KOROVA THEATRE AWARD WINNERS 2003 - 2019

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Korova Awards: 2019

1. PARASITE (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
2. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (Shin'ichirô Ueda, Japan)
3. ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
4. JO JO RABBIT (Taika Waititi, USA)
5. JOKER (Todd Phillips, USA)
6. THE LIGHTHOUSE (Robert Eggers, USA)
7. UNCUT GEMS (Josh & Benny Safdie, USA)
8. IN FABRIC (Peter Strickland, UK)
9. PAIN AND GLORY (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
10. MIDSOMMER (Ari Aster, USA)

Korova Awards: 2018

1. FIRST REFORMED (Paul Schrader, USA)
2. THE FAVOURITE (Yorgos Lanthimos, UK)
3. BLACKKKLANSMAN (Spike Lee, USA)
4. ROMA (Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico)
5. SHOPLIFTERS (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan)
6. COLD WAR (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland)
7. BURNING (Lee Chang-dong, South Korea)
8. BLINDSPOTTING (Carlos Lopez Estrada, USA)
9. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (Boots Riley, USA)
10. SUSPIRIA (Luca Guadagnino, Italy)

Korova Awards: 2017

1. ZAMA (Lucretia Martel, Argentina)
2. DETROIT (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)
3. GET OUT (Jordan Peele, USA)
4. THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (Yorgos Lanthimos, UK)
5. PHANTOM THREAD (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
6. BLADE RUNNER 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, USA)
7. I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE (Macon Blair, USA)
8. GOOD TIME (Josh & Benny Safdie, USA)
9. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (Lynne Ramsey, UK)
10. THE LOVE WITCH (Anna Biller, USA)

Korova Awards: 2016

1. THE LOBSTER (Yorgos Lanthimos, UK)
2. AMERICAN HONEY (Andrea Arnold, UK)
3. CERTAIN WOMEN (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
4. PATERSON (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
5. THE WITCH (Robert Eggers, USA)
6. THE HANDMAIDEN (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
7. WEINER-DOG (Todd Solondz, USA)
8. RAW (Julia Ducournau, France)
9. THE SALESMAN (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
10. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade, Germany)

Korova Awards: 2015

1. SON OF SAUL (Laszlo Nemes, Hungary)
2. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, New Zealand)
3. A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE (Roy Andersson, Sweden)
4. THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (Marielle Heller, USA)
5. HARD TO BE A GOD (Aleksei German, Russia)
6. 45 YEARS (Andrew Haigh, UK)
7. SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (Mark Burton & Richard Starzak, UK)
8. VICTORIA (Sebastian Schipper, Germany)
9. SOUTHBOUND (Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, USA)
10. WILD TALES (Damian Szifron, Argentina)

Korova Awards: 2014

1. INHERENT VICE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
2. BLUE RUIN (Jeremy Saulnier, USA)
3. NIGHT MOVES (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
4. IDA (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland)
5. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Wes Anderson, USA)
6. TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
7. UNDER THE SKIN (Jonathan Glazer, UK)
8. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (Ana Lily Amirpour, USA)
9. WILLOW CREEK (Bobcat Goldthwait, USA)
10. ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (Jim Jarmusch, UK) 

Korova Awards: 2013

1. POST TENEBRAS LUX (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)
2. ONLY GOD FORGIVES (Nicolas Winding Refn, Denmark)
3. SPRING BREAKERS (Harmony Korine, USA) 
4. UPSTREAM COLOR (Shane Carruth, USA)
5. FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach, USA)
6. BLUE JASMINE (Woody Allen, USA)
7. STOKER (Park Chan-wook, USA)
8. NEBRASKA (Alexander Payne, USA)
9. GRAVITY (Alfonso Cuaron, USA)
10. THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer & Christine Cynn, Denmark)

Korova Awards: 2012

1. THE MASTER (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
2. BEYOND THE HILLS (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
3. ZERO DARK THIRTY (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)
4. AMOUR (Michael Haneke, France)
5. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax, France)
6. LOVELY MOLLY (Eduardo Sanchez, USA)
7. ALPS (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece)
8. MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson, USA)
9. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey)
10. COSMOPOLIS (David Cronenberg, Canada)

Korova Awards: 2011

1. THE TURIN HORSE (Bela Tarr, Hungary)
2. MEEK'S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
3. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (Tomas Alfredson, UK)
4. THE KID WITH A BIKE (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
5. DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn, USA)
6. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (Lynne Ramsey, UK)
7. MELANCHOLIA (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
8. TAKE SHELTER (Jeff Nichols, USA)
9. TYRANNOSAUR (Paddy Considine, UK)
10. THE THING (Mathijis van Heijningen, Jr., USA)

Korova Awards: 2010

1. RED RIDING TRILOGY (1974-Julian Jarrold; 1980-James Marsh; 1983-Anand Tucker, UK)
2. CARLOS (Olivier Assayas, France)
3. DOGTOOTH (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece)
4. FISH TANK (Andrea Arnold, UK)
5. A PROPHET (Jacques Audiard, France)
6. MOTHER (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
7. WHITE MATERIAL (Claire Denis, France)
8. SCOTT PILGRAM VS THE WORLD (Edgar Wright, USA)
9. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami, France)
10. GHOST WRITER (Roman Polanski, UK)

Korova Awards: 2009

1. THE HURT LOCKER (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)
2. TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
3. PONYO (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
4. ANTICHRIST (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
5. LORNA'S SILENCE (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium)
6. MOON (Duncan Jones, UK)
7. HUNGER (Steve McQueen, Ireland)
8. THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
9. GOODBYE SOLO (Ramin Bahrani, USA)
10. ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL (Sacha Gervasi, USA)

Korova Awards: 2008

1. THE FALL (Tarsem Singh, USA)
2. IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh, UK)
3. CHOP SHOP (Ramin Bahrani, USA)
4. 4 WEEKS, 3 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
5. BREATH (Kim KI-duk, South Korea)
6. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Hou Hsiao-hsien, France)
7. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke, USA)
8. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Fatih Akin, Turkey)
9. MAD DETECTIVE (Johnnie To & Wai Ka-fai, Hong Kong)
10. PARANOID PARK (Gus Van Sant, USA)

Korova Awards: 2007

1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
2. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Ethan & Joel Coen, USA)
3. EASTERN PROMISES (David Cronenberg, UK)
4. WAITRESS (Adrienne Shelly, USA)
5. ONCE (John Carney, Ireland)
6. GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR (Robert Rodriguez, USA)
7. THE HOST (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
8. PAPRIKA (Satoshi Kon, Japan)
9. THE BOSS OF IT ALL (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
10. TIME (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea)

Korova Awards: 2006

1. UNITED 93 (Paul Greengrass, USA)
2. MANDERLAY (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
3. BATTLE IN HEAVEN (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)
4. L'ENFANT (Jean Pierre-Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, France)
5. THREE TIMES (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
6. SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
7. DUCK SEASON (Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico)
8. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
9. CAVITE (Neill Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon, Philippines)
10. THE PROPOSITION (John Hillcoat, Australia)

Korova Awards: 2005

1. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
2. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg, USA)
3. OLD BOY (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
4. 3-IRON (Kim Ki-Duk, South Korea)
5. KONTROLL (Nimrod Antal, Hungary)
6. THE RETURN (Andrei Zvyaginstev, Russia)
7. OR (MONS TRESOR) (Keren Yedeya, Israel)
8. LAST DAYS (Gus Van Sant, USA)
9. THE HOLY GIRL (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
10. NOBODY KNOWS (Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan)

Korova Awards: 2004

1. DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
2. OPEN WATER (Chris Kentis, USA)
3. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Jared Hess, USA)
4. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, USA)
5. KILL BILL VOLUME 2 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
6. FAHRENHEIT 911 (Michael Moore, USA)
7. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michael Gondry, USA)
8. HERO (Yimou Zhang, China)
9. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Edgar Wright, UK )
10. THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD (Guy Maddin, Canada)

Korova Awards: 2003

1. ELEPHANT (Gus Van Sant, USA)
2. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, USA)
3. 21 GRAMS ( Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, USA)
4. SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...and SPRING (Kim Ki-Duk, South Kores)
5. AMERICAN SPLENDOR (Shari Springer Bergman, USA )
6. CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles, Brazil)
7. TIME OF THE WOLF (Michael Haneke, France)
8. KILL BILL VOLUME 1 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
9. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Peter Jackson, USA)
10. THE STATION AGENT (Thomas McCarthy, USA)