TIFF Cinematheque (Cinematheque Ontario) votes Best Films of 00’s

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the results:

1. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand) – 53 votes
2. Platform (Jia Zhang-ke, Hong Kong, China/China/Japan/France) – 49 votes
3. Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke, China) – 48 votes
4. Beau travail (Claire Denis, France) – 46 votes
5. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, China) – 43 votes
6. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France/Thailand/Germany/Italy) – 38 votes
7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Romania) – 35 votes
Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, Hungary) – 35 votes
8. Éloge de l’amour (Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/ France) – 34 votes
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania) – 33 votes
10. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands) – 32 votes
11. Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, Russia/Germany) – 31 votes
12. The New World (Terrence Malick, USA) – 30 votes
13. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France/Thailand) – 29 votes
14. Le Fils (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France) – 27 votes
15. Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, Portugal/France/Switzerland) – 25 votes
16. Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (Agnès Varda, France) – 24 votes
In Vanda’s Room (Pedro Costa, Portugal/Germany/Italy/Switzerland) – 24 votes
Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, Sweden/Denmark/Norway) – 24 votes
17. Caché (Michael Haneke, France/Austria/Germany/Italy) – 23 votes
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, USA) – 23 votes
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, France/USA) – 23 votes
Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan) – 23 votes
18. Rois et reine (Arnaud Desplechin, France) – 21 votes
19. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, USA) – 20 votes
20. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) – 19 votes
21. The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran/France)– 18 votes
YI YI (A One and a Two) (Edward Yang, Taiwan/Japan) – 18 votes
22. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, Spain) – 17 votes
23. L’Enfant (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France) – 16 votes
The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin, Canada) – 16 votes
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France/Austria) – 16 votes
Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, USA) – 16 votes
24. The World (Jia Zhang-ke, China/Japan/France) – 14 votes
25. Café Lumière (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan) – 13 votes
The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy) – 13 votes
L’Intrus (Claire Denis, France) – 13 votes
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France) – 13 votes
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, Canada) – 13 votes
Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) – 13 votes
Spirited Away (Hiyao Miyazaki, Japan) – 13 votes
I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, USA) – 13 votes
26. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, USA) – 12 votes
27. Distant (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey) – 11 votes
Dogville (Lars von Trier, Denmark/Sweden/UK/France/Germany) – 11 votes
The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, USA) – 11 votes
28. Alexandra (Alexander Sokurov, Russia/France) – 9 votes
demonlover (Olivier Assayas, France) – 9 votes
29. Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, Canada) – 8 votes
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan) – 8 votes
30. Longing (Valeska Grisebach, Germany) – 7 votes
Secret Sunshine (Lee Chang-dong, South Korea) – 7 votes
Vai e Vem (João César Monteiro, Portugal) – 7 votes
Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA/France) – 7 votes

Here are their 90’s results:

  1. Dream Of Light (Erice)
  2. And Life Goes On (Kiarostami)
  3. Through The Olive Trees (Kiarostami)
  4. Drifting Clouds (Kaurismaki)
  5. Close-Up (Kiarostami)
  6. Breaking The Waves (von Trier)
  7. Sátántangó (Tarr)
  8. Flowers Of Shanghai (Hou)
  9. Taste Of Cherry (Kiarostami)
  10. Chungking Express (Wong); Hana-Bi (Kitano)
  11. The Thin Red Line (Malick)
  12. Histoire(s) Du Cinema (Godard)
  13. A Brighter Summer Day (Yang)
  14. A Moment Of Innocence (Makhmalbaf)
  15. Goodfellas (Scorsese)
  16. L’Eau Froide (Assayas)
  17. Mother And Son (Sokurov)
  18. Vive L’Amour (Tsai)
  19. Nouvelle Vague (Godard)
  20. Abraham’s Valley (Oliveira)
  21. Safe (Haynes)
  22. Dead Man (Jarmusch)
  23. The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan)
  24. Unforgiven (Eastwood)
  25. Exotica (Egoyan)
  26. Sonatine (Kitano)
  27. Maborosi (Kore-eda)
  28. Naked (Leigh)
  29. La Vie De Jésus (Dumont)
  30. Fargo (Coens)
  31. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
  32. La Belle Noiseuse (Rivette)
  33. Van Gogh (Pialat)
  34. Three Colours: Red (Kieslowski)
  35. The Last Bolshevik (Marker)
  36. Dear Diary (Moretti)
  37. Crumb (Zwigoff)
  38. The Puppetmaster (Hou)
  39. Goodbye South Goodbye (Hou)
  40. Sicilia! (Straub/Huillet)