Top 10 Lists: 2002

10. Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvilli)

09. Hero (Zhang Yimou)

08. Y tu mama tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)

07. Femme Fatale (Brian DePalma)

06. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)

05. Chicago (Rob Marshall)

04. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)

03. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes)

02. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)

01. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)

Top 10 Lists: 2001

2001 is probably one of the best years in terms of quality films. It's really too bad the Academy picked a piece of crap from Ron Howard as the best picture of that year.

10. Va Savoir (Jacques Rivette)

09. Monsters Inc. (Pete Docter)

08. No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic)

07. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)

06. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)

05. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell)

04. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)

03. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)

02. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)

01. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)

Top 10 Lists: 2000

10. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)















09. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

















08. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)














07. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)















06. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)















05. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)















04. Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry)














03. Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier)

















02. Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (Edward Yang)














01. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)

Top 10 Lists: 1999

No, I did not forget American Beauty.


10. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay)
















09. Three Kings (David O. Russell)


















08. Topsy Turvy (Mike Leigh)













07. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella)


















06. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer)




















05. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)



















04. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)























03. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter)

















02. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar)
















01. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)

Top 10 Lists: 1998

10. There's Something About Mary (Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly)

09. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh)

08. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

07. Hana-Bi (Fireworks) (Takeshi Kitano)

06. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)

05. The Truman Show (Peter Weir)

04. Happiness (Todd Solondz)

03. Central Station (Walter Salles)

02. Rushmore (Wes Anderson)

01. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)