Annual Top Films Lists

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #47. David O. Russell’s American Bullshit

Published on January 14, 2013

Director: David O. Russell
Writer(s): Eric Singer
Producer(s): Megan Ellison, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
U.S. Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper

Eric Singer’s screenplay ranked #8 on 2010’s Blacklist between Margin Call and Argo, the formerly titled American Bullshit is now highly touted the moment David O. Russell joined the project – as you can’t get more of a confidence booster than the rollout and critical reception for The Silver Linings Playbook (pic above). On board: Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and just added, Louis C.K. This should be an awards mentioned title at the end of the 2013 campaign.

Gist: An FBI sting operation in the 1970s called Abscam leads to the conviction of United States Congressmen.

Release Date: Still in pre-production, this will receive a huge festival platform in the fall, Columbia Pictures will then select a logical theatrical, awards-season friendly release date.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).