1 The Coen Bros — The Big Lebowski
2 Robert Altman— McCabe & Mrs Miller
3 Pawel Pawlikowski —Ida
4 Denis Villeneuve —Arrival
5 Chan-wook Park—Old Boy
6 Francis Ford Copolla— The Godfather II
7 Billy Wilder—The Apartment
8 Akira Kurosawa—Rashomon
9 The Coen Bros—No Country for Old Men
10 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck—The Lives Of Others
11 Tomas Alfredson—Let The Right One In
12 Krzysztof Kieslowski— Blue
14 Denis Villeneuve — Blade Runner 2064
15 Ingmar Bergman —Fanny & Alexander
16 Written and directed by Céline Sciamma —Portrait of a Lady on Fire
This delightful seasonal list is brought to you by Patrick O’Leary’s new novel, 51.