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1: The Proposition
Blood brothers
In 1880s Australia Ray Winstone's British officer gives Irish outlaw Guy Pearce an ultimatum: kill one brother in order to save the life of another. Starkly poetic outback western written by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat. more

2: Glastonbury
Field of dreams
Julien Temple's documentary on 35 years of the annual festival, assembled from hundreds of hours of punters' home movies. Featured artists include Nick Cave, David Bowie, Joe Strummer and dozens more. more

3: Capote
The Truman show
Flamboyant author Truman Capote spots a great story when he reads about the murder of a family in rural Kansas. more

4: Good Night, And Good Luck.
A bulletin the head of McCarthyism
How TV newsman Edward R Murrow took on Senator Joe McCarthy at the height of anti-communist feeling in the US. Written, directed by and starring George Clooney. more

5: A Cock And Bull Story
Coogan's bluff
An unfilmable 18th century literary classic becomes a comic film-about-a-film. From British director Michael Winterbottom and starring Steve Coogan as Steve Coogan. more

6: The Matador
No bull
Pierce Brosnan is a hit man on the verge of a breakdown, Greg Kinnear the salesman with whom he strikes up an unlikely friendship in this twisted black comedy. more

7: Tsotsi
Babe in the 'hood
A hardened criminal on the streets of a Johannesburg shanty town suddenly finds himself caring for a baby in this edgy and powerful drama from South Africa. more

8: Hidden
Arthouse hit of the year
The complacency of a middle-class couple is shattered by a long-suppressed revelation. Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche star in Michael Haneke's drama. more

9: Syriana
You can't fuel all the people all the time
George Clooney and Matt Damon star in this multi-perspective examination of the oil industry, directed by Traffic writer Stephen Gaghan. more

10: Metropolitan
Made in Manhattan
Set during debutante week, Whit Stillman's 1990 debut tells the story of a group of Manhattan preppies and, in particular, newcomer Tom Townsend who is forced to hide the fact that he comes from the wrong side of town. more

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