My Top Five Narrative Films:
2000
1. Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior), Tom Tykwer
2. Traffic, Steven Soderbergh
3. Tillsammans (Together), Lukas Moodysson
4. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wai
5. Dancer in the Dark, Lars von Trier
2001
1. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson
2. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie), Jean-Pierre Jeunet
3. In the Bedroom, Todd Field
4. Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly
5. The Others, Alejandro Amenábar
2002
1. Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts), Susanne Bier
2. LOTR: The Two Towers, Peter Jackson
3. The Ring, Gore Verbinski
4. Lilja 4-ever, Lukas Moodysson
5. Bloody Sunday, Paul Greengrass
2003
1. Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola
2. LOTR: The Return of the King, Peter Jackson
3. Finding Nemo, Andrew Stanton
4. Oldboy, Park Chan-wook
5. Master and Commander, Peter Weir
2004
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry
2. Spider-Man 2, Sam Raimi
3. The Incredibles, Brad Bird
4. Before Sunset, Richard Linklater
5. Der Untergang (Downfall), Oliver Hirschbiegel
2005
1. The 40 Year Old Virgin, Judd Apatow
2. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
3. Pride & Prejudice, Joe Wright
4. Capote, Bennett Miller
5. Munich, Steven Spielberg
2006
1. Efter Bryllupet (After the Wedding), Susanne Bier
2. El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth), Guillermo del Toro
3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Ken Loach
4. Mission Impossible III, JJ Abrams
5. This Is England, Shane Meadows
2007
1. Into the Wild, Sean Penn
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik
3. No Country for Old Men, Ethan & Joel Coen
4. Once, John Carney
5. 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 days), Cristian Mungiu
2008
1. Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme
2. De ofrivilliga (Involuntary), Ruben Östlund
3. Iron Man, Jon Favreau
4. Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In), Tomas Alfredson
5. Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long), Philippe Claudel
2009
1. Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
2. Adventureland, Greg Mottola
3. Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke
4. Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold
5. (500) Days of Summer, Mark Webb
2010
1. The Social Network, David Fincher
2. Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky
3. Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich
4. Another Year, Mike Leigh
5. The Fighter, David O. Russell
2011
1. Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn
2. Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation), Asghar Fahradi
3. Café de Flore, Jean-Marc Vallée
4. Hanna, Joe Wright
5. The Descendants, Alexander Payne
2012
1. Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow
2. Kapringen (A Hijacking), Tobias Lindholm
3. Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan
4. Jagten (The Hunt), Thomas Vinterberg
5. The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen
2013
1. Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass
2. Nebraska, Alexander Payne
3. Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
4. Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener
5. Short Term 12, Destin Daniel Cretton
2014
1. Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
2. Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night), Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne
3. Gone Girl, David Fincher
4. '71, Yann Demange
5. Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy
2015
1. Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
2. Ex Machina, Alex Garland
3. Brooklyn, John Crowley
4. Room, Lenny Abrahamson
5. Victoria, Sebastian Schipper
2016
1. Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
2. Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
3. Paterson, Jim Jarmusch
4. Frantz, François Ozon
5. The Edge of Seventeen, Kelly Fremon Craig
2017
1. The Florida Project, Sean Baker
2. Get Out, Jordan Peele
3. The Big Sick, Michael Showalter
4. The Beguiled, Sofia Coppola
5. Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson