David Ansen
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L’Enfant
Blue Valentine
Waltz with Bashir
Milk
The Edge of Heaven
The Counterfeiters
No End in Sight
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Fearless
The Heart of the Game
The War Tapes
United 93
Akeelah and the Bee
Inside Man
Dixie Chicks – Shut Up and Sing
L.I.E.
Match Point
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
King Kong
Brokeback Mountain
Syriana
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
2046
Broken Flowers
The Aristocrats
Hustle & Flow
Saraband
March of the Penguins
Batman Begins
Me and You and Everyone We Know
My Summer of Love
Howl’s Moving Castle
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Cinderella Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
Mysterious Skin
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Kung Fu Hustle
Gunner Palace
Downfall
Head-On
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hotel Rwanda
The Sea Inside
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Kinsey
Ray
Sideways
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
The Motorcycle Diaries
Infernal Affairs
Collateral
The Manchurian Candidate
Zatôichi
Maria Full of Grace
The Corporation
The Saddest Music in the World
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Touching the Void
Dig!
Brothers
Friday Night Lights
Bad Education
Peter Pan
House of Sand and Fog
Big Fish
The Triplets of Belleville
Bad Santa
Elf
Shattered Glass
Mystic River
The Station Agent
Time Out
School of Rock
The School of Rock
Bubba Ho-Tep
Lost In Translation
Matchstick Men
American Splendor
Freaky Friday
Seabiscuit
Dirty Pretty Things
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Blue Car
Nowhere in Africa
Lost in La Mancha
Whale Rider
Stone Reader
Adaptation
Talk to Her
Frida
Kandahar: Le soleil derrière la lune
Bowling for Columbine
Punch-Drunk Love
Secretary
Sunshine State
Insomnia
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Ice Age
Kissing Jessica Stein
Monsoon Wedding
La Stanza del Figlio
Italian for Beginners
Ni na bian ji dian
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Gosford Park
Monsters, Inc.
Legally Blonde
Sexy Beast
Moulin Rouge!
Amores Perros
Wet Hot American Summer
The Emperor’s New Groove
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Snatch
Quills
Best in Show
Dancer in the Dark
Almost Famous
Nurse Betty
Space Cowboys
Go
Small Time Crooks
Croupier
American Psycho
Yi Yi
Mission: Impossible 2
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Topsy-Turvy
Cradle Will Rock
Liberty Heights
Mansfield Park
All About My Mother
The Insider
Fight Club
Show Me Love
Stir of Echoes
The Iron Giant
The Thomas Crown Affair
Deep Blue Sea
Election
EDtv
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Hilary and Jackie
Alice et Martin
Jackie Brown
Alien Resurrection
The Rainmaker
The Sweet Hereafter
The Ice Storm
Better Luck Tomorrow
The Full Monty
Contact
Face/Off
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Ulee’s Gold
Con Air
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Devil’s Own
Donnie Brasco
Absolute Power
The Game
The Edge
The People Vs. Larry Flynt
The Portrait of a Lady
Michael
Marvin’s Room
Mars Attacks!
The Crucible
Shine
When We Were Kings
Get on the Bus
Sleepers
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Big Night
Fly Away Home
Tin Cup
Emma
Courage Under Fire
James and the Giant Peach
Mary Reilly
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Lone Star
Breaking the Waves
Mother
Michael Collins
Dead Man Walking
Scream
Heat
Leaving Las Vegas
Get Shorty
To Die For
Clockers
Waterworld
Kids
Higher Learning
Cobb
Interview with the Vampire
Clerks
Quiz Show
Natural Born Killers
Wyatt Earp
Reality Bites
In the Name of the Father
Three Colors: Red
Fresh
Little Women
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
The Pelican Brief
Mrs. Doubtfire
Demolition Man
The Joy Luck Club
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Rising Sun
In the Line of Fire
The Firm
Sleepless in Seattle
Last Action Hero
Cliffhanger
Dave
Benny & Joon
Indecent Proposal
Falling Down
Like Water for Chocolate
Short Cuts
Philadelphia
A Few Good Men
The Crying Game
The Bodyguard
Malcolm X
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
A River Runs Through It
The Last of the Mohicans
Sneakers
Bob Roberts
Single White Female
Patriot Games
Sister Act
The Player
White Men Can’t Jump
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Alien3
Cape Fear
Barton Fink
Dead Again
L.A. Story
The Grifters
Dances With Wolves
Presumed Innocent
Arachnophobia
Dick Tracy
Volcano
Die Hard 2
Beetlejuice
The Breakfast Club
In America
9 to 5
Apocalypse Now Redux
Bloody Sunday
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$23,123,592,$15,440,333,$11,179,372,$54,589,558,$17,804,565,$18,814,713,$1,433,319,$262,552,893,$68,072,848,$446,446,$254,190,$76,700,659,$18,948,425,$186,003,591,NA,$172,087,$85,638,656,$12,045,362,$556,906,378,$178,062,759,$93,974,620,$15,785,148,$20,205,757,$47,329,961,$6,809,089,$23,563,727,$975,181,$127,392,693,$373,672,993,$8,012,838,$2,766,976,$236,269,142,$13,411,957,$108,539,911,$9,104,327,$1,532,932,$4,854,164,$104,882,445,$607,844,$92,181,574,$11,065,801,$1,017,713,119,$33,882,243,$43,731,621,$213,719,942,$116,650,613,$17,050,017,$123,971,376,$109,706,931,$614,138,$57,663,711,$8,836,958,$220,239,925,$96,105,910,$34,196,922,$12,594,630,$4,605,682,$854,994,$154,118,820,$13,904,795,$693,NA,$61,950,770,$40,350,837,$121,975,011,$16,763,804,$123,218,424,$14,776,760,$76,490,720,$225,097,437,$2,944,752,$156,595,191,$8,701,337,$55,495,563,$131,095,990,NA,$1,239,183,$118,686,937,$65,565,672,$7,986,084,$160,846,332,$148,336,445,$13,904,766,$654,264,015,$476,551,$24,322,180,$1,407,019,$41,062,976,NA,$32,801,173,$64,801,177,$56,298,474,$7,777,790,$58,011,975,$24,675,714,$9,304,609,$3,369,654,$113,758,770,$33,616,692,$383,257,136,$10,013,424,$30,787,356,$11,767,402,$16,350,876,$265,477,$5,204,281,$87,754,044,$579,707,738,$141,774,679,$10,045,893,$184,935,320,$20,908,467,NA,$169,661,687,$152,699,976,$213,525,736,$83,557,872,$17,989,227,$20,789,556,$40,061,153,$47,386,287,$29,364,989,$128,884,132,$2,595,216,$29,934,477,$7,120,568,$34,266,564,$1,196,218,NA,$128,799,509,$7,804,349,$2,986,932,$3,736,868,$4,775,847,$67,953,969,$60,289,912,$101,209,702,$219,331,$21,142,914,$23,335,817,$124,305,181,$164,648,142,$14,902,041,$35,242,897,$3,753,929,$4,912,892,$500,896,$39,673,807,$161,376,069,$45,916,769,$3,263,585,$8,038,061,$7,281,450,$257,938,649,$171,120,329,$245,676,146,$299,288,605,$9,161,691,$224,012,234,$28,084,357,$140,807,547,$124,909,762,$50,068,310,$48,323,859,$27,873,386,$20,300,385,$3,692,836,$119,718,203,$12,803,305,$101,381,197,$7,343,114,$35,999,081,$2,789,985,$5,754,249,$165,615,285,$89,456,761,$12,008,376,$25,143,818,$53,854,588,$22,231,658,$100,860,818,$28,946,127,$12,379,402,$4,569,019,$12,408,986,$3,828,405,$19,145,198,$11,092,559,$39,363,635,$140,041,405,$187,436,818,$32,029,928,$115,101,622,$21,284,514,$13,071,518,$264,218,220,$7,412,216,$38,290,723,$1,007,583,$223,664,608,$3,151,130,$24,822,619,$50,283,563,$25,052,000,$33,351,557,$65,796,862,$3,599,538,$8,094,616,$216,601,214,$10,032,765,$195,268,056,$441,286,195,$58,055,768,$32,901,136,$7,266,383,$107,198,790,$176,997,168,$270,248,367,$227,927,165,$137,298,489,$255,000,211,$63,270,710,$23,261,580,$266,614,059,$40,903,593,$21,744,201,$6,110,979,$77,446,440,$243,240,178,$62,548,947,$411,046,449,$48,169,910,$215,862,692,$43,440,294,$75,505,856,$105,232,691,$4,479,470,$48,017,402,$178,051,587,$139,605,150,$21,706,101,$90,753,806,$16,624,456,$106,285,522,$182,291,969,$6,153,939,$38,016,380,$28,862,081,$13,446,769,$424,208,848,$221,303,188,$53,208,180,$162,738,726,$39,404,261,$117,540,947,$74,714,298,$51,525,171,$5,473,337,$103,300,686,$92,158,064,NA,$638,641
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L’Enfant
Blue Valentine
Waltz with Bashir
Milk
The Edge of Heaven
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Bio:
David Ansen is an American film critic and journalist. He was the film critic for Newsweek from 1977 to 2013, and is currently a contributing editor for the magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Ansen has been a member of the National Society of Film Critics since 1977 and is a frequent guest on film-related television programs. He is the author of several books on film, including The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History.
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