1. Sideways Alexander Payne, U.S.

  2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry, U.S.

  3. Before Sunset Richard Linklater, U.S.

  4. Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, U.S.

  5. Goodbye Dragon Inn Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan

  6. Notre musique Jean-Luc Godard, France

  7. Vera Drake Mike Leigh, U.K.

  8. Kill Bill Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino, U.S.

  9. Dogville Lars von Trier, Denmark

  10. Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene, Senegal

  11. Bad Education Pedro Almodóvar, Spain

  12. The Aviator Martin Scorsese, U.S.

  13. The Incredibles Brad Bird, U.S.

  14. Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi, Iran

  15. Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore, U.S.

  16. I ♥ Huckabees David O. Russell, U.S.

  17. Los Angeles Plays Itself Thom Andersen, U.S.

  18. Collateral Michael Mann, U.S.

  19. House of Flying Daggers Zhang Yimou, China

  20. Tarnation Jonathan Caouette, U.S.

20 BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2004

  1. Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan/Taiwan

  2. The World Jia Zhangke, China

  3. The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel, Argentina

  4. Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand

  5. Kings and Queen Arnaud Desplechin, France

  6. Keane Lodge Kerrigan, U.S.

  7. Triple Agent Eric Rohmer, France

  8. The 10th District Court: Judicial Hearings Raymond Depardon, France

  9. 2046 Wong Kar-wai, China/Hong Kong/France

  10. Los Muertos Lisandro Alonso, Argentina

  11. Saraband Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

  12. Woman Is the Future of Man Hong Sang-soo, South Korea

  13. Nobody Knows Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan

  14. Checkpoint Yoav Shamir, Israel

  15. Oldboy Chan-wook Park, South Korea

  16. Five Abbas Kiarostami, Iran

  17. The Intruder Claire Denis, France

  18. Mondovino Jonathan Nossiter, U.S./France

  19. My Summer of Love Pawel Pawlikowski, U.K.

  20. Look at Me Agnès Jaoui, France