Skandiewrap, or: More Than You Really Wanted To Know

First, a quick correction. As I mentioned in this year's instructional e-mail, the Skandies website designed and maintained by Mark Pittillo crashed last year, requiring him to rebuild the automated ballot. There were the usual bugs involved in this process, and at least one glitch escaped our notice until after the final results were announced: Veronika Ferdman's votes in Best Screenplay were mistakenly counted twice. (Thanks to alert reader Lawrence Garcia for calling this to my attention.) Correcting that error moved Winter Sleep from 13th place to 12th, ahead of Only Lovers Left Alive, and bumped Birdman, which had been #20, off the list entirely (cue cheers from Scott Tobias), to be replaced by Nymph()maniac Vol. I (cue cheers from Victor Morton). Hopefully, the results are now completely accurate, but if anybody sees any other oddities or discrepancies, please let me know.

And now, A CAUTIONARY TALE.

Every year, I exhort participants to vote from the heart, paying no attention to what other people think or to the results of other awards-giving bodies. In particular, I beg everyone not to engage in strategic voting—giving minimal or even no points at all to a favorite that you're sure has victory in the bag, for example, in order to better support another candidate whose chances are dicier. Obviously, if too many people did that, the results would become meaningless (if fascinating). I'd hate for next year's Holy Motors to finish 19th because most of the people who loved it assumed that others had it covered.

I am a hypocrite, however. Not that I would ever downgrade my top choice in a category—I'm scrupulous in that regard. But I do engage in what you might call point manipulation. Mostly, this involves point-bombing a favorite that I perceive as being in need, which I think is fairly defensible (and which others do as well). This year, though, my point distribution in Best Picture was on the shady side, and I got exactly what I deserved. Here's my ballot—before reading ahead, see if you can figure out what I was up to.

19 Two Days, One Night
18 Coherence
17 Bird People
16 Under the Skin
5 Boyhood
5 The Grand Budapest Hotel
5 Last Days in Vietnam
5 The Missing Picture
5 Proxy
5 Snowpiercer

Once all the year-end pictures had been widely seen, it seemed clear to me that Best Picture would be a two-film race between Boyhood and Under the Skin. (Turned out Grand Budapest Hotel had more support than I thought.) And while I loved both movies, (a) I loved Under the Skin a little more, and (b) all things being close to equal, I'd rather our winner not be the same as every other poll's winner. So I was rooting hard for The Glazer, and devised my Best Picture ballot in a way that would give that film as many points as possible relative to Boyhood, without giving it more points than the three films I liked even better. This required siphoning some of the points that I would otherwise have allotted to Two Days, One Night and Coherence and Bird People.

Well, you saw how that strategy worked out. Under the Skin didn't need my help—it would have won had I given it zero points and Boyhood 30. Meanwhile, Bird People and Coherence finished at #21 and #22, respectively, missing the list by 2 and 3 points, respectively. Had I not attempted to strategize, both would likely have made the cut, so I ended up shooting myself in the foot for no reason. MORAL: Do as I say, not as I do. To quote myself from my standard instructional boilerplate, "pretend it's only you."

Still, I'm reasonably happy with how the 20TH MOTHERFUCKING EDITION OF THIS SURVEY HOLY JESUS HOW DID I GET TO BE SO OLD turned out. Under the Skin not only won but now holds the Passiondex record for the highest average-point total of any Skandie winner, its 16.05 handily topping 25th Hour's 14.82. Atypically, two of our acting winners also won Oscars—it's been five years since we shared even one winner with the Academy (Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds)—but that's mostly a case of the Oscars getting it right for a change. (On the other hand, we showed little love for Birdman or Eddie Redmayne.) My only very mild concern regards an observation that MuseMalade made in the comments about the disconnect between Picture and Screenplay. This year, Picture and Director overlapped in 18 of 20 slots, whereas Picture and Screenplay (after correcting for double Nika) went a mere 13/20, with many top 10 scripts (Coherence, The Lego Movie, Edge of Tomorrow, Listen Up Philip) not making the cut for Picture. Auteurism is all well and good, but let's not get too carried away.

Okay, on to the number-crunching. (Many of you will want to check out at this point.) What follows are the stats I used to send out to voters (via snail mail!) back in the '90s, which I still maintain for my own obsessive amusement.

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HIGHEST AVERAGE RATING (1996–2014)
(includes only films receiving a minimum of ten votes)

01. 3.65 The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
02. 3.61 Being John Malkovich (1999)
02. 3.61 A Separation (2011)
04. 3.58 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
05. 3.57 In the Company of Men (1997)
06. 3.56 Secrets & Lies (1996)
07. 3.53 La Promesse (1997)
08. 3.52 Yi Yi (A One and a Two…) (2000)
09. 3.50 From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1996)
10. 3.48 Irma Vep (1997)
10. 3.48 Lone Star (1996)
10. 3.48 Margaret (2011)

No new additions this year; The Grand Budapest Hotel, with the top rating of 3.38, didn't even come close.

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LOWEST AVERAGE RATING (1996–2014)
(includes only films receiving a minimum of five votes)

01. 0.20 Date Movie (2006)
01. 0.20 America (2014)
03. 0.58 Miss March (2009)
04. 0.60 Dragonfly (2002)
05. 0.61 The Roommate (2011)
06. 0.67 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
07. 0.70 Beastly (2011)
07. 0.70 Left Behind (2014)
09. 0.75 The Mod Squad (1999)
10. 0.79 I Melt With You (2011)

Dinesh D'Souza's jingoistic doc ties Date Movie for the worst movie in Skandie history. Also new: Late-Period Nicolas Cage.

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MOST DIVISIVE FILMS (2014)
(std. deviation >= 0.75; minimum 2 votes 3.5 or higher, 2 votes 1.5 or lower)

Goodbye to Language (0.90)

Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (0.84)

Inherent Vice (0.84)

Mood Indigo (0.84)

Norte, the End of History (0.83)

Proxy (0.83)

Under the Skin (0.79)

Actress (0.77)

Nymph()maniac Vol. II (0.77)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (0.76)

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BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
(lowest-ranked film seen by at least 75% of respondents)

1996: Twister (1.80)
1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (2.33)
1998: He Got Game (2.59)
1999: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (2.18)
2000: Nurse Betty (2.31)
2001: Vanilla Sky (2.20)
2002: Storytelling (2.03)
2003: The Matrix Reloaded (2.29)
2004: The Village (2.30)
2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2.49)
2006: Little Miss Sunshine (2.52)
2007: Ocean's Thirteen (2.52)
2008: Milk (2.83)
2009: The Hangover (2.35)
2010: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2.71)
2011: Midnight in Paris (2.47)
2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2.37)
2013: American Hustle (2.50)
2014: Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2.44)

Fourth consecutive year that this title has gone to an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. First winner.

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PASSIONATE MINORITY AWARD
(lowest average among top 20 films in Picture voting)

1996: Dead Man (2.94)
1997: Crash (2.52)
1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (2.68)
1999: The End of the Affair (2.96)
2000: Requiem for a Dream (2.73)
2001: Amélie (2.71)
2002: 8 Women (2.79)
2003: The Good Thief (2.81)
2004: I ♥ Huckabees (2.84)
2005: Oldboy (2.68)
2006: Manderlay (2.69)
2007: Once (2.79)
2008: Funny Games (2.83)
2009: A Serious Man (2.83)
2010: The Exploding Girl (2.75)
2011: Shame (2.63)
2012: Damsels in Distress (2.76)
2013: Spring Breakers (2.72)
2014: Goodbye to Language (2.64)

I keep waiting for a film to beat Crash's record for the lowest average ever, but it may never happen. Remember, that's Cronenberg's Crash, not Haggis'.

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DAMNED WITH FAINT PRAISE
(highest-ranked film by average rating not to place in Picture voting [10+ voters] )

1996: Get on the Bus (3.29)
1997: Forgotten Silver (3.36)
1998: The Kingdom II (3.14)
1999: My Name Is Joe (3.18)
2000: Erin Brockovich (3.14)
2001: No Man’s Land (3.19)
2002: Roger Dodger (3.14)
2003: The Weather Underground (3.18)
2004: Bright Leaves (3.16)
2005: Howl's Moving Castle (3.15)
2006: The Devil and Daniel Johnston (3.18)
2007: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (3.25)
2008: The Duchess of Langeais (3.20)
2009: Night and Day (3.07)
2010: Another Year (3.21)
2011: Senna (3.07)
2012: The Imposter (3.10)
2013: Drug War (3.17)
2014: National Gallery (3.25)

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DAMN THE REVIEWS, FULL SPEED AHEAD
(lowest average among films seen by at least 10 respondents)

1996: Twister (1.80)
1997: Batman & Robin (1.28)
1998: The Avengers | Stepmom [tie] (1.50)
1999: Jawbreaker (1.14)
2000: Pay It Forward (1.41)
2001: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (1.26)
2002: Scooby-Doo (1.08)
2003: Bad Boys II (1.60)
2004: Exorcist: The Beginning (1.21)
2005: Undead (1.29)
2006: The Hills Have Eyes (1.65)
2007: Smokin' Aces (1.64)
2008: Jumper (1.54)
2009: Gigantic (1.00)
2010: The Last Airbender (1.05)
2011: Vanishing on 7th Street (1.55)
2012: This Means War (1.50)
2013: Gangster Squad (1.29)
2014: That Awkward Moment (1.45)

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SELECTION COMMITTEE ON CRACK
(lowest average for a film that screened at the New York Film Festival)
(post-expansion: Main Slate only)


1996: Flirt (2.20)
1997: Kiss or Kill (1.79)
1998: Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1.80)
1999: Dogma (1.89)
2000: Before Night Falls (2.31)
2001: La Ciénaga (1.95)
2002: In Praise of Love (1.95)
2003: Chi-Hwa-Seon: Painted Fire (2.19)
2004: Free Radicals (2.08)
2005: Palindromes (2.15)
2006: Rolling Family (1.83)
2007: The Go Master (1.93)
2008: Married Life (2.25)
2009: The Windmill Movie (2.13)
2010: Hereafter (2.05)
2011: We Are What We Are (1.64)
2012: Hyde Park on Hudson (1.69)
2013: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1.92)
2014: Child of God (2.00)

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ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)
(suggested by Alex Fung; lowest average for a film that received a 4-star rating

1996: The Stupids (2.30) | Bryan “Frankenseuss” Theiss (ret.)
1997: Kissed (2.46) | Alex Fung
1998: Psycho (2.11) | Erik Gregersen (ret.)
1999: Twin Falls Idaho (2.28) | Milton Lawson (ret.)
2000: Beautiful People (2.29) | Keith Collins (ret.)
2001: The Road Home (1.88) | Erik Gregersen (ret.)
2002: In Praise of Love (1.95) | Jeremy Heilman
2003: Gigli (1.92) | Jeremy Heilman
2004: The Passion of the Christ (2.18) | Victor J. Morton
2005: The Brothers Grimm (2.29) | Bilge Ebiri
2006: The Fountain (2.21) | Peter Reiher
2007: Southland Tales (1.88) | Dave Cowen; Jeremy Heilman
2008: Jellyfish (2.36) | Daniel Waters
2009: 12 (2.29) | Bilge Ebiri
2010: Somewhere (2.41) | Nictate
2011: A Serbian Film (1.81) | Daniel Waters
2012: Alps (2.43) | Don Marks
2013: Maniac (2.50) | Jeremy Heilman
2014: Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2.43) | Victor J. Morton

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MAJOR FESTIVAL PRIZE WINNERS: OUR VERDICT

Cannes Palme d'Or

1995: Underground (#15, 1997)
1996: Secrets & Lies (#2, 1996)
1997: Taste of Cherry (#15, 1998)
1997: The Eel (did not place)
1998: Eternity and a Day (did not place)
1999: Rosetta (did not place)
2000: Dancer in the Dark (#10, 2000)
2001: The Son's Room (did not place)
2002: The Pianist (did not place)
2003: Elephant (did not place)
2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 (did not place)
2005: L'Enfant (The Child) (#6, 2006)
2006: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (did not place)
2007: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (#1, 2008)
2008: The Class (did not place)
2009: The White Ribbon (did not place)
2010: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (#9, 2011)
2011: The Tree of Life (#1, 2011)
2012: Amour (#6, 2012)
2013: Blue Is the Warmest Color (#8, 2013)
2014: Winter Sleep (#15, 2014)

Venice Golden Lion

1995: Cyclo (#14, 1996)
1996: Michael Collins (did not place)
1997: Fireworks (Hana-Bi) (#5, 1998)
1998: The Way We Laughed (did not place)
1999: Not One Less (did not place)
2000: The Circle (did not place)
2001: Monsoon Wedding (did not place)
2002: The Magdalene Sisters (did not place)
2003: The Return (did not place)
2004: Vera Drake (#6, 2004)
2005: Brokeback Mountain (#3, 2005)
2006: Still Life (#18, 2008)
2007: Lust, Caution (did not place)
2008: The Wrestler (#13, 2008)
2009: Lebanon (did not place)
2010: Somewhere (did not place)
2011: Faust (did not place)
2012: Pieta (did not place)
2013: Sacro GRA (TBD, though I doubt it'll ever get a theatrical release)
2014: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (TBD)

Sundance Grand Jury (Dramatic)

1995: The Brothers McMullen (did not place)
1996: Welcome to the Dollhouse (did not place)
1997: Sunday (did not place)
1998: Slam (did not place)
1999: Three Seasons (did not place)
2000: Girlfight (did not place)
2000: You Can Count on Me (#3, 2000)
2001: The Believer (did not place)
2002: Personal Velocity (did not place)
2003: American Splendor (#20, 2003)
2004: Primer (#10, 2004)
2005: Forty Shades of Blue (did not place)
2006: Quinceañera (did not place)
2007: Padre Nuestro (did not place)
2008: Frozen River (did not place)
2009: Precious (Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire) (did not place)
2010: Winter's Bone (#2, 2010)
2011: Like Crazy (did not place)
2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild (did not place)
2013: Fruitvale Station (did not place)
2014: Whiplash (#20, 2014)

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Most Appearances in Top 20 (Actors)
(ties for number of appearances broken by average placement)

01. Philip Seymour Hoffman (15)

1s. The Master
3s. Charlie Wilson's War
5. Capote
6. Synecdoche, New York
6s. The Talented Mr. Ripley
6s. Almost Famous
10s. Magnolia
10s. 25th Hour
11. Doubt
12. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
12s. State and Main
15s. Happiness
15. Owning Mahowny
18. A Most Wanted Man
19s. Mission: Impossible III

02. Tilda Swinton (12)

1. Julia
4s. Michael Clayton
4s. Snowpiercer
5. The Deep End
5. We Need to Talk About Kevin
7. Only Lovers Left Alive
9s. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
11. I Am Love
12s. Burn After Reading
13s. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
18. Female Perversions
19s. Thumbsucker

03. Isabelle Huppert (12)

2. The Piano Teacher
2s. 8 Women
4. Gabrielle
8. Abuse of Weakness
8. The School of Flesh
12. White Material
13s. I ♥ Huckabees
13s. Amour
15. La Cérémonie
17. Time of the Wolf
17. In Another Country
19. Home

04. Julianne Moore (10)

1. Far From Heaven
3s. Boogie Nights
6. Still Alice
8s. Magnolia
11. The End of the Affair
13s. The Big Lebowski
15s. An Ideal Husband
16s. A Single Man
19. Savage Grace
19. The Kids Are All Right

(She also won Best Actress in 1995 for Safe, though I don't count that here as it was Oscar-style voting.)

05. Edward Norton (9)

1s. The People vs. Larry Flynt
2s. Primal Fear
3s. Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
4. Fight Club
6. 25th Hour
9. American History X
10. Down in the Valley
13s. Rounders
14s. Moonrise Kingdom

Swinton, who was 3rd last year, moves into 2nd; Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet are replaced by Moore and Norton.

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Most Films Landed in Top 20 (Directors)
(again, ties broken by average placement)

01. Joel [& Ethan] Coen (9)

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. No Country for Old Men
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. The Man Who Wasn't There
6. Fargo
7. A Serious Man
11. Burn After Reading
12. The Big Lebowski
12. True Grit

02. Richard Linklater (7)

3. Before Sunset
3. Boyhood
4. Before Midnight
9. The School of Rock
12. A Scanner Darkly
15. Waking Life
18. Bernie

03. Lars von Trier (7)

1. Breaking the Waves
1. Dogville
7. Melancholia
10. Dancer in the Dark
17. Nymph()maniac Vol. I
19. The Five Obstructions
20. Manderlay

04. Wes Anderson (6)

2. Rushmore
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
17. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

05. Paul Thomas Anderson (6)

1. There Will Be Blood
4. The Master
7. Magnolia
7. Inherent Vice
8. Boogie Nights
8. Punch-Drunk Love

Linklater moves into 2nd place; Wes and Paul Thomas Anderson replace Scorsese and Tarantino.

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And finally. Back when I started the survey, I remember looking forward to the time, a decade or so later (i.e. now), when there'd be tons of accumulated data to wade through. In particular, I was excited about the prospect of being able to compare how various films from major directors had been received over the years. Granted, that process isn't exactly definitive—the AVB has mutated over the years and even the diehards tend to be stingier with their star ratings than they were back in the mid-'90s. But perhaps my favorite task after receiving the averages is updating my Directors' Gallery, plugging this year's films into various post-'94 oeuvres. Here are the entries that saw additions this year—every filmmaker who's ever placed in the Director top 20. 2014 films are in bold. Numbers in parentheses indicate how the film placed in Best Picture that year, if applicable; if the film title is in parentheses that means it received fewer than 10 votes and hence the result is a bit less meaningful. N/A (not applicable) means it was eligible but didn't even get five votes and so didn't make the main list.

Woody Allen

Everyone Says I Love You: 3.09
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (19): 2.98
Match Point (13): 2.93
Blue Jasmine (19): 2.82
Sweet and Lowdown: 2.63
Deconstructing Harry: 2.61
Cassandra's Dream: 2.60
Midnight in Paris: 2.47
Magic in the Moonlight: 2.47
Small Time Crooks: 2.37
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion: 2.33
To Rome With Love: 2.29
Scoop: 2.28
Whatever Works: 2.24
Anything Else: 2.13
Hollywood Ending: 2.13
Celebrity: 2.04
Melinda and Melinda: 2.00
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: 1.93

Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood (1): 3.46
Boogie Nights (8): 3.18
Magnolia (7): 3.17
The Master (4): 3.17
Punch-Drunk Love (8): 2.93
Hard Eight: 2.93
Inherent Vice (7): 2.81

Wes Anderson

Rushmore (2): 3.45
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2): 3.38
Moonrise Kingdom (2): 3.32
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2): 3.21
The Royal Tenenbaums (8): 3.03
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (17): 2.89
Bottle Rocket: 2.63
The Darjeeling Limited: 2.40

Gregg Araki

Mysterious Skin (16): 2.92
Kaboom: 2.57
[Smiley Face]: 2.53
(Nowhere): 2.42
(Splendor): 2.33
White Bird in a Blizzard: 2.32

Darren Aronofsky

The Wrestler (13): 3.02
Black Swan (3): 2.97
Requiem for a Dream (15): 2.73
[Pi]: 2.65
Noah: 2.47
The Fountain: 2.21

Marco Bellocchio

Vincere (16): 2.94
Good Morning, Night: 2.65
Dormant Beauty: 2.55
The Wedding Director: N/A

Joe Berlinger

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (7): 3.58
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster: 3.06
(WHITEY: United States of America vs. James J. Bulger): 2.88
(Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory): 2.71
(Crude): 2.58
(Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2): 1.13
Hank: 5 Years From the Brink: N/A
Under African Skies: N/A

Bong Joon-ho

The Host: 3.19
Memories of Murder (9): 3.16
Mother (5): 3.11
Snowpiercer (13): 3.03
Tokyo!: 2.37

Kenneth Branagh

Hamlet (9): 3.29
(A Midwinter's Tale): 2.83
Thor: 2.39
Love's Labours Lost: 2.10
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: 2.05
Sleuth: 1.40

Catherine Breillat

Bluebeard: 3.02
The Last Mistress: 2.88
Fat Girl: 2.85
Abuse of Weakness: 2.80
The Sleeping Beauty: 2.75
Sex Is Comedy: 2.66
Romance: 2.00
Anatomy of Hell: 1.77

Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani

Amer: 2.79
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears: 2.78
The ABCs of Death: 1.69

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (12): 3.10
Winter Sleep (15): 3.00
Distant: 2.93
Climates: 2.84
Three Monkeys: 2.58

J.C. Chandor

All Is Lost (14): 3.22
A Most Violent Year: 2.84
Margin Call: 2.74

Damien Chazelle

Whiplash (20): 2.94
(Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench): 2.20

Stephen Chow

Kung Fu Hustle (11): 3.09
(Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons): 2.78
CJ7: 2.46

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

La Promesse (13): 3.53
Two Days, One Night (4): 3.35
L'Enfant (The Child) (6): 3.26
The Kid With a Bike (7): 3.18
The Son (6): 3.16
Lorna's Silence (11): 3.09
Rosetta: 2.89

Jonathan Demme

Rachel Getting Married (4): 3.28
Neil Young: Heart of Gold: 2.94
(Neil Young Journeys): 2.93
(Storefront Hitchcock): 2.92
The Manchurian Candidate: 2.70
(Man From Plains): 2.67
Beloved: 2.64
(A Master Builder): 2.64
Neil Young Trunk Show: 2.50
The Truth About Charlie: 2.48
(The Agronomist): 2.39
Enzo Avitabile Music Life: N/A
I'm Carolyn Parker: N/A

Arnaud Desplechin

Kings & Queen (15): 3.03
A Christmas Tale (10): 3.00
Esther Kahn: 2.98
(My Sex Life, or How I Got Into an Argument): 2.60
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian: 2.47

Clint Eastwood

Million Dollar Baby (9): 3.06
Letters From Iwo Jima: 2.82
Mystic River: 2.81
Changeling: 2.70
Space Cowboys: 2.63
American Sniper: 2.58
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: 2.57
Invictus: 2.53
Flags of Our Fathers: 2.52
Gran Torino: 2.46
Blood Work: 2.35
Absolute Power: 2.32
True Crime: 2.31
Jersey Boys: 2.21
Hereafter: 2.05
J. Edgar: 2.04

Atom Egoyan

The Sweet Hereafter (1): 3.65
Felicia's Journey: 2.66
Where the Truth Lies: 2.50
Adoration: 2.44
Ararat: 2.33
Chloe: 2.21
(The Captive): 1.86
(Devil's Knot): 1.43

David Fincher

Zodiac (3): 3.27
The Social Network (4): 3.22
Fight Club (3): 3.19
Gone Girl (14): 3.03
The Game (9): 2.95
Panic Room: 2.79
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: 2.44
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 2.42

Philippe Garrel

Regular Lovers (9): 3.07
Frontier of Dawn: 2.91
Jealousy: 2.88
A Burning Hot Summer: 2.58

Terry Gilliam

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (18): 2.68
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: 2.30
The Brothers Grimm: 2.29
Tideland: 2.21
(The Zero Theorem): 2.11

Jonathan Glazer

Under the Skin (1): 3.29
Sexy Beast: 2.81
Birth: 2.74

Jean-Luc Godard

Notre Musique: 2.67
Goodbye to Language (12): 2.65
Film Socialisme: 2.59
In Praise of Love: 1.95
(For Ever Mozart): 1.58

Michel Gondry

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2): 3.28
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (19): 3.02
(Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?): 2.94
The We and the I: 2.70
Be Kind Rewind: 2.59
The Science of Sleep: 2.53
Human Nature: 2.40
Tokyo!: 2.37
Mood Indigo: 2.29
The Green Hornet: 2.00
The Thorn in the Heart: N/A

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Amores Perros (17): 2.82
21 Grams: 2.49
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): 2.44
Biutiful: 2.00
Babel: 1.95

James Gray

Two Lovers (12): 3.13
The Immigrant (19): 2.94
We Own the Night: 2.82
The Yards: 2.78

David Gordon Green

George Washington: 3.05
All the Real Girls (15): 2.93
Pineapple Express: 2.71
Joe: 2.69
Undertow: 2.56
Snow Angels: 2.56
Prince Avalanche: 2.50
(The Sitter): 2.00
Your Highness: 1.89

Peter Jackson

Forgotten Silver: 3.36
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (7): 3.33
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (5): 3.26
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (11): 2.96
The Frighteners: 2.93
King Kong: 2.83
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 2.50
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 2.24
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: 1.92
The Lovely Bones: 1.80

Jim Jarmusch

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (18): 3.03
Only Lovers Left Alive (9): 3.03
Dead Man (13): 2.94
Coffee and Cigarettes: 2.70
Broken Flowers: 2.56
(Year of the Horse): 2.42
The Limits of Control: 2.34

Kim Ki-duk

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (12): 3.17
Time: 3.00
3-iron: 2.94
Moebius: 2.63
The Isle: 2.38
Pieta: 2.09

Takeshi Kitano

Fireworks (Hana-Bi) (5): 3.26
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi: 2.79
Kikujiro: 2.70
Outrage: 2.46
Brother: 2.38
Dolls: 2.34
(Beyond Outrage): 2.10

Hirokazu Kore-eda

After Life (13): 3.26
Still Walking (19): 3.11
Nobody Knows (18): 3.07
(I Wish): 3.00
Like Father, Like Son: 2.79
(Maborosi): 2.40

Mike Leigh

Secrets & Lies (2): 3.56
Vera Drake (6): 3.26
Another Year: 3.21
Topsy-Turvy (9): 3.18
All or Nothing: 3.02
Mr. Turner: 2.98
Happy-Go-Lucky (12): 2.97
Career Girls: 2.83

Richard Linklater

Before Sunset (3): 3.43
Boyhood (3): 3.36
Before Midnight (4): 3.33
The School of Rock (9): 3.16
A Scanner Darkly (12): 2.97
Waking Life (15): 2.86
Bernie (18): 2.85
Tape: 2.77
The Newton Boys: 2.75
Me and Orson Welles: 2.70
subUrbia: 2.63
Bad News Bears: 2.50
Fast Food Nation: 2.28

James Marsh

Man on Wire (16): 3.19
Project Nim: 3.00
(Shadow Dancer): 2.70
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980: 2.58
The Theory of Everything: 2.22
The King: N/A
Wisconsin Death Trip: N/A

Frank Miller

Frank Miller's Sin City (10): 2.74
(Sin City: A Dame to Kill For): 1.88
The Spirit: N/A

Lukas Moodysson

Together (18): 3.13
Show Me Love: 2.89
We Are the Best!: 2.88
Lilya 4-Ever: 2.68
A hole in my heart: 1.88
Mammoth: N/A

Errol Morris

Fast, Cheap & out of Control (4): 3.42
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (11): 3.24
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.: 3.10
Tabloid: 3.00
Standard Operating Procedure: 2.98
The Unknown Known: 2.64

Christopher Nolan

The Prestige (2): 3.40
Memento (3): 3.31
The Dark Knight (5): 3.17
Insomnia: 2.92
Inception (13): 2.84
Interstellar (18): 2.83
Batman Begins (19): 2.81
The Dark Knight Rises: 2.63
(Following): 2.28

Jafar Panahi

Offside (11): 3.25
Crimson Gold (11): 3.20
(The Mirror): 3.20
The White Balloon: 3.14
This Is Not a Film: 3.00
The Circle: 2.70
Closed Curtain: 2.63

Roman Polanski

The Pianist: 2.96
The Ghost Writer (18): 2.94
Oliver Twist: 2.71
Venus in Fur: 2.70
The Ninth Gate: 2.38
Carnage: 2.36

Kelly Reichardt

Old Joy (5): 3.17
Meek's Cutoff (8): 3.13
Wendy and Lucy: 2.98
Night Moves: 2.86

Alain Resnais

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (16): 3.11
Private Fears in Public Places: 2.95
Wild Grass (10): 2.92
Same Old Song: 2.87
Life of Riley: 2.65

Robert Rodriguez

Grindhouse (4): 2.93
Frank Miller's Sin City (10): 2.74
Spy Kids: 2.71
Machete: 2.61
The Faculty: 2.60
Spy Kids 2 The Island of Lost Dreams: 2.50
Once Upon a Time in Mexico: 2.44
From Dusk Till Dawn: 2.43
(Spy Kids 3D: Game Over): 2.06
Machete Kills: 2.00
(Sin City: A Dame to Kill For): 1.88
Shorts: N/A
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World: N/A

Paul Schrader

Affliction (17): 2.94
Auto Focus: 2.32
(The Walker): 2.19
(Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist): 1.86
The Canyons: 1.36
Adam Resurrected: N/A
Dying of the Light: N/A
Touch: N/A

Ridley Scott

Gladiator (20): 3.04
The Counselor: 2.91
Black Hawk Down (20): 2.78
Matchstick Men: 2.78
American Gangster : 2.50
Body of Lies: 2.50
G.I. Jane: 2.42
Kingdom of Heaven: 2.33
Prometheus: 2.26
(White Squall): 2.22
(Exodus: Gods and Kings): 2.00
Hannibal: 1.94
(A Good Year): 1.93
Robin Hood: 1.91

Bertrand Tavernier

(Capitaine Conan) (12): 3.50
It All Starts Today: 2.93
(Safe Conduct): 2.83
(The French Minister): 2.58
The Princess of Montpensier: 2.53

Johnnie To

Drug War: 3.17
Exiled (18): 2.97
Mad Detective: 2.95
Vengeance: 2.87
Election: 2.79
Fulltime Killer: 2.74
Election 2: 2.73
(Breaking News): 2.50
(Throwdown): 2.33
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2: N/A

Tsai Ming-liang

What Time Is It There? (11): 3.21
Stray Dogs (10): 3.17
The Wayward Cloud (8): 3.08
(Vive L'Amour): 2.92
Good Bye Dragon Inn: 2.69
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone: 2.53

Lars von Trier

Breaking the Waves (1): 3.43
Dogville (1): 3.22
The Kingdom II: 3.14
Melancholia (7): 3.06
The Five Obstructions (19): 3.03
Nymph()maniac Vol. I (17): 3.00
The Boss of It All: 2.85
Dancer in the Dark (10): 2.74
Manderlay (20): 2.69
Nymph()maniac Vol. II: 2.61
The Idiots: 2.59
Antichrist: 2.53