Top 20 lançado comercialmente nos EUA
1. Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt, U.S.
2. A Viagem do Balão Vermelho Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France
3. Um Conto de Natal Arnaud Desplechin, France
4. Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh, U.K.
5. WALL·E Andrew Stanton, U.S.
6. Still Life Jia Zhang-ke, Hong Kong/China
7. Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant, France/U.S.
8. Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman, Israel/France/Germany
9. My Winnipeg Guy Maddin, Canada
10. Milk Gus Van Sant, U.S.
11. Deixe Ela Entrar Tomas Alfredson, Sweden
12. Não Toque no Machado Jacques Rivette, France/Italy
13. Entre Les Murs Laurence Cantet, France
14. Synecdoche, New York Charlie Kaufman, U.S.
15. Hunger Steve McQueen, U.K.
16. Luz Silenciosa Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands
17. Ballast Lance Hammer, U.S.
18. Man on Wire James Marsh, U.K.
19. The Exiles Kent Mackenzie, U.S.
20. Gomorra Matteo Garrone, Italy
Top 20 Não lançado
1. A Mulher Sem Cabeça Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy
2. 24 City Jia Zhang-ke, China/Hong Kong/Japan
3. Horas de Verão Olivier Assayas, France
4. Still Walking Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
5. Tulpan Sergey Dvortsevoy, Germany/Switzerland/Kazakhstan/Russia/Poland
6. RR James Benning, U.S.
7. 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis, France/Germany
8. Of Time and the City Terence Davies, U.K.
9. Tony Manero Pablo Larrain, Chile/Brazil
10. Liverpool Lisandro Alonso, Argentina
11. Sugar Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, U.S.
12. Tokyo Sonata Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan/Netherlands/Hong Kong
13. O Canto dos Pássaros Albert Serra, Spain
14. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, U.S.
15. United Red Army Koji Wakamatsu, Japan
16. Noite e Dia Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
17. Quatro Noites com Anna Jerzy Skolimowski, France/Poland
18. Me and Orson Welles Richard Linklater, U.K.
19. Il Divo Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France
20. Chouga Darezhan Omirbaev, Kazakhstan/France