1. Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch

2. Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke

3. There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson

4. Beau Travail / Claire Denis

5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu / Cristi Puiu

6. Millennium Mambo / Hou Hsiao-hsien

7. 35 Shots of Rum / Claire Denis

8. Tropical Malady / Apichatpong Weerasethakul

9. What Time is It There? / Tsai Ming-liang

10. L'Enfant / Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

11. The World / Jia Zhang-ke

12. Dancer in the Dark / Lars Von Trier

13. The Limits of Control / Jim Jarmusch

14. The Fast Runner / Zacharias Kunuk

15. Russian Ark / Aleksandr Sokurov

16. Notre Musique / Jean-Luc Godard

17. Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino

18. Lost in Translation / Sofia Coppola

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

20. Il Divo / Paolo Sorrentino

1.   24 City / Jia Zhang-ke
   

2.   35 Shots of Rum / Claire Denis
   

3.   Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino
   

4.   Il Divo / Paolo Sorrentino
   

5.   The Limits of Control / Jim Jarmusch
   

6.   Public Enemies / Michael Mann
   

7.   Revanche / Götz Spielmann
   

8.   Summer Hours / Olivier Assayas
   

9.   Tokyo Sonata / Kiyoshi Kurosawa
   

10.   Tulpan / Sergei Dvortsevoy

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

2.   Boarding Gate / Olivier Assayas
   

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

4.   Hunger / Steve McQueen
   

5.   In the City of Sylvia / Jose Luis Guerin
   

6.   The Last Mistress / Catherine Breillat
   

7.   Let the Right One In / Tomas Alfredson
   

8.   Still Life / Jia Zhang-ke
   

9.   Tell No One / Guillaume Canet
   

10.   The Wrestler / Darren Aronofsky

1.   12:08 East of Bucharest / Corneliu Porumboiu
   

2.   After the Wedding / Susanne Bier
   

3.   Curse of the Golden Flower / Zhang Yimou
   

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

5.   Death Proof / Quentin Tarantino
   

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

7.   Sunshine / Danny Boyle
   

8.   Syndromes ... / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
   

9.   There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson
   

10.   Wind That Shakes the Barley / Ken Loach

1.   Brick / Rian Johnson
   

2.   Casino Royale / Martin Campbell
   

3.   Children of Men / Alfonso Cuaron
   

4.   Crank / Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
   

5.   The Death of Mr. Lazarescu / Cristi Puiu
   

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

7.   House of Sand / Andrucha Waddington
   

8.   Three Times / Hou Hsiao-hsien
   

9.   Tristram Shandy ... / Michael Winterbottom
   

10.   V For Vendetta / James McTeigue

1.   A History of Violence / David Cronenberg
   

2.   Caché / Michael Haneke
   

3.   Café Lumiere / Hou Hsiao-hsien
   

4.   The Holy Girl / Lucrecia Martel
   

5.   The Intruder / Claire Denis
   

6.   Kings & Queen / Arnaud Desplechin
   

7.   Saraband / Ingmar Bergman
   

8.   Tropical Malady / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
   

9.   The White Diamond / Werner Herzog
   

10.   The World / Jia Zhang-ke

1.   Bad Education / Pedro Almodovar
   

2.   Bright Leaves / Ross McElwee
   

3.   Close Your Eyes / Nick Willing
   

4.   Dogville / Lars Von Trier
   

5.   Hero / Zhang Yimou
   

6.   Notre Musique / Jean-Luc Godard
   

7.   The Return / Andrei Zvyagintsev
   

8.   Saddest Music in the World / Guy Maddin
   

9.   Touching the Void / Kevin Macdonald
   

10.   The Twilight Samurai / Yoji Yamada

1.   28 Days Later / Danny Boyle
   

2.   The Company / Robert Altman
   

3.   demonlover / Olivier Assayas
   

4.   Flower of Evil / Claude Chabrol
   

5.   Hotel / Mike Figgis
   

6.   Lost in Translation / Sofia Coppola
   

7.   Millennium Mambo / Hou Hsiao-hsien
   

8.   Russian Ark / Aleksandr Sokurov
   

9.   Ten / Abbas Kiarostami
   

10.   Unknown Pleasures / Jia Zhang-ke

1.   Blissfully Yours / Apichatpong Weerasethakul
   

2.   The Bourne Identity / Doug Liman
   

3.   The Fast Runner / Zacharias Kunuk
   

4.   Maelstrom / Denis Villeneuve
   

5.   Punch-Drunk Love / Paul Thomas Anderson
   

6.   The Son / Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
   

7.   Spirited Away / Hayao Miyazaki
   

8.   Talk to Her / Pedro Almodovar
   

9.   Trouble Every Day / Claire Denis
   

10.   What Time is It There? / Tsai Ming-liang

1.   La Ciénaga / Lucrecia Martel
   

2.   Code Unknown / Michael Haneke
   

3.   Fat Girl / Catherine Breillat
   

4.   The Gleaners & I / Agnes Varda
   

5.   Gosford Park / Robert Altman
   

6.   In the Mood for Love / Wong Kar Wai
   

7.   Little Otik / Jan Svankmajer
   

8.   Mulholland Dr. / David Lynch
   

9.   The Royal Tenenbaums / Wes Anderson
   

10.   Werkmeister Harmonies / Bela Tarr

1.   Battle Royale / Kinji Fukasaku
   

2.   Beau Travail / Claire Denis
   

3.   Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Ang Lee
   

4.   Dancer in the Dark / Lars Von Trier
   

5.   Full Blast / Rodrigue Jean
   

6.   The Idiots / Lars Von Trier
   

7.   Pitch Black / David Twohy
   

8.   Unbreakable / M. Night Shyamalan
   

9.   The Wind Will Carry Us / Abbas Kiarostami
   

10.   Yi Yi: A One and a Two… / Edward Yang

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.