Year-End Lists

Dana Stevens: 21 Best Movies of 2013, as published by Slate

Top Ten, in alphabetical order

• The Act of Killing
  Joshua Oppenheimer
• Before Midnight
  Richard Linklater
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Enough Said
  Nicole Holofcener
• Her
  Spike Jonze
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Nebraska
  Alexander Payne
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• Wadjda
  Haifaa al-Mansour

10 more titles that were booted from the list with the utmost difficulty

• All Is Lost
  J.C. Chandor
• Blue Is the Warmest Color
  Abdellatif Kechiche
• Concussion
  Stacie Passon
• Much Ado About Nothing
  Joss Whedon
• The World’s End
  Edgar Wright
• Fill the Void
  Rama Burshtein
• Fruitvale Station
  Ryan Coogler
• The Spectacular Now
  James Ponsoldt
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke
• The Wind Rises
  Hayao Miyazaki