Top 10 films of 2013

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, Prisoners was pretty damn great.

1. Man of Steel
2. The Place Beyond the Pines
3. Prisoners
4. The Great Gatsby
5. We're the Millers
6. Elysium
7. Iron Man 3
8. This is the End
9. Pacific Rim
10. Pain and Gain


384. Only God Forgives

 

[JP]

Not sure if I did this yet this year...

1. Gravity
2. The Wolverine
3. Prisoners
4. The World's End
5. Star Trek Into Darkness


I only have a top 5 so far...

 

[Persona]

1. Upstream Color
2. Mud
3. Gravity
4. Elysium

Meh: The Place Beyond the Pines
Ugh: Spring Breakers, Star Trek: Into Darkness

 

[antsman41]

The Kings Of Summer
Scenic Route
Drinking Buddies
The Way Way Back
Upstream Color
The Place Beyond The Pines
Pain & Gain
Side Effects
Man Of Steel
Elysium
-----
Oblivion
Only God Forgives
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part II
Furious 6
John Dies At The End
Evil Dead
This Is The End
The Bling Ring
Star Trek Into Darkness
Iron Man III
----
42
Warm Bodies
The Conjuring
Spring Breakers
The Purge
Oz, The Great & Powerful
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Monsters University
-honorable mentions-
Clapping For The Wrong Reasons [Short]
Noah [Short]

 

[eplo]

I've seen 25 movies so far this year.

1. Prisoners
2. 42
3. The Wolverine
4. This is the end
5. Riddick
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Iron Man 3
8. The World's End
9. White House Down
10. Kick-Ass 2
11. Now You See Me
12. Olympus has Fallen
13. Man of Steel
14. Pacific Rim
15. World War Z
16. Pain and Gain
17. Red 2
18. 2 Guns
19. The Internship
20. A Good Day To Die Hard
21. Elysium
22. Bullet to the Head
23. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
24. The Last Stand
25. Oblivion

 

[Drizzle]

Updated:

Updated:

1. Gravity
2. Star Trek Into Darkness
3. This is The End
4. Pacific Rim
5. Kick-Ass 2
6. Man of Steel
7. Iron Man 3
8. The Wolverine
9. The Great Gatsby
10. The World's End

Still Good:
11. Monsters University
12. 42
13. Oz: The Great and Powerful
14. Evil Dead

Passable:
15. We're the Millers
16. The Hangover Part III
17. Pain and Gain
18. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
19. Spring Breakers

Meh:
20. A Good Day To Die Hard

Honorable Mention:
Jurassic Park 3D

 

[Senator Pleasury]

I don't think I have seen 10 movies this year, but Gravity is number one in whatever list I could come up with.

 

[childeroland]

UPDATED


1. The Act of Killing
2. Spring Breakers
3. Sinsegye
4. The Bling Ring
5. Blue Jasmine
6. Ernest and Celestine (stateside release)
7. 56 Up
8. The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
9. Le Passe
10. A Letter to Momo (stateside release)

Runners-up: Nobody's Daughter Haewon, American Hustle, The Grandmaster, The Hunt, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? Museum Hours (stateside release), The Day of the Doctor, Blue is the Warmest Color, Ghost in the Shell Arise Border 1: Ghost Pain, Ghost in the Shell Arise Border 2: Ghost Whisperer, The Great Beauty, Neighboring Sounds, Upstream Color, The Time of the Doctor

2013 really has been a spectacular year for films. Even stuff that other people rated low like the Carrie remake and Machete Kills are pretty decent.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

Updated:

1. Trance
2. Gravity
3. Man of Steel
4. The Wolverine
5. The World's End
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Metallica: Through The Never
8. Kick-Ass 2
9. Iron Man 3
10. This Is The End
11. Pacific Rim
12. Fast and Furious 6
13. Elysium
14. World War Z
15. Monsters University
16. Oz: The Great and Powerful
17. Oblivion
18. Gangster Squad
19. Riddick
20. Epic
21. Olympus Has Fallen
22. The Last Stand

 

[CFE]

Top Favorite Films of 2013 (revised and to date – updates in Bold):

**** A+ to A (Great)

1: “Gravity”
2: “Populaire”
3: “Only God Forgives”
4: “Blue Jasmine”
5: “Much Ado About Nothing”
6: “The Way, Way Back”
7: “Twenty Feet From Stardom”
8: “Frances Ha”

***1/2 A- to B+ (Very Good)

9: “Prisoners”
10: “Wadjda”
11: “Hannah Arendt”
12: “The Act Of Killing”
13: “The World’s End”
14: “Trance”
15: “Pacific Rim”
16: “The Place Beyond The Pines”
17: “Man of Steel”
18: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
19: “Rush”
20: “Captain Phillips”
21: “The Hunt” (Jagten)
22: “Salinger”
23: “Unfinished Song” (Song For Marion)
24: “Mud”
25: “Don Jon”
26: “The Spectacular Now”
27: “Iron Man 3”
28: “The To Do List”
29: “Disconnect”
30: “Stoker”
31: “Blancanieves”
32: “The Wolverine”
33: “Side Effects”

*** B to B- (Good)

34: “The Grandmaster” (Yi dai zong shi)
35: “The Bling Ring”
36: “The Great Gatsby”
37: “Süskind”
38: “Fruitvale Station”
39: “Now You See Me”
40: “I’m So Excited!” (Los amantes pasajeros)
41: “Elysium”
42: “The Lone Ranger”
43: “White House Down”
44: “Emperor”
45: “Thanks For Sharing”
46: “Passion”
47: “The East”
48: “In A World…”
49: “To The Wonder”
50: “World War Z”
51: “Kon-Tiki”
52: “The Iceman”
53: “Kick-Ass 2”
54: “Gangster Squad”
55: “A Hijacking” (Kapringen)

**1/2 C+ to C (Fair)

56: “Jobs”
57: “The Butler”
58: “Closed Circuit”
59: “Still Mine”
60: “The Attack”
61: “The Conjuring”
62: “Oblivion”
63: “42: The Jackie Robinson Story”
64: “Runner Runner”
65: “The Company You Keep”
66: “Lovelace”
67: “Broken City”
68: “Girl Most Likely”
69: “Fill The Void”
70: “Byzantium”
71: “2 Guns”
72: “Red 2”
73: “Ginger & Rosa”
74: “Dead Man Down”

** C to D+ (Disappointing)

75: “This Is The End”
76: “Oz The Great And Powerful”
77: “Upstream Color”
78: “Jack The Giant Slayer”
79: “Pain & Gain”
80: “Paranoia”
81: “Dead Man's Burden”
82: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”
83: “Olympus Has Fallen”

*1/2 D to D- (Very Disappointing)

84: “The Last Stand”
85: “Evil Dead”
86: “A Good Day To Die Hard”
87: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
88: “Spring Breakers”

* F (Awful)

89: “R.I.P.D.”
90: “Bullet To The Head”
91: “The Numbers Station”
92: “After Earth”

 

[Deserana]

Only a Top 5 from me, I've seen many films but not many that great for a top 10.

5 - World War Z
4 - The World's End
3 - This Is The End
2 - Man Of Steel
1 - Prisoners

 

[Tron Bonne]

The Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
The Conjuring
The Great Gatsby
Insidious: Chapter 2
This is the End
Evil Dead
Star Trek: Into Darkness

 

[antsman41]

Gravity
The Kings Of Summer
Scenic Route
Drinking Buddies
The Way Way Back
Upstream Color
The Place Beyond The Pines
Pain & Gain
Side Effects
Man Of Steel
---
Elysium
Oblivion
Only God Forgives
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part II
Furious 6
Pacific Rim
John Dies At The End
Evil Dead
This Is The End
The Bling Ring
---
Star Trek Into Darkness
Iron Man III
42
Warm Bodies
The Conjuring
Spring Breakers
The Purge
Oz, The Great & Powerful
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Monsters University

 

[The Jester]

Top Favorite Films of 2013 (revised and to date – updates in Bold):

**** A+ to A (Great)

1: “Gravity”
2: “Populaire”
3: “Only God Forgives”
4: “Blue Jasmine”
5: “Much Ado About Nothing”
6: “The Way, Way Back”
7: “Twenty Feet From Stardom”
8: “Frances Ha”

***1/2 A- to B+ (Very Good)

9: “Prisoners”
10: “Wadjda”
11: “Hannah Arendt”
12: “The Act Of Killing”
13: “The World’s End”
14: “Trance”
15: “Pacific Rim”
16: “The Place Beyond The Pines”
17: “Man of Steel”
18: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
19: “Rush”
20: “Captain Phillips”
21: “The Hunt” (Jagten)
22: “Salinger”
23: “Unfinished Song” (Song For Marion)
24: “Mud”
25: “Don Jon”
26: “The Spectacular Now”
27: “Iron Man 3”
28: “The To Do List”
29: “Disconnect”
30: “Stoker”
31: “Blancanieves”
32: “The Wolverine”
33: “Side Effects”

*** B to B- (Good)

34: “The Grandmaster” (Yi dai zong shi)
35: “The Bling Ring”
36: “The Great Gatsby”
37: “Süskind”
38: “Fruitvale Station”
39: “Now You See Me”
40: “I’m So Excited!” (Los amantes pasajeros)
41: “Elysium”
42: “The Lone Ranger”
43: “White House Down”
44: “Emperor”
45: “Thanks For Sharing”
46: “Passion”
47: “The East”
48: “In A World…”
49: “To The Wonder”
50: “World War Z”
51: “Kon-Tiki”
52: “The Iceman”
53: “Kick-Ass 2”
54: “Gangster Squad”
55: “A Hijacking” (Kapringen)

**1/2 C+ to C (Fair)

56: “Jobs”
57: “The Butler”
58: “Closed Circuit”
59: “Still Mine”
60: “The Attack”
61: “The Conjuring”
62: “Oblivion”
63: “42: The Jackie Robinson Story”
64: “Runner Runner”
65: “The Company You Keep”
66: “Lovelace”
67: “Broken City”
68: “Girl Most Likely”
69: “Fill The Void”
70: “Byzantium”
71: “2 Guns”
72: “Red 2”
73: “Ginger & Rosa”
74: “Dead Man Down”

** C to D+ (Disappointing)

75: “This Is The End”
76: “Oz The Great And Powerful”
77: “Upstream Color”
78: “Jack The Giant Slayer”
79: “Pain & Gain”
80: “Paranoia”
81: “Dead Man's Burden”
82: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”
83: “Olympus Has Fallen”

*1/2 D to D- (Very Disappointing)

84: “The Last Stand”
85: “Evil Dead”
86: “A Good Day To Die Hard”
87: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
88: “Spring Breakers”

* F (Awful)

89: “R.I.P.D.”
90: “Bullet To The Head”
91: “The Numbers Station”
92: “After Earth”

Seeing what your top 30 generally consists of, I'm surprised you really disliked Spring Breakers.

 

[DACrowe]

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Before Midnight
3. The Hunt
4. Captain Phillips
5. Don Jon
6. Gravity
7. The Way, Way Back
8. The Great Gatsby
9. Side Effects
10. Much Ado About Nothing

Now we are getting to the truly good months. I imagine this list will change a lot.

 

[StarLord]

New #5.

01. The Place Beyond the Pines
02. Mud
03. Prisoners
04. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
05. Elysium
06. Only God Forgives
07. This is the End
08. The East
09. Iron Man 3
10. Star Trek Into Darkness

New #4.

01. The Place Beyond the Pines
02. Mud
03. Prisoners
04. We Are What We Are
05. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
06. Elysium
07. Only God Forgives
08. This is the End
09. The East
10. Iron Man 3

 

[Senator Pleasury]

I think I've seen only these:

Gravity - 5/5
Star Trek Into Darkness - 4/5
Pacific Rim - 4/5
The Wolverine - 4/5
World War Z - 4/5
Man of Steel - 3/5
Oblivion - 2.5/5
Iron Man 3 - 2/5
Oz The Great and The Powerful - 1/5
Lone Ranger - 1/5
Mama - 1/5

 

[CFE]

Seeing what your top 30 generally consists of, I'm surprised you really disliked Spring Breakers.

It just felt indulgent and a little heavy-handed and saturated and overcooked, at least for me.

I get and appreciate when the medium is treated more like traditional art where the artist realizes they can manipulate everything about the image, the sound, the color, the pace, the symbolism, everything...but for me personally, "Spring Breakers" wasn't as successful in that zeal of being an art film the way "Only God Forgives" was.

I guess, above all, it's a taste issue. It just didn't vibe for me as much.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

Update:

1. Trance
2. Gravity
3. Man of Steel
4. The Wolverine
5. The World's End
6. Rush
7. Star Trek Into Darkness
8. Metallica: Through The Never
9. Kick-Ass 2
10. Iron Man 3
11. This Is The End
12. Pacific Rim
13. Fast and Furious 6
14. World War Z
15. Elysium
16. Monsters University
17. Oz: The Great and Powerful
18. Oblivion
19. Gangster Squad
20. Riddick
21. Epic
22. Olympus Has Fallen
23. The Last Stand

 

[hammerhedd11]

Prince Avalanche - 9/10
Ain't Them Bodies Saints - 9/10
Gravity- 9/10
Stories We Tell - 9/10
The Hunt- 9/10
Before Midnight- 9/10
The World's End- 9/10
The Place Beyond the Pines- 9/10
Spring Breakers- 9/10
Rush- 9/10
Shadow Dancer- 9/10
Man of Steel- 8.5/10
The Lone Ranger- 8.5/10
A Field in England- 8.5/10
Informant- 8.5/10
Only God Forgives - 8.5/10
Upstream Color- 8.5/10
Side Effects- 8.5/10
To the Wonder- 8/10
Trance- 8/10
What Richard Did- 8/10
Pain and Gain- 8/10
Oblivion- 8/10
Sightseers- 8/10
Drinking Buddies- 8/10
The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 - 8/10
Blue Caprice- 7.5/10
The Great Gatsby - 7.5/10
Broken- 7.5/10
VHS 2- 7.5/10
Somm- 7.5/10
This is the End- 7.5/10
Drug War - 7.5/10
Berberian Sound Studio - 7/10
Mud - 7/10
Iron Man 3 - 7/10
Room 237- 7/10
The Way Way Back - 7/10
The Silence - 7/10
Elysium - 6.5/10
The Heat- 6.5/10
World War Z- 6.5/10
Olympus Has Fallen- 6.5/10
Stoker- 6/10
G.I. Joe: Retaliation- 6/10
It's a Disaster - 6/10
Superman: Unbound- 6/10
Oz the Great and Powerful 6/10
Star Trek Into Darkness- 5/10
Pacific Rim- 5/10
Kick Ass 2 - 5/10
A Good Day To Die Hard - 5/10
The Lords of Salem - 5/10
White House Down - 4.5/10

 

[CConn]

The Place Beyond the Pines
42
The Dark Knight Returns Part II
Upstream Color
Iron Man 3
Fast and Furious 6
Monsters University
Pain and Gain
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Spring Breakers
Star Trek into Darkness
Pacific Rim
The Great Gatsby
Oblivion
Epic
Superman: Unbound
Man of Steel
Kick-Ass 2
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Only God Forgives
World War Z
Mud
Warm Bodies
Stoker
Jack the Giant Killer
Before Midnight
The Croods

 

[dude stannis]

Amazing/great/really damn good;

1) Man of Steel
2) Olympus Has Fallen
3) The Wolverine
4) Iron Man Three
5) Oblivion
6) Furious 6
7) Elysium
8) Pain & Gain
9) The Last Stand
10) Pacific Rim
11) Riddick
12) Evil Dead

good/decent/liked it for what it was

13) Now You See Me
14) The Lone Ranger
15) White House Down
16) Bullet to the Head
17) This is the End
18) Only God Forgives
19) G.I. Joe: Retaliation
20) Snitch
21) A Good Day to Die Hard
22) Pawn
23) The Hangover Part III
24) Welcome to the Punch
25) Broken City
26) The Gangster Squad
27) Jack the Giant Slayer

Meh.

28) Parker
29) Star Trek Into Darkness
30) The Package
31) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Bad.

32) After Earth
33) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
34) Mark 2: Redemption
35) Movie 43

 

[CFE]

Top Favorite Films of 2013 (to date – updates in Bold):

**** A+ to A (Great)

1: “Gravity”
2: “Populaire”
3: “Only God Forgives”
4: “Blue Jasmine”
5: “Much Ado About Nothing”
6: “The Way, Way Back”
7: “Twenty Feet From Stardom”
8: “Frances Ha”

***1/2 A- to B+ (Very Good)

9: “Prisoners”
10: “Wadjda”
11: “Hannah Arendt”
12: “The Act Of Killing”
13: “The World’s End”
14: “Trance”
15: “Pacific Rim”
16: “The Place Beyond The Pines”
17: “Man of Steel”
18: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
19: “Rush”
20: “Captain Phillips”
21: “The Hunt” (Jagten)
22: “Salinger”
23: “Unfinished Song” (Song For Marion)
24: “Mud”
25: “Don Jon”
26: “The Spectacular Now”
27: “Iron Man 3”
28: “The To Do List”
29: “Disconnect”
30: “Stoker”
31: “Blancanieves”
32: “The Wolverine”
33: “Side Effects”

*** B to B- (Good)

34: “The Grandmaster” (Yi dai zong shi)
35: “The Bling Ring”
36: “The Great Gatsby”
37: “Süskind”
38: “Fruitvale Station”
39: “Now You See Me”
40: “I’m So Excited!” (Los amantes pasajeros)
41: “Elysium”
42: “The Lone Ranger”
43: “White House Down”
44: “Emperor”
45: “Thanks For Sharing”
46: “Passion”
47: “The East”
48: “In A World…”
49: “To The Wonder”
50: “World War Z”
51: “Kon-Tiki”
52: “The Iceman”
53: “Kick-Ass 2”
54: “Gangster Squad”
55: “The Fifth Estate”
56: “A Hijacking” (Kapringen)

**1/2 C+ to C (Fair)

57: “Jobs”
58: “The Butler”
59: “Closed Circuit”
60: “Still Mine”
61: “The Attack”
62: “The Conjuring”
63: “Oblivion”
64: “42: The Jackie Robinson Story”
65: “Runner Runner”
66: “The Company You Keep”
67: “Lovelace”
68: “Broken City”
69: “Girl Most Likely”
70: “Fill The Void”
71: “Byzantium”
72: “2 Guns”
73: “Red 2”
74: “Ginger & Rosa”
75: “Dead Man Down”

** C to D+ (Disappointing)

76: “This Is The End”
77: “Oz The Great And Powerful”
78: “Upstream Color”
79: “Jack The Giant Slayer”
80: “Pain & Gain”
81: “Paranoia”
82: “Dead Man's Burden”
83: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”
84: “Olympus Has Fallen”

*1/2 D to D- (Very Disappointing)

85: “The Last Stand”
86: “Evil Dead”
87: “A Good Day To Die Hard”
88: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
89: “Spring Breakers”

* F (Awful)

90: “R.I.P.D.”
91: “Bullet To The Head”
92: “The Numbers Station”
93: “After Earth”

 

[antsman41]

-A-
1. Gravity
2. The Kings Of Summer
3. Scenic Route
4. Drinking Buddies
5. The Way Way Back
6. Upstream Color
7. The Place Beyond The Pines

-B-
8. Pain & Gain
9. Side Effects
10. Man Of Steel
11. Elysium
12. Oblivion
13. Only God Forgives
14. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part II
15. Furious 6
16. Pacific Rim
17. John Dies At The End
18. Evil Dead

-C-
19. This Is The End
20. The Bling Ring
21. Star Trek Into Darkness
22. Iron Man III
23. 42
24. The Great Gatsby
25. Warm Bodies

-D-
26. Kick-Ass 2
27. The Conjuring
28. Spring Breakers
29. Oz, The Great & Powerful

-F-
30. The Purge
31. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
32. Monsters University

 

[weezerspider]

1. Mud
2. Spring Breakers
3. Gravity
4. The Kings Of Summer
5. Only God Forgives
6. Prisoners
7. 12 Years A Slave
8. Elysium
9. The Way Way Back
10. The Place Beyond The Pines

I need to see Rush and Captain Philips. I missed The Spectacular Now. Those have the potential to make my list.

Here's what I think has potential to make the list that hasn't been released yet:

Her
American Hustle
The Wolf Of Wallstreet
Out Of The Furnace
All Is Lost
Saving Mr. Banks
The Counselor