Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

L Magazine: 20 Best Films of 2013

31 December 2013

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

The L Magazine: 20 Best Films of 2013

[see also 2012]

Grantland: Wesley Morris: Top 27 Movies of 2013

31 December 2013

12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen

Wesley Morris: Top 27 Movies of 2013, as published by Grantland

[see also 201420122011]

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Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2013

31 December 2013

…Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age

Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20142011]

The Dissolve: 20 Best Films of 2013

31 December 2013

Her - Spike Jonze

The Dissolve: 20 Best Films of 2013

[see also 2014]

Brian Darr: Top 16 Films of 2013

31 December 2013

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Brian Darr: Top 16 Films of 2013 (limited to commercially-released new films)

[see also 202320222020201920182017201620152014]

Runners-up, alphabetically

A.V. Club: Nick Schager: The Best Films of 2013

31 December 2013

The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer

Nick Schager: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201420122011]


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Michael Sicinski: Top 10 Films of 2013

31 December 2013

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Michael Sicinski: Top 10 Films of 2013 (limited to “poll-eligible” films)

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010sTop 50 Films of 2018Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018Top 25 Films of 2017Top 10 Films of 2016Top 12 Films of 2014Top 12 Films of 2012]

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2013

31 December 2013

The Punk Singer - Sini Anderson

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2013

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201420122011]

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 10 Films of 2013

31 December 2013

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 10 Films of 2013 (a poll of over 100 critics, published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201420122011]

NME: Best Albums of 2013

31 December 2013

AM - Arctic Monkeys

NME: Best Albums of 2013

[see also 20232022202120202010s20192018201720162015201420122011]