1. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
2. The Sky Crawlers (Mamoru Oshii)
3. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone)
4. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
5. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
6. Street Kings (David Ayer)
7. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
8. Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson)
9. Carts of Darkness (Murray Siple)
10. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
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11. Taken (Pierre Morel)
12. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
13. Baghead (Duplass brothers)
14. Burn After Reading (Coen brothers)
15. Ip Man (Wilson Yip)
16. What Doesn't Kill You (Brian Goodman)
17. Body of Lies (Ridley Scott)
18. Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green)
19. Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes)
20. Appaloosa (Ed Harris)