Michael Atkinson:
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2. A Brighter Summer Day
3. A Separation
4. Mysteries of Lisbon
5. My Joy
6. Poetry
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. City of Life and Death
9. Tuesday, After Christmas
10. Bellflower

Runners-up: You All Are Captans, Le Quattro Volte, Putty Hill, Meek’s Cutoff, The Trip, Certified Copy, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, Silent Souls, Children of Hiroshima, The Arbor, Drive, Shame, The Artist.