28 Films of the Noughties
1. Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul, 2006)
2. What Time Is It There? (Tsai, 2001)
3. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001)
4. Yi Yi (Yang, 2000)
5. In the Mood for Love (Wong, 2000)
6. Talk to Her (Almodovar, 2002)
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Mungiu 2007)
8. Adaptation (Jonze, 2002)
9. There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)
10. Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)
11. The Hours (Daldry, 2002)
12. Le Fils (the Dardennes, 2002)
13. The Russian Ark (Sokurov, 2002)
14. Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul, 2004)
15. In the Bedroom (Field, 2001)
16. Cache (Haneke, 2005)
17. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron, 2002)
18. Gosford Park (Altman, 2001)
19. Before Sunset (Linklater (2004)
20. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004)
21. Ghost World (Zwigoff, 2001)
22. United 93 (Greengrass, 2006)
23. Ten (Kiarostami, 2002)
24. Moolade (Sembene, 2004)
25. Tuhog (Jeturian, 2001)
26. Cafe Lumiere (Hou, 2004)
27. Elephant (van Sant, 2003)
28. Synecdoche, New York (Kaufman, 2008)
Honorable Mentions: Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Puiu, 2005), A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005), Nobody Knows (Kore-eda, 2004), The Man Without a Past (Kaurismaki, 2003), Now Showing (Martin, 2008), No Country for Old Men (the Coens, 2007), Maria Full of Grace (Marston, 2004), Vera Drake (Leigh, 2004), Blissfully Yours (Weerasethakul, 2001), Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006), Bloody Sunday (Greengrass, 2002), Inland Empire (Lynch, 2006), Melancholia (Diaz, 2008), Ploy (Ratanaruang, 2007), C.R.A.Z.Y. (Vallee, 2005), Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001)