Top Ten: 1995

Ranking the Decades

A Year in Film List + Image Gallery

God's Comedy [João César Monteiro, 1995]:

Casino [Martin Scorsese, 1995]:

The Flower of My Secret [Pedro Almodóvar, 1995]:

The Neon Bible [Terence Davies, 1995]:

Nixon [Oliver Stone, 1995]:

Ulysses' Gaze [Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1995]:

Salaam Cinema [Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1995]:

Whisper of the Heart [Yoshifumi Kondô, 1995]:

The White Balloon [Jafar Panahi, 1995]:

A Close Shave [Nick Park, 1995]:

Above, arranged in order of preference, my personal top-ten best films of the year (from what I've seen), accurate at the time of writing.

Top Ten: 1997

Ranking the Decades

A Year in Film List + Image Gallery

The Butcher Boy [Neil Jordan, 1997]:

Tren de sombras (Train of Shadows) [José Luis Guerín, 1997]:

Robinson in Space [Patrick Keiller, 1997]:

The Tango Lesson [Sally Potter, 1997]:

Hana-bi (Fireworks) [Takeshi Kitano, 1997]:

Happy Together [Wong Kar-Wai, 1997]:

Labyrinth of Dreams [Gakuryu Ishii (formerly Sogo Ishii), 1997]:

A Casa (The House) [Sharunas Bartas, 1997]:

The Hips of J.W. [João César Monteiro, 1997]:

Taste of Cherry [Abbas Kiarostami, 1997]:

Above, arranged in order of preference, my personal top-ten best films of the year (from what I've seen), accurate at the time of writing.

Top Ten: 1999

Ranking the Decades

A Year in Film List + Image Gallery

Sicilia! [Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub, 1999]:

Pola X [Leos Carax, 1999]:

The Spousals of God [João César Monteiro, 1999]:

Farewell, Home Sweet Home! [Otar Iosseliani, 1999]:

L'humanité [Bruno Dumont, 1999]:

The Wind Will Carry Us [Abbas Kiarostami, 1999]:

All About My Mother [Pedro Almodóvar, 1999]:

Eyes Wide Shut [Stanley Kubrick, 1999]:

Audition [Takashi Miike, 1999]:

Beau Travail [Claire Denis, 1999]:

Above, arranged in order of preference, my personal top-ten best films of the year (from what I've seen), accurate at the time of writing.

Top Ten: 2000

Ranking the Decades

A Year in Film List + Image Gallery

Werckmeister Harmonies

[László Krasznahorkai, Ágnes Hranitzky & Béla Tarr, 2000]:

The Gleaners & I [Agnès Varda, 2000]:

In the Mood for Love [Wong Kar Wai, 2000]:

Freedom [Sharunas Bartas, 2000]:

Eureka [Shinji Aoyama, 2000]:

Branca de Neve [João César Monteiro, 2000]:

La Commune (Paris, 1871) [Peter Watkins, 2000]:

After the Reconciliation [Anne-Marie Miéville, 2000]:

Blackboards [Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000]:

Unbreakable [M. Night Shyamalan, 2000]:

Above, arranged in order of preference, my personal top-ten best films of the year (from what I've seen), accurate at the time of writing.

Top Ten: 2003

Ranking the Decades

A Year in Film List + Image Gallery

Come and Go [João César Monteiro, 2003]:

Dogville [Lars von Trier, 2003]:

The Brown Bunny [Vincent Gallo, 2003]:

A Talking Picture [Manoel de Oliveira, 2003]:

Twentynine Palms [Bruno Dumont, 2003]:

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks [Wang Bing, 2003]:

I'm Not Scared [Gabriele Salvatores, 2003]:

The Story of Marie and Julien [Jacques Rivette, 2003]:

Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness [Tom Hooper, 2003]:

Reconstruction [Christoffer Boe, 2003]:

Above, arranged in order of preference, my personal top-ten best films of the year (from what I've seen), accurate at the time of writing.