Year-End Lists

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

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

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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

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

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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

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Ben Kenigsberg: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. At Berkeley
   Frederick Wiseman
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
3. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
4. Spring Breakers
   Harmony Korine
5. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
6. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
7. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
8. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
9. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
10. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
11. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
12. American Hustle
    David O. Russell
13. The Counselor
    Ridley Scott
14. I Used To Be Darker
    Matthew Porterfield
15. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
2. First Cousin Once Removed
   Alan Berliner
3. Computer Chess
   Andrew Bujalski
4. The Counselor
   Ridley Scott
5. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
6. All Is Lost
   J.C. Chandor
7. The Past
   Asghar Farhadi
8. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
   Alain Resnais
9. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
10. Drug War
    Johnnie To
11. I Killed My Mother
    Xavier Dolan
12. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
13. It’s a Disaster
    Todd Berger
14. Her
    Spike Jonze
15. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Scott MacDonald: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

1. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
2. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
3. Caesar Must Die
   Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
4. Philomena
   Stephen Frears
5. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
6. Prince Avalanche
   David Gordon Green
7. No
   Pablo Larraín
8. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
9. Let the Fire Burn
   Jason Osder
10. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Sam Adams: The Best Films of 2013, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
2. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
3. No
   Pablo Larraín
4. Room 237
   Rodney Ascher
5. The Spectacular Now
   James Ponsoldt
6. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
8. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
9. Berberian Sound Studio
   Peter Strickland
10. Crystal Fairy
    Sebastián Silva
11. In a World…
    Lake Bell
12. Valentine Road
    Marta Cunningham
13. The Conjuring
    James Wan
14. Something in the Air
    Olivier Assayas
15. Bastards
    Claire Denis

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

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

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

1. Her
   Spike Jonze
2. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
3. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
4. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
5. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
6. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
7. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
8. Room 237
   Rodney Ascher
9. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
10. American Hustle
    David O. Russell
11. Fill the Void
    Rama Burshtein
12. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
13. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
14. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche
15. I Used To Be Darker
    Matthew Porterfield

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2013

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2013 as published by The Village Voice, compiled from the votes of 96 critics

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

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
2. Her
   Spike Jonze
3. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
4. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
5. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
6. Leviathan
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
7. Upstream Color
   Shane Carruth
8. Gravity
   Alfonso Cuaron
9. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
10. Blue is the Warmest Color
    Abdellatif Kechiche