1. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (Errol Morris) A (5)
2. La Promesse (Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne) A (1)
3. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest) A- [low] (6)
4. Career Girls (Mike Leigh) A- [low] (1)
5. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan) A- [low] (2)
6. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute) A- [low] (2)
7. The Apostle (Robert Duvall) A- [low] (1)
8. The Game (David Fincher) B+ [high] (1)
9. Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson) B+ [high] (2)
10. Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen) B+ [high] (2)

Films seen that didn't make it: As Good As It Gets (Brooks), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Roach), Bean (Smith), Good Will Hunting (Van Sant), Grosse Pointe Blank (Armitage), Hercules (Clements/Musker), Héroïnes (Krawczyk), I Know What You Did Last Summer (Gillespie), In & Out (Oz), Irma Vep (Assayas), The Full Monty (Cattaneo), Jackie Brown (Tarantino), L.A. Confidential (Hanson), Men in Black (Sonnenfeld), Mrs. Brown (Madden), My Best Friend's Wedding (Hogan), Picture Perfect (Caron), Schizopolis (Soderbergh), A Smile Like Yours (Samples), Titanic (Cameron), Tomorrow Never Dies (Spottiswoode), Volcano (Jackson)