Ebert divides his list into mainstream and independent; each list is in alphabetical order.

Mainstream:

  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  • Crazy Heart
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Knowing
  • Precious
  • A Serious Man
  • Up in the Air
  • The White Ribbon

Independent:

  • Departures
  • Disgrace
  • Everlasting Moments
  • Goodbye, Solo
  • Julia
  • Silent Light
  • Sin Nombre
  • Skin
  • Trucker
  • You, The Living
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