TOP 4 OF THE 2000s IN RANK ORDER
Le Fils (The Son) / Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (2002)
Memento / Christopher Nolan (2000)
L’Emploi Du Temps (TimFe Out) / Laurent Cantet (2001)
Shi Yue Wei Cheng (Bodyguards And Assassins) / Teddy Chan (2009)
Next 6, chronologically
Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) / Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
The Station Agent / Thomas McCarthy (2003)
Keane / H. Lodge Kerrigan (2004)
Caché / Michael Haneke (2005)
Brick / Rian Johnson (2005)
4 Luni, 3 Saptamani Si 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) / Cristian Mungiu (2007)
Next 10, chronologically
The Man Who Wasn’t There / Coen Brothers (2001)
Miu Gaan Diy (Infernal Affairs) / Wai Kaung Lau & Siu Fai Mak (2002)
21 Grams / Alejandro González Iñárritu (2003)
Zi Hudi (Purple Butterfly) / Ye Lou (2003)
Kurôn wa kokyô wo mezasu (The Clone Returns Home) / Kanji Nakajima (2008)
Casa De Areia (House Of Sand) / Andrucha Waddington (2005)
United 93 / Peter Greengrass (2006)
The Dead Girl / Karen Moncrieff (2006)
Into The Wild / Sean Penn (2007)
Darbareye Elly (About Elly) / Asghar Farhadi (2009)