Year-End Lists

John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2013, as published by Artforum

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

1. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
2. Camille Claudel 1915
   Bruno Dumont
3. Abuse of Weakness
   Catherine Breillat
4. Outside Satan
   Bruno Dumont
5. After Tiller
   Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
6. Hannah Arendt
   Margarethe von Trotta
7. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
8. Blue Jasmine
   Woody Allen
9. Blackfish
   Gabriela Cowperthwaite
10. I’m So Excited!
    Pedro Almodóvar

Miriam Bale: Top 11 Films of 2013, as published by Movie City News

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

1. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
3. Bastards
   Claire Denis
4. Museum Hours
   Jem Cohen
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
6. Let the Fire Burn
   Jason Osder
7. Berberian Sound Studio
   Peter Strickland
8. The Butler
   Lee Daniels
9. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
10. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
10. The Bling Ring
    Sofia Coppola

Jordan Hoffman: The Best Movies of 2013, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2017]

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
2. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
3. Her
   Spike Jonze
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
5. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
6. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
7. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
8. Man of Steel
   Zack Snyder
9. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
10. Cutie and the Boxer
    Zachary Heinzerling
11. Blue Jasmine
    Woody Allen
12. Sightseers
    Ben Wheatley
13. Paradise: Love
    Ulrich Seidl
14. Room 237
    Rodney Ascher
15. Escape from Tomorrow
    Randy Moore
16. Stoker
    Park Chan-wook
17. Lore
    Cate Shortland
18. Wadjda
    Haifaa al-Mansour
19. Beyond the Hills
    Cristian Mungiu
20. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright

honorable mention

• The Act of Killing
  Joshua Oppenheimer

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2013

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

1. Stranger by the Lake
   Alain Guiraudie
2. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
3. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
4. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
5. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
7. Jealousy
   Philippe Garrel
8. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
   Hong Sang-soo
9. You and the Night
   Yann Gonzalez
10. Age of Panic
    Justine Triet

David Ehrlich’s video countdown of the 25 Best Films of 2013 (presented this year by Film.com).

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

1. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
2. The Wind Rises
   Hayao Miyazaki
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
4. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
5. The Grandmaster [Chinese cut]
   Wong Kar-Wai
6. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
7. At Berkeley
   Frederick Wiseman
8. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
9. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
10. Post Tenebras Lux
    Carlos Reygadas
11. Upstream Color
    Shane Carruth
12. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
13. Laurence Anyways
    Xavier Dolan
14. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
15. Stoker
    Park Chan-wook
16. The Great Gatsby
    Baz Luhrmann
17. Beyond the Hills
    Cristian Mungiu
18. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
19. Blue Jasmine
    Woody Allen
20. The Great Beauty
    Paolo Sorrentino
21. Pain & Gain
    Michael Bay
22. The Bling Ring
    Sofia Coppola
23. The Broken Circle Breakdown
    Felix van Groeningen
24. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
25. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach

Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2013, as published by Artforum

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

1. Jean-Luc Godard – The Spirit of the Forms [retrospective]
2. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
3. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
4. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
5. Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
   Jonas Mekas
6. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
7. Top of the Lake
   Jane Campion and Garth Davis
8. The Grandmaster
   Wong Kar-Wai
9. Bastards
   Claire Denis
10. Le Joli Mai
    Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme

James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2013, as published by Artforum

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

1. Norte, the End of History
   Lav Diaz
2. ‘Til Madness Do Us Part
   Wang Bing
3. Three Exercises of Interpretation
   Cristi Puiu
4. What Now? Remind Me
   Joaquim Pinto
5. The King's Body
   João Pedro Rodrigues
6. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. Manuscripts Don't Burn
   Mohammad Rasoulof
7. Ravel Ravel Unravel
   Anri Sala
8. The Last of the Unjust
   Claude Lanzmann
9. Stranger by the Lake
   Alain Guiraudie
10. Salvation Army
    Abdellah Taïa