2009

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. A Serious Man
3. The Hurt Locker
4. The White Ribbon
5. Drag Me to Hell
6. District 9
7. Paranormal Activity
8. Sin Nombre
9. Humpday
10. A Single Man

Runners-up: (500) Days of Summer, Up, Precious

2007

1. Once
2. There Will Be Blood
3. No Country for Old Men
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5. Ratatouille
6. Michael Clayton
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
8. Atonement
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. Zodiac

Runners-up: 3:10 to Yuma, Lars & the Real Girl, Margot at the Wedding

2008

1. Milk
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Burn After Reading
4. WALL-E
5. Frozen River
6. In Bruges
7. The Dark Knight
8. Kung Fu Panda
9. Hunger
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Runners-up: The Wrestler, Man on Wire, Reprise

2006

1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Children of Men
3. The Fountain
4. The Devil Wears Prada
5. A Prairie Home Companion
6. The Queen
7. The Departed
8. Stranger Than Fiction
9. Pan's Labyrinth
10. Inside Man

Runners-up: Volver, Half Nelson, The Break-Up

2005

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. A History of Violence
3. Grizzly Man
4. Good Night, and Good Luck.
5. The Family Stone
6. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
7. Junebug
8. Walk the Line
9. Pride & Prejudice
10. Match Point

Runners-up: The Constant Gardener, Murderball, Caché

2003

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Lost in Translation
3. Finding Nemo
4. Mystic River
5. City of God
6. A Mighty Wind
7. Kill Bill Volume 1
8. Love Actually
9. Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
10. School of Rock

Runners-up: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Shattered Glass, Down with Love

2001

1. Moulin Rouge!
2. Mulholland Drive
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Memento
5. Amélie
6. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
7. Gosford Park
8. In the Mood for Love
9. The Anniversary Party
10. The Royal Tenenbaums

Runners-up: Monsters, Inc.; In the Bedroom; Bandits

2004

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Before Sunset
3. Sideways
4. I Heart Huckabees
5. The Incredibles
6. Closer
7. Kill Bill Volume 2
8. Mean Girls
9. Garden State
10. Vera Drake

Runners-up: Maria Full of Grace, Hotel Rwanda, Dogville

2002

1. Chicago
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
3. The Pianist
4. Spirited Away
5. Y Tu Mamá También
6. The Ring
7. Talk to Her
8. The Hours
9. Adaptation
10. Minority Report

Runners-up: Bowling for Columbine, 25th Hour, Igby Goes Down

2000

1. Almost Famous
2. Erin Brockovich
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. Billy Elliot
5. Best in Show
6. Amores Perros
7. Chicken Run
8. You Can Count on Me
9. Traffic
10. The Emperor's New Groove

Runners-up: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Requiem for a Dream; Nurse Betty