Altyazi's TOP 50 films of 2000-2009

By: lukehai​nes

Altyazi is an Istanbul based independent cinema monthly published by Bogazici University Mithat Alam Film Center since 2001. This list is from the magazine’s February 2010 issue prepared by its editorial board. The two missing films from the auteurs archive are #5 Tony Monero (Pablo Larrain, 2008) and #29 Mommy I’m Scared (Reha Erdem, 2004).

• 01
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 02
  Caché
  Michael Haneke
• 03
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 04
  The White Ribbon
  Michael Haneke
• 05
  Bright Star
  Jane Campion
• 06
  Oldboy
  Park Chan-wook
• 07
  I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
  Tsai Ming-liang
• 08
  This Is England
  Shane Meadows
• 09
  In the Cut
  Jane Campion
• 10
  There Will Be Blood
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 11
  The Man Who Wasn't There
  Joel Coen
• 12
  The Return
  Andrei Zvyagintsev
• 13
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  Andrew Dominik
• 14
  The Sun
  Aleksandr Sokurov
• 15
  Last Days
  Gus Van Sant
• 16
  No Country for Old Men
  Ethan Coen
• 17
  Where the Truth Lies
  Atom Egoyan
• 18
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Michel Gondry
• 19
  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  Cristian Mungiu
• 20
  Yi yi
  Edward Yang
• 21
  Flight of the Red Balloon
  Hou Hsiao-hsien
• 22
  Memories of Murder
  Bong Joon-ho
• 23
  Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
  Jasmila Žbanić
• 24
  A Prairie Home Companion
  Robert Altman
• 25
  Match Point
  Woody Allen
• 26
  Gilles' Wife
  Frédéric Fonteyne
• 27
  Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  John Cameron Mitchell
• 28
  Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  George Lucas
• 29
  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  Kim Ki-duk
• 30
  Grizzly Man
  Werner Herzog
• 31
  Head-On
  Fatih Akin
• 32
  Distant
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• 33
  Before Sunset
  Richard Linklater
• 34
  My Winnipeg
  Guy Maddin
• 35
  Unbreakable
  M. Night Shyamalan
• 36
  Silent Light
  Carlos Reygadas
• 37
  Dogville
  Lars von Trier
• 38
  Zodiac
  David Fincher
• 39
  35 Shots of Rum
  Claire Denis
• 40
  Sweet Sixteen
  Ken Loach
• 41
  Water Drops on Burning Rocks
  François Ozon
• 42
  The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu
  Cristi Puiu
• 43
  You, the Living
  Roy Andersson
• 44
  Destiny
  Zeki Demirkubuz
• 45
  A History of Violence
  David Cronenberg
• 46
  Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 47
  Whisky
  Juan Pablo Rebella
• 48
  Talk to Her
  Pedro Almodóvar