Year-End Lists

Jane Ciabattari: The Top 10 Books of 2013 as published by BBC Culture

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

1. Americanah
   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. The Book of My Lives
   Aleksandar Hemon
4. The Flamethrowers
   Rachel Kushner
5. The Woman Upstairs
   Claire Messud
6. The Son
   Philipp Meyer
7. Sparta
   Roxana Robinson
8. Tenth of December
   George Saunders
9. The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
   Bob Shacochis
10. Mary Coin
    Marisa Silver

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2013

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. To The Wonder
   Terrence Malick
2. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
4. Museum Hours
   Jem Cohen
5. Like Someone in Love
   Abbas Kiarostami
6. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
7. Post Tenebras Lux
   Carlos Reygadas
8. Viola
   Matías Piñeiro
9. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
10. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer

Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Carey’s Cold Spring
   Frog Eyes
2. Old
   Danny Brown
3. DX
   Friendzone
4. R Plus Seven
   Oneohtrix Point Never
5. mbv
   My Bloody Valentine
6. Virgins
   Tim Hecker
7. Impersonator
   Majical Cloudz
8. Sunbather
   Deafheaven
9. Innocence Is Kinky
   Jenny Hval
10. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
11. Stitches
    Califone
12. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
13. Fade
    Yo La Tengo
14. Flourish//Perish
    Braids
15. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
16. Julia With Blue Jeans On
    Moonface
17. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
18. Woman
    Rhye
19. Nepenthe
    Julianna Barwick
20. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
21. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
22. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
23. Abandon
    Pharmakon
24. Cassette
    Viet Cong
25. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
26. Overgrown
    James Blake
27. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
28. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
29. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
30. Silence Yourself
    Savages

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2013

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. R Plus Seven
   Oneohtrix Point Never
2. The Redeemer
   Dean Blunt
3. Loud City Song
   Julia Holter
4. Abandon
   Pharmakon
5. Yeezus
   Kanye West
6. Anxiety
   Autre Ne Veut
7. Photographs
   Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet
8. MIXTAP3
   18+
9. &&&&&
   Arca
10. Engravings
    Forest Swords
11. Virgins
    Tim Hecker
12. Som Sakrifis
    Mohammad
13. Music for Private Ensemble
    Sean McCann
14. Chance of Rain
    Laurel Halo
15. Fresh Roses
    D/P/I
16. Syzygy
    Lucrecia Dalt
17. NYC, Hell 3:00am
    James Ferraro
18. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
19. Stone Island
    Dean Blunt
20. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
21. Cover Versions
    Andrew Pekler
22. A History Of Every One
    Bill Orcutt
23. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
24. Drifters/Love Is the Devil
    Dirty Beaches
25. Overgrown
    James Blake
26. Higher Powers
    Inga Copeland
27. Old
    Danny Brown
28. Cień Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem
    Stara Rzeka
29. Christs, Redeemers
    The Body
30. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
31. Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
    Matana Roberts
32. Nu.wav Hallucinations
    Nmesh
33. Ruiner
    Lee Noble
34. The Terror
    The Flaming Lips
35. Nepenthe
    Julianna Barwick
36. No Answer: Lower Floors
    Wolf Eyes
37. New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light
    Colin Stetson
38. World Music
    Ahnnu
39. Almighty So
    Chief Keef
40. Innocence Is Kinky
    Jenny Hval
41. Government Plates
    Death Grips
42. Colonial Patterns
    Huerco S
43. Armed Courage
    The Dead C
44. The Man Who Died In His Boat
    Grouper
45. Hell on Earth
    Earn
46. Бｈ○§†
    Paisley Parks
47. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
48. Carey’s Cold Spring
    Frog Eyes
49. Shokuhin
    Foodman
50. Three Sided Tape (Volumes One and Two)
    Lil Ugly Mane

The A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
2. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
3. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
4. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
5. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
6. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
7. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
8. Her
   Spike Jonze
9. Room 237
   Rodney Ascher
10. No
    Pablo Larraín
11. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche
12. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
13. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
14. The Past
    Asghar Farhadi
15. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
16. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
17. Beyond the Hills
    Cristian Mungiu
18. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke
19. The Counselor
    Ridley Scott
20. First Cousin Once Removed
    Alan Berliner

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2013
• A.V. Club: Ben Kenigsberg: The Best Films of 2013
• A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2013
• A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2013
• A.V. Club: Nick Schager: The Best Films of 2013
• A.V. Club: Sam Adams: The Best Films of 2013
• A.V. Club: Scott MacDonald: The Best Films of 2013

Dana Stevens: 21 Best Movies of 2013, as published by Slate

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

Top Ten, in alphabetical order

• The Act of Killing
  Joshua Oppenheimer
• Before Midnight
  Richard Linklater
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Enough Said
  Nicole Holofcener
• Her
  Spike Jonze
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Nebraska
  Alexander Payne
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• Wadjda
  Haifaa al-Mansour

10 more titles that were booted from the list with the utmost difficulty

• All Is Lost
  J.C. Chandor
• Blue is the Warmest Color
  Abdellatif Kechiche
• Concussion
  Stacie Passon
• Much Ado About Nothing
  Joss Whedon
• The World’s End
  Edgar Wright
• Fill the Void
  Rama Burshtein
• Fruitvale Station
  Ryan Coogler
• The Spectacular Now
  James Ponsoldt
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke
• The Wind Rises
  Hayao Miyazaki

Stephanie Zacharek: 21 Favorite Movies of 2013, as published by The Village Voice

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

1. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
4. Much Ado About Nothing
   Joss Whedon
5. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
6. The To Do List
   Maggie Carey
7. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
8. Stories We Tell
   Sarah Polley
9. 20 Feet From Stardom
   Morgan Neville
10. Despicable Me 2
    Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
11. Dark Skies
    Scott Stewart

And don’t forget

12. American Hustle
    David O. Russell
13. The Great Gatsby
    Baz Luhrmann
14. Something in the Air
    Olivier Assayas
15. After Tiller
    Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
16. Lee Daniels’ The Butler
    Lee Daniels
17. Don Jon
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
18. Best Man Holiday
    Malcolm D. Lee
19. The Past
    Asghar Farhadi
20. The Canyons
    Paul Schrader
21. The Great Beauty
    Paolo Sorrentino

Scott Foundas: 20 Best Films of 2013, as published by Variety

[see also 2012]

Top Ten, in order

1. Her
   Spike Jonze
2. The Wind Rises
   Hayao Miyazaki
3. American Hustle
   David O. Russell
4. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
6. At Berkeley
   Frederick Wiseman
7. Nebraska
   Alexander Payne
8. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
9. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
10. The Counselor
    Ridley Scott

Next Ten, in alphabetical order

• Before Midnight
  Richard Linklater
• Blue Jasmine
  Woody Allen
• The Bling Ring
  Sofia Coppola
• Frances Ha
  Noah Baumbach
• Labor Day
  Jason Reitman
• Out of the Furnace
  Scott Cooper
• Prisoners
  Denis Villeneuve
• Spring Breakers
  Harmony Korine
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke
• The Wolf of Wall Street
  Martin Scorsese

Stephen Holden: 13 Best Films of 2013, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
3. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
4. The Past
   Asghar Farhadi
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
6. American Hustle
   David O. Russell
7. The Great Beauty
   Paolo Sorrentino
8. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
9. Nebraska
   Alexander Payne
10. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke
11. Paradise: Love
    Ulrich Seidl
12. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
13. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine

The Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2013

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Yeezus
   Kanye West
2. Pale Green Ghosts
   John Grant
3. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
4. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
5. Overgrown
   James Blake
6. Settle
   Disclosure
7. Cut 4 Me
   Kelela
8. John Wizards
   John Wizards
9. The Electric Lady
   Janelle Monáe
10. mbv
    My Bloody Valentine
11. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
12. Days Are Gone
    Haim
13. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
14. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
15. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
16. Same Trailer Different Park
    Kacey Musgraves
17. Once I Was an Eagle
    Laura Marling
18. Field of Reeds
    These New Puritans
19. AM
    Arctic Monkeys
20. The Next Day
    David Bowie
21. Paramore
    Paramore
22. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
23. Silence Yourself
    Savages
24. Big Inner
    Matthew E. White
25. Monomania
    Deerhunter
26. Electric
    Pet Shop Boys
27. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
28. demos
    Jai Paul
29. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
30. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
31. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
32. The Graceless Age
    John Murry
33. Corsicana Lemonade
    White Denim
34. Bangerz
    Miley Cyrus
35. Pull My Hair Back
    Jessy Lanza
36. Pearl Mystic
    Hookworms
37. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
38. 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
    King Krule
39. Ciara
    Ciara
40. If You Wait
    London Grammar