Year-End Lists

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

1. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
2. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
3. Her
   Spike Jonze
4. Pain & Gain
   Michael Bay
5. The Unspeakable Act
   Dan Sallitt
6. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
7. Faust
   Aleksandr Sokurov
8. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
9. The World’s End
   Edgar Wright
10. Drug War
    Johnnie To
11. Riddick
    David Twohy
12. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
13. Side Effects
    Steven Soderbergh
14. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
15. Bastards
    Claire Denis

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Ben Kenigsberg: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. At Berkeley
   Frederick Wiseman
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
3. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
4. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
5. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
6. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
7. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
8. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
9. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
10. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
11. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
12. American Hustle
    David O. Russell
13. The Counselor
    Ridley Scott
14. I Used To Be Darker
    Matthew Porterfield
15. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
2. First Cousin Once Removed
   Alan Berliner
3. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
4. The Counselor
   Ridley Scott
5. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
6. All Is Lost
   J.C. Chandor
7. The Past
   Asghar Farhadi
8. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
   Alain Resnais
9. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
10. Drug War
    Johnnie To
11. I Killed My Mother
    Xavier Dolan
12. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
13. It’s a Disaster
    Todd Berger
14. Her
    Spike Jonze
15. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Scott MacDonald: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

1. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
2. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
3. Caesar Must Die
   Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
4. Philomena
   Stephen Frears
5. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
6. Prince Avalanche
   David Gordon Green
7. No
   Pablo Larraín
8. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
9. Let the Fire Burn
   Jason Osder
10. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Sam Adams: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
2. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
3. No
   Pablo Larraín
4. Room 237
   Rodney Ascher
5. The Spectacular Now
   James Ponsoldt
6. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
8. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
9. Berberian Sound Studio
   Peter Strickland
10. Crystal Fairy
    Sebastián Silva
11. In a World…
    Lake Bell
12. Valentine Road
    Marta Cunningham
13. The Conjuring
    James Wan
14. Something in the Air
    Olivier Assayas
15. Bastards
    Claire Denis

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

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

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

1. Her
   Spike Jonze
2. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
3. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
4. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
5. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
6. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
7. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
8. Room 237
   Rodney Ascher
9. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
10. American Hustle
    David O. Russell
11. Fill the Void
    Rama Burshtein
12. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
13. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
14. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche
15. I Used To Be Darker
    Matthew Porterfield

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2013 as published by The Village Voice, compiled from the votes of 96 critics

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
2. Her
   Spike Jonze
3. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
4. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
5. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
6. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
7. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
8. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
9. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
10. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche

Michael Phillips: Best Movies of 2013, as posted by The Chicago Tribune

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

• Her
  Spike Jonze
• 12 Years a Slave
  Steve McQueen
• Consuming Spirits
  Chris Sullivan
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• Fruitvale Station
  Ryan Coogler
• American Hustle
  David O. Russell
• Post Tenebras Lux
  Carlos Reygadas
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Let the Fire Burn
  Jason Osder
• The Gatekeepers
  Dror Moreh
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Blue is the Warmest Color
  Abdellatif Kechiche
• Computer Chess
  Andrew Bujalski
• The Conjuring
  James Wan
• Frances Ha
  Noah Baumbach
• Gimme the Loot
  Adam Leon
• Gravity
  Alfonso Cuaron
• The Great Beauty
  Paolo Sorrentino
• In a World…
  Lake Bell
• Like Someone in Love
  Abbas Kiarostami
• Much Ado About Nothing
  Joss Whedon
• Mud
  Jeff Nichols
• Museum Hours
  Jem Cohen
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• The Place Beyond The Pines
  Derek Cianfrance
• This Is Martin Bonner
  Chad Hartigan
• This Is the End
  Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke
• 20 Feet From Stardom
  Morgan Neville
• The World’s End
  Edgar Wright

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Top 10 Films of 2013, as submitted to the IndieWire Poll, presented alphabetically

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

• Fruitvale Station
  Ryan Coogler
• Gloria
  Sebastián Lelio
• Hannah Arendt
  Margarethe von Trotta
• Kill Your Darlings
  John Krokidas
• The Last of the Unjust
  Claude Lanzmann
• Museum Hours
  Jem Cohen
• Night Across the Street
  Raoul Ruiz
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• The Unspeakable Act
  Dan Sallitt
• You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
  Alain Resnais

Aquarium Drunkard: 2013 Year in Review, an "unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention"

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2014 • 2012]

• Dream River
  Bill Callahan
• Time Off
  Steve Gunn
• Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
  Bob Dylan
• Push the Sky Away
  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• The Next Day
  David Bowie
• Comme à la radio
  Brigitte Fontaine
• Monomania
  Deerhunter
• Long Island
  Endless Boogie
• Solar Motel
  Chris Forsyth
• Haw
  Hiss Golden Messenger
• Sleeper
  Ty Segall
• Mercury
  Marisa Anderson
• Outer Face
  Matthew E. White
• Impossible Truth
  William Tyler
• Muchacho
  Phosphorescent
• Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound
  various artists
• World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 5: Who Is William Onyeabor
  William Onyeabor
• Free and Easy
  Apple and the Three Oranges
• Crows In The Basilica
  Chuck Johnson
• Visions of the Country
  Robbie Basho
• Between Two Worlds
  Danny Paul Grody
• Graduation
  Henry Flynt
• Hard For To Win And Can't Be Won
  Nathan Salsburg
• Born With The Caul
  Cian Nugent & The Cosmos
• Me Moan
  Daughn Gibson
• MCII
  Mikal Cronin
• Psychic
  Darkside
• One Track Mind
  Psychic Ills
• Pale Green Ghosts
  John Grant
• Appalachian Excitation
  Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun
• The Coincidentalist
  Howe Gelb
• Wooden Wand & the World War IV
  Wooden Wand & the World War IV
• Blood Oaths Of The New Blues
  Wooden Wand
• Wakin on a Pretty Daze
  Kurt Vile
• We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
  Foxygen
• Fade
  Yo La Tengo
• Mug Museum
  Cate Le Bon
• Waiting for Something to Happen
  Veronica Falls
• Torres
  TORRES
• Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971–1972
  Townes Van Zandt
• Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
  various artists
• Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Black Religious Music
  various artists
• Artist Proof
  Chris Darrow
• Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992
  various artists
• Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?
  Peter Walker
• Nomad
  Bombino
• What the Brothers Sang
  Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
• The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
  Courtney Barnett
• White Light
  Gene Clark
• Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
  Matana Roberts
• Let Me Play This For You: Rare Cajun Recordings
  various artists
• Siberia
  Polvo
• Stitches
  Califone
• Idle No More
  King Khan and the Shrines
• R Plus Seven
  Oneohtrix Point Never
• Virgins
  Tim Hecker
• mbv
  My Bloody Valentine
• Surrender To the Fantasy
  Magik Markers
• Sunken
  Twin Peaks
• Floating Coffin
  Thee Oh Sees
• I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
  various artists
• The Magnolia Electric Co. (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
  Songs: Ohia
• I Heard The Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
  various artists
• One True Vine
  Mavis Staples
• Good God! Apocryphal Hymns
  various artists
• Lee Hazlewood Industries: There's a Dream I've Been Saving (1966-1971)
  various artists
• The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
  Neko Case
• Jesus I'm A Sinner
  Daniel Bachman
• Southeastern
  Jason Isbell