I'll follow the rules at this point to only list 10 films: films that will forever be a constant from me on such lists.

in alphabetical order :

Cold Water (L'Eau Froide) - Olivier Assayas / France

Flowers of Shanghai (Hai Shang Hua) - Hou Hsiao-hsien / Taiwan

I Cant Sleep (J'ai Pas Sommeil) - Claire Denis / France

Jackie Brown - Quentin Tarantino / U.S.

Naked - Mike Leigh / U.K

Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone / U.S.

Red (Rouge) - Krzysztof Kieslowski / Poland-France

Rosetta - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne / Belgium

Smoke - Wayne Wang / U.S.

Taste of Cherry (Ta'm e Guilass) - Abbas Kiarostami / Iran