6. Asghar Farhadi, A Separation [56/10]

7. Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter [54/9]

8. Martin Scorsese, Hugo [50/8]

9. Kelly Reichardt, Meek’s Cutoff [46/8]

10. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [32/5]

11. Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In [33/6]

12. David Fincher, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo [31/6]

13. Steve McQueen, Shame [30/6]

14. Mike Mills, Beginners [28/5]

15. Raul Ruiz, Mysteries of Lisbon [28/4]

16. Sion Sono, Love Exposure [25/5]

17. Bennett Miller, Moneyball [22/4]

18. Lee Chang-dong, Poetry [22/3]

19. Steven Spielberg, War Horse [20/3]

20. Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret [18/3]

21. Bertrand Bonello, House of Pleasures [17/3]

22. Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin [15/3]

23. Joe Cornish, Attack the Block [14/2]

24. David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method [13/3]

25. Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene [13/2]

Monte Hellman, Road to Nowhere [13/2]

Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin [13/2]

28. Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris [11/2]

Jean-Luc Godard, Film Socialisme [11/2]

Roman Polanski, Carnage [11/2]

31. Takashi Miike, 13 Assassins [10/2]

32. Owen Moverman, Rampart [9/2]

Joe Wright, Hanna [9/2]