2000

1. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)
3. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
5. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)
6. The Circle (Jafar Panahi)
7. The Big Animal (Jerzy Stuhr)
8. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr)
9. Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
10. The Gleaners & I (Agnes Varda)
11. George Washington (David Gordon Green)

Almost There: 27 Missing Kisses (Nana Djordjadze), Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe), Bamboozled (Spike Lee), The Heart of the World [short] (Guy Maddin), Little Otik (Jan Svankmajer), Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen), Séance (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan), The Yards (James Gray), You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan).