13.   Sympathy for Lady … / Park Chan-wook
    

14.   The Case of the Grinning Cat / Chris Marker
    

15.   The Death of Mr. Lazarescu / Cristi Puiu
    

16.   The Descent / Neil Marshall
    

17.   The Proposition / John Hillcoat
    

18.   Three Times / Hou Hsiao-hsien
    

19.   Volver / Pedro Almodovar
    

20.   Workingman’s Death / Michael Glawogger

1.   2046 / Wong Kar-Wai
   

2.   Caché / Michael Haneke
   

3.   Café Lumiere / Hou Hsiao-Hsien
   

4.   The Devil’s Rejects / Rob Zombie
   

5.   Funky Forest: The First ... / Katsuhiro Ishii
   

6.   Grizzly Man / Werner Herzog
   

7.   Hanging Garden / Toshiaki Toyoda
   

8.   The Holy Girl / Lucrecia Martel
   

9.   The Intruder / Claire Denis
   

10.   J.S.A.: Joint Security Area / Park Chan-wook
    

11.   Pulse / Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    

12.   Kings & Queen / Arnaud Desplechin
    

13.   Match Point / Woody Allen
    

14.   Memories of Murder / Bong Joon-ho
    

15.   Mind Game / Masaaki Yuasu
    

16.   Oldboy / Park Chan-wook
    

17.   Sympathy For Mr. ... / Park Chan-wook
    

18.   Tale of Cinema / Hong Sang-soo
    

19.   Tropical Malady / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
    

20.   The World / Jia Zhangke

1.   Blind Shaft / Li Yang
   

2.   Blood and Bones / Yoichi Sai
   

3.   Control Room / Jehane Noujaim
   

4.   Distant / Nuri Bilge Ceylan
   

5.   Dogville / Lars von Trier
   

6.   The Five Obstructions / Lars von Trier
   

7.   Ghost in the Shell 2 ... / Mamoru Oshii
   

8.   Goodbye, Dragon Inn / Tsai Ming-liang
   

9.   Gozu / Takashi Miike
   

10.   Hero / Zhang Yimou
    

11.   Infernal Affairs / Andrew Lau
    

12.   Moolaadé / Ousmane Sembene
    

13.   Notre Musique / Jean-Luc Godard
    

14.   The Return / Andrei Zvyagintsev
    

15.   Saddest Music in the World / Guy Maddin
    

16.   Shaolin Soccer / Stephen Chow
    

17.   Springtime in a Small ... / Tian Zhuangzhuang
    

18.   Tale of Two Sisters / Kim Ji-woon
    

19.   Time of the Wolf / Michael Haneke
    

20.   Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi / Takashi Kitano

1.   28 Days Later / Danny Boyle
   

2.   All Tomorrow’s Parties / Yu Lik-wai
   

3.   La Commune (Paris ... / Peter Watkins
   

4.   Cremaster 3 / Matthew Barney
   

5.   Divine Intervention / Elia Suleiman
   

6.   Dracula: Pages from a ... / Guy Maddin
   

7.   Gerry / Gus Van Sant
   

8.   In the Cut / Jane Campion
   

9.   Irreversible / Gaspar Noé
   

10.   Japón / Carlos Reygadas
    

11.   Lilya 4-ever / Lukas Moodyson
    

12.   Lost in Translation / Sophia Coppola
    

13.   Millennium Mambo / Hou Hsiao-hsien
    

14.   Pistol Opera / Seijun Suzuki
    

15. Platform / Jia Zhang-ke
    

16.   Sharasoju / Naomi Kawase
    

17.   The Son / Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
    

18.   Shark Skin Man & Peach ... / Katsuhiro Ishii
    

19.   The Triplets of Bellville / Sylvain Chomet
    

20.   Unknown Pleasures / Jia Zhang-ke

1.   Amores Perros / Alejandro González Iñárritu
   

2.   Audition / Takashi Miike
   

3.   La Ciénaga / Lucrecia Martel
   

4.   Distance / Hirokazu Koreeda
   

5.   Electric Dragon 80,000v / Sogo Ishii
   

6.   Eureka / Shinji Aoyama
   

7.   Fat Girl / Catherine Breillat
   

8.   The Gleaners & I / Agnès Varda
   

9.   The Happiness of ... / Takashi Miike 
   

10.   In the Mood For Love / Wong Kar-wai
    

11.   Little Otik / Jan Svankmajer
    

12.   Mulholland Drive / David Lynch
    

13.   Nabi / Moon Seung-wook
    

14.   Sexy Beast / Jonathan Glazer
    

15.   Sobior / Claude Lanzmann
    

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

17.   Sorum / Yoon Jong-chang
    

18.   Together / Lukas Moodyson
    

19.   Werckmeister Harmonies / Béla Tarr
    

20.   You Shoot, I Shoot / Pang Ho-Cheung

1.   Battle Royale / Kinji Fukasaku
   

2.   Beau Travail / Claire Denis
   

3.   Best in Show / Christopher Guest
   

4.   Croupier / Mike Hodges
   

5.   Dancer in the Dark / Lars von Trier
   

6.   Dark Days / Marc Singer
   

7.   Die Bad / Ryu Seung-wan
   

8.   Durian Durian / Fruit Chan
   

9.   The Filth and the Fury / Julien Temple
   

10.   Taboo / Nagisa Oshima
    

11.   Not One Less / Zhang Yimou
    

12.   Nowhere to Hide / Lee Myung-se
    

13.   O Brother Where Art ... / Joel & Ethan Coen
    

14.   Peppermint Candy / Lee Chang-dong
    

15.   Ratcatcher / Lynne Ramsey
    

16.   Suzhou River / Lou Ye
    

17.   Traffic / Steven Soderbergh
    

18.   Virgin Stripped Bare by … / Hong Sang-soo
    

19.   Wild Zero / Tetsuro Takeuchi
    

20.   The Wind Will Carry Us / Abbas Kiarostami

1.   All About Lily Chou-Chou / Shunji Awai
   

2.   Blissfully Yours / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
   

3.   Devils on the Doorstep / Jiang Wen
   

4.   Far From Heaven / Todd Haynes
   

5.   Graveyard of Honor / Takashi Miike
   

6.   In Praise of Love / Jean-Luc Godard
   

7.   The Isle / Kim Ki-duk
   

8.   July Rhapsody / Ann Hui
   

9.   Morvern Callar / Lynne Ramsey
   

10.   My Beautiful Girl Mari / Lee Seong-
    

11.   No Blood No Tears / Ryu Seung-wan
    

12.   The Piano Teacher / Michael Haneke
    

13.   Revengers Tragedy / Alex Cox
    

14.   Spider / David Cronenberg
    

15.   Spirited Away / Hayao Miyazaki
    

16.   Talk to Her / Pedro Almodovar
    

17. Trouble Every Day / Claire Denis
    

18.   Turning Gate / Hong Sang-soo
    

19.   Uzumaki / Higuchinsky
    

20.   What Time is It There? / Tsai Ming-

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.