- Climax.
(Gaspar Noé) - Phantom Thread.
(Paul Thomas Anderson) - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
(Joel & Ethan Coen) - The Rider.
(Chloé Zhao) - Teret. (The Load)
(Ognjen Glavonic) - Rabot.
(Christina Vandekerckhove) - Under the Silver Lake.
(David Robert Mitchel) - Les Garçons Sauvages. (The Wild Boys)
(Bertrand Mandico) - Anon.
(Andrew Niccol) - Transit.
(Christian Petzold)
Would not have been misplaced in my top 10 either:
The House that Jack Built.
(Lars von Trier)
The Beauty and the Dogs.
(Kaouther Ben Hania)
Girl.
(Lukas Dhont)
First Reformed.
(Paul Schrader)
A Ghost Story.
(David Lowery)
Kuso.
(Flying Lotus)
Human, Space, Time and Human.
(Kim Ki-duk)
The Disater Artist.
(James Franco)
Lucky.
(John Carroll Lynch)
Ce Magnifique Gâteau! (The Magnificent Cake)
(Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels)
Lazzaro Felice. (Happy as Lazzaro)
(Alice Rohrwacher)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 3D.
(Lasse Hallström & Joe Johnston)
Roma.
(Alfonso Cuarón)
Call Me By Your Name.
(Luca Guadagnino)
The Florida Project.
(Sean Baker)
Hannah.
(Andrea Pallaoro)
Game Night.
(John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein)
Sollers Point.
(Matthew Porterfield)
Cold War.
(Pawel Pawlikowski)
The Shape of Water.
(Guillermo del Toro)
Wildlife.
(Paul Dano)
The Death of Stalin.
(Armando Iannucci)
Mandy.
(Panos Cosmatos)
The Sisters Brothers.
(Jacques Audiard)
Beast.
(Michael Pearce)
A Ciambra.
(Jonas Carpignano)
A Prayer Before Dawn.
(Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire)
Le Temps où les Arabes dansaient. (When Arabs Danced)
(Jawad Rhalib)
First Man.
(Damien Chazelle)
Outlaw King.
(David Mackenzie)Not bad either:
Woman at War. (Benedikt Erlingsson)
Sweet Country. (Warwick Thornton)
Shoplifters. (Hirokazu Kore-Eda)
McQueen. (Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui)
Twarz. (Mug) (Malgorzata Szumowska)
Ceres. (Janet Van den Brand)
The Greenaway Alphabet. (Saskia Boddeke)
3 Faces. (Jafar Pahani)
Ni Juge, ni soumise (So Help Me God) (Yves Hinant, Jean Libon)
Capharnaüm. (Nadine Labaki)
Hereditary. (Ari Aster)
Lowlife. (Ryan Prows)
Au Poste! (Keep an Eye Out) (Quentin Dupieux)
Wajib. (Annemarie Jacir)
Foxtrot. (Samuel Maoz)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. (Martin McDonagh)
Isle of Dogs. (Wes Anderson)
Hostiles. (Scott Cooper)
Ralph Breaks the Internet. (Phil Johnston & Rich Moore)
Der Hauptmann. (The Captain) (Robert Schwentke)
Caniba (Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel)
RBG. (Julie Cohen & Betsy West)
Breathless. (Daniel Lambo)
Jusqu’à la Garde. (Custody) (Xavier Legrand)
Red Sparrow. (Francis Lawrence)
Nos Batailles. (Our Struggles) (Guillaume Senez)
Beautiful Boy. (Felix van Groeningen)
Gueule d’ange. (Angel Face) (Vanessa Filho)
A Star is Born. (Bradley Cooper)
Private Life. (Tamara Jenkins)
Plaire, aimer et courir vite. (Sorry Angel) (Christophe Honoré)
Brawl in Cell Block 99. (S. Craig Zahler)
Ant-Man and the Wasp 3D. (Peyton Reed)
Frères Ennemis. (Close Ennemies) (Daniel Oelhoffen)
Gutland. (Govinda Van Maele)
De chaque instant. (Nicolas Philibert)
When the Day Had No Name. (Teona Strugar Mitevska)
A mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer. (I Still Hide to Smoke) (Rayhana Obermeyer)
The Day After. (Hong Sang-Soo)
Los Silencios. (Beatriz Seigner)
Before We Vanish. (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Burning. (Lee Chang-dong)
Unsane. (Steven Soderbergh)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead. (Ben Wheatley)
As Boas Maneiras (Good Manners) (Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas)
I, Tonya. (Craig Gillespie)
Revenge. (Carolie Fargeat)
The Endless. (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead)
Mon Ket. (Dany) (François Damiens)
Le Jeu. (Nothing to Hide) (Fred Cavayé)
In den Gängen. (In the Aisles) (Thomas Stuber)
Insyriated. (Philippe Van Leeuw)
Fahrenheit 11/9 (Michael Moore)
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot. (Gus Van Sant)
Wonder Wheel (Woody Allen)
Lady Bird. (Greta Gerwig)
Pour Vivre Heureux. (For a Happy Life) (Salima Glamine & Dimitri Linder)
Nico, 1988. (Susanna Nicchiarelli)
Apostle. (Gareth Evans)
Lean on Pete. (Andrew Haigh)
Hold the Dark. (Jeremy Saulnier)
Hymz. (Insect) (Jan Svankmajer)
Avengers: Infinity War 3D. (Anthony & Joe Russo)
Molly’s Game. (Aaron Sorkin)
Bad Times at the El Royale. (Drew Goddard)
Patser (Gangsta) (Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah)
Todod lo saben. (Everybody Knows) (Asghar Farhadi)
Les Confins du Monde (To the Ends of the World) (Guillaume Nicloux)
The Insult. (Ziad Doueiri)
En guerre. (At War) (Stéphane Brizé)
Loro. (Paolo Sorrentino)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote)
The Post. (Steven Spielberg)
Pupille. (In Safe Hands) (Jeanne Herry)
Amin. (Philippe Faucon)
A Simple Favor. (Paul Feig)
Kin. (Jonathan & Josh Baker)
Overlord. (Julius Avery)
The Commuter. (Jaume Collet-Serra)
Downsizing. (Alexander Payne)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Andy Serkis)
BlacKkKlansman. (Spike Lee)
Disobedience. (Sebastián Leilo)
Le Monde est à Toi. (The World is Yours) (Romain Gavras)
Dogman. (Matteo Garrone)
Le Grand Bain. (Sink or Swim) (Gilles Lellouche)
They Shall Not Grow Old. (Peter Jackson)
Benzinho. (Loveling) (Gustavo Pizzi)
Amanda. (Mikhaël Hers)
Un Amour Impossible. (An Impossible Love) (Catherine Corsini)
L’amour Flou. (Romane Bohringer & Philippe Rebbot)
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem. (Muayad Alayan)
Un Ange. (Angel) (Koen Mortier)
Leave No Trace. (Debra Granik)
Ramen Shop (Eric Khoo)
Early Man. (Nick Park)
Utøya 22. juli. (Erik Poppe)
Den Skyldige. (The Guilty) (Gustav Möller)
The Night Comes for Us. (Timo Tjahjanto)
Mission : Impossible – Fallout 3D. (Christopher McQuarrie)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman)
Deadpool 2. (David Leitch)
Black Panther 3D. (Ryan Coogler)
Bumblebee 3D. (Travis Knight)
En Liberté. (The Trouble With You) (Pierre Salvadori)
Widows. (Steve McQueen)
Mortal Engines 3D. (Christian Rivers)
Suspiria. (Luca Guadagnino)
The Wife. (Björn Runge)
Kursk. (Thomas Vinterberg)
Niet Schieten. (Stijn Coninx)
Mademoiselle de Jonquières. (Emmanuel Mouret)
24 Frames. (Abbas Kiarostami)
Katie Says Goodbye. (Wayne Roberts)
Manifesto. (Julian Rosefeldt)
The Happy Prince. (Rupert Everett)
Halloween. (David Gordon Green)
Venom 3D. (Ruben Fleischer)
Ready Player One 3D. (Steven Spielberg)