1. Lost In Translation Sofia Coppola, U.S.

  2. Mystic River Clint Eastwood, U.S.

  3. Elephant Gus Van Sant, U.S.

  4. Kill Bill Volume One Quentin Tarantino, U.S.

  5. American Splendor Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, U.S.

  6. The Fog of War Errol Morris, U.S.

  7. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson, U.S.

  8. Capturing the Friedmans Andrew Jarecki, U.S.

  9. The Son Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium

  10. The Man Without a Past Aki Kaurismäki, Finland

BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2003

  1. Goodbye Dragon Inn Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
  2. demonlover Olivier Assayas, France  
  3. Unknown Pleasures Jia Zhangke, China
  4. Ten Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  5. School of Rock Richard Linklater, U.S.
  6. Spider David Cronenberg, Canada/U.K.
  7. Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, U.S.
  8. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir, U.S.
  9. Bus 174 José Padilha, Brazil
  10. To Be and To Have Nicolas Philibert, France
  11. Platform Jia Zhangke, China
  12. Spellbound Jeffrey Blitz, U.S.  
  13. City of God Fernando Meirelles, Brazil
  14. Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears, U.K.
  15. 21 Grams Alejandro González Inárritu, U.S.
  16. Irreversible Gaspar Noé, France
  17. In America Jim Sheridan, Ireland/U.K.
  18. La Commune Paris, 1871 Peter Watkins, France
  19. Raising Victor Vargas Peter Sollett, U.S.
  20. All the Real Girls David Gordon Green, U.S.
  21. The Triplets of Belleville Sylvain Chomet, France
  22. Love and Diane Jennifer Dworkin, U.S.
  23. Lilya 4-Ever Lukas Moodysson, Sweden
  24. Sweet Sixteen Ken Loach, U.K.
  25. In This World Michael Winterbottom, U.K.
  26. 28 Days Later Danny Boyle, U.K.
  27. Friday Night Claire Denis, France
  28. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary Guy Maddin, Canada
  29. The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullen, Ireland
  30. Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella, U.S.
  31. The Secret Lives of Dentists Alan Rudolph, U.S.
  32. The Weather Underground Sam Green & Bill Siegel, U.S.
  33. Pistol Opera Seijun Suzuki, Japan
  34. A Mighty Wind Christopher Guest, U.S.
  35. The Man on the Train Patrice Leconte, France
  36. Japón Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/ Germany
  37. Chi-hwa-seon Im Kwon-taek, South Korea
  38. The Good Thief Neil Jordan, Ireland/ U.K./France
  39. Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff, U.S.
  40. Divine Intervention Elia Suleiman, Palestine
  41. Whale Rider Niki Caro, New Zealand
  42. Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi, Iran
  43. Dogville Lars von Trier, Denmark
  44. Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
  45. Bright Leaves Ross McElwee, U.S.
  46. The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin, Canada
  47. Good Morning, Night Marco Bellocchio, Italy
  48. S21: Khmer Rouge Killing Machine Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France
  49. Since Otar Left Julie Bertucelli, France/Georgia
  50. The Story of Marie and Julien Jacques Rivette, Japan
  51. Coffee and Cigarettes Jim Jarmusch, U.S.
  52. The Best of Youth Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy (tie) Zatoichi Takeshi Kitano, Japan
  53. Los Angeles Plays Itself Thom Anderson, U.S.
  54. The Brown Bunny Vincent Gallo, U.S.
  55. Raja Jacques Doillon, France
  56. Springtime in a Small Town Tian Zhuangzhuang, China
  57. The Return Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia (tie) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring Ki-duk Kim, South Korea
  58. Vibrator Ryuichi Hiroki, Japan
  59. Turning Gate Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
  60. Young Adam David Mackenzie, U.K.
  61. Funny Ha Ha Andrew Bujalski, U.S.
  62. Time of the Wolf Michael Haneke, Austria
  63. An Injury to One Travis Wilkerson, U.S.
  64. Blissfully Yours Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
  65. The Five Obstructions Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier, Denmark Participants: John Anderson, David Ansen, Nicole Armour, Paul Arthur, Mike Atkinson, Marjorie Baumgarten, John Caps, Michael Chaiken, Chris Chang, Godfrey Cheshire, Travis Crawford, Edward E. Crouse, Gary Crowdus, Mike D’Angelo, Manohla Dargis, Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, Justine Elias, FX Feeney, Scott Foundas, Chris Fujiwara, Graham Fuller, Susan Gerhard, Larry Gross, Tom Gunning, Ernest Hardy, Dennis Harvey, James Harvey, Elizabeth Helfgott, J. Hoberman, Robert Horton, Gary Indiana, Harlan Jacobson, Kent Jones, Kristin Jones, Dave Kehr, Lisa Kennedy, Glenn Kenny, Sarah Kerr, Stuart Klawans, Michael Koresky, Nathan Lee, Dennis Lim, Phillip Lopate, Alice Lovejoy, Tim Lucas, Cynthia Lucia, Guy Maddin, Greil Marcus, Todd McCarthy, Maitland McDonagh, Wesley Morris, Chris Norris, Geoffrey O’Brien, Mark Olsen, Gerald Peary, Richard Peña, Mark Peranson, Tony Pipolo, Richard Porton, Alissa Quart, Rachel Rosen, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Paul Schrader, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Gavin Smith, Roger Smith, Gregory Solman, Christine Spines, Chuck Stephens, David Sterritt, Bob Strauss, Erik Syngle, Amy Taubin, Anne Thompson, Desson Thomson, Joumane Trad, Kenneth Turan, Giulia D’agnolo Vallan, David Walsh, Armond White, Mike Wilmington, Tom Zummer.