Sideways Alexander Payne, U.S.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry, U.S.
Before Sunset Richard Linklater, U.S.
Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, U.S.
Goodbye Dragon Inn Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
Notre musique Jean-Luc Godard, France
Vera Drake Mike Leigh, U.K.
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino, U.S.
Dogville Lars von Trier, Denmark
Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
Bad Education Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
The Aviator Martin Scorsese, U.S.
The Incredibles Brad Bird, U.S.
Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi, Iran
Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore, U.S.
I ♥ Huckabees David O. Russell, U.S.
Los Angeles Plays Itself Thom Andersen, U.S.
Collateral Michael Mann, U.S.
House of Flying Daggers Zhang Yimou, China
Tarnation Jonathan Caouette, U.S.
20 BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2004
Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan/Taiwan
The World Jia Zhangke, China
The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel, Argentina
Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
Kings and Queen Arnaud Desplechin, France
Keane Lodge Kerrigan, U.S.
Triple Agent Eric Rohmer, France
The 10th District Court: Judicial Hearings Raymond Depardon, France
2046 Wong Kar-wai, China/Hong Kong/France
Los Muertos Lisandro Alonso, Argentina
Saraband Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
Woman Is the Future of Man Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
Nobody Knows Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
Checkpoint Yoav Shamir, Israel
Oldboy Chan-wook Park, South Korea
Five Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
The Intruder Claire Denis, France
Mondovino Jonathan Nossiter, U.S./France
My Summer of Love Pawel Pawlikowski, U.K.
Look at Me Agnès Jaoui, France