2008

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

2. Martyrs (Pascal Laugier)

3. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis)

4. Two Lovers (James Gray)

5. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel)

6. Hunger (Steve McQueen)

7. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)

8. Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green)

9. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)

10. Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)

Honorable mentions: Frontier of Dawn (Philippe Garrel), Help Me Eros (Lee Keng-sheng), Man on Wire (James Marsh), Somers Town (Shane Meadows), Vinyan (Fabrice du Welz), and Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)