The Top 10

3-Iron(2004) (For the silence that remains with you after the film)
4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days(2007) (Come on, Romania!)
Amelie(2001) (Dream, this one)
Ameros Perros(2000) (As intense as it can get)
In The Mood For Love (2000) (Mise-en-scene)
Talk To Her (2002) (God forbid, Swan song of Almodovar)
The White Ribbon (2009) (The living master’s tour de force)
The Edge Of Heaven (2007) (Intimate, personal and moving)
The Return (2003) (Stunning)
Tropical Malady(2004) (Avant garde)




The honourable mentions

Baran (2004)
Bad Education (2004)
Cache (2005)
Dancer In The Dark (2000)
Gomorroh (2008) (More to compensate the fact that I haven’t watched City Of God)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Synecdoche, Newyork (2008)
The Son’s Room (2001)
The Class (2008)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)


And the minor movies, off-beat etc.,


Be With Me(2005)
Juno(2007)
Ten (2002)
The Band’s Visit(2007)
Three Monkeys(2008)
Tricks(2007)
Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008)
What Time Is It There? (2001)
Whisky(2004)
You, The Living (2007)