| 1. |
Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| 2. |
Richard Linklater, Before Sunset |
| 3. |
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby |
| 4. |
Lars von Trier, Dogville |
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Martin Scorsese, The Aviator |
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Zhang Yimou, Hero |
| 5. |
Alexander Payne, Sideways |
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Michael Mann, Collateral |
| 6. |
Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 2 |
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Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou |
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Zach Braff, Garden State |
| 7. |
Bill Condon, Kinsey |
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David Mamet, Spartan |
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David O. Russell, I Heart Huckabees |
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Jafar Panahi, Crimson Gold |
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Jean-Luc Godard, Notre Musique |
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Jim Jarmusch, Coffee & Cigarettes |
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Jonathan Demme, The Manchurian Candidate |
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Pedro Almodovar, Bad Education |
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Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill Vol. 2 |
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Shane Carruth, Primer |
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Tsai Ming-liang, Goodbye, Dragon Inn |
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Walter Salles, The Motorcycle Diaries |
| 8. |
Andrei Zvyagintsev, The Return |
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Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen |
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Bong Joon-Ho, Memories of Murder |
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Brad Bird, The Incredibles |
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Guy Maddin, The Saddest Music in the World |
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Jia Zhang-ke, The World |
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Lars von Trier & Jorgen Leth, The Five Obstructions |
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Lewis Klahr, The Two Minutes to Zero Trilogy |
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M. Night Shyamalan, The Village |
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Mike Leigh, Vera Drake |
| 9. |
Alejandro Amenabar, The Sea Inside |
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 21 Grams |
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Alfonso Cuaron, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
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Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, Infernal Affairs |
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Blissfully Yours |
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady |
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Bernardo Bertolucci, The Dreamers |
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Bret Hamer, Kitchen Stories |
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Chantal Akerman, Tomorrow We Move |
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Clair Denis, L'Intrus |
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David Gordon Green, Undertow |
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E J-Yong, Untold Scandal |
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Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead |
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Frederic Fonteyne, Gilles' Wife |
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Gina Kim, Invisible Light |
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Guy Maddin, Cowards Bend the Knee |
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Hong Sang-Soo, Woman is the Future of Man |
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Ibn Iqbal Rashid, A Touch of Pink |
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Jacques Doillon, Raja |
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James L. Brooks, Spanglish |
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Jared Hess, Napolean Dynamite |
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Jonas Akerlund, Spun |
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Jonathan Glazer, Birth |
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Joseph Kahn, Torque |
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Ken Jacobs, Star Spangled to Death |
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Kim Ki-Duk, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring |
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Lewis Klahr, Daylight Moon (A Quartet) |
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Lodge Kerrigan, Keane |
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Manoel de Oliveira, A Talking Picture |
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Margarette von Trotta, Rosenstrasse |
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Mel Gibson, The Passion of the Christ |
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Mike Nichols, Closer |
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Ondi Timoner, Dig! |
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Ousmane Sembene, Moolaade |
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Park Chan-Wook, Oldboy |
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Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Supremacy |
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Penek Ratanarung, Last Life in the Universe |
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Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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Pjer Zalica, Gori Vatra/Fuse |
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Sally Potter, Yes |
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Samuel Fuller, The Big Red One |
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Siddiq Barmak, Osama |
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Song Il-gon, Spider Forest |
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Steven Spielberg, The Terminal |
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Tareque Masud, The Clay Bird |
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Terry George, Hotel Rwanda |
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Thom Anderson, Los Angeles Plays Itself |
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Vincent Gallo, The Brown Bunny |
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Wong Kar-Wai, 2046 |
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Yoji Yamada, The Twilight Samurai |
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Zach Snyder, Dawn of the Dead |
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Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers |
