Year-End Lists

J.R. Jones: Top Ten Movies of 2013, as published by The Chicago Reader

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

1. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
2. Amour
   Michael Haneke
3. Neighboring Sounds
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
5. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
6. Let the Fire Burn
   Jason Osder
7. Dirty Wars
   Richard Rowley
8. Lore
   Cate Shortland
9. The Missing Picture
   Rithy Panh
10. American Hustle
    David O. Russell

Matt Singer: Top 15 Films of 2013, as published by The Dissolve

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

• Short Term 12
  Destin Cretton
• Her
  Spike Jonze
• The Wind Rises
  Hayao Miyazaki
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Captain Phillips
  Paul Greengrass
• The World’s End
  Edgar Wright
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• Frances Ha
  Noah Baumbach
• 12 Years a Slave
  Steve McQueen
• The Bling Ring
  Sofia Coppola
• In the House
  François Ozon
• Blue Caprice
  Alexandre Moors
• The Past
  Asghar Farhadi
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Computer Chess
  Andrew Bujalski

Scott Tobias: Top 15 Films of 2013, as published by The Dissolve

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

• Her
  Spike Jonze
• Upstream Color
  Shane Carruth
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Computer Chess
  Andrew Bujalski
• Before Midnight
  Richard Linklater
• Blue is the Warmest Color
  Abdellatif Kechiche
• The Wolf of Wall Street
  Martin Scorsese
• Nebraska
  Alexander Payne
• The Act of Killing
  Joshua Oppenheimer
• 12 Years a Slave
  Steve McQueen
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Frances Ha
  Noah Baumbach
• The Past
  Asghar Farhadi
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Post Tenebras Lux
  Carlos Reygadas

Billboard: 15 Best Albums of 2013 (as voted by Billboard staff)

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1. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
2. Yeezus
   Kanye West
3. Settle
   Disclosure
4. Pure Heroine
   Lorde
5. Nothing Was the Same
   Drake
6. Days Are Gone
   Haim
7. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
8. Woman
   Rhye
9. Reflektor
   Arcade Fire
10. Same Trailer Different Park
    Kacey Musgraves
11. The 20/20 Experience
    Justin Timberlake
12. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
13. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
14. ARTPOP
    Lady Gaga
15. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper

Katey Rich: The Top 10 Films of 2013, as published by Vanity Fair

1. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
2. Stories We Tell
   Sarah Polley
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
4. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
6. Call Me Kuchu
   Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright
7. Her
   Spike Jonze
8. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
9. Stoker
   Park Chan-wook
10. Pain & Gain
    Michael Bay

Honorable Mentions

• Captain Phillips
  Paul Greengrass
• Frances Ha
  Noah Baumbach
• 20 Feet From Stardom
  Morgan Neville
• The Act of Killing
  Joshua Oppenheimer
• Prince Avalanche
  David Gordon Green
• Nebraska
  Alexander Payne

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2013

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

1. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
2. Yeezus
   Kanye West
3. Settle
   Disclosure
4. mbv
   My Bloody Valentine
5. Old
   Danny Brown
6. Sunbather
   Deafheaven
7. Random Access Memories
   Daft Punk
8. Impersonator
   Majical Cloudz
9. Silence Yourself
   Savages
10. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
11. Psychic
    Darkside
12. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
13. Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    Kurt Vile
14. Shaking the Habitual
    The Knife
15. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
16. Dream River
    Bill Callahan
17. Days Are Gone
    Haim
18. The Electric Lady
    Janelle Monáe
19. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
20. demos
    Jai Paul
21. Cupid Deluxe
    Blood Orange
22. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
23. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
24. R Plus Seven
    Oneohtrix Point Never
25. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
26. Overgrown
    James Blake
27. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
    Neko Case
28. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
29. Excavation
    The Haxan Cloak
30. Monomania
    Deerhunter
31. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
32. Amygdala
    DJ Koze
33. Truant / Rough Sleeper
    Burial
34. Engravings
    Forest Swords
35. Muchacho
    Phosphorescent
36. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
37. Immunity
    Jon Hopkins
38. Tomorrow’s Harvest
    Boards of Canada
39. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
40. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
41. Love’s Crushing Diamond
    Mutual Benefit
42. Woman
    Rhye
43. Trouble Will Find Me
    The National
44. The 20/20 Experience
    Justin Timberlake
45. Slow Focus
    Fuck Buttons
46. Matangi
    M.I.A.
47. Nonfiction
    The Range
48. Major Arcana
    Speedy Ortiz
49. Loud City Song
    Julia Holter
50. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T

Richard Lawson: The Top 10 Films Of 2013, as published by Vanity Fair

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

1. Nebraska
   Alexander Payne
2. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
3. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
4. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
5. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
6. The Place Beyond The Pines
   Derek Cianfrance
7. Captain Phillips
   Paul Greengrass
8. Enough Said
   Nicole Holofcener
9. About Time
   Richard Curtis
10. Side Effects
    Steven Soderbergh

Honorable Mention

• Her
  Spike Jonze
• All Is Lost
  J.C. Chandor
• White House Down
  Roland Emmerich
• Blue Jasmine
  Woody Allen
• The Heat
  Paul Feig
• We're the Millers
  Rawson Marshall Thurber
• Dallas Buyers Club
  Jean-Marc Vallée

Carl Wilson: 10 Favorite Albums of 2013, in alphabetical order by artist, published by Slate in their 2013 edition of The Music Club

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

• 12 Stories
  Brandy Clark
• Carey’s Cold Spring
  Frog Eyes
• Days Are Gone
  Haim
• Virgins
  Tim Hecker
• Run Fast
  The Julie Ruin
• Shaking the Habitual
  The Knife
• Pure Heroine
  Lorde
• Like a Rose
  Ashley Monroe
• Woman
  Rhye
• Run the Jewels
  Run the Jewels

Mara Reinstein: Top 10 Movies of 2013, as published by Us Weekly

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

1. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. Her
   Spike Jonze
3. Fruitvale Station
   Ryan Coogler
4. Enough Said
   Nicole Holofcener
5. Blue Jasmine
   Woody Allen
6. Captain Phillips
   Paul Greengrass
7. American Hustle
   David O. Russell
8. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
9. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
10. Frozen
    Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee

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

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013