2007
1. No Country for Old Men (Dirs. Ethan and Joel Coen)
2. I’m Not There (Dir. Todd Haynes)
3. Ratatouille (Dir. Brad Bird)
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(Dir. Andrew Dominik)
5. Juno (Dir. Jason Reitman)
6. There Will Be Blood (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
7. The Lives of Others (Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) &
After the Wedding (Dir. Susanne Bier)
8. Michael Clayton (Dir. Tony Gilroy)
9. Into the Wild (Dir. Sean Penn)
10. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Dir. Ken Loach)

Honorable Mentions
Romance & Cigarettes (Dir. John Turturro) | Once (Dir. John Carney) | Black Book (Dir. Paul Verhoeven) | Lust, Caution (Dir. Ang Lee)| The King of Kong (Dir. Seth Gordon) | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Dir. David Yates) | Brand Upon the Brain (Dir. Guy Maddin) | Charlie Wilson’s War (Dir. Mike Nichols)

 

2006
1. Children of Men (Dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
2. The Queen (Dir. Stephen Frears)
3. The Departed (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
4. Half Nelson (Dir. Ryan Fleck)
5. The Fountain (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
6. Bubble (Dir. Steven Soderbergh)
8. Little Miss Sunshine (Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)
9. A Prairie Home Companion (Dir. Robert Altman)
10. Marie Antoinette (Dir. Sophia Coppola)

Honorable Mentions:
Pan’s Labyrinth (Dir. Guillermo Del Toro) | Superman Returns (Dir. Bryan Singer) | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Dir. Larry Charles) | Inside Man (Dir. Spike Lee) | Wednesday (Dir. Justin D. Hilliard) | Letters from Iwo Jima (Dir. Clint Eastwood)

 

2005
1. Munich (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
2. King Kong (Dir. Peter Jackson)
3. The Constant Gardener (Dir. Fernando Meirelles)
4. Me and You and Everyone We Know (Dir. Miranda July)
5. Syriana (Dir. Stephen Gaghan)
6. Capote (Dir. Bennett Miller)
7. Batman Begins (Dir. Christopher Nolan)
8. The Squid and the Whale (Dir. Noah Baumbach)
9. Broken Flowers (Dir. Jim Jarmush)
10. Brokeback Mountain (Dir. Ang Lee)

Honorable Mentions
Land of the Dead (Dir. George A. Romero) | Facade (Dir. Brian Bedard) | Sin City (Dir. Robert Rodriguez) | The 40 Year Old Virgin (Dir. Judd Apatow) | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Dir. Mike Newell)

 

2004
1. The Aviator (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
2. Million Dollar Baby (Dir. Clint Eastwood)
3. Finding Neverland (Dir. Marc Forester)
4. The Incredibles (Dir. Brad Bird)
5. Sideways (Dir. Alexander Payne)
6. Before Sunset (Dir. Richard Linklater)
7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
8. The Dreamers (Dir. Bernardo Bertolluci)
9. The Terminal (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
10. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Dir. Michael Moore)

Honorable Mentions
Hero (Dir. Yimou Zhang) | Spartan (Dir. David Mamet)

 

2003
1. Lost in Translation (Dir. Sophia Coppola)
2. Mystic River (Dir. Clint Eastwood)
3. Capturing the Friedmans (Dir. Andrew Jarecki)
4. American Splendor (Dirs. Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini)
5. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Dir. Peter Weir)
6. Angels in America (Dir. Mike Nichols)
7. All the Real Girls (Dir. David Gordon Green)
8. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
9. Whale Rider (Dir. Niki Caro)
10. The Russian Ark (Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov)

Honorable Mentions
Holes (Dir. Andrew Davis) | Matchstick Men (Dir. Ridley Scott) | X2 (Dir. Bryan Singer) | LOTR: The Return of the King (Dir. Peter Jackson) | Monster (Dir. Patty Jenkins)

 

2002
1. Minority Report (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
2. Y Tu Mamá También (Dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
3. Adaptation (Dir. Spike Jones)
4. Gangs of New York (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
5. Spirited Away (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
6. Far From Heaven (Dir. Todd Haynes)
7. Punch-Drunk Love (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
8. Insomnia (Dir. Christopher Nolan)
9. The Cat’s Meow (Dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
10. The Rookie (Dir. John Lee Hancock)

Honorable Mentions
Lilo & Stitch (Dir. Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders) | Frailty (Dir. Bill Paxton) | Signs (Dir. M. Night Shyamalan) | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Dir. Chris Columbus) | LOTR: The Two Towers (Dir. Peter Jackson)

 

2001
1. Moulin Rouge! (Dir. Baz Luhrmann)
2. A Beautiful Mind (Dir. Ron Howard)
3. Waking Life (Dir. Richard Linklater)
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Dir. Chris Columbus)
5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Dir. John Cameron Mitchell)
6. Amélie (Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
7. A.I. (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
8. Ghost World (Dir. Terry Zwigoff)
9. Black Hawk Down (Dir. Ridley Scott)
10. Bridget Jones’s Diary (Dir. Sharon Maguire)

Honorable Mentions
Monsters, Inc. (Dir. Pete Docter) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Dir. Peter Jackson)

 

2000
1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Dir. Ang Lee)
2. Almost Famous (Dir. Cameron Crowe)
3. Traffic (Dir. Stephen Soderberg)
4. Requiem for a Dream (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
5. Finding Forrester (Dir. Gus Van Sant)
6. Unbreakable (Dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
7. High Fidelity (Dir. Stephen Frears)
8. O Brother, Where Art Thou (Dir. Joel Coen)
9. Chuck & Buck (Dir. Miguel Arteta)
10. Gladiator (Dir. Ridley Scott)

Honorable Mentions
Billy Elliot (Dir. Stephen Daldry) | Dancer in the Dark (Dir. Lars Von Trier) | Urbania (Dir. Jon Shears)

1999
1. Fight Club (Dir. David Fincher)
2. American Beauty (Dir. Sam Mendes)
3. Magnolia (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Dir. Anthony Minghella)
5. The Sixth Sense (Dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
6. Toy Story 2 (Dir. John Lasseter)
7. Bringing Out the Dead (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
8. Eyes Wide Shut (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
9. Man on the Moon (Dir. Milos Forman)
10. The Matrix (Dir. Larry & Andy Wachowski)

Honorable Mentions
Boys Don’t Cry (Dir. Kimberly Peirce) | The Iron Giant (Dir. Brad Bird)