| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 401 | Sita Sings the Blues | 2008 | Nina Paley | 2289 |
| 402 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 2005 | Doug Liman | 2296 |
| 403 | Turtles Can Fly | 2004 | Bahman Ghobadi | 2299 |
| 404 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | 2002 | Park Chan-wook | 2301 |
| 405 | Departures | 2008 | Yôjirô Takita | 2303 |
| 406 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | 2003 | Thom Andersen | 2307 |
| 407 | Troy | 2004 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2308 |
| 408 | Old School | 2003 | Todd Phillips | 2309 |
| 409 | Still Life | 2006 | Jia Zhang-ke | 2313 |
| 410 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2009 | Niels Arden Oplev | 2317 |
| 411 | Tropic Thunder | 2008 | Ben Stiller | 2324 |
| 412 | Burn after Reading | 2008 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 2326 |
| 413 | Ginger Snaps | 2000 | John Fawcett | 2327 |
| 414 | Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior | 2003 | Prachya Pinkaew | 2334 |
| 415 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 2002 | George Lucas | 2335 |
| 416 | An Inconvenient Truth | 2006 | Davis Guggenheim | 2337 |
| 417 | Trouble Every Day | 2001 | Claire Denis | 2346 |
| 418 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | Tim Burton | 2354 |
| 419 | Across the Universe | 2007 | Julie Taymor | 2358 |
| 420 | 8 Mile | 2002 | Curtis Hanson | 2362 |
| 421 | Lord of War | 2005 | Andrew Niccol | 2365 |
| 422 | Inside Man | 2006 | Spike Lee | 2384 |
| 423 | Dogtooth | 2009 | Yorgos Lanthimos | 2385 |
| 424 | Final Destination | 2000 | James Wong | 2387 |
| 425 | The Village | 2004 | M. Night Shyamalan | 2390 |
| 426 | Enemy at the Gates | 2001 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 2392 |
| 427 | Frida | 2002 | Julie Taymor | 2399 |
| 428 | Revolutionary Road | 2008 | Sam Mendes | 2401 |
| 429 | Frost/Nixon | 2008 | Ron Howard | 2402 |
| 430 | Little Children | 2006 | Todd Field | 2407 |
| 431 | The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Rob Cohen | 2408 |
| 432 | National Treasure | 2004 | Jon Turteltaub | 2413 |
| 433 | Equilibrium | 2002 | Kurt Wimmer | 2414 |
| 434 | Adventureland | 2009 | Greg Mottola | 2415 |
| 435 | Tsotsi | 2005 | Gavin Hood | 2417 |
| 436 | In the Cut | 2003 | Jane Campion | 2425 |
| 437 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2008 | Woody Allen | 2432 |
| 438 | In the Bedroom | 2001 | Todd Field | 2443 |
| 439 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2447 |
| 440 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | 2004 | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky | 2448 |
| 441 | Akeelah and the Bee | 2006 | Doug Atchison | 2472 |
| 442 | No Man's Land | 2001 | Danis Tanovic | 2473 |
| 443 | The Queen | 2006 | Stephen Frears | 2485 |
| 444 | Vera Drake | 2004 | Mike Leigh | 2487 |
| 445 | The Circle | 2000 | Jafar Panahi | 2492 |
| 446 | The Patriot | 2000 | Roland Emmerich | 2496 |
| 447 | High School Musical | 2006 | Kenny Ortega | 2511 |
| 448 | Rescue Dawn | 2006 | Werner Herzog | 2514 |
| 449 | Mission: Impossible III | 2006 | J.J. Abrams | 2521 |
| 450 | La Ciénaga | 2001 | Lucrecia Martel | 2523 |
| 451 | Chocolat | 2000 | Lasse Hallström | 2525 |
| 452 | My Winnipeg | 2007 | Guy Maddin | 2528 |
| 453 | Taxi to the Dark Side | 2007 | Alex Gibney | 2529 |
| 454 | Michael Clayton | 2007 | Tony Gilroy | 2539 |
| 455 | Days of Glory | 2006 | Rachid Bouchareb | 2552 |
| 456 | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | 2005 | Alex Gibney | 2553 |
| 457 | Grindhouse | 2007 | Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino | 2567 |
| 458 | 8 Women | 2002 | François Ozon | 2586 |
| 459 | Anvil! The Story of Anvil | 2008 | Sacha Gervasi | 2590 |
| 460 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | 2008 | Peter Sollett | 2594 |
| 461 | Good Bye, Dragon Inn | 2003 | Tsai Ming-liang | 2596 |
| 462 | Bubba Ho-Tep | 2002 | Don Coscarelli | 2599 |
| 463 | Morvern Callar | 2002 | Lynne Ramsay | 2604 |
| 464 | Thirteen | 2003 | Catherine Hardwicke | 2622 |
| 465 | Black Dynamite | 2009 | Scott Sanders | 2632 |
| 466 | Bad Santa | 2003 | Terry Zwigoff | 2633 |
| 467 | Serendipity | 2001 | Peter Chelsom | 2641 |
| 468 | The Motorcycle Diaries | 2004 | Walter Salles | 2646 |
| 469 | C.R.A.Z.Y. | 2005 | Jean-Marc Vallée | 2652 |
| 470 | The Son | 2002 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 2656 |
| 471 | The Chorus | 2004 | Christophe Barratier | 2680 |
| 472 | Crank | 2006 | Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor | 2689 |
| 473 | The Italian Job | 2003 | F. Gary Gray | 2715 |
| 474 | Metropolis | 2001 | Rintarô | 2721 |
| 475 | Ichi the Killer | 2001 | Takashi Miike | 2735 |
| 476 | L'Enfant | 2005 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 2744 |
| 477 | The Headless Woman | 2008 | Lucrecia Martel | 2746 |
| 478 | Happy Feet | 2006 | George Miller | 2747 |
| 479 | The Perfect Storm | 2000 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2750 |
| 480 | Jennifer's Body | 2009 | Karyn Kusama | 2765 |
| 481 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 2009 | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | 2775 |
| 482 | A Christmas Tale | 2008 | Arnaud Desplechin | 2778 |
| 483 | Sicko | 2007 | Michael Moore | 2779 |
| 484 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | 2005 | Tommy Lee Jones | 2781 |
| 485 | White Material | 2009 | Claire Denis | 2788 |
| 486 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | 2005 | Miranda July | 2793 |
| 487 | Inside | 2007 | Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury | 2805 |
| 488 | Seven Pounds | 2008 | Gabriele Muccino | 2812 |
| 489 | Layer Cake | 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | 2819 |
| 490 | Session 9 | 2001 | Brad Anderson | 2823 |
| 491 | Syndromes and a Century | 2006 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 2839 |
| 492 | Away from Her | 2006 | Sarah Polley | 2844 |
| 493 | The Machinist | 2004 | Brad Anderson | 2850 |
| 494 | About Schmidt | 2002 | Alexander Payne | 2852 |
| 495 | Constantine | 2005 | Francis Lawrence | 2853 |
| 496 | The Quiet American | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2857 |
| 497 | The Man Who Wasn't There | 2001 | Joel Coen | 2858 |
| 498 | Devils on the Doorstep | 2000 | Wen Jiang | 2862 |
| 499 | Big Fan | 2009 | Robert Siegel | 2865 |
| 500 | The Darjeeling Limited | 2007 | Wes Anderson | 2867 |
| 501 | Dark Days | 2000 | Marc Singer | 2868 |
| 502 | Blow | 2001 | Ted Demme | 2876 |
| 503 | The Simpsons Movie | 2007 | David Silverman | 2884 |
| 504 | We Are Marshall | 2006 | McG | 2893 |
| 505 | As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty | 2000 | Jonas Mekas | 2897 |
| 506 | Bloody Sunday | 2002 | Paul Greengrass | 2898 |
| 507 | Thirst | 2009 | Park Chan-wook | 2901 |
| 508 | My Summer of Love | 2004 | Pawel Pawlikowski | 2904 |
| 509 | Food Inc. | 2008 | Robert Kenner | 2905 |
| 510 | The Illusionist | 2006 | Neil Burger | 2911 |
| 511 | The Class | 2008 | Laurent Cantet | 2951 |
| 512 | The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) | 2001 | Zacharias Kunuk | 2955 |
| 513 | No End in Sight | 2007 | Charles Ferguson | 2958 |
| 514 | The Princess Diaries | 2001 | Garry Marshall | 2960 |
| 515 | Bus 174 | 2002 | José Padilha | 2970 |
| 516 | Waitress | 2007 | Adrienne Shelly | 2972 |
| 517 | Rent | 2005 | Chris Columbus | 2973 |
| 518 | I Am Sam | 2001 | Jessie Nelson | 2975 |
| 519 | Before Night Falls | 2000 | Julian Schnabel | 2976 |
| 520 | Saving Face | 2004 | Alice Wu | 2977 |
| 521 | In the Shadow of the Moon | 2007 | David Sington | 2979 |
| 522 | The Twilight Samurai | 2002 | Yôji Yamada | 2981 |
| 523 | Mind Game | 2004 | Masaaki Yuasa | 2987 |
| 524 | The Five Obstructions | 2003 | Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier | 2998 |
| 525 | Tarnation | 2003 | Jonathan Caouette | 3001 |
| 526 | High Tension | 2003 | Alexandre Aja | 3004 |
| 527 | Sherlock Holmes | 2009 | Guy Ritchie | 3012 |
| 528 | Cold Mountain | 2003 | Anthony Minghella | 3014 |
| 529 | The Man without a Past | 2002 | Aki Kaurismäki | 3020 |
| 530 | Whip It | 2009 | Drew Barrymore | 3021 |
| 531 | The Phantom of the Opera | 2004 | Joel Schumacher | 3023 |
| 532 | P.S. I Love You | 2007 | Richard LaGravenese | 3035 |
| 533 | Blades of Glory | 2007 | Josh Gordon and Will Speck | 3038 |
| 534 | The Last King of Scotland | 2006 | Kevin Macdonald | 3040 |
| 535 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 3044 |
| 536 | Live Free or Die Hard | 2007 | Len Wiseman | 3045 |
| 537 | Riding Giants | 2004 | Stacy Peralta | 3050 |
| 538 | Happy-Go-Lucky | 2008 | Mike Leigh | 3055 |
| 539 | Jarhead | 2005 | Sam Mendes | 3058 |
