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2009
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CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus
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2008
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DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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2007
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TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
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2006
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Martin Scorsese, The Departed
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2005
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Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
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2004
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Michael Mann, Collateral
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2003
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Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai, presented by Claire Danes
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2002
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Phillip Noyce, The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence, presented by Sydney Pollack
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2001
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Todd Field, In the Bedroom, presented by Marisa Tomei
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2000
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Steven Soderbergh, Traffic and Erin Brockovitch, presented by Julia Roberts
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1999
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Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley, presented by Sydney Pollack
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1998
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Shekhar Kapur, Elizabeth, presented by James Ivory
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1997
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Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential, presented by Kevin Spacey
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1996
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Joel Cohen, Fargo, presented to Frances McDormand by Stanley Tucci
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1995
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Ang Lee, Sense & Sensibility, presented by Arthur Penn
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1994
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Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, presented to Harvey Keitel by Stanley Crouch
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1993
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Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence
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1992
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James Ivory, Howards End
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1991
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Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
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1990
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Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves
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1989
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Kenneth Branagh, Henry V
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1988
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Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning
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1987
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Steven Spielberg, Empire of the Sun
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1986
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Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
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1985
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Akira Kurosawa, Ran
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1984
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David Lean, A Passage to India
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1983
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James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
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1982
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Sidney Lumet, The Verdict
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1981
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Warren Beatty, Reds
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1980
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Robert Redford, Ordinary People
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1979
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John Schlesinger, Yanks
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1978
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Ingmar Bergman, Autumn Sonata
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1977
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Luis Buneul, That Obscure Object of Desire
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1976
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Alan J. Pakula, All The Presidents Men
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1975
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Robert Altman, Nashville
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1975
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Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
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1974
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Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation
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1973
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Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers
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1972
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Bob Fosse, Cabaret
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1971
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Ken Russell, The Devils, The Boy Friend
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1970
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Francois Truffaut, The Wild Child
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1969
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Alfred Hitchcock, Topaz
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1968
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Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo and Juliet
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1967
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Richard Brooks, In Cold Blood
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1966
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Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons
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1965
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John Schlesinger, Darling
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1964
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Desmond Davis, The Girl with Green Eyes
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1963
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Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
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1962
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David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
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1961
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Jack Clayton, The Innocents
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1960
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Jack Cardiff, Sons & Lovers
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1959
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Fred Zinnemann, The Nun's Story
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1958
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John Ford, The Last Hurrah
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1957
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David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
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1956
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John Huston, Moby Dick
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1955
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William Wyler, The Desperate Hours
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1954
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Renato Castellani, Romeo & Juliet
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1953
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George Stevens, Shane
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1952
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David Lean, Breaking the Sound Barrier
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1951
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Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon
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1950
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John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle
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1949
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Vittorio De Sica, The Bicycle Thief
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1948
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Roberto Rossellini, Paisan
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1947
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Elia Kazan, Boomerang! and Gentleman's Agreement
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1946
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William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
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1945
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Jean Renoir, The Southerner
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