The Golden Lion winners of the 2000s
The top 3 according to 1 vote: The Circle · Monsoon Wedding · The Magdalene Sisters. (Updated Nov 19, 2025.)
The ten films awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival from 2000 to 2009.
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Top 10
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1
The Circle
Jafar Panahi, 2000. The condition of women in contemporary Iran.
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2
Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair, 2001. A wedding in Delhi and an extended family.
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3
The Magdalene Sisters
Peter Mullan, 2002. Ireland's Magdalene laundries.
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4
The Return
Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003. Two brothers and a father who reappears after twelve years; a debut.
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5
Vera Drake
Mike Leigh, 2004. A woman who performs illegal abortions in 1950 London.
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6
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee, 2005. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two cowboys in love.
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7
Still Life
Jia Zhangke, 2006. The Three Gorges Dam and the drowned villages.
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8
Lust, Caution
Ang Lee, 2007. Espionage and passion in wartime Shanghai; Lee's second Lion.
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9
The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky, 2008. Mickey Rourke as a wrestler in decline.
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10
Lebanon
Samuel Maoz, 2009. The 1982 Lebanon War seen from inside a tank.
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Comments (3)
Still Life di Jia Zhangke, bellissimo e poco conosciuto.
Il ritorno di Zvjagincev, un debutto incredibile.
The Wrestler con Mickey Rourke, che rinascita.