Top 10 - 2011

1. Weekend (Andrew Haigh)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. The Tree of Life (Terence Malick)
4. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
5. Beginners (Mike Mills)
6. Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt)
7. Hanna (Joe Wright)
8. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)
9. Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols)
10. (tie) The Adjustment Bureau (George Nolfi)/Warrior (Gavin O'Connor)

Honorable Mentions:
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog)
Into the Abyss (Werner Herzog)
Buck (Cindy Meehl)
The Arbor (Clio Barnard)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin)
The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
Dog Sweat (Hossein Keshavarz)
Attack the Block (Joe Cornish)

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Top 11 - 2010

1. Please Give (Nicole Holofcener)
2. The Social Network (David Fincher)
3. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik)
4. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
5. Obselidia (Diane Bell)
6. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance)
7. True Grit (Joel & Ethan Coen)
8. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola)
9. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
11. Made in Dagenham (Nigel Cole)

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