Most acclaimed films by year

Submitted by 1922 on Wed, 11/02/2005 - 12:42
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  • 2004

  • 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry) 87
  • 2. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood) 85
  • 3. Sideways (Alexander Payne) 85
  • 4. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) 85
  • 5. The Incredibles (Brad Bird) 84
  • 6. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) 84
  • 7. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George) 83
  • 8. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese) 82
  • 9. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel) 82
  • 10. Crash (Paul Haggis) 81
  • Runners-Up: Kung Fu Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, Head-on

  • 2005

  • 1. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee) 88
  • 2. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) 86
  • 3. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog) 85
  • 4. Capote (Bennett Miller) 85
  • 5. Match Point (Woody Allen) 85
  • 6. C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallée) 84
  • 7. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park, Steve Box) 84
  • 8. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach) 83
  • 9. King Kong (Peter Jackson) 82
  • 10. Munich (Steven Spielberg) 82
  • Runners-Up: Walk the Line, Good Night, and Good Luck., A History of Violence

  • 2006

  • 1. United 93 (Paul Greengrass) 90
  • 2. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro) 90
  • 3. The Lives of Others (Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck) 89
  • 4. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) 85
  • 5. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valérie Faris) 85
  • 6. The Departed (Martin Scorsese) 84
  • 7. Little Children (Todd Field) 81
  • 8. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood) 80
  • 9. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar) 80
  • 10. The Queen (Stephen Frears) 79
  • Runners-Up: Children of Men, An Inconvenient Truth, The Prestige

  • 2007

  • 1. Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi) 89
  • 2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel) 88
  • 3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird) 87
  • 4. No End in Sight (Charles Ferguson) 87
  • 5. Juno (Jason Reitman) 86
  • 6. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin) 85
  • 7. No Country for Old Men (Joeln & Ethan Coen) 85
  • 8. Sicko (Michael Moore) 84
  • 9. 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (Cristian Mungiu) 84
  • 10. Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck) 84
  • Runners-Up: Away From Her, Zodiac, There Will Be Blood

  • 2008

  • 1. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) 91
  • 2. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton) 91
  • 3. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky) 89
  • 4. Doubt (John Patrick Shanley) 87
  • 5. Man on Wire (James Marsh) 87
  • 6. Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard) 85
  • 7. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson) 83
  • 8. Milk (Gus Van Sant) 83
  • 9. The Class (Laurent Cantet) 83
  • 10. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme) 81
  • Runners-Up: Gomorrah, Slumdog Millionaire, Iron Man
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