http://www.listsofbests.com/list/70025 *NOTE - Also includes nominations for Best Revival* "A French resurgence and an unprecedentedly strong showing by women directors helped make 2009 an exceptional year, says Jonathan Romney The Top Ten 1 A Prophet (Un Prophète) (Jacques Audiard, France/Italy) =2 The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, USA) =2 35 Shots of Rum (35 rhums) (Claire Denis, France/Germany) 4 The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Michael Haneke, Germany/Austria/France/Italy) 5 Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) (Tomas Alfredson, Sweden/Norway) =6 Up (Pete Docter, USA) =6 White Material (Claire Denis, France) =8 Bright Star (Jane Campion, UK/Australia) =8 Antichrist (Lars von Trier, Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland/Belgium) 10 Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, USA/Germany)" Thu, 31 May 2012 18:56:49 GMT en-us 0 50 195 50 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7401646 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a 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style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fernando Meirelles</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400077 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400077"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LfKEDUhML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Haneke</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400200 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Corneliu Porumboiu</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7398726 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7398726"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51h8zdHqZ6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7380370 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marco Bellocchio</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7398078 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7398078"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gC-WLKBjL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abbas Kiarostami</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38898 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38898"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51q6cZfx7HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Orson Welles</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5195323 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5195323"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BjqbLrWDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kelly Reichardt</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7378071 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7378071"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515q0%2BKXU7L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lucrecia Martel</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7384333 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7384333"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yIn9MZljL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5817743 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5817743"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iMUPr%2B-LL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Darren Aronofsky</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6047523 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6047523"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p1EfDyT3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bob Peterson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3258645 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3258645"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31QdJ2DgYDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Luc Godard</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7397862 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7397862"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515AIlkS9CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Denis</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393948 <div id="position">18</div><div 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style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3917365"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NsaravvnL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by José Luis Guerín</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104815 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104815"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFX0DDHRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Demy</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7389769 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7389769"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i8FAmCg2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathryn Bigelow</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393476 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393476"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rdHpv3EdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Xawery Zulawski</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393841 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Strickland</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7379807 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7379807"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pgiKwT7uL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Douglas</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393824 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7393824"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510AKHGpCVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hayao Miyazaki</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6366445 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6366445"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NgQGzSEGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Selick</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5507594 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5507594"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cQlKG4KlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kar Wai Wong</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534946 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Arnold</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5525474 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5525474"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61d0RTrfJcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6227837 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lars von Trier</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400202 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7400202"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41og1aa3p%2BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gideon Koppel</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3730144 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel L'Herbier</div> 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