1. Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)

2. In Vanda’s Room (Pedro Costa, 2001)

3. La libertad (Lisandro Alonso, 2001)

4. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2003)

5. 13 Lakes (James Benning, 2004)

6. Evolution of a Filipino Family (Lav Diaz, 2004)

7. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)

8. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006)

9. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)

10. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

Honourable mentions: Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006); The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005); In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007); L’intrus (Claire Denis, 2004); Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005); Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006). See also the critics choices in The Decade in Review.