1. No Country for Old Men Joel & Ethan Coen, U.S.

  2. There Will Be Blood P.T. Anderson, U.S.

  3. Zodiac David Fincher, U.S.

  4. Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/Austria/France

  5. I’m Not There Todd Haynes, U.S./Germany

  6. Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett, U.S.

  7. Lady Chatterley Pascale Ferran, France/Belgium

  8. Eastern Promises David Cronenberg, U.K./Canada

  9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu, Romania

10.  Colossal Youth Pedro Costa, France/Portugal/Switzerland

  1. The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany

  2. Black Book Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands/Germany/Belgium

  3. Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy, U.S.

  4. No End in Sight Charles Ferguson, U.S.

  5. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Sidney Lumet, U.S.

  6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Julian Schnabel, France/U.S.

  7. Away from Her Sarah Polley, Canada

  8. Offside Jafar Panahi, Iran

  9. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone Tsai Ming-liang, Malaysia/China/Taiwan/France/Austria

  10. Private Fears in Public Places Alain Resnais, France/Italy

20 BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2007

  1. Silent Light Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands
  2. Flight of the Red Balloon Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France
  3. Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant, France/U.S.*
  4. Secret Sunshine Lee Chang-dong, South Korea*
  5. My Winnipeg Guy Maddin, Canada
  6. Useless Jia Zhang-Ke, China/Hong Kong*
  7. Still Life Jia Zhang-Ke, China/Hong Kong*
  8. In the City of Sylvia José Luis Guerín, Spain*
  9. The Last Mistress Catherine Breillat, France/Italy
  10. The Romance of Astrée and Céladon Eric Rohmer, France/Italy/Spain*
  11. The Duchess of Langeais Jacques Rivette, France/Germany
  12. Alexandra Alexander Sokurov, France/Russia
  13. The Unforeseen Laura Dunn, U.S.
  14. Go Go Tales Abel Ferrara, Italy/U.S.
  15. Battle for Haditha Nick Broomfield, U.K.*
  16. Mister Lonely Harmony Korine, U.K./France/Ireland/U.S.
  17. The Pool Chris Smith, U.S.*
  18. George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead George A. Romero, U.S.
  19. Chop Shop Ramin Bahrani, U.S.
  20. Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog, U.S. (tie) Profit motive and the whispering wind John Gianvito, U.S.