Year-End Lists

A.O. Scott: 35 Favorite Films of 2013, as published by The New York Times

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

1. Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
2. 12 Years a Slave — Steve McQueen
3. Blue is the Warmest Color — Abdellatif Kechiche
4. Enough Said — Nicole Holofcener
5. A Touch of Sin — Jia Zhang-ke
6. All Is Lost — J.C. Chandor
7. Frances Ha — Noah Baumbach
8. Hannah Arendt — Margarethe von Trotta
9. Lee Daniels’ The Butler — Lee Daniels
10. The Great Gatsby — Baz Luhrmann
10. The Wolf of Wall Street — Martin Scorsese
10. The Bling Ring — Sofia Coppola
10. Spring Breakers — Harmony Korine
10. Pain & Gain — Michael Bay
10. American Hustle — David O. Russell

And, Alphabetically

• Before Midnight — Richard Linklater
• Beyond the Hills — Cristian Mungiu
• Caesar Must Die — Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• Computer Chess — Andrew Bujalski
• Fill the Void — Rama Burshtein
• Fruitvale Station — Ryan Coogler
• The Great Beauty — Paolo Sorrentino
• Her — Spike Jonze
• In a World… — Lake Bell
• Much Ado About Nothing — Joss Whedon
• Museum Hours — Jem Cohen
• Nebraska — Alexander Payne
• An Oversimplification of Her Beauty — Terence Nance
• Viola — Matías Piñeiro
• You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet — Alain Resnais

Documentaries

1. The Act of Killing — Joshua Oppenheimer
2. Stories We Tell — Sarah Polley
3. The Square — Jehane Noujaim
4. Let the Fire Burn — Jason Osder
5. Cutie and the Boxer — Zachary Heinzerling