Dan Sallitt’s Favorite Films of the 2000s, by International Release Date

2009

  1. LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
  2. LA DONATION (Bernard Émond, Canada)
  3. THE EXPLODING GIRL (Bradley Rust Gray, USA)
  4. EIGHTEEN (Jang Kun-jae, South Korea)
  5. BARBE BLEUE (Catherine Breillat, France)
  6. THE KING OF ESCAPE (Alain Guiraudie, France)
  7. ELEMENTARY TRAINING FOR ACTORS (Martin Rejtman and Federico Léon, Argentina)
  8. LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  9. SHE, A CHINESE (Guo Xiaolu, UK/France/Germany)
  10. TOURISTS (Alicia Scherson, Chile)
  11. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lanka)
  12. KILL DADDY GOOD NIGHT (Michael Glawogger, Austria)
  13. MY DAUGHTER (Charlotte Lay Kuen Lim, Malaysia)
  14. LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  15. FACE (Tsai Ming-Liang, France/Taiwan)
  16. BROKEN EMBRACES (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
  17. ALEXANDER THE LAST (Joe Swanberg, USA)
  18. THE SEARCH (Pema Tseden, China)
  19. LIFE DURING WARTIME (Todd Solondz, USA)
  20. HUACHO (Alejandro Fernández Almendras, Chile)
  21. THE TENANTS (Sergio Bianchi, Brazil)
  22. ACHING HEARTS (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
  23. TO DIE LIKE A MAN (João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal)
  24. PARADISE (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  25. BARKING WATER (Sterlin Harjo, USA)
  26. PROTOPARTICULAS (Chema García Ibarra, Spain)
  27. LES DERNIERS JOURS DU MONDE (Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France/Spain)
  28. RESTLESS (Laurent Perreau, France)
  29. CRACKIE (Sherry White, Canada)
  30. BEESWAX (Andrew Bujalski, USA)
  31. ONCE UPON A TIME PROLETARIAN (Guo Xiaolu, China/UK)
  32. LA PIVELLINA (Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Italy/Austria)
  33. THE ZEN MASTER (Sky Hirschkron, USA)
  34. AT THE END OF DAYBREAK (Ho Yuhang, Malaysia)
  35. BENA (Niv Klainer, Israel)
  36. IMPOLEX (Alex Ross Perry, USA)
  37. LE NAUFRAGÉ (Guillaume Brac, France)
  38. BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE (Whitney Horn and Lev Kalman, USA)
  39. VITAL SIGNS (Sophie Deraspe, Canada)
  40. LONDON RIVER (Rachid Bouchareb, UK/France/Algeria)
  41. CONTACT HIGH (Michael Glawogger, Austria)

THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION (James Ivory, USA)
PARAISO (Héctor Gálvez, Peru)
OUT IN THAT DEEP BLUE SEA (Kazik Radwanski, Canada)

2008

  1. ALL AROUND US (Ryosuke Hashiguchi, Japan)
  2. NIGHT AND DAY (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  3. A WEEK ALONE (Celina Murga, Argentina)
  4. STELLA (Sylvia Verheyde, France)
  5. BALLAST (Lance Hammer, USA)
  6. L’IDIOT (Pierre Léon, France)
  7. CLAUSTROPHOBIA (Ivy Ho, Hong Kong)
  8. NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS (Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig, USA)
  9. INLAND (Tariq Teguia, Algeria)
  10. MID-AUGUST LUNCH (Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy)
  11. MORPHIA (Alexei Balabanov, Russia)
  12. PRINCESS MARGARET BLVD. (Kazik Radwanski, Canada)
  13. BOOGIE (Radu Muntean, Romania)
  14. FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)
  15. GOMORRA (Matteo Garrone, Italy)
  16. ME AND ORSON WELLES (Richard Linklater, USA/UK)
  17. SITA SINGS THE BLUES (Nina Paley, USA)
  18. JE VEUX VOIR (Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Lebanon)
  19. SHULTES (Bakur Bakuradze, Russia)
  20. THE WACKNESS (Jonathan Levine, USA)
  21. DE OFRIVILLIGA (INVOLUNTARY) (Ruben Östlund, Sweden)
  22. 40 DAYS (Juan Carlos Martín, Mexico)
  23. MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY (Barry Jenkins, USA)
  24. BUY A SUIT (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  25. VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Amir Naderi, USA)
  26. LIVERPOOL (Lisandro Alonso, Argentina)
  27. LORNA’S SILENCE (Dardenne Bros., Belgium)
  28. AMOROSA SOLEDAD (Martin Carranza and Victoria Galardi, Argentina)
  29. LEATHERHEADS (George Clooney, USA)
  30. ENTRE LES MURS (Laurent Cantet, France)
  31. I’M GONNA EXPLODE (Gerardo Naranjo, Mexico)
  32. TWO LOVERS (James Gray, USA)
  33. ITINÉRAIRE DE JEAN BRICARD (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, France)
  34. THE NEW YORKIST (Dana O’Keefe, USA)
  35. ANICETO (Leonardo Favio, Argentina)
  36. ANECDOTE (Nathan Silver, USA)
  37. THE VANISHED EMPIRE (Karen Shakhnazarov, Russia)
  38. ACNE (Federico Veiroj, Uruguay)

TOKYO (2nd episode) (Leos Carax, France)
CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS (Abel Ferrara, USA)

2007

  1. MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy, USA)
  2. TOUT EST PARDONNÉ (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
  3. HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS (Joe Swanberg, USA)
  4. THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS (Bruce McDonald, Canada)
  5. SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)
  6. UNE VIEILLE MAÎTRESSE (Catherine Breillat, France)
  7. DARLING (Johan Kling, Sweden)
  8. CRASHING (Gary Walkow, USA)
  9. HAPPINESS (Hur Jin-ho, South Korea)
  10. AVANT QUE J’OUBLIE (Jacques Nolot, France)
  11. THE SOPRANOS: “MADE IN AMERICA” (David Chase, USA)
  12. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson, USA)
  13. HOW TO BECOME MYSELF (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  14. WOLFSBERGEN (Nanouk Leopold, Netherlands)
  15. HOHOKAM (Frank V. Ross, USA)
  16. THE BANISHMENT (Andrei Zyvagintsev, Russia)
  17. MUTUM (Sandra Kogut, Brazil)
  18. THE UNPOLISHED (Pia Marais, Germany)
  19. DESERT DREAM (Zhang Lu, China/South Korea)
  20. LA SOLEDAD (SOLITARY FRAGMENTS) (Jaime Rosales, Spain)
  21. CHARLY (Isild Le Besco, France)
  22. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR (Mike Nichols, USA)
  23. MADONNAS (Maria Speth, Germany)
  24. CORROBOREE (Ben Hackworth, Australia)
  25. MOSAIK MÉCHANIQUE (Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Austria)
  26. SHADOWS FORMLESS (Ashish Avikunthak, India)
  27. COCHOCHI (Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, Mexico)
  28. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  29. POOR BOY’S GAME (Clement Virgo, Canada)
  30. BEAUFORT (Joseph Cedar, Israel)
  31. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (José Luis Guerín, Spain)
  32. PLAYING (Eduardo Coutinho, Brazil)
  33. HOTEL CHEVALIER (Wes Anderson, USA)
  34. FOUR SHEETS TO THE WIND (Sterlin Harjo, USA)
  35. WE OWN THE NIGHT (James Gray, USA)
  36. THE WALKING MAN (Aurelia Georges, France)

TAJNOSTI (LITTLE GIRL BLUE) (Alice Nellis, Czech Republic/Slovakia)
UNRELATED (Joanna Hogg, UK)

2006

  1. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhang-Ke, China)
  2. BLED NUMBER ONE (Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Algeria/France)
  3. LADY CHATTERLEY (Pascale Ferran, France/Belgium)
  4. RAIN DOGS (Ho Yuhang, Malaysia)
  5. THE PAPER WILL BE BLUE (Radu Muntean, Romania)
  6. FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
  7. VANAJA (Rajnesh Domalpalli, India/USA)
  8. SLUMMING (Michael Glawogger, Austria)
  9. WOMAN ON THE BEACH (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  10. FLANDRES (Bruno Dumont, France)
  11. EL CUSTODIO (Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina)
  12. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuaron, UK/USA)
  13. FAMILY TIES (Kim Tae-yong, South Korea)
  14. STEPHANIE DALEY (Hilary Brougher, USA)
  15. YOU CALLED ME (Sky Hirschkron, USA)
  16. AS THE SHADOW (Marina Spada, Italy)
  17. TARACHIME (Naomi Kawase, Japan)
  18. DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT (Julia Loktev, USA)
  19. SUMMER ’04 (Stefan Krohmer, Germany)
  20. QUINCEANERA (Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, USA)
  21. TRACES OF LOVE (Kim Dae-seung, South Korea)
  22. DESTRICTED: “IMPALED” (Larry Clark, USA)
  23. THE CAIMAN (Nanni Moretti, Italy)
  24. DON’T WORRY, I’M FINE (Philippe Lioret, France)
  25. FLANNEL PAJAMAS (Jeff Lipsky, USA)
  26. LE DERNIER DES FOUS (Laurent Achard, France)
  27. LONGING (Valeska Grisebach, Germany)
  28. OPERA JAWA (Garin Negroho, Indonesia)
  29. DRAMA/MEX (Gerardo Naranjo, Mexico)
  30. SUELY IN THE SKY (Karim Ainouz, Brazil)
  31. ONE IN A MILLION (Nadine Khan, Egypt)
  32. TONNELAGE (Ivan Maximov, Russia)
  33. BUG (William Friedkin, USA)
  34. HAMACA PARAGUAYA (Paz Encina, Paraguay)
  35. SORRELE (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)
  36. OFFSIDE (Jafar Panahi, Iran)

IT DOESN’T HURT ME (Alexei Balabanov, Russia)
THE WATER DIARY (Jane Campion, Australia)

2005

  1. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  2. THE CHILD (Dardenne Bros., Belgium/France)
  3. THE FORSAKEN LAND (Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lanka/France)
  4. SANGRE (Amat Escalante, Mexico)
  5. THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)
  6. GRAIN IN EAR (Zhang Lu, China/South Korea)
  7. FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (Ira Sachs, USA)
  8. C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallee, Canada)
  9. JOHANNA (Kornel Mundruczo, Hungary)
  10. BRICK (Rian Johnson, USA)
  11. CINEMA, ASPIRIN AND VULTURES (Marcelo Gomes, Brazil)
  12. BABOOSKA (Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Italy/Austria)
  13. IT’S ONLY TALK (Ryuichi Hiroki, Japan)
  14. THE SILENT HOLY STONES (Pema Tseden, China)
  15. TICKETS (2nd episode) (Abbas Kiarostami, Italy/UK)
  16. SA-KWA (Kang Yi-kwan, South Korea)
  17. YOU BET YOUR LIFE (Antonin Svoboda, Austria)
  18. CRYING FIST (Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korea)
  19. TURKEY GIRL (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
  20. POLICE BEAT (Robinson Devor, USA)
  21. KISSING ON THE MOUTH (Joe Swanberg, USA)
  22. BACKSTAGE (Emmanuelle Bercot, France)
  23. FRATRICIDE (Yilmaz Arslan, Germany)
  24. TIME OFF (PARENTHESIS) (Francisca Schweitzer and Pablo Solis, Chile)
  25. A TRAVERS LA FORET (Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France)
  26. A TALE OF CINEMA (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  27. LES MATINES (Annick Raoul, France)
  28. GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog, USA)
  29. WHOLE NEW THING (Amnon Buchbinder, Canada)
  30. GUERNSEY (Nanouk Leopold, Belgium/Netherlands)
  31. WHAT IVA RECORDED ON OCTOBER 21st, 2003 (Tomislav Radic, Croatia)
  32. WASSUP ROCKERS (Larry Clark, USA)
  33. LA NEUVAINE (Bernard Emond, Canada)

JUNEBUG (Phil Morrison, USA)
OLIVER TWIST (Roman Polanski, UK)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (George Clooney, USA)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Joe Wright, UK)
CAPOTE (Bennett Miller, USA)
ANTARMAHAL: VIEWS OF THE INNER CHAMBER (Rituparno Ghosh, India)

2004

  1. VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh, UK)
  2. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer, France)
  3. PRIMER (Shane Carruth, USA)
  4. THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS (Lech Majewski, UK/Italy/Poland)
  5. OR (MON TRESOR) (Keren Yedaya, Israel)
  6. THE WORLD (Jia Zhang Ke, China)
  7. HEAD-ON (Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey)
  8. THE TUNER (Kira Muratova, Russia)
  9. KEANE (Lodge Kerrigan, USA)
  10. PALINDROMES (Todd Solondz, USA)
  11. WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  12. WAITING (Sky Hirschkron, USA)
  13. TONY TAKITANI (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  14. ENLIGHTENMENT (Tanon Sattarujawong, USA/Thailand)
  15. SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne, USA)
  16. CAMPFIRE (Joseph Cedar, Israel)
  17. LE GRAND VOYAGE (Ismaël Ferroukhi, France/Morocco)
  18. BEAR CUB (Luis Miguel Albaladejo, Spain)
  19. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, USA)
  20. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson, USA)
  21. NISSIM DIT MAX (Pierre and Vladimir Léon, France)
  22. THE NIGHT OF TRUTH (Fanta Regina Nacro, Burkina Faso/France)
  23. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS (John Duigan, USA/UK/Spain/Canada)
  24. A HOLE IN ONE (Richard Ledes, USA)
  25. KINGS AND QUEEN (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  26. MY STINKING KID (Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng, Taiwan)

THE BRIDESMAID (Claude Chabrol, France)

2003

  1. ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga, Argentina)
  2. RAJA (Jacques Doillon, France/Morocco)
  3. LA FACE CACHEE DE LA LUNE (Robert Lepage, Canada)
  4. VIBRATOR (Ryuichi Hiroki, Japan)
  5. TOUTES CES BELLES PROMESSES (Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France)
  6. NO REST FOR THE BRAVE (Alain Guiraudie, France)
  7. SHARA (Naomi Kawase, Japan)
  8. JESUS, YOU KNOW (Ulrich Seidl, Austria)
  9. CRIMSON GOLD (Jafar Panahi, Iran)
  10. THE RETURN (Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia)
  11. QUI A TUE BAMBI? (Gilles Marchand, France)
  12. THE LAST TRAIN (Alexei German Jr., Russia)
  13. THE HOURS OF THE DAY (Jaime Rosales, Spain)
  14. STORMY WEATHER (Solveig Anspach, Belgium/France/Iceland)
  15. CHOKHER BALI: A PASSION PLAY (Rituparno Ghosh, India)
  16. SLAVES OF THE LORD (Hadar Friedlich, Israel)
  17. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed, USA)
  18. STRUGGLE (Ruth Mader, Austria)
  19. PAS SUR LA BOUCHE (Alain Resnais, France)
  20. THE HUNTED (William Friedkin, USA)
  21. DES PLUMES DANS LA TETE (Thomas de Thier, Belgium/France)
  22. AT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran)
  23. MEMORIES OF MURDER (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
  24. THE COMPANY (Robert Altman, USA)
  25. UN HOMME, UN VRAI (Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France)
  26. SALTIMBANK (Jean-Claude Biette, France)
  27. GIFT FROM ABOVE (Dover Kosashvili, Israel)
  28. 20h17 RUE DARLING (Bernard Emond, Canada)
  29. THE MAGIC GLOVES (Martin Rejtman, Argentina)
  30. TWENTYNINE PALMS (Bruno Dumont, France)
  31. SALT (Bradley Rust Gray, Iceland/USA)
  32. TWENTIDENTITY: “SINK & RISE” (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
  33. NIKI ARDELEAN, RESERVE COLONEL (Lucian Pintilie, Romania)
  34. ASHES (Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joriege, Lebanon)
  35. LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE (Sylvain Chomet, France/Belgium/Canada/UK)
  36. GUEST ROOM (Skander Halim, Canada)
  37. SOLDIER’S GIRL (Frank Pierson, USA)

DO NOT LET ME IN FIGHT (Jang Kun-jae, South Korea)

2002

  1. LE DOUX AMOUR DES HOMMES (Jean Paul Civeyrac, France)
  2. TEN (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  3. ZERO DAY (Ben Coccio, USA)
  4. THE SON (Dardenne Bros., Belgium)
  5. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes, USA)
  6. THE RIVER (Alexei Balabanov, Russia)
  7. KEN PARK (Larry Clark and Ed Lachman, USA)
  8. JAPON (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)
  9. JEALOUSY IS MY MIDDLE NAME (Park Chan-ok, South Korea)
  10. TURNING GATE (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  11. KEDMA (Amos Gitai, Israel)
  12. OASIS (Lee Chang-dong, South Korea)
  13. ALL OR NOTHING (Mike Leigh, UK)
  14. THE EMBALMER (Matteo Garrone, Italy)
  15. RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov, Russia)
  16. 17 TIMES CECILE CASSARD (Christophe Honore, France)
  17. HUKKLE (Gyorgi Palfi, Hungary)
  18. ABOUT SCHMIDT (Alexander Payne, USA)
  19. FIVE YEARS (Brett Wagner, USA)
  20. TALK TO HER (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
  21. PAPER ROUTE (Robert Frank, Canada/Switzerland)
  22. L’AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE (Cedric Klapisch, France/Spain)
  23. FACING THE TRUTH (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
  24. TERRA INCOGNITA (Ghassan Salhab, Lebanon/France)
  25. WAR (Alexei Balabanov, Russia)
  26. IGBY GOES DOWN (Burr Steers, USA)
  27. C’EST LE BOUQUET (Jeanne Labrune, France)
  28. ONE-HOUR PHOTO (Mark Romanek, USA)
  29. ANGEL ON THE RIGHT (Jamshed Usmonov, Tajikistan)
  30. LETTER FROM A YELLOW CHERRY BLOSSOM (Naomi Kawase, Japan)
  31. ZHOU YU’S TRAIN (Sun Zhou, China)
  32. DOWN THE LABRADOR (Brian Sullivan, USA)
  33. TEENAGE CAVEMAN (Larry Clark, USA)

2001

  1. FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat, France)
  2. LATE MARRIAGE (Dover Kosashvili, Israel/France)
  3. CE VIEUX RÊVE QUI BOUGE (Alain Guiraudie, France)
  4. WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater, USA)
  5. BULLY (Larry Clark, USA)
  6. HARMFUL INSECT (Akihiko Shiota, Japan)
  7. THE AFTERNOON OF A TORTURER (Lucian Pintilie, Romania)
  8. ROBERTO SUCCO (Cedric Kahn, France)
  9. ÎLES FLOTTANTES (Nanouk Leopold, Netherlands)
  10. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: “THE BODY” (Joss Whedon, USA)
  11. BE MY STAR (Valeska Grisebach, Germany)
  12. BREVE TRAVERSEE (Catherine Breillat, France)
  13. PARIS: XY (Zeka Laplaine, France)
  14. THE BELIEVER (Henry Bean, USA)
  15. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson, USA)
  16. THE FLUFFER (Richard Glatzer and Wash West, USA)
  17. DOG DAYS (Ulrich Seidl, Austria)
  18. THE DAYS BETWEEN (Maria Speth, Germany)
  19. THE SON’S ROOM (Nanni Moretti, Italy)
  20. EN CONSTRUCCIÓN (José Luis Guerín, Spain)
  21. HUSH! (Ryosuke Hashiguchi, Japan)
  22. GOSFORD PARK (Robert Altman, USA)
  23. DU SOLEIL POUR LES GUEUX (Alain Guiraudie, France)
  24. MANIC (Jordan Melamed, USA)
  25. MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR (Ilya Chaiken, USA)
  26. NO SUCH THING (Hal Hartley, Iceland/USA)
  27. DONNIE DARKO (Richard Kelly, USA)
  28. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico)
  29. MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan)
  30. STUFF AND DOUGH (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  31. WESH WESH, QU’EST-CE QUI SE PASSE? (Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, France)
  32. COMMENT J’AI TUE MON PERE (Anne Fontaine, France)
  33. LA FEMME QUI BOIT (Bernard Emond, Canada)
  34. PASSING SUMMER (Angela Schanelec, Germany)
  35. CLÉMENT (Emmanuelle Bercot, France)
  36. RESURRECTION (Taviani Bros., Italy)
  37. UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY (Rakhshan Bani Eternad, Iran)
  38. SECRET BALLOT (Babek Payami, Iran)

THE SEAGULL’S LAUGHTER (Agust Gudmundsson, Iceland)

2000

  1. ESTHER KAHN (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  2. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (Terence Davies, UK/USA)
  3. CHOPPER (Andrew Dominic, Australia)
  4. PLATFORM (Jia Zhang Ke, China)
  5. KIPPUR (Amos Gitai, Israel)
  6. CATASTROPHE (David Mamet, Ireland)
  7. BEAT (Gary Walkow, USA)
  8. ONE MORE DAY (Babak Payami, Iran)
  9. DU POIL SOUS LES ROSES (Jean-Julien Chervier and Agnès Obadia, France)
  10. AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron, USA)
  11. THE VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  12. SCARLET DIVA (Asia Argento, Italy)
  13. LA CAPTIVE (Chantal Akerman, France)
  14. EVERY DAY HERE (Frazer Bradshaw, USA)
  15. ivansxtc. (Bernard Rose, USA)
  16. ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe, USA)
  17. HAMLET (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  18. SLIDING OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Mark Street, USA)
  19. ESTATE ROMANA (Matteo Garrone, Italy)
  20. WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY (Dominic Moll, France)
  21. WAYDOWNTOWN (Gary Burns, Canada)
  22. CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
  23. THE LADY OF THE HOUSE (Rituparno Ghosh, India)
  24. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (William Friedkin, USA)
  25. CAMERA (David Cronenberg, Canada)
  26. KAZA-HANA (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  27. ANGELUS (Lech Majewski, Poland)
  28. DJOMEH (Hassan Yektapanah, Iran)
  29. EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama, Japan)