1. A History of Violence David Cronenberg, U.S.

  2. 2046 Wong Kar Wai, China/Hong Kong/France

  3. Kings and Queen Arnaud Desplechin, France

  4. Caché/Hidden Michael Haneke, France/Austria/Germany/Italy

  5. Grizzly Man Werner Herzog, U.S./Canada

  6. The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach, U.S.

  7. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee, U.S.

  8. Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand

  9. The World Jia Zhangke, China

  10. Capote Bennett Miller, U.S.

20 BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2005

  1. Good Night, And Good Luck. George Clooney, U.S.

  2. The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel, Argentina

  3. Saraband Ingmar Bergman, Sweden

  4. Land of the Dead George Romero, U.S.

  5. Head-On Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey

  6. Last Days Gus Van Sant, U.S.

  7. Munich Steven Spielberg, U.S.

  8. The Intruder Claire Denis, France

  9. Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July, U.S.

  10. Syriana Stephen Gaghan, U.S.

  11. Match Point Woody Allen, U.K./U.S.

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

  13. Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow, China/Hong Kong

  14. Paradise Now Abu-Assad, Netherlands/ Israel/Germany/France

  15. The New World Terrence Malick, U.S.

  16. Mysterious Skin Gregg Araki, U.S.

  17. Howl’s Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki, Japan

  18. Breakfast on Pluto Neil Jordan, Ireland/U.K.

  19. Junebug Phil Morrison, U.S.

  20. Keane Lodge Kerrigan, U.S.

  21. The Beat That My Heart Skipped Jacques Audiard, France

  22. The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles, U.K./Germany

  23. Nobody Knows Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan

  24. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park & Steve Box, U.K./U.S.

  25. Darwin’s Nightmare Hubert Sauper, France/Austria/ Belgium

  26. Oldboy Park Chan-wook, South Korea

  27. Batman Begins Christopher Nolan, U.S.

  28. Turtles Can Fly Bahman Ghobadi, Iraq/Iran

  29. Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch, U.S./France

  30. Downfall Oliver Hirschbiegel, Germany

  31. Sin City Robert Rodriguez, U.S.

  32. Look at Me Agnès Jaoui, France

  33. The Best of Youth Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy

  34. Good Morning, Night Marco Bellocchio, Italy

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

  36. Pride and Prejudice Joe Wright, U.S./U.K.

  37. War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg, U.S.

  38. King Kong Peter Jackson, U.S.

  39. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Tommy Lee Jones, U.S./France

  40. No Direction Home Martin Scorsese, U.S.

  41. Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan

  42. L’Enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France

  43. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu, Romania

  44. Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel, France

  45. The Sun Alexander Sokurov, Russia/France/Italy/Switzerland

  46. Police Beat Robinson Devor, U.S

  47. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
    Michael Winterbottom, U.K.

  48. Mutual Appreciation Andrew Bujalski, U.S.

  49. Gabrielle Patrice Leconte, France

  50. The Wayward Cloud Tsai Ming-liang, France/Taiwan

  51. Who’s Camus Anyway? Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Japan

  52. Tale of Cinema Hong Sang-soo, South Korea/France

  53. Princess Raccoon Seijun Suzuki, Japan

  54. Mary Abel Ferrara, Italy/France/U.S.

  55. 4 Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Russia

  56. 13 Lakes James Benning, U.S.

  57. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Park Chan-wook, South Korea

  58. Le Ponts des Arts Eugene Green, France

  59. Clean Olivier Assayas, Canada/France/U.K.

  60. Avenge But One of My Two Eyes Avi Mograbi, Frane/Israel Participants: Sam Adams, John Anderson, Melissa Anderson, Steve Anker, David Ansen, Tim Appelo, Nicole Armour, Paul Arthur, Michael Atkinson, Marjorie Baumgarten, Michael Chaiken, Chris Chang, Tom Charity, Godfrey Cheshire, Gary Crowdus, Giulia D’Agnollo-Vallan, Mike D’Angelo, David Fear, F.X. Feeney, Scott Foundas, Chris Fujiwara, Graham Fuller, Roger Garcia, Larry Gross, Dennis Harvey, Molly Haskell, Grady Hendrix, Logan Hill, J. Hoberman, Robert Horton, Johnny Ray Huston, Harlan Jacobson, Kent Jones, Kristin M. Jones, Dave Kehr, Glenn Kenny, Laura Kern, Stuart Klawans, Robert Koehler, Michael Koresky, Nathan Lee, Dennis Lim, Phillip Lopate, Alice Lovejoy, Tim Lucas, Cynthia Lucia, Scott Macaulay, Guy Maddin, Greil Marcus, Todd McCarthy, Mark McElhatten, Wesley Morris, Rob Nelson, Chris Norris, Geoffrey O’Brien, Mark Olsen, Mark Peranson, Tony Pipolo, Richard Porton, John Powers, James Quandt, Alissa Quart, Nicolas Rapold, Bérénice Reynaud, Howard A. Rodman, Joshua Rothkopf, Andrew Sarris, Richard Schickel, Paul Schrader, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Gavin Smith, Roger Smith, Vivian Sobchack, Bob Strauss, Jim Supanick, Amy Taubin, Desson Thomson, Kenneth Turan, Michael Wilmington, Donald Wilson