Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director |
2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 / Wo hu cang long | Taiwan | Ang Lee |
Love's a Bitch | Amores perros | Mexico | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
Malèna | Italy | Giuseppe Tornatore |
One Hundred Steps | I cento passi | Italy | Marco Tullio Giordana |
The Widow of Saint-Pierre | La veuve de Saint-Pierre | France | Patrice Leconte |
2001 | No Man's Land | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Danis Tanović |
Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | France | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
And Your Mother Too | Y tu mamá también | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón |
Behind the Sun | Abril despedaçado | Brazil | Walter Salles |
Monsoon Wedding | India | Mira Nair |
2002 | Talk to Her | Hable con ella | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise | France | Dai Sijie |
City of God | Cidade de Deus | Brazil | Fernando Meirelles |
The Crime of Father Amaro | El crimen del padre Amaro | Mexico | Carlos Carrera |
Hero | 英雄 / Ying xiong | China | Zhang Yimou |
Nowhere in Africa | Nirgendwo in Afrika | Germany | Caroline Link |
2003 | Osama | أسامة | Afghanistan | Siddiq Barmak |
The Barbarian Invasions | Les invasions barbares | Canada | Denys Arcand |
Good Bye Lenin! | Germany | Wolfgang Becker |
Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | France | François Dupeyron |
The Return | Возвращение / Vozvrashcheniye | Russia | Andrei Zvyagintsev |
2004 | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | France/Italy/Spain | Alejandro Amenábar |
The Chorus | Les choristes | France | Christophe Barratier |
House of Flying Daggers | 十面埋伏 / Shi mian mai fu | Hong Kong | Zhang Yimou |
The Motorcycle Diaries | Diarios de motocicleta | Brazil | Walter Salles |
A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | France | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
2005 | Paradise Now | الجنّة الآن / Al Jannah al-Aan | Palestine | Hany Abu-Assad |
Kung Fu Hustle | 功夫 / Kung fu | China | Stephen Chow |
Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | France | Christian Carion |
The Promise | 無極 / Wu ji | China | Chen Kaige |
Tsotsi | South Africa | Gavin Hood |
2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Japan/USA | Clint Eastwood |
Apocalypto | USA | Mel Gibson |
The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Germany | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Mexico/Spain/USA | Guillermo del Toro |
To Return | Volver | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le scaphandre et le papillon | France/USA | Julian Schnabel |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Romania | Cristian Mungiu |
The Kite Runner | USA | Marc Forster |
Lust, Caution | 色, 戒 / Se, jie | Taiwan/USA/China | Ang Lee |
Persepolis | France | Vincent Paronnaud and
Marjane Satrapi |
2008 | Waltz with Bashir | ואלס עם באשיר / Vals Im Bashir | Israel | Ari Folman |
The Baader Meinhof Complex | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex | Germany | Uli Edel |
Everlasting Moments | Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick | Sweden | Jan Troell |
Gomorrah | Gomorra | Italy | Matteo Garrone |
I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | France | Philippe Claudel |
2009 | The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band | Austria | Michael Haneke |
Baarìa – La porta del vento | Italy | Giuseppe Tornatore |
Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
The Maid | La Nana | Chile | Sebastián Silva |
A Prophet | Un prophète | France | Jacques Audiard |