1. A Good Year, 2006

2. A Prayer Before Dawn, 2017 (violent)

3. American Sniper, 2014

4. Arrival, 2016

5. Atomic Blonde, 2017

6. Before Sunrise (trilogy), 1995–2013

7. Birdman, 2014

8. Blade Runner 2049, 2017

9. Casino Royale, 2006

10. The Diving Bell & Butterfly, 2007

11. Drive, 2011

12. Eastern Promises, 2007

13. End of Watch, 2012

14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004

15. Ex Machina, 2014

16. Find Me Guilty, 2006

17. Hell or High Water, 2016

18. Her, 2013

19. Knight of Cups, 2015

20. The Killer, 2023

21. Layer Cake, 2004

22. Lost in Translation, 2003

23. Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015

24. Margin Call, 2011

25. Moneyball, 2011

26. My Octopus Teacher, 2020

27. No Country for Old Men, 2007

28. Perfect Sense, 2011

29. The Knight of Cups, 2015

30. The Prestige, 2006

31. The Revenant, 2015

32. Secretary, 2002

33. Sicario, 2015

34. The Social Network, 2010

35. Southpaw, 2015

36. Spy Game, 2001

37. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006

38. Up, 2009

39. Whiplash, 2013

40. The Wrestler, 2008

41. Zero Dark Thirty, 2012

42. Zodiac, 2007

Honorable mention: 

The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2005; Children of Men, 2006; El Secreto de Sus Ojos, 2009; Oldboy, 2005; Stranger Than Fiction, 2006; The Master, 2012: The Nice Guys, 2016; The Tree of Life, 2011