top-ten list of the year's best Canadian films. BBC film critic Mark Kermode named the film the best of 2005. Retrospective lists Empire named the film the 448th-greatest film of all time. The French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma ranked the film as fifth place in its list of best films of the decade, 2000–2009. In his list of best films of the decade, Peter Travers named this number four, praising director David Cronenberg: Is Canadian director David Cronenberg the most unsung maverick artist in movies? Bet on it ... Cronenberg knows violence is wired into our DNA. His film showed how we secretly crave what we publicly condemn. This is potent poison for a thriller, and unadulterated, unforgettable Cronenberg. In 2016, the film was ranked among the 100 greatest films since 2000 in an international critics' poll by 177 critics around the world. Accolades References External links 2005 films 2005 crime thriller films 2005 drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s Canadian films 2000s crime thriller films American crime thriller films American drama films American neo-noir films Canadian crime thriller films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films English-language German films Films about Irish-American culture Films about the Irish Mob Films about violence Films based on Vertigo Comics titles Films directed by David Cronenberg Films scored by Howard Shore Films set in Indiana Films set in Philadelphia Films shot in Ohio Films shot in Toronto Fratricide in fiction Irish-American culture in Philadelphia Live-action films based on comics Midlife crisis films New Line Cinema films Canadian gangster films