1. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh) A (3)
2. Lone Star (John Sayles) A (1)
3. A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf) A- [high] (3)
4. Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier) A- [high] (1)
5. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky) A- [high] (2)
6. Leila (Dariush Mehrjui) A- [low] (1)
7. Microcosmos (Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou) A- [low] (1)
8. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai) A- [low] (1)
9. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton) B+ [high] (2)
10. Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen) B+ [high] (3)

Films seen that didn't make it: 101 Dalmatians (Herek), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (Stones), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (Judge), Big Night (Scott/Tucci), The Birdcage (Nichols), Bottle Rocket (Anderson), Citizen Ruth (Payne), The Crucible (Hytner), Dead Man (Jarmusch), Down Under the Big Top (Taylor), Fargo (Coen), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Trousdale/Wise), Independence Day (Emmerich), Jerry Maguire (Crowe), Muppet Treasure Island (Henson), The Nutty Professor (Shadyac), One Fine Day (Hoffman), A Perfect Candidate (Cutler/Van Taylor), Phenomenon (Turteltaub), Ridicule (Leconte), Sgt. Bilko (Lynn), Shine (Hicks), The Substitute (Mandel), That Thing You Do! (Hanks), Tin Cup (Shelton), Twister (de Bont), Welcome to the Dollhouse (Solondz), The White Balloon (Panahi)