1. The Tree of Life (Dir. Terrence Malick)
2. Shame (Dir. Steve McQueen)
3. The White Ribbon (Dir. Michael Haneke)
4. Drive (Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
5. The Fall (Dir. Tarsem Singh)
6. The Social Network (Dir. David Fincher)
7. Like Crazy (Dir. Drake Doremus)
8. Black Swan (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
9. Away We Go (Dir. Sam Mendes)
10. The Village (Dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
11. Inglorious Basterds (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
12. Burn After Reading (Dir. The Coen Brothers)
13. Where The Wild Things Are (Dir. Spike Jonze)
14. Into The Wild (Dir. Sean Penn)
15. The Fountain (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
16. Fight Club (Dir. David Fincher)
17. An Education (Dir. Lone Scherfig)
18. Up In The Air (Dir. Jason Reitman)
19. Antichrist (Dir. Lars von Trier)
20. The Kids Are All Right (Dir. Lisa Cholodenko)

Honorable mention: Jesus Camp (Dir. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady)