Scott Foundas: 20 Best Films of 2013, as published by Variety
[see also 2012]
- Her — Spike Jonze
- The Wind Rises — Hayao Miyazaki
- American Hustle — David O. Russell
- Blue is the Warmest Color — Abdellatif Kechiche
- Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
- At Berkeley — Frederick Wiseman
- Nebraska — Alexander Payne
- 12 Years a Slave — Steve McQueen
- Gravity — Alfonso Cuaron
- The Counselor — Ridley Scott
Top Ten, in 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