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. Hell or High Water, 2016

17. Her, 2013

18. Knight of Cups, 2015

19. The Killer, 2023

20. Layer Cake, 2004

21. Lost in Translation, 2003

22. Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015

23. Margin Call, 2011

24. Moneyball, 2011

25. My Octopus Teacher, 2020

26. No Country for Old Men, 2007

27. Oldboy, 2005

28. Perfect Sense, 2011

29. Phantom Thread, 2017

30. The Prestige, 2006

31. Secretary, 2002

32. Sicario, 2015

33. The Social Network, 2010

34. Southpaw, 2015

35. Spy Game, 2001

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

37. The Tree of Life, 2011

38. Up, 2009

39. Whiplash, 2013

40. The Wrestler, 2008

41. Zero Dark Thirty, 2012

42. Zodiac, 2007

Honoranble mention: 

The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2005; Children of Men, 2006; El Secreto de Sus Ojos, 2009, The Nice Guys, 2016