Criteria for evaluating films

After Life, Japan, Kore-eda Hirokazu Best!
American Beauty, USA, Sam Mendes Best!
American Pie, USA, Paul Weitz **
Among Giants, England, Sam Miller***
Analyze This,  USA, Harold Ramis ****
Anywhere but Here, USA, Wayne Wang Best!
Arlington Road,  USA,  Mark Pellington
Autumn Tale, France, Eric Rohmer ***
Being John Malkovich, USA, Spike Jonze ***
Besieged,  Italy, Bernardo Bertolucci ****
Blair Witch Project, The, USA, Daniel Myrick & E. Sanchez  ***
Bowfinger, USA, Frank Oz ***
Boys Don't Cry, USA, Kimberly Peirce Best!
Bringing Out the Dead, USA, Martin Scorsese ****
Castle, The, Australia, Rob Stitch Best!
Children of Heaven, The, Iran, Majidi, Majid *
Cookie's Fortune, USA, Robert Altman ****
Cradle Will Rock, USA, Tim Robbins ****
Dinner Game, The,  France,  Francois Veber ****
Dogma, USA, dir. Kevin Smith **
Double Jeopardy, USA, Bruce Beresford **
Dr. Akagi (1997),  Japan,  Shohei Imamura ****
Dreamlife of Angels, The,  France,  Erick Zonca****
EdTV,  USA, Ron Howard ***
Election, USA, Alexander Payne Best!
End of the Affair, The, England, Neil Jordan Best!
Entrapment,  USA,  Jon Amiel **
eXistenZ, USA, Barry Cronenberg *
Eyes Wide Shut,  England, Stanley Kubrick ***
Felicia's Journey, Canada, Atom Egoyan Best!
Flawless, USA, Joel Schumacher***
For Love of the Game,  USA, Sam Raimi **
General's Daughter, The, USA, Simon West *
Get Real, Australia, Simon Shore****
Girl Interrupted, USA, James Mangold****
Go, USA,  Doug Liman**
Harmonists, The, Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier***
Hurricane, USA, Norman Jewison***
Ideal Husband, An, England, Oliver Parker**
Insider, The, USA, Michael Mann Best!
Iron Giant, The,  USA,  Brad Bird***
King of Masks, The, China, Wu Tianming Best!
Last Days, The, USA, James Moll ****
Limbo, USA, John Sayles Best!
Limey, The, USA, Steven Soderbergh Best!
Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrels, England, Guy Ritchie***
Lovers on the Bridge, The (1991), France, Leos Carax ***
Lucie Aubrac,France, Claude Berri****
Magnolia, USA, P.T. Anderson ****
Man on the Moon, USA, Milos Foreman *
Mansfield Park, USA, Patricia Rozema**
Matrix, The, USA, Wachoski Brothers**
Midsummer Night's Dream, A. England, Michael Hoffman *
Mumford, USA, Lawrence Kasdan **
Muse, The, USA, Albert Brooks*
My Life So Far, England, Hugh Hudson ***
My Son the Fanatic (1997),  England, Udayan Pradash***
Notting Hill, England,Roger Mitchell ****
October Sky, USA**
Playing by Heart, USA, Hugh Wilson ***
Princess Mononoke, Japan, Hayao Miyazaki ***
Private Confessions, Sweden, Liv Ullmam
October Sky, USA **
Pushing Tin, USA, Mike Newell ****
Run Lola Run,  Germany, Tom Tykwer ***
Sixth Sense, The, USA, M. Night Shyamalan **
Sixth Sense, The, USA, Director
Sleepy Hollow, USA, Tim Burton*
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, USA, Trey Parker *
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, USA, George Lucas **
Stigmata, USA *
Stir of Echoes, A, USA, David Koepp ****
Straight Story, The, USA, David Lynch ****
Stuart Little, USA, ***
Sweet and Lowdown, USA, Woody Allen***
The Talented Mr. Ripley, USA, Anthony Minghella Best!
Tango, Argentina-Spain, Carlos Saura***
Tarzan, USA, Disney Films**
Tea With Mussolini, England, Franco Zeffirelli Best!
This is My Father, Ireland, Paul Quinn***
Three Seasons, Vietnam, Tony Bui*
Topsy-Turvy, England, Mike Leigh Best!
Toy Story II, USA, Pixar Animation ****
True Crime, USA, Clint Eastwood *
Twin Falls Idaho,  USA, Michael Polish ***
Winslow Boy, The, England,  David Mamet Best!
Xiu Xiu, The Sent Down Girl, China, Joan Chen ****

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