Year-End Lists

A.O. Scott: 35 Favorite Films of 2013, as published by The New York Times

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

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
2. 12 Years a Slave
   Steve McQueen
3. Blue is the Warmest Color
   Abdellatif Kechiche
4. Enough Said
   Nicole Holofcener
5. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. All Is Lost
   J.C. Chandor
7. Frances Ha
   Noah Baumbach
8. Hannah Arendt
   Margarethe von Trotta
9. Lee Daniels’ The Butler
   Lee Daniels
10. The Great Gatsby
    Baz Luhrmann
10. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
10. The Bling Ring
    Sofia Coppola
10. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
10. Pain & Gain
    Michael Bay
10. American Hustle
    David O. Russell

And, Alphabetically

• Before Midnight
  Richard Linklater
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• Caesar Must Die
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• Computer Chess
  Andrew Bujalski
• Fill the Void
  Rama Burshtein
• Fruitvale Station
  Ryan Coogler
• The Great Beauty
  Paolo Sorrentino
• Her
  Spike Jonze
• In a World…
  Lake Bell
• Much Ado About Nothing
  Joss Whedon
• Museum Hours
  Jem Cohen
• Nebraska
  Alexander Payne
• An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
  Terence Nance
• Viola
  Matías Piñeiro
• You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
  Alain Resnais

Documentaries

1. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
2. Stories We Tell
   Sarah Polley
3. The Square
   Jehane Noujaim
4. Let the Fire Burn
   Jason Osder
5. Cutie and the Boxer
   Zachary Heinzerling