1. DRIVE (Nicholas Winding Refn)
2. A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi)
3. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick)
4. THE LONELIEST PLANET (Julia Loktev)
5. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
6. MONEYBALL (Bennett Miller)
7. MELANCHOLIA (Lars Von Trier)
8. THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Terence Davies)
9. THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Paolo Sorrentino)
10. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello)
Honorable Mention: THE KID WITH A BIKE (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne); THIS IS NOT A FILM (Jafar Panahi)
Notable Shorts: EVERYTHING WILL BE OK (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Fincher)