2000’s

2009

  1. PLEASE, PLEASE ME! (Emmanuel Mouret, France)
  2. LA FAMILLE WOLBERG (Axelle Ropert, France)
  3. FATSO! (Rajat Kapoor, India)
  4. BROKEN EMBRACES (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
  5. MAGADHEERA (S.S. Rajamouli, India)
  6. BRIGHT STAR (Jane Campion, Australia/UK)
  7. NAAN KADAVUL (Bala, India)
  8. MY RAINY DAYS (Yuri Kanchiku, Japan)
  9. CASTRO (Alejo Moguillansky, Argentina)
  10. PHANTOMS OF NABUA (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  11. VIKINGO (Jose Celestino Campusano, Argentina)
  12. LE NAUFRAGÉ (Guillaume Brac, France)
  13. BUY A SUIT (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  14. ALAMAR (Pedro González-Rubic, Mexico)

2008

  1. SPARROW (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  2. MITHYA (Rajat Kapoor, India)
  3. NIGHT AND DAY (Hong Sangsoo, South Korea)
  4. PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  5. TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  6. HISTORIAS EXTRAORDINARIAS (Mariano Llinás, Argentina)
  7. L’IDIOT (Pierre Léon, France)
  8. MOBILE MEN (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  9. SPEEDY SCANDAL (Kang Hyoung-chul, South Korea)
  10. MALIKA IS GONE (Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France)
  11. À L’AVENTURE (Jean-Claude Brisseau, France)
  12. PRESTO (Doug Sweetland, USA)
  13. HAPPY FLIGHT (Shinobu Yaguchi, Japan)
  14. THE CHASER (Na Hong Jin, South Korea)

2007

  1. SWITCHING – GOODBYE ME (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)
  2. LA FRANCE (Serge Bozon, France)
  3. HOW TO BECOME MYSELF (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  4. LO ZEBU E LA STELLA (Franco Piavoli, Italy)
  5. SMILEY FACE (Gregg Araki, USA)
  6. JAB WE MET (Imtiaz Ali, India)
  7. ZODIAC (David Fincher, USA)
  8. FAKE BLONDE (Carlos Reichenbach, Brazil)
  9. SHALL WE KISS? (Emmanuel Mouret, France)
  10. RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird, USA)
  11. GLASSES (Naoko Ogigami, Japan)
  12. THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN (Abdellatif Kechiche, France)
  13. MUSIC AND LYRICS (Marc Lawrence, USA)
  14. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  15. THE STOLEN MAN (Matías Piñeiro, Argentina)
  16. FOOTNOTES TO A HOUSE OF LOVE (Laida Lertxundi, USA/Spain)
  17. SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)

2006

  1. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhangke, China)
  2. KAMOME DINER (Naoko Ogigami, Japan)
  3. THE LAKE HOUSE (Alejandro Agresti), USA)
  4. EXILED (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  5. AOGEBA TOTOSHI (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  6. CHANGE OF ADDRESS (Emmanuel Mouret, France)
  7. PUDHUPETTAI (Selvaraghavan, India)
  8. COLOSSAL YOUTH (Pedro Costa, Portugal)
  9. THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (Mamoru Hosoda, Japan)
  10. ATL (Christian Robinson, USA)
  11. PRICELESS (Pierre Salvadori, France)
  12. THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  13. SUITE DREAMS (Koki Mitani, Japan)
  14. WOMAN ON THE BEACH (Hong Sangsoo, South Korea)

2005

  1. THROUGH THE FOREST (Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France)
  2. THE BAXTER (Michael Showalter, USA)
  3. WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  4. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  5. ÉTOILE VIOLETTE (Axelle Ropert, France)
  6. FEVER PITCH (Peter + Bobby Farrelly, USA)
  7. APRIL SNOW (Hur Jin Ho, South Korea)
  8. OTRA VUELTA (Santiago Palavecino, Argentina)

2004

  1. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  2. THROW DOWN (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  3. MAIN HOON NA (Farah Khan, India)
  4. TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethaul, Thailand)
  5. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  6. 7/G RAINBOW COLONY (Selvaraghavan, India)
  7. SWING GIRLS (Shinobu Yaguchi, Japan)
  8. SPANGLISH (James L. Brooks, USA)
  9. 50 FIRST DATES (Peter Segal, USA)
  10. TONY TAKITANI (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  11. SWADES (Ashutosh Kowariker, India)
  12. PARA JULIA (Pablo Garcia Canga, Spain)
  13. VEER-ZARA (Yash Chopra, India)
  14. VENUS & FLEUR (Emmanuel Mouret, France)
  15. NAACH (Ram Gopal Varma, India)
  16. YOSHINO’S BARBER SHOP (Naoko Ogigami, Japan)

2003

  1. JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH (Isshin Inudo, Japan)
  2. KADHAL KONDEN (Selvaraghavan, India)
  3. PITHAMAGAN (Bala, India)
  4. MAQBOOL (Vishal Bhardwaj, India)
  5. VIBRATOR (Ryuichi Hiroki, Japan)
  6. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed, USA)
  7. GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming Liang, Taiwan)
  8. LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (Joe Dante, USA)
  9. MYSTIC RIVER (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  10. STUCK ON YOU (Peter + Bobby Farrelly, USA)
  11. MUNNA BHAI M.B.B.S. (Rajkumar Hirani, India)

2002

  1. MAN’S GENTLE LOVE (Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France)
  2. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  3. FROM THE OTHER SIDE (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  4. BLUE (Hiroshi Ando, Japan)
  5. MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  6. PING PONG (Fumihiko Sori, Japan)
  7. MODS (Serge Bozon, France)
  8. TEN (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  9. PANIC ROOM (David Fincher, USA)

2001

  1. LA LIBERTAD (Lisandro Alonso, Argentina)
  2. HARMFUL INSECT (Akihiko Shiota, Japan)
  3. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  4. TOKYO MARIGOLD (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  5. HONEY BUNNY (Vincent Gallo, USA)
  6. EMPTY ROOMS (Toshiki Sato, Japan)
  7. ALI (Michael Mann, USA)
  8. MY SASSY GIRL (Kwak Jae-yong, South Korea)
  9. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson, USA)
  10. NANDHA (Bala, India)
  11. OCEAN’S ELEVEN (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
  12. IN PRAISE OF LOVE (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  13. WATER BOYS (Shinobu Yaguchi, Japan)
  14. ALL ABOUT OUR HOUSE (Koki Mitani, Japan)

2000

  1. THE YARDS (James Gray, USA)
  2. WORKERS FOR THE GOOD LORD (Jean-Claude Brisseau, France)
  3. YI YI (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  4. STATE AND MAIN (David Mamet, USA)
  5. LOVE & BASKETBALL (Gina Prince-Bythewood, USA)
  6. KAZA-HANA (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  7. IN VANDA’S ROOM (Pedro Costa, Portugal)
  8. DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Jiang Wen, China)
  9. TEENAGE HOOKER BECOMES KILLING MACHINE (Nam Gee-wong, South Korea)
  10. BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee, USA)
  11. THE GLEANERS & I (Agnès Varda, France)
  12. ME, MYSELF & IRENE (Peter + Bobby Farrelly, USA)
  13. CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis, USA)