Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's Wind Will Carry Us has been listed as one of the best films of the 2000s by TIFF Cinematheque.

More than 60 film curators, historians, and festival programmers around the world ranked Kiarostami's 1999 production as number 21 of the 50 best films of the 2000s.

The Wind Will Carry Us shared its ranking with the Taiwan/Japan produced film Yi Yi (A One and a Two) directed by Edward Yang.

The Thai art-house movie Syndromes and a Century by Apichatpong Weerasethakul topped the list as the decade's most respected film.

The list, which was released by the year-round screening program of the Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF Cinematheque, includes such great names as David Lynch, Michael Haneke and David Cronenberg.

The complete list of TIFF Cinematheque's best films of the 2000s is as follows:

1. Syndromes and a Century, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
2. Platform, Jia Zhang-ke (Hong Kong, China/China/Japan/France)
3. Still Life, Jia Zhang-ke (China)
4. Beau travail, Claire Denis (France)
5. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong, China)
6. Tropical Malady, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (France/Thailand/Germany/Italy)
7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Cristi Puiu (Romania); Werckmeister Harmonies, Bela Tarr (Hungary)
8. Eloge de l'amour, Jean-Luc Godard (Switzerland/ France)
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
10. Silent Light, Carlos Reygadas (Mexico/France/Netherlands)
11. Russian Ark, Alexander Sokurov (Russia/Germany)
12. The New World, Terrence Malick (US)
13. Blissfully Yours, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (France/Thailand)
14. Le Fils, Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)
15. Colossal Youth, Pedro Costa (Portugal/France/Switzerland)
16. Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse, Agnes Varda (France); In Vanda's Room, Pedro Costa (Portugal/Germany/Italy/Switzerland); Songs from the Second Floor, Roy Andersson (Sweden/Denmark/Norway)
17. Cache, Michael Haneke (France/Austria/Germany/Italy); A History of Violence, David Cronenberg; Mulholland Drive, David Lynch (France/US); Three Times, Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan)
18. Rois et reine, Arnaud Desplechin (France)
19. Elephant, Gus Van Sant (US)
20. Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar (Spain)
21. The Wind Will Carry Us, Abbas Kiarostami (Iran/France); Yi Yi, Edward Yang (Taiwan/Japan)
22. Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro (Spain)
23. L'Enfant, Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, (Belgium/France); The Heart of the World, Guy Maddin (Canada); I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan/France/Austria); Star Spangled to Death, Ken Jacobs (US)
24. The World, Jia Zhang-ke (China/Japan/France)
25. Café Lumiere, Hou Hsiao-hsien (Japan); The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel (Argentina/Spain/France/Italy); L'Intrus, Claire Denis (France); Millennium Mambo, Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan/France); My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin (Canada); Saraband, Ingmar Bergman (Sweden); Spirited Away, Hiyao Miyazaki (Japan); I'm Not There, Todd Haynes (US)
26. Gerry, Gus Van Sant (US)
27. Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey); Dogville, Lars von Trier (Denmark/Sweden/UK/France/Germany); The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson (US)
28. Alexandra, Alexander Sokurov (Russia/France) Demonlover, Olivier Assayas (France)
29. Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner, Zacharias Kunuk (Canada); Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan)
30. Longing , Valeska Grisebach (Germany); Secret Sunshine, Lee Chang-dong (South Korea); Vai e Vem, Joao Cesar Monteiro (Portugal); Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes (US/France)

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