Cinema Scope: Top 15 Films of 2013

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

1. Stranger by the Lake
   Alain Guiraudie
2. Norte, the End of History
   Lav Diaz
3. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
4. What Now? Remind Me
   Joaquim Pinto
5. The Strange Little Cat
   Ramon Zürcher
6. Stray Dogs
   Tsai Ming-liang
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
8. The Story of My Death
   Albert Serra
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
10. Computer Chess
    Andrew Bujalski

Special Mentions

• MANAKAMANA
  Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
• The Missing Picture
  Rithy Panh
• Les trois désastres
  Jean-Luc Godard
• Jealousy
  Philippe Garrel
• Redemption
  Miguel Gomes

Dennis Cooper: 13 Favorite Films of 2013 (as numbered on Cooper’s site, but note that he precedes the list with “in no order”)

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

1. To The Wonder
   Terrence Malick
2. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
3. Post Tenebras Lux
   Carlos Reygadas
4. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
5. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
6. Silence
   Michael Salerno
7. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
8. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
9. Center Jenny
   Ryan Trecartin
10. Un Conte de Michel Montaigne
    Jean-Marie Straub
11. Kneels Through the Dark
    James Batley
12. Camille Claudel 1915
    Bruno Dumont
13. Over the Rainbow
    Rachel Maclean

Les Inrockuptibles: 20 Best Films of 2013

[see also 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Stranger by the Lake
   Alain Guiraudie
2. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
   Hong Sang-soo
3. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
4. Cloud Atlas
   Lana & Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
5. You and the Night
   Yann Gonzalez
6. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
8. Shokuzai
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
9. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
10. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
10. Jealousy
    Philippe Garrel
12. Tip Top
    Serge Bozon
13. Age of Panic
    Justine Triet
14. Promised Land
    Gus Van Sant
15. Passion
    Brian De Palma
16. The Girl from Nowhere
    Jean-Claude Brisseau
17. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
18. Jimmy P.
    Arnaud Desplechin
19. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
20. The Immigrant
    James Gray

IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2013 (as voted by 240 critics)

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

1. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
3. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
4. Her
   Spike Jonze
5. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
6. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
7. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
8. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
9. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
10. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
11. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
12. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
13. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke
14. The Great Beauty
    Paolo Sorrentino
15. American Hustle
    David O. Russell
16. Short Term 12
    Destin Cretton
17. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
18. Computer Chess
    Andrew Bujalski
19. All Is Lost
    J.C. Chandor
20. Museum Hours
    Jem Cohen
21. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
22. Like Someone in Love
    Abbas Kiarostami
23. To The Wonder
    Terrence Malick
24. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
25. Beyond the Hills
    Cristian Mungiu
26. Drug War
    Johnnie To
27. Blue Jasmine
    Woody Allen
28. Bastards
    Claire Denis
29. The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki
30. The Past
    Asghar Farhadi
31. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
32. Post Tenebras Lux
    Carlos Reygadas
33. The Grandmaster
    Wong Kar-Wai
34. Fruitvale Station
    Ryan Coogler
35. No
    Pablo Larraín
36. Mud
    Jeff Nichols
37. The Hunt
    Thomas Vinterberg
38. Viola
    Matías Piñeiro
39. The Unspeakable Act
    Dan Sallitt
40. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
    Alain Resnais
41. Captain Phillips
    Paul Greengrass
42. The Spectacular Now
    James Ponsoldt
43. Something in the Air
    Olivier Assayas
44. Stoker
    Park Chan-wook
45. Dallas Buyers Club
    Jean-Marc Vallée
46. Wadjda
    Haifaa al-Mansour
47. Enough Said
    Nicole Holofcener
48. Laurence Anyways
    Xavier Dolan
49. Only God Forgives
    Nicolas Winding Refn
50. Side Effects
    Steven Soderbergh

The L Magazine: 20 Best Films of 2013

[see also 2012]

1. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
3. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
4. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
5. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
6. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
7. Bastards
   Claire Denis
8. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
9. Her
   Spike Jonze
10. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
11. To The Wonder
    Terrence Malick
12. Museum Hours
    Jem Cohen
13. Drug War
    Johnnie To
14. Like Someone in Love
    Abbas Kiarostami
15. Night Across the Street
    Raoul Ruiz
16. The Grandmaster
    Wong Kar-Wai
17. The Square
    Jehane Noujaim
18. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
19. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
20. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman

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

[see also 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
3. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
4. Terrafirma
   Emanuele Crialese
5. Post Tenebras Lux
   Carlos Reygadas
6. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
7. The Great Beauty
   Paolo Sorrentino
8. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
9. This Is the End
   Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
10. Let the Fire Burn
    Jason Osder

17 more

• All Is Lost
  J.C. Chandor
• American Hustle
  David O. Russell
• At Berkeley
  Frederick Wiseman
• Bastards
  Claire Denis
• Blancanieves
  Pablo Berger
• Captain Phillips
  Paul Greengrass
• Computer Chess
  Andrew Bujalski
• The Counselor
  Ridley Scott
• Her
  Spike Jonze
• Lee Daniels’ The Butler
  Lee Daniels
• Monsters University
  Dan Scanlon
• Museum Hours
  Jem Cohen
• Nebraska
  Alexander Payne
• Pacific Rim
  Guillermo del Toro
• Reality
  Matteo Garrone
• The Square
  Jehane Noujaim
• The World’s End
  Edgar Wright

The Dissolve: 20 Best Films of 2013

[see also 2014]

1. Her
   Spike Jonze
2. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
4. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
5. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
6. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
7. Short Term 12
   Destin Cretton
8. All Is Lost
   J.C. Chandor
9. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
10. Computer Chess
    Andrew Bujalski
11. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
12. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
13. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
14. The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki
15. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
16. Captain Phillips
    Paul Greengrass
17. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
18. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche
19. The Past
    Asghar Farhadi
20. In the House
    François Ozon

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

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

1. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
2. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
3. Like Someone in Love
   Abbas Kiarostami
4. The Place Beyond The Pines
   Derek Cianfrance
5. Drug War
   Johnnie To
6. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
7. The Lone Ranger
   Gore Verbinski
8. All Is Lost
   J.C. Chandor
9. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
10. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen

Runners-up, alphabetically

• At Berkeley
  Frederick Wiseman
• Computer Chess
  Andrew Bujalski
• Metallica Through the Never
  Nimród Antal
• Our Nixon
  Penny Lane
• Passion
  Brian De Palma
• The Wolf of Wall Street
  Martin Scorsese

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

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

1. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
2. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
3. The Past
   Asghar Farhadi
4. The Invisible Woman
   Ralph Fiennes
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
6. The World’s End
   Edgar Wright
7. Post Tenebras Lux
   Carlos Reygadas
8. Room 237
   Rodney Ascher
9. At Berkeley
   Frederick Wiseman
10. The Lords Of Salem
    Rob Zombie
11. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
12. No
    Pablo Larraín
13. Mud
    Jeff Nichols
14. Beyond the Hills
    Cristian Mungiu
15. A Hijacking
    Tobias Lindholm

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

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

[see also The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the Decade • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 25 Films of 2017 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 12 Films of 2012]

1. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
2. Student
   Darezhan Omirbayev
3. Museum Hours
   Jem Cohen
4. The Grandmaster
   Wong Kar-Wai
5. No
   Pablo Larraín
6. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
8. The Last Time I Saw Macao
   João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
9. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
   Alain Resnais
10. Fragments of Kubelka
    Martina Kudlacek