Sounds simple, but it gets kind of tricky. Only one movie per year, please (that's where it gets tricky). Here's my list:
2000: In the Mood for Love, Kar-wai, Hong Kong
2001: Mulholland Drive, Lynch, US
2002: City of God, Meirelles, Brazil
2003: Old Boy, Park, South Korea
2004: Tropical Malady, Weerasethakul, Thailand
2005: L'enfant, Dardenne brothers, Belgium
2006: I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, Tsai, Taiwan; Still Life, Jia, China (tie--the two best films of the century in my book)
2007: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Mungiu, Romania
2008: Alexandra, Sokurov, Russia
2009: Police, Adjective, Porumboiu, Romania
2010: Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Weerasethakul, Thailand
2011: Once upon a Time in Anatolia, Ceylan, Turkey
2012: Amour, Haneke, France/Austria
2013: Gravity, Cuaron, US
2014: Mommy, Dolan, Canada
2015: The Assassin, Hou, Taiwan
2016: Moonlight, Jenkins, US
2017: Loveless, Zvyagintsev, Russia
2018: Roma, Cuaron, Mexico
2019: Parasite, Bong, South Korean
2020: Nomadland, Zhao, US
2021: Memoria, Weerasethakul, Columbia
2022: The Banshees of Inisherin, McDonagh, Ireland
2023: Riceboy Sleeps, Shim, Canada
If you don't want to do all the years, do as many as you can.
2000: In the Mood for Love, Kar-wai, Hong Kong
2001: Mulholland Drive, Lynch, US
2002: City of God, Meirelles, Brazil
2003: Old Boy, Park, South Korea
2004: Tropical Malady, Weerasethakul, Thailand
2005: L'enfant, Dardenne brothers, Belgium
2006: I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, Tsai, Taiwan; Still Life, Jia, China (tie--the two best films of the century in my book)
2007: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Mungiu, Romania
2008: Alexandra, Sokurov, Russia
2009: Police, Adjective, Porumboiu, Romania
2010: Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Weerasethakul, Thailand
2011: Once upon a Time in Anatolia, Ceylan, Turkey
2012: Amour, Haneke, France/Austria
2013: Gravity, Cuaron, US
2014: Mommy, Dolan, Canada
2015: The Assassin, Hou, Taiwan
2016: Moonlight, Jenkins, US
2017: Loveless, Zvyagintsev, Russia
2018: Roma, Cuaron, Mexico
2019: Parasite, Bong, South Korean
2020: Nomadland, Zhao, US
2021: Memoria, Weerasethakul, Columbia
2022: The Banshees of Inisherin, McDonagh, Ireland
2023: Riceboy Sleeps, Shim, Canada
If you don't want to do all the years, do as many as you can.
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