1. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, United States)
2. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
3. Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, United States)
4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, United Kingdom)
5. Wu Xia (Peter Chan, Hong Kong)
6. Guilty of Romance (Sion Sono, Japan)
7. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr, Hungary)
8. Pina (Wim Wenders, Germany)
9. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, United States)
10. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, Denmark)