 | Best
Undistributed Film, 2000
Battle Royale
(Japan)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
[148 points on 10 votes] |
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| Runners-Up: |
| [82 pts /
6 votes] | | Platform (Hong Kong/China/Japan/France)
Directed by Jia Zhang Ke |
| [69 pts /
7 votes] | | The Target Shoots First (USA)
Directed by Christopher Wilcha |
| [69 pts /
6 votes] | | The Foul King (South Korea)
Directed by Kim Jee-woon |
| [60 pts /
4 votes] | | The Long Holiday (Netherlands)
Directed by Johan van der Keuken |
| [57 pts /
2 votes] | | Dead or Alive 2: Birds (Japan)
Directed by Takashi Miike |
| [54 pts /
7 votes] | | Wild Zero (Japan)
Directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi |
| [49 pts /
3 votes] | | Word and Utopia
(France/Italy/Spain/Brazil/Portugal)
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira |
| [48 pts /
4 votes] | | Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
(South Korea)
Directed by Hong Sang-soo |
| [45 pts /
6 votes] | | Joint Security Area (South Korea)
Directed by Park Chan-wook |
| [42 pts /
3 votes] | | The American Nightmare (USA/UK)
Directed by Adam Simon |
| [42 pts /
2 votes] | | The New Country (Sweden)
Directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen |
| [41 pts /
5 votes] | | The Comedy of Innocence (France)
Directed by Raoul Ruiz |
| [41 pts /
4 votes] | | The Wedding (France/Russia/Germany)
Directed by Pavel Lounguine |
| [38 pts /
3 votes] | | Tears of the Black Tiger (Thailand)
Directed by Wisit Sasanatieng |
| [35 pts /
4 votes] | | Jiang Hu -- "The Triad Zone" (Hong Kong)
Directed by Dante Lam |
| [33 pts /
4 votes] | | Séance (Japan)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| [32 pts /
3 votes] | | Barking Dogs Never Bite (South Korea)
Directed by Bong Joon-ho |
| [31 pts /
2 votes] | | Revelations: Paradise Lost 2
(USA)
Directed by Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky |
| [30 pts /
3 votes] | | The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
(USA)
Directed by Stan Brakhage |
| [30 pts /
3 votes] | | To Die (Or Not) (Spain)
Directed by Ventura Pons |
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NOTE: For the context of this survey, "undistributed" = "has not received
a week-long commercial run in New York City." Most of them have never
been released anywhere in North America, however.
VOTERS FOR THIS SECTION: Matthew Butcher, Mike D'Angelo, Steve Erickson,
Charles François, Alex Fung, Erik Gregersen, Skander Halim, Gabe
Klinger, Jeff McCloud, Don Marks, Noel Murray, Charles Odell, Theo
Panayides, Jim Ridley, Ken Rudolph, Michael Sicinski, Chris Stults, and
Froilan Vispo.
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