Meine Liste der ersten Dekade, die ersten drei Plätze in der genannten Reihenfolge, der Rest in willkürlicher Reihenfolge (8,5-9/10):
1. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002) 10/10
2. Valhalla Rising (Nicoals Winding Refn, 2009) 9,5/10
3. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001) 9,5/10
- Der Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
- Love Exposure (Shion Sono, 2008)
- 19 (Kazushi Watanabe, 2000)
- Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé, 2009)
- Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009)
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Park Chan-wook, 2002)
- Leben und Tod einer Pornobande (Mladen Djordjevic, 2009)
- Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
- Das weiße Band (Michael Haneke, 2009)
- Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
- Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
- Brother (Takeshi Kitano, 2000)
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
- Amores perros (Alejandro González Inárritu, 2000)
- Memories of Matsuko (Tetsuya Nakashima, 2006)
- No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
- High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
- Tropa de Elite (José Padilha, 2007)
- Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
- Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
- The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
- The Chaser (Na Hong-jin, 2008)
- Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
- Auf der anderen Seite (Faith Akin, 2007)
- The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky 2008)
- So finster die Nacht (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
- City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
- Bittersweet Life (Kim Ji-woon, 2005)
- This is England (Shane Meadows, 2006)
...und natürlich Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006)
