2002

1. Spider - David Cronenberg ; Canada/UK
2. Lilja 4-ever - Lukas Moodysson ; Russia/Sweden
3. Le Fils / The Son - Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ; Belgium added 9/02/04
4. Vendredi soir - Claire Denis ; France
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson ; NZ/U.S.
6. Far From Heaven - Todd Haynes ; U.S.
7. Hable con ella / Talk to Her - Pedro Almodovar ; Spain
8. Ten - Abbas Kiarostami ; Iran/France
9. Punch Drunk Love - Paul Thomas Anderson ; U.S.
10. Russian Ark - Aleksandr Sokurov ; Russia
11. demonlover - Olivier Assayas ; France added 11/26/04
12. Sud sanaeha / Blissfully Yours - Apichatpong Weerasethakul ; Thaland/France Dec. 07
13. Mies vailla menneisyytta / The Man Without a Past - Aki Kaurismaki ; Finland
14. Femme Fatale - Brian De Palma ; France
15. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary - Guy Maddin ; Canada moved 12/02/04
16. Les Glaneurs et la glanuese... deux ans aprés / Two Years Later - Agnés Varda ; France added 05/31/06
17. 24 Hour Party People - Michael Winterbottom ; UK Nov. 07
18. Minority Report - Steven Spielberg ; U.S.
19. Gangs of New York - Martin Scorsese ; U.S. added Dec. 06
20. Uzak / Distant - Nuri Bilge Ceylan ; Turkey added 7/28/05
21. Secretary - Steven Shainberg ; U.S.
22. The Bourne Identity - Doug Liman ; U.S. added Jan. 08
23. The Weather Underground - Sam Green, Bill Siegel
24. Hollywood Ending - Woody Allen ; U.S.
25. Adaptation - Spike Jonze ; U.S.
26. 28 Days Later - Danny Boyle ; UK moved 12/28/04
27. Cuckoo - Alexander Rogozhin ; Russia
28. Dirty Pretty Things - Stephen Frears ; UK
29. Fellini: Je suisun grand menteur / I'm a Born Liar - Damian Pettigrew ; France/Italy/UK added 8/09/04
30. Spellbound - Jeffrey Blitz ; U.S.
31. Ying xiong / Hero - Yimou Zhang ; Hong Kong/China added 12/18/04
32. Cinemania - Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak ; Germany/U.S. added 02/17/06
33. Catch Me If You Can - Steven Spielberg ; U.S.
34. Comedian - Christian Charles ; U.S.
35. Hukkle - Gyorgy Palfi ; Hungary added 05/22/06
36. Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns - A.J. Schnack ; U.S.
37. Tan de repente / Suddenly - Diego Lerman ; Argentina
38. Bowling for Columbine - Michael Moore ; U.S.
39. Panic Room - David Fincher ; U.S.
40. Road to Perdition - Sam Mendes ; U.S.
41. Spider-Man - Sam Raimi ; U.S.
42. Blade II - Guillermo Del Toro ; U.S.
43. Sunshine State - John Sayles ; U.S.
44. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - Peter Care ; U.S.
45. About Schmidt - Alexander Payne ; U.S.
46. Reign of Fire - Rob Bowman ; UK/Ireland/U.S.
47. Signs - M. Night Shyamalan ; U.S.
48. Phone Booth - Joel Schumacher ; U.S. added 01/22/06
49. Star Trek: Nemesis - Stuart Baird ; U.S.
50. Bubba Ho-Tep - Don Coscarelli ; U.S. added 06/25/06
51. The Guru - Daisy von Scherler Mayer ; UK/France/U.S. added 11/29/04
52. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - George Lucas ; U.S.
53. L'Auberge espagnole - Cédric Klapisch ; France/Spain