2000
10. Werckmeister Harmonies [Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky] Hungary
09. Battle Royale [Kinji Fukasaku] Japan
08. American Psycho [Mary Harron] USA
07. Dancer in the Dark [Lars von Trier] Denmark
06. Almost Famous [Cameron Crowe] USA
05. Yi Yi [Edward Yang] Taiwan / Japan
04. Songs From The Second Floor [Roy Andersson] Sweden / Norway / Denmark
03. Amores Perros [Alejandro González Iñárritu] Mexico
02. In the Mood for Love [Wong Kar-wai] Hong Kong
01. Requiem for a Dream [Darren Aronofsky] USA
2001
11. The Devil’s Backbone [Guillermo del Toro] Spain / Mexico
10. My Sassy Girl [Kwak Jae-yong] South Korea
09. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain [Jean-Pierre Jeunet] France / Germany
08. A.I. Artificial Intelligence [Steven Spielberg] USA
07. The Piano Teacher [Michael Haneke] France / Austria / Germany
06. Y Tu Mamá También [Alfonso Cuarón] Mexico
05. Spirited Away [Hayao Miyazaki] Japan
04. Waking Life [Richard Linklater] USA
03. Mulholland Dr. [David Lynch] USA
02. Donnie Darko [Richard Kelly] USA
01. All About Lily Chou-Chou [Shunji Iwai] Japan
2002
10. Russian Ark [Aleksandr Sokurov] Russia / Germany / Canada / Finland
09. Talk to Her [Pedro Almodóvar] Spain
08. 28 Days Later… [Danny Boyle] UK
07. Hero [Zhang Yimou] China
06. The Hours [Stephen Daldry] UK / USA
05. The Pianist [Roman Polanski] France / Germany / Poland / UK
04. Lilya 4-Ever [Lukas Moodysson] Sweden / Denmark
03. City of God [Fernando Meirelles] Brazil
02. Blissfully Yours [Apichatpong Weerasethakul] Thailand
01. Irreversible [Gaspar Noé] France
2003
12. The Room [Tommy Wiseau] USA
11. Memories of Murder [Joon-ho Bong] South Korea
10. A Tale of Two Sisters [Kim Jee-woon] South Korea
09. Shara [Naomi Kawase] Japan
08. Monster [Patty Jenkins] USA / Germany
07. Elephant [Gus Van Sant] USA
06. Oldboy [Yimou Zhang] South Korea
05. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 [Quentin Tarantino] USA
04. The Return [Andrey Zvyagintsev] Russia
03. At Five in the Afternoon [Samira Makhmalbaf] Iran
02. The Dreamers [Bernardo Bertolucci] UK / France / Italy
01. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring [Ki-duk Kim] South Korea / Germany
2004
14. Troy [Wolfgang Petersen] USA / UK / Malta
13. The Aviator [Martin Scorsese] USA
12. Downfall [Oliver Hirschbiegel] Germany / Italy / Austria
11. Nobody Knows [Hirokazu Koreeda] Japan
10. The Taste of Tea [Katsuhito Ishii] Japan
09. Mysterious Skin [Gregg Araki] USA / Netherlands
08. The Motorcycle Diaries [Walter Salles] Argentina / USA / Chile / Peru / Brazil / UK / Germany / France
07. Before Sunset [Richard Linklater] USA
06. Tropical Malady [Apichatpong Weerasethakul] Thailand
05. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 [Quentin Tarantino] USA
04. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [Michel Gondry] USA
03. Howl’s Moving Castle [Hayao Miyazaki] Japan
02. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow [Theodoros Angelopoulos] Greece
01. Turtles Can Fly [Bahman Ghobadi] Iran / France / Iraq
2005
11. V for Vendetta [James McTeigue] USA / Germany
10. Sin City [Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino] USA
09. C.R.A.Z.Y. [Jean-Marc Vallée] Canada
08. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance [Park Chan-wook] South Korea
07. Serenity [Joss Whedon] USA
06. Grizzly Man [Werner Herzog] USA
05. Peacock [Changwei Gu] China
04. Ashes and Snow [Gregory Colbert] Canada
03. The Wayward Cloud [Tsai Ming-liang] Taiwan
02. L’enfant [Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne] Belgium
01. The New World [Terrence Malick] UK / USA
11. Babel [Alejandro González Iñárritu] USA / Mexico / France
10. Syndromes and a Century [Apichatpong Weerasethakul] Thailand
09. The Fall [Tarsem Singh] USA / India
08. The Science of Sleep [Michel Gondry] France / Italy
07. Shortbus [John Cameron Mitchell] USA
06. Pan’s Labyrinth [Guillermo del Toro] Spain / Mexico
05. Children of Men [Alfonso Cuarón] UK / USA
04. A Scanner Darkly [Richard Linklater] USA
03. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone [Tsai Ming-liang] Malaysia / Taiwan
02. The Fountain [Darren Aronofsky] USA
01. Inland Empire [David Lynch] France / Poland / USA
2007
12. Sunshine [Danny Boyle] UK / USA
11. Water Lilies [Céline Sciamma] France
10. The Banishment [Andrey Zvyagintsev] Russia
09. Planet Terror [Robert Rodriguez] USA
08. Once [John Carney] Ireland
07. Persepolis [Vincent Paronnaud] France / USA / Iran
06. There Will Be Blood [Paul Thomas Anderson] USA
05. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Andrew Dominik] USA
04. Into the Wild [Sean Penn] USA
03. Silent Light [Carlos Reygadas] Mexico / France / Netherlands / Germany
02. My Winnipeg [Guy Maddin] Canada
01. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [Julian Schnabel] France / USA
2008
10. The Wrestler [Darren Aronofsky] USA
09. Gomorrah [Matteo Garrone] Italy
08. Revolutionary Road [Sam Mendes] USA / UK
07. The Reader [Stephen Daldry] USA / Germany
06. Bronson [Nicolas Winding Refn] UK
05. WALL-E [Andrew Stanton] USA
04. Let the Right One In [Tomas Alfredson] Sweden
03. Hunger [Steve McQueen] Ireland / UK
02. Still Walking [Hirokazu Koreeda] Japan
01. Waltz with Bashir [Ari Folman] Israel / Germany / France
2009
13. Valhalla Rising [Nicolas Winding Refn] Denmark
12. A Single Man [Tom Ford] USA
11. About Elly [Asghar Farhadi] Iran
10. Watchmen [Zack Snyder] USA
09. I Killed My Mother [Xavier Dolan] Canada
08. Inglourious Basterds [Quentin Tarantino] Germany / USA
07. The Wind Journeys [Ciro Guerra] Colombia / Germany / Netherlands / Argentina
06. Fish Tank [Andrea Arnold] UK
05. Fantastic Mr. Fox [Wes Anderson] USA
04. Mother [Joon-ho Bong] South Korea
03. Dogtooth [Giorgos Lanthimos] Greece
02. The White Ribbon [Michael Haneke] Germany
01. Enter the Void [Gaspar Noé] France
