1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - European occupational hyperreality

2. Vertigo - man with problems follows a ghost woman to the worst place imaginable (silent hill/san francisco)

3. Citizen Kane - Large man in hat and mustache performs incredible tricks that revolutionise the ways of making things

4. Tokyo Story - Old man from the west of Japan comes to Tokyo and learns that things are changing. He tries to help, but ultimately returns home in acceptance that he cannot influence the times.

5. In The Mood For Love - an all-time great love story about two soulmates who are kept apart by duty. Still... a memory persists.

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey - what began as a group of mindless apes banging their tools against stone has evolved into an all-encompassing reality that engulfs itself

7. Beau travail - a rich literary-inspired work on colonialism, masculine repression, homoeroticism, and militaristic hierarchies, set across gorgeously bleak landscapes and featuring the best dance sequence in the medium's history

8. Mulholland Drive - easily-influenced woman dreaming of fame and success shares her mind with a intensely ego-driven tulpa who helps them navigate the disturbing sleaze that lurks behind the business of showbusiness. Also you get to see many boobs

9. Man with a Movie Camera