Match Cuts

Upon further reflection, lets get back to basics!

Added: Afterschool (2009), A Serious Man (2009), The Box (2009)

- These lists are based on U.S./San Diego release dates, not festival premiere dates. So what if I’m a year behind!

2009: Through Oct. 31

1. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/France/Spain/Italy)
2. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, France)
3. Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, US)
4. Lake Tahoe (Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico)
5. A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, US)
6. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, US)
7. Revanche (Gotz Spielmann, Austria)
8. Up (Pete Doctor/Bob Peterson, US)
9. Afterschool (Antonio Campos, US)
10. Public Enemies (Michael Mann, US)

Honorable Mentions: The Box (Richard Kelly, US), Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan), Somers Town (Shane Meadows, UK), Two Lovers (James Gray, US), The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, Spain/US/Japan)

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2008:

1. WALL•E (Andrew Stanton, US)
2. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, US)
3. Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, US)
4. Hunger (Steve McQueen, UK)
5. Happy-Go Lucky (Mike Leigh, UK)
6. The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, Spain/France)
7. Che (Steven Soderbergh, Spain/US/France)
8. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien, France/Taiwan)
9. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, US)
10. Mad Detective (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)

Honorable Mentions: Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, Sweden), Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, USA), Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, USA), Gardens of the Night (Damian Harris, USA), My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, Canada)

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2007:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, US)
2. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, US)
3. In the City of Sylvia (Jose Luis Guerin, Spain)
4. Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, US)
5. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/Netherlands/France)
6. Zodiac (David Fincher, US)
7. Once (John Carney, Ireland)
8. Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, US)
9. This is England (Shane Meadows, UK)
10. Election 2 [Triad Election] (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)

Honorable Mentions: Things We Lost in the Fire (Susanne Bier US), No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, US), Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck, US), Into the Wild (Sean Penn, US), Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, UK/Canada)

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2006:

1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, UK/US)
2. Happy Feet (George Miller, US)
3. Miami Vice (Michael Mann, US)
4. Twelve and Holding (Michael Cuesta, US)
5. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, Japan/US)
6. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, US)
7. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, US)
8. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
9. Volver (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
10. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman, US)

Honorable Mentions: Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, US), Idiocracy (Mike Judge, US), Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, US), A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, US), The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig, US)

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2005:

1. The New World (Terrence Malick, US)
2. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, US/Canada)
3. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy-Lee Jones, US/Mexico)
4. Cafe Lumiere (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/Japan)
5. Junebug (Phil Morrison, US)
6. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
7. Cache (Michael Haneke, France/Austria)
8. Man Push Cart (Ramin Bahrani, US)
9. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan)
10. The Constant Gardener (Fernando Mierelles, UK)

Honorable Mentions: Good Night and Good Luck (George Clooney, US), Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, US), Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, Germany), Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, US), Just Friends (Roger Kumble, US)

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2004:

1. Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, Austria)
2. The World (Jia Zhang-ke, China)
3. Spartan (David Mamet, US)
4. Collateral (Michael Mann, US)
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, US/France)
6. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, US)
7. Sideways (Alexander Payne, US)
8. The Return (Andrei Zvyaginstev, Russia)
9. The White Diamond (Werner Herzog, Germany)
10. Dogville (Lars Von Trier, US/Denmark)

Honorable Mentions: Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/France), The Village (M. Night Shyamalan, US), Unknown Soldier (Ferenc Toth, US), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, USA), Garden State (Zach Braff, US)

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2003:

1. All the Real Girls (David Gordon Green, US)
2. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, US)
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, US/New Zealand/Germany)
4. The School of Rock (Richard Linklater, US)
5. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, US)
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, US/Japan)
7. I’m Not Scared (Gabriele Salvatores, Italy)
8. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, US)
9. The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand, Canada/France)
10. The Secret Lives of Dentists (Alan Rudolph, US)

Honorable Mentions: Irreversible (Gaspar Noe, France), My Architect (Nathaniel Kahn, US), Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears, UK), The Son (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France), American Splendor (Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, US)

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2002:

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

Honorable Mentions: Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, US), Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, US), The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, US), Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, US/France), Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, US)

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2001:

1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, US)
2. In the Mood For Love (Wong-Kar wai, Hong Kong)
3. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, US)
4. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, US)
5. Waking Life (Richard Linklater, US)
6. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, US)
7. Gosford Park (Robert Altman, UK)
8. Bully (Larry Clark, US)
9. The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo Del Toro, Spain/Mexico)
10. The Believer (Henry Bean, US)

Honorable Mentions: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, US/NZ/Germany), Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalo Innaritu, Mexico), The Man Who Wasn’t There (Joel and Ethan Coen, US), Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, US), Wet Hot American Summer (James Wain, US)

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2000:

1. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
2. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, US)
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
4. Requiem For a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, US)
5. Bamboozled (Spike Lee, US)
6. George Washington (David Gordon Green, US)
7. The House of Mirth (Terrence Davies, UK)
8. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan, US)
9. Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, US)
10. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, US)

Honorable Mentions: Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, US), High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, US), State and Main (David Mamet, US), Panic (Henry Bromell, USA), Best in Show (Christopher Guest, US)

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1999:

1. Three Kings (David O’Russell, US)
2. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, US)
3. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
4. Being John Malkovitch (Spike Jonze, US)
5. The Insider (Michael Mann, US)
6. The Straight Story (David Lynch, US)
7. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, US)
8. Election (Alexander Payne, US)
9. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, Ireland)
10. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, US)

Honorable Mentions: The Mission (Johnnie To, Hong Kong), The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, US), eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, Canada), The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, US), Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, US)

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1998:

1. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, US)
2. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, US)
3. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
4. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, US)
5. The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
6. A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, US)
7. 42 Up (Apted, UK)
8. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, US)
9. Babe: Pig in the City (George Miller, Australia)
10. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, US)

Honorable Mentions: Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran), Pleasantville (Gary Ross, US), Affliction (Paul Schrader, US), He Got Game (Spike Lee, US), Bulworth (Warren Beatty, US)

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1997:

1. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, US)
2. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, US)
3. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, US)
4. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (Errol Morris, US)
5. Happy Together (Wong-Kar wai, Hong Kong)
6. Funny Games (Michael Haneke, Austria)
7. Eve’s Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, US)
8. Welcome to Sarajevo (Michael Winterbottom, UK)
9. La Promese (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
10. Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoven, US)

Honorable Mentions: Ulee’s Gold (Victor Nunez, US), Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, US), Grosse Point Blank (George Armitage, US), Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, France), Cop Land (James Mangold, US)

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1996:

1. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, US)
2. Lone Star (John Sayles, US)
3. Cyclo (Tran Ahn Hung, Vietnam)
4. The White Balloon (Jafar Panahi, Iran)
5. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
6. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, US)
7. Kansas City (Robert Altman, US)
8. Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
9. Nightjohn (Charles Burnett, US)
10. Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, US)

Honorable Mentions: Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, US), Courage Under Fire (Edward Zwick, US), Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, US), Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson, US), Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thorton, US)

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1995:

1. Heat (Michael Mann, US)
2. Safe (Todd Haynes, US)
3. Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach, US)
4. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, US)
5. Toy Story (John Lasseter, US)
6. La Ceremonie (Claude Chabrol, France)
7. Babe (Chris Noonan, US/Australia)
8. The Bridges of Madison County (Clint Eastwood, US)
9. Se7en (David Fincher, US)
10. Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, US)

Honorable Mentions: Apollo 13 (Ron Howard, US), Fallen Angels (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong), Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, US), The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett, US), Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, US)

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1994:

1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, US)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, US)
3. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, US)
4. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong)
5. Exotica (Atom Egoyan, Canada)
6. To Live (Zhang Yimou, China)
7. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell, UK)
8. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, US)
9. Fresh (Boaz Yakin, US)
10. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, US)

Honorable Mentions: Quiz Show (Robert Redford, US), Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, US), Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland/France), Clerks (Kevin Smith, US), Nobody’s Fool (Robert Benton, US)

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1993:

1. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, US)
2. A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, US)
3. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, US)
4. Matinee (Joe Dante, US)
5. La Scorta (Ricky Tognazzi, Italy)
6. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, US)
7. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, US)
8. The Piano (Jane Campion, New Zealand)
9. The Fugitive (Andrew Davis, US)
10. Naked (Mike Leigh, UK)

Honorable Mentions: A Bronx Tale (DeNiro, US), Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland), Menace II Society (Albert and Allen Hughes, US), Manhattan Murder Mystery (Woody Allen, US)

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1992:

1. Life, and Nothing More… (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
2. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, US)
3. Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, US)
4. Lessons of Darkness (Werner Herzog, Germany)
5. Hard-boiled (Woo, Hong Kong)
6. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou, China)
7. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, US)
8. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, US)
9. Man Bites Dog (Belvaux/Bonzel, France)
10. Malcolm X (Spike Lee, US)

Honorable Mentions: Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, US/France/UK/Russia/Japan), The Player (Robert, Altman, US), My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, US), Deep Cover (Bill Duke, USA), A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, US), A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, US)

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1991:

1. A Brighter Summer Day (4 Hour Cut) (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
2. Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
3. JFK (Oliver Stone, US)
4. 35 Up (Michael Apted, UK)
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, US)
6. Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou, China)
7. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (George Hickenlooper/Bahr/E. Coppola, US)
8. Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks, US)
9. Rambling Rose (Martha Coolidge, US)
10. Homicide (David Mamet, US)

Honorable Mentions: The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, US), The Indian Runner (Sean Penn, US), Slacker (Richard Linklater, US), City of Hope (John Sayles, US), Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, US)

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1990:

1. Miller’s Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
2. White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood, US)
3. Sweetie (Jane Campion, New Zealand)
4. To Sleep With Anger (Charles Burnett, US)
5. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, US)
6. Pump Up the Volume (Allan Moyle, US)
7. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, UK)
8. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
9. Joe vs. the Volcano (John Patrick Shanley, US)
10. Postcards from the Edge (Mike Nichols, US)

Honorable Mentions: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton, US), Metropolitan (Wilt Stillman, US) Bad Influence (Curtis Hanson, US), Total Recall (Paul Verhoven, USA/Germany), After Dark, My Sweet (James Foley, US)

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1989:

1. The Decalogue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland)
2.84 Charlie MoPic (Patrick Sheane Duncan, US)
3. Glory (Edward Zwick, USA)
4. The Killer (John Woo, Hong Kong)
5. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, US)
6. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, US)
7. The ‘burbs (Joe Dante, US)
8. Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, US)
9. Roger and Me (Michael Moore, US)
10. The Big Picture (Christopher Guest, US)

Honorable Mentions: Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, US/France), Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, US)

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1988:

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

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1987:

1. Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg, US)
2. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, US)
3. Where is the Friend’s House? (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
4. Tampopo (Juzo Itami, Japan)
5. Matewan (John Sayles, US)
6. Extreme Prejudice (Walter Hill, US)
7. Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
8. Wall Street (Oliver Stone, US)
9. Ishtar (Elaine May, US)
10. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, US)

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1986:

1. Manhunter (Michael Mann, US)
2. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, US)
3. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, US)
4. Aliens (James Cameron, US)
5. Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, US)
6. Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch, US)
7. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, US)
8. Vagabond (Agnes Varda, France)
9. The Mission (Roland Joffe, UK)
10. Sherman’s March (Ross McElwee, US)

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1985:

1. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
2. After Hours (Martin Scorsese, US)
3. Come and See (Elem Klimov, USSR)
4. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, US)
5. Witness (Peter Weir, US)
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen, US)
7. Back to the Future (Robert Zemekis, US)
8. 28 Up (Michael Apted, UK)
9. The Goonies (Richard Donner, US)
10. Real Genius (Martha Coolidge, US)

Honorable Mention: Prizzi’s Honor (John Huston, US)

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1984:

1. Brother From Another Planet (John Sayles, US)
2. The Terminator (James Cameron, US)
3. Gremlins (Joe Dante, US)
4. Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen, US)
5. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, US)
6. The Evil That Men Do (J. Lee Thompson, US)
7. Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest, US)
8. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, US)
9. All of Me (Rob Reiner, US)
10. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffe, UK)

Honorable Mention: Starman (John Carpenter, US)

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1983:

1. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, US)
2. El Norte (Gregory Nava, USA/Mexico/UK)
3. Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford, US)
4. Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, France)
5. My Brother’s Wedding (Charles Burnett, US)
6. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, Canada)
7. Zelig (Woody Allen, US)
8. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima, UK/Japan)
9. The State of Things (Wim Wenders, Germany)
10. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, Canada/US)

Honorable Mention: The Right Stuff (Kaufman, US)

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1982:

1. White Dog (Sam Fuller, US)
2. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
3. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, Germany)
4. The Thing (John Carpenter, US)
5. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, West Germany/USSR)
6. Missing (Costa Gravas, US)
7. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, US)
8. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, US)
9. Honkytonk Man (Clint Eastwood, US)
10. Fast Times and Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, US)

Honorable Mention: Diner (Barry Levinson, USA)

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1981:

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, US)
2. My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle, US/France)
3. Escape From New York (John Carpenter, US)
4. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, US)
5. The Road Warrior (George Miller, Australia)
6. Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, US)
7. Reds (Warren Beatty, US)
8. Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, US)
9. Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, US)

Honorable Mentions: Prince of the City (Sidney Lumet, US), Gallipoli (Peter Weir, Australia)

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1980:

1. Gloria (John Cassavetes, US)
2. The Big Red One (Sam Fuller, US)
3. The Shining (Stanely Kubrick, US/UK)
4. Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, Australia)
5. Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, US)
6. Heaven’s Gate (Michael Cimino, US)
7. Bad Timing (Nicholas Roeg, UK)
8. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, US)
9. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Michael Apted, US)
10. Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood, US)

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1979:

1. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, US)
2. Manhattan (Woody Allen, US)
3. Dawn of the Dead (George Romero, US)
4. Being There (Hal Ashby, US)
5. Alien (Ridley Scott, UK/US)
6. Eraserhead (David Lynch, US)
7. Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, US)
8. Wise Blood (John Huston, US)
9. Real Life (Albert Brooks, US)
10. Love on the Run (Francois Truffaut, France)

Honorable Mentions: The China Syndrome (James Bridges, US), Mad Max (George Miller, Australia), Breaking Away (Peter Yates, US)

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1978:

1. Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, US)
2. Coming Home (Hal Ashby, US)
3. Halloween (John Carpenter, US)
4. An Unmarried Woman (Paul Mazursky, US)
5. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, US)
6. Interiors (Woody Allen, US)
7. The Driver (Walter Hill, US)
8. Go Tell the Spartans (Ted Post, US)

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1977:

1. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, US)
2. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, US)
3. Stroszek (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
4. 3 Women (Robert Altman, US)
5. Twilights Last Gleaming (Robert Aldrich, US)
6. 21 Up (Michael Apted, UK)
7. An American Friend (Wim Wenders, West Germany/France)
8. Alambrista! (Robert Young, US/Mexico)

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1976:

1. Kings of the Road (in the course of time) (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
2. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, US)
3. All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, US)
4. The Outlaw Josey Whales (Clint Eastwood, US)
5. Network (Sidney Lumet, US)
6. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, US)
7. Carrie (Brian De Palma, US)
8. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, US)
9. Nuts in May (Mike Leigh, UK)

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1975:

1. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
2. Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa, USSR/Japan)
3. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, US)
4. Overlord (Stuart Cooper, UK)
5. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese, US)
6. Shivers (David Cronenberg, Canada)
7. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy/Spain/France)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, US)
9. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, Australia)
10. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, US)

Honorable Mention: Xala (Osumane Sembene, Senegal)

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1974:

1. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (R.W. Fassbinder, West Germany)
2. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, USA)
3. Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, USA)
4. Don’t Look Now (Nicholas Roeg, UK/Italy)
5. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, US/Mexico)
6. The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, US)
7. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, US)
8. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Michael Cimino, US)
9. Thieves Like Us (Robert Altman, US)
10. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, US)

Honorable Mention: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, US)

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1973:

1. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, US)
2. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, US)
3. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanavich, US)
4. American Graffiti (George Lucas, US)
5. Badlands (Terrence Malick, US)
6. The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, US)
7. Serpico (Sidney Lumet, US)
8. Day For Night (Francois Truffaut, France)
9. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, US)

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1972:

1. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel, France/Italy/Spain)
2. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, US/Italy)
3. Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, West Germany/Peru/Mexico)
4. The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May, US)
5. Deliverance (John Boorman, US)
6. Ulzanna’s Raid (Robert Aldrich, US)
7. The King of Marvin Gardens (Bob Rafelson, US)
8. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR)
9. High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, US)
10. Fat City (John Huston, US)

Honorable Mention: Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)

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1971:

1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, US)
2. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, US)
3. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, US)
4. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
5. Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, Australia)
6. Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols, US)
7. The French Connection (William Friedkin, US)
8. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, US)

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1970:

1. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy)
2. Five Easy Peaces (Bob Rafelson, US)
3. Dodes’ka-den (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
4. Little Big Man (Arthur Penn, US)
5. Monte Walsh (William A. Fraker, US)
6. Bed and Board (Francois Truffaut, France)
7. The Landlord (Hal Ashby, US)
8. Le Boucher (Claude Chabrol, France)
9. Tristana (Luis Bunuel, France/Italy/Spain)
10. Zabriske Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, US/Italy)

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1969:

1. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, US)
2. Kes (Ken Loach, UK)
3. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, France)
4. Z (Costa Gravas, Algeria/France)
5. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, US)
6. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (Sydney Pollack, US)
7. Midnight Cowboy (John Schelsinger, US)

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1968:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, UK/US)
2. Once Upon A Time in the West (Sergio Leone, Italy/US)
3. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, US)
4. Stolen Kisses (Francois Truffaut, France)
5. Faces (John Cassavetes, US)

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1967:

1. Week-end (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
2. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, US)
3. Le Samurai (Jean-Pierre Melville, France)
4. El Dorado (Howard Hawks, US)