Top 10 Lists

2007: 1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Dominik, USA) 2. Black Snake Moan (Brewer, USA)  3. Once (Carney, Ireland)  4. There Will Be Blood (Anderson, USA) 5. Eastern Promises (Cronenberg, UK/Canada) 6. Zodiac (Fincher, USA) 7. Day Night Day Night (Loktev, USA) 8. This is England (Meadows, UK) 9. Election 2 [Triad Election] (To, Hong Kong) 10. No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen, USA)

2006: 1. Children of Men (Cuaron, UK/USA) 2. Letters From Iwo Jima (Eastwood, Japan/USA) 3. Miami Vice (Mann, USA) 4. Happy Feet (Miller, USA) 5. Twelve and Holding (Cuesta, USA) 6. The Departed (Scorsese, USA) 7. United 93 (Greengrass, USA) 8. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Puiu, Romania) 9. Old Joy (Reichardt, USA) 10. Volver (Almodovar, Spain)

 2005: 1. The New World (Malick, USA) 2. A History of Violence (Cronenberg, USA/Canada) 3. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Jones, USA/Mexico) 4. Cafe Lumiere (Hou, Taiwan/Japan) 5. Junebug (Morrison, USA) 6. Memories of Murder (Bong, South Korea) 7. Cache (Haneke, France/Austria) 8. Downfall (Hirschbiegel, Germany) 9. The Constant Gardener (Mierelles, UK) 10. Good Night and Good Luck (Clooney, USA) 

2004: 1. Time of the Wolf (Haneke, Austria) 2. Before Sunset (Linklater, USA) 3. Collateral (Mann, USA) 4. The Return (Zvyaginstev, Russia) 5. Sideways (Payne, USA) 6. Spartan (Mamet, USA) 7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, USA/France) 8. The World (Jia, China) 9. Dogville (Von Trier, USA/Denmark) 10. Unknown Soldier (Toth, USA) 

2003: 1. All the Real Girls (Green, USA) 2. Elephant (Van Sant, USA) 3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, USA/NZ/Germany) 4. The School of Rock (Linlater, USA) 5. Mystic River (Eastwood, USA) 6. I’m Not Scared (Salvatores, Italy) 7. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Tarantino, USA/Japan) 8. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Weir, USA) 9. The Barbarian Invasions (Arcand, Canada/France) 10. Irreversible (Noe, France) 

2002: 1. Bloody Sunday (Greengrass, UK) 2. 25th Hour (Lee, USA) 3. Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, USA) 4. Stevie (James, USA) 5. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron, Mexico) 6. Far From Heaven (Haynes, USA) 7. The Piano Teacher (Haneke, Austria) 8. Road to Perdition (Mendes, USA) 9. Adaptation (Jonze, USA) 10. Spider (Cronenberg, UK/Canada)

2001: 1. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, USA) 2. The Royal Tenenbaums  (Anderson, USA) 3. In the Mood For Love (Wong, Hong Kong) 4. Ghost World (Zwigoff, USA) 5. Waking Life (Linklater, USA) 6. Donnie Darko (Kelly, USA) 7. Gosford Park (Altman, UK) 8. Bully (Clark, USA) 9. The Believer (Bean, USA) 10. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson, USA/NZ/Germany) 

2000: 1. Yi Yi (Yang, Taiwan) 2. Almost Famous (Crowe, USA) 3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Coen/Coen, USA) 4. Requiem For a Dream (Aronofsky, USA) 5. Bamboozled (Lee, USA) 6. George Washington (Green, USA) 7. The House of Mirth (Davies, UK) 8. You Can Count on Me (Lonergan, USA) 9. Panic (Bromell, USA) 10. Traffic (Soderbergh, USA)

 

1999: 1. Three Kings (O’Russell, USA) 2. Magnolia (Anderson, USA) 3. All About My Mother (Almodovar, Spain) 4. Being John Malkovitch (Jonze, USA) 5. The Insider (Mann, USA) 6. The Straight Story (Lynch, USA) 7. Ratcatcher (Ramsay, Ireland) 8. Election (Payne, USA) 9. Toy Story 2 (Lasseter, USA) 10. The Iron Giant (Bird, USA)

1998: 1. The Thin Red Line (Malick, USA) 2. Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg, USA) 3. The Big Lebowski (Coen/Coen, USA)  4. Rushmore (Anderson, USA) 5. The Celebration (Vinterberg, Denmark) 6. A Simple Plan (Raimi, USA) 7. Out of Sight (Soderbergh, USA) 8.  Taste of Cherry (Kiarostami, Iran) 9. Pleasantville (Ross, USA) 10. He Got Game (Lee, USA)

1997: 1. Jackie Brown (Tarantino, USA) 2. Boogie Nights (Anderson, USA) 3. L.A. Confidential (Hanson, USA) 4. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (Morris, USA) 5. Happy Together (Wong, Hong Kong) 6. Funny Games (Haneke, Austria) 7. Eve’s Bayou (Lemmons, USA)  8. Welcome to Sarajevo (Winterbottom, UK) 9. La Promese (Dardenne/Dardenne, Belgium) 10. Starship Troopers (Verhoven, USA)

1996: 1. Dead Man (Jarmusch, USA) 2. Lone Star (Sayles, USA) 3. Cyclo (Hung, Vietnam) 4. The White Balloon (Panahi, Iran) 5. Fargo (Coen/Coen, USA) 6. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (Berlinger/Sinofsky, USA) 7. Kansas City (Altman, USA) 8. Breaking the Waves (von Trier, Denmark) 9. Jerry Maguire (Crowe, USA) 10. Courage Under Fire (Zwick, USA)

1995: 1. Heat (Mann, USA) 2. Safe (Haynes, USA) 3. Kicking and Screaming (Baumbach, USA) 4. Before Sunrise (Linklater, USA) 5.  Exotica (Egoyan, Canada) 6. Toy Story (Lasseter, USA) 7. Babe (Noonan, USA/Australia) 8. The Glass Shield (Burnett, USA) 9. The Bridges of Madison County (Eastwood, USA) 10. Devil in a Blue Dress (Franklin, USA) 

1994: 1. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, USA) 2. The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, USA) 3. Natural Born Killers (Stone, USA) 4. To Live (Zhang, China) 5. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Newell, UK) 6. Ed Wood (Burton, USA) 7. Fresh (Yakin, USA) 8. Red (Kieslowski, Poland/France) 9. Quiz Show (Redford, USA) 10. Bullets Over Broadway (Allen, USA)

1993: 1. Dazed and Confused (Linklater, USA) 2. A Perfect World (Eastwood, USA) 3. Hardboiled (Woo, Hong Kong) 4. Matinee (Dante, USA) 5. Schindler’s List (Spielberg, USA) 6. La Scorta (Tognazzi, Italy) 7. Jurassic Park (Spielberg, USA) 8. Groundhog Day (Ramis, USA) 9. The Fugitive (Davis, USA) 10. A Bronx Tale (DeNiro, USA) 

1992: 1. Life, and Nothing More… (Kiarostami, Iran) 2. Unforgiven (Eastwood, USA) 3. Last of the Mohicans (Mann, USA) 4. Lessons of Darkness (Herzog, Germany) 5. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang, China) 6. Husbands and Wives (Allen, USA) 7. Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, USA) 8. Man Bites Dog (Belvaux/Bonzel, France) 9. Night on Earth (Jarmusch, USA/France/UK/Russia/Japan) 10. Malcolm X (Lee, USA)

1991: 1. Barton Fink (Coen/Coen, USA) 2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Cameron, USA) 3. JFK (Stone, USA) 4. 35 Up (Apted, UK) 5. Ju Dou (Zhang, China) 6. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (Hickenlooper/Bahr/E. Coppola, USA) 7. Defending Your Life (Brooks, USA) 8. The Fisher King (Gilliam, USA) 9. Rambling Rose (Coolidge, USA) 10. Homicide (Mamet, USA) 

1990: 1. Miller’s Crossing (Coen/Coen, USA) 2. White Hunter, Black Heart (Eastwood, USA) 3. Sweetie (Campion, NZ) 4. To Sleep With Anger (Burnett, USA) 5. Goodfellas (Scorsese, USA) 6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Greenaway, UK) 7. Postcards from the Edge (Nichols, USA) 8. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (McNaughton, USA) 9. Metropolitan (Stillman, USA) 10. Bad Influence (Hanson, USA)

 

1989: 1. The Decalogue (Kieslowski, Poland) 2. 84 Charlie MoPic (Duncan, USA) 3. Glory (Zwick, USA) 4. The Killer (Woo, Hong Kong) 5. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Allen, USA) 6. Do the Right Thing (Lee, USA) 7. Driving Miss Daisy (Beresford, USA) 8. Roger and Me (Moore, USA) 9. The Big Picture (Guest, USA) 10. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Herek, USA)

1988: 1. Die Hard (McTiernan, USA) 2. Another Woman (Allen, USA) 3. Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, Japan) 4. Wings of Desire (Wenders, Germany) 5. They Live (Carpenter, USA) 6. Working Girl (Nichols, USA) 7. The Last Temptation of Christ (Scorsese, USA) 8. Hairspray (Waters, USA) 9. Willow (Howard, USA) 10. Eight Men Out (Sayles, USA)

1987: 1. Empire of the Sun (Spielberg, USA) 2. Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, USA) 3. Where is the Friend’s House? (Kiarostami, Iran) 4. Tampopo (Itami, Japan) 5. Matewan (Sayles, USA) 6. Extreme Prejudice (Hill, USA) 7. Raising Arizona (Coen/Coen, USA) 8. Wall Street (Stone, USA) 9. Ishtar (May, USA) 10. The Untouchables (De Palma, USA) 

1986: 1. Manhunter (Mann, USA) 2. Blue Velvet (Lynch, USA) 3. Aliens (Cameron, USA) 4. Hannah and Her Sisters (Allen, USA) 5. Stand By Me (Reiner, USA) 6. Down By Law (Jarmusch, USA) 7. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Hughes, USA) 8. Vagabond (Varda, France) 9. The Mission (Joffe, UK) 10. Sherman’s March (McElwee, USA) 

1985: 1. Ran (Kurosawa, Japan) 2. After Hours (Scorsese, USA) 3. Brazil (Gilliam, USA) 4. Witness (Weir, USA) 5. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen, USA) 6. Back to the Future ( Zemekis, USA) 7. 28 Up (Apted, UK) 8. The Goonies (Donner, USA) 9. Real Genius (Coolidge, USA) 10. Prizzi’s Honor (Huston, USA)

1984: 1. Brother From Another Planet (Sayles, USA) 2. The Terminator (Cameron, USA) 3. Gremlins (Dante, USA) 4. Ghostbusters (Reitman, USA) 5. The Evil That Men Do (Thompson, USA) 6. Beverly Hills Cop (Brest, USA) 7. Stranger Than Paradise (Jarmusch, USA) 8. All of Me (Reiner, USA) 9. Starman (Carpenter, USA) 10. The Killing Fields (Joffe, UK) 

1983: 1. The King of Comedy (Scorsese, USA) 2. Tender Mercies (Beresford, USA) 3. Sans Soleil (Marker, France) 4. My Brother’s Wedding (Burnett, USA) 5. Videodrome (Cronenberg, Canada) 6. Zelig (Allen, USA) 7. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Oshima, UK/Japan) 8. The State of Things (Wenders, Germany) 9. The Dead Zone (Cronenberg, Canada/USA) 10. The Right Stuff (Kaufman, USA) 

1982: 1. White Dog (Fuller, USA) 2. Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, Germany) 3. The Thing (Carpenter, USA) 4. Stalker (Tarkovsky, West Germany/USSR) 5. Missing (Gravas, USA) 6. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (Spielberg, USA) 7. Blade Runner (Scott, USA) 8. Honkytonk Man (Eastwood, USA) 9. Fast Times and Ridgemont High (Heckerling, USA) 10. Diner (Levinson, USA)

1981: 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, USA) 2. Escape From New York (Carpenter, USA) 3. Blow Out (De Palma, USA) 4. The Road Warrior (Miller, Australia) 5. Body Heat (Kasdan, USA) 6. Reds (Beatty, USA) 7. Ms. 45 (Ferrara, USA) 8. Modern Romance (Brooks, USA) 9. Prince of the City (Lumet, USA) 10. Gallipoli (Weir, Australia) 

1980: 1. Gloria (Cassavetes, USA) 2. The Big Red One (Fuller, USA) 3. Breaker Morant (Beresford, Australia) 4. Dressed to Kill (De Palma, USA) 5. Heaven’s Gate (Cimino, USA) 6. Bad Timing (Roeg, UK) 7. Raging Bull (Scorsese, USA) 8. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Apted, USA) 9. Bronco Billy (Eastwood, USA) 10. Kagemusha (Kurosawa, Japan)