2004

1. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)

2. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

3. L'Intrus (Claire Denis)

4. Keane (Lodge Kerrigan)

5. The Bridesmaid (Claude Chabrol)

6. Innocence (Lucile Hadzihalilovic)

7. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)

8. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel)

9. Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki)

10. Notre musique (Jean-Luc Godard)

Honorable mentions: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese), Calvaire [The Ordeal] (Fabrice Du Welz) and Collateral (Michael Mann)