2000s

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2009

1 THE ROAD (John Hillcoat)
2 VENGEANCE (Johnny To)
3 ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE-HAIRED GIRL (Manoel de Oliveira)
4 A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Robert Zemeckis)
5 FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson)
6 WILD GRASS (Alain Resnais)
7 UP (Pete Docter)
8 SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
9 DOLLHOUSE, Season One (various directors)
10 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
11 FUNNY PEOPLE (Judd Apatow)
12 THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (Tony Scott)
13 THE THICK OF IT, Series Three (Armando Iannucci)
14 THE HEADLESS WOMAN (Lucretia Martel)
15 PERSECUTION (Patrice Chereau)
16 PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann)
17 THIRST (Park Chan-wook)

2008

1 SPEED RACER (The Wachowski Brothers)
2 HISTORIAS EXTRAORDINARIAS (Mariano Llinás)
3 CHANGELING (Clint Eastwood)
4 PONTYPOOL (Bruce McDonald)
5 SHIRIN (Abbas Kiarostami)
6 WALL·E (Andrew Stanton)
7 THE SHIELD, Season Seven (various directors)
8 THE BROTHERS BLOOM (Rian Johnson)
9 DEATH RACE (Paul W.S. Anderson)
10 SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) (Jake Nava) [music video for Beyoncé Knowles]
11 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (David Fincher)
12 BURN AFTER READING (Joel and Ethan Coen)
13 NUCINGEN HOUSE (Raoul Ruiz)
14 DR HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG (Joss Whedon)
15 LEATHERHEADS (George Clooney)
16 AUSTRALIA (Baz Luhrmann)
17 TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
18 IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh)
19 TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
20 REDBELT (David Mamet)
21 BE KIND REWIND (Michel Gondry)
22 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen)
23 APPALOOSA (Ed Harris)

2007

1 HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright)
2 ZODIAC (David Fincher)
3 BEOWULF (Robert Zemeckis)
4 THE OFFICE: "TRAVELLING SALESMEN/THE RETURN" (Greg Daniels)
5 FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
6 DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino)
7 THE MIST (Frank Darabont)
8 THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson)
9 THE HEARTBREAK KID (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
10 I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes)
11 STARDUST (Matthew Vaughn)
12 SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas)
13 MAD DETECTIVE (Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai)
14 CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (Mike Nichols)
15 DIARY OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
16 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
17 REDACTED (Brian De Palma)
18 THE LAST MIMZY (Robert Shaye)
19 MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy)
20 THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA & CELADON (Eric Rohmer)
21 RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird)

2006

1 EXILED (Johnny To)
2 INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch)
3 MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)
4 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (Michel Gondry)
5 LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood)
6 THE UNIT: "OLD HOME WEEK" (David Mamet)
7 A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (Robert Altman)
8 THE PRESTIGE (Christopher Nolan)
9 PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Alain Resnais)
10 LADY IN THE WATER (M. Night Shyamalan)
11 A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater)
12 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: "Pilot" (Peter Berg)
13 TRIAD ELECTION (Johnny To)
14 THE BOSS OF IT ALL (Lars von Trier)
15 RETRIBUTION (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
16 LADY CHATTERLY (Pascale Ferran)
17 MASTERS OF HORROR: "THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION" (Joe Dante)
18 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (Gore Verbinski)
19 THE SHIELD: "MAN INSIDE" (Dean White)
20 THE ILLUSIONIST (Neil Burger)
21 BUG (William Friedkin)
22 IDIOCRACY (Mike Judge)
23 INSIDE MAN (Spike Lee)

2005

1 MOUSE HEAVEN (Kenneth Anger)
2 ELECTION (Johnny To)
3 THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Tsai Ming-liang)
4 MASTERS OF HORROR: "HOMECOMING" (Joe Dante)
5 LAND OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
6 WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg)
7 LOFT (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
8 STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (George Lucas)
9 THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu)
10 MUNICH (Steven Spielberg)
11 THE PROPOSITION (John Hillcoat)
12 LOST: "S.O.S." (Eric Launeville) [TV Program]
13 THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN (Judd Apatow)
14 THE UNIT "DEDICATION" (David Mamet)
15 TALE OF CINEMA (Hong Sang-soo)
16 THE SUN (Alexander Sokurov)
17 GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (George Clooney)
18 BRICK (Rian Johnson)
19 L'ENFANT (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
20 CACHÉ (Michael Haneke)
21 SERENITY (Joss Whedon)
22 REVOLVER (Guy Ritchie)

2004

1 KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
2 PRIMER (Shane Carruth)
3 VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
4 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
5 THE SOPRANOS: "TEST DREAM" (Allen Coulter)
6 THE SHIELD, SEASON 3 (various directors)
7 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
8 BREAKING NEWS (Johnny To)
9 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme)
10 I ♥ HUCKABEES (David O. Russell)
11 MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
12 WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Sang-soo Hong)
13 TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
14 BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
15 THE HOLY GIRL (Lucrecia Martel)
16 COLLATERAL (Michael Mann)
17 GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (Mamoru Oshii)
18 HEAD-ON (Fatih Akin)
19 HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Hayao Miyazaki)
20 THE LADYKILLERS (Joel and Ethan Coen)
21 SPARTAN (David Mamet)
21 AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (Paul W.S. Anderson)

2003

1 DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier)
2 FATHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
3 BRIGHT FUTURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
4 CAFÉ LUMIÈRE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 DOPPELGÄNGER (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6 ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA (Dan Sallitt)
7 HULK (Ang Lee)
8 STUCK ON YOU (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
9 OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook)
10 ELEPHANT (Gus Van Sant)
11 PLAYING 'IN THE COMPANY MEN' (Arnaud Desplechin)
12 THE HUNTED (William Friedkin)
13 KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
14 MASTER OF COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (Peter Weir)
15 OPEN RANGE (Kevin Costner)
16 GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang)
17 THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (The Wachowski Brothers)
18 ZATÔICHI (Takeshi Kitano)
19 NOT ON THE LIPS (Alain Resnais)
20 THE RUNDOWN (Peter Berg)
21 ANGEL: "Conviction" (Joss Whedon)
22 TIMELINE (Richard Donner)
23 THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Sylvain Chomet)
24 ZERO DAY (Ben Coccio)
25 BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
26 THE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON (Michel Gondry)
27 ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)
28 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Chosen" (Joss Whedon)
29 THE MATRIX RELOADED (The Wachowski Brothers)

2002

1 RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov)
2 PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3 MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg)
4 THE SHIELD, SEASON ONE (various directors)
5 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Michel Gondry)
6 FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma)
7 BULLY (Larry Clark)
8 ANGEL: "Spin the Bottle" (Joss Whedon)
9 TURNING GATE (Sang-soo Hong)
10 PANIC ROOM (David Fincher)
11 THE SON (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
12 THE RING (Gore Verbinski)
13 ALI (Michael Mann)
14 THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (Mark Pellington)
15 ANGEL: "Waiting in the Wings" (Joss Whedon)
16 ALL OR NOTHING (Mike Leigh)
17 OASIS (Chang-dong Lee)
18 THE SOPRANOS: "FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE" (Allen Coulter)
19 SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Chan-wook Park)
20 CHANGING LANES (Roger Michell)
21 BLOOD WORK (Clint Eastwood)
22 DOLLS (Takeshi Kitano)
23 FIREFLY: "OBJECTS IN SPACE" (Joss Whedon)
24 STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (George Lucas)
25 THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS (Alan Rudolph)
26 UNDISPUTED (Walter Hill)
27 HAPPY HERE AND NOW (Michael Almereyda)
28 AU-DELA DE 'PLAY TIME' (Stéphane Goudet)

2001

1 PULSE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch)
3 SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)
4 WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater)
5 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg)
6 LA CIÉNAGA (Lucrecia Martel)
7 PISTOL OPERA (Seijun Suzuki)
8 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "The Body" (Joss Whedon)
9 LA PIANISTE (Michael Haneke)
10 THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
11 MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsaio Hsien)
12 THE SOPRANOS: "PINE BARRENS" (Steve Buscemi)
13 SHALLOW HAL (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
14 TIME OUT (Laurent Cantet)
15 WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang)
16 HEIST (David Mamet)
17 THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel and Ethan Coen)
18 READ MY LIPS (Jacques Audiard)
19 I'M GOING HOME (Manoel de Oliveira)
20 ABC AFRICA (Abbas Kiarostami)
21 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Frederick Wiseman)
22 MOULIN ROUGE! (Baz Luhrmann)
23 REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME (Chris Marker and Yannick Bellon)
24 TAURUS (Alexander Sokurov)
25 THE OFFICE: SERIES ONE (Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant)
26 NO SUCH THING (Hal Hartley)
27 THE SOPRANOS: "MR. RUGGERIO'S NEIGHBORHOOD" (Allen Coulter)
28 GHOSTS OF MARS (John Carpenter)

2000

1 ESTHER KAHN (Arnaud Desplechin)
2 CODE UNKNOWN (Michael Haneke)
3 EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama)
4 WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
5 THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin)
6 HAMLET (Michael Almereyda)
7 DEVILS ON THE DOOR STEP (Wen Jiang)
8 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Who Are You?" (Joss Whedon)
9 THE WAY OF THE GUN (Christopher McQuarrie)
10 ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDRE ARSENEVITCH (Chris Marker)
11 BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee)
12 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (Terence Davies)
13 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai)
14 CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis)
15 AS I WAS MOVING AHEAD OCCASIONALLY I SAW BRIEF GLIMPSES OF BEAUTY (Jonas Mekas)
16 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (Joel and Ethan Coen)
17 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: "Restless" (Joss Whedon)
18 KIPPUR (Amos Gitai)
19 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (William Friedkin)
20 AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron)
21 STATE AND MAIN (David Mamet)
22 ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe)
23 BROTHER (Takeshi Kitano)
24 WHAT'S UP FATLIP? (Spike Jonze)
25 FINAL DESTINATION (James Wong)
26 SENTIMENTAL DESTINIES (Olivier Assayas)

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