AwardsWatch’s Best Films of 2013
Onto 2014, where we will look forward to many new releases coming out this year. AW has taken this opportunity to provide staff member’s top ten films of last year. We know these lists don’t mean anything, it’s just a bit of fun. That’s why we’re doing it, that and its our inaugural best of list.
After looking at everyone’s list, Blue is the Warmest Color proved to be the most popular film featuring on seven out of nine lists, three staff members had it as its #1. Frances Ha and Inside Llewyn Davis (two #1’s!) were closed behind appearing on six lists. The Great Beauty was #1 choice for Evan and Kenneth, but failed to appear on anyone else’s list. the Despite being a big awards contender, Gravity only made one list.
12 Years a Slave was a huge hit for critics, making 458 lists; 116 top spots, and yet only appeared twice here, and didn’t make any #1 spots. Frozen was featured on 59 critics lists, but no AW staff members included any animated films in their lists. However, we did seem to love Spring Breakers as it showed up in five of our lists and also appeared in 168 critics lists; 15 top spots.
Enjoy, and feel free to drop a line in the comment section with your thoughts. You can also head over to the forums for a more detail discussion.
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BEN HAHN (ben123234)
01. Inside Llewyn Davis
02. Before Midnight
03. American Hustle
04. Her
05. Blue is the Warmest Color
06. 12 Years a Slave
07. Mud
08. Frances Ha
09. This Is the End
10. Stories We Tell
A total of 47 critics placed Inside Llewyn Davis as their #1 film.
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BETH STEVENS (ladylurks)
01. Inside Llewyn Davis
02. Upstream Color
03. Short Term 12
04. Blue is the Warmest Color
05. Frances Ha
06. Stories We Tell
07. Bastards
08. Blue Jasmine
09. All is Lost
10. The Hunt
A total of 47 critics placed Inside Llewyn Davis as their #1 film.
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CÉDRIC SUCCIVALLI (Cédric)
01. Blue is the Warmest Color
02. Her
03. Camille Claudel 1915
04. Spring Breakers
05. To the Wonder
06. Laurence Anyways
07. A Touch of Sin
08. Frances Ha
09. Mud
10. Gimme the Loot
A total of 20 critics placed Blue is the Warmest Color as their #1 film.
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ERIK ANDERSON (erikdean)
01. Blue is the Warmest Color
02. Spring Breakers
03. Inside Llewyn Davis
04. Her
05. Only God Forgives
06. All is Lost
07. Leviathan
08. Mud
09. The Hunt
10. Stoker
A total of 20 critics placed Blue is the Warmest Color as their #1 film.
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EVAN KOST (Submerge)
01. The Great Beauty
02. All Is Lost
03. Inside Llewyn Davis
04. Short Term 12
05. American Hustle
06. Spring Breakers
07. To the Wonder
08. The Grandmaster
09. In the House
10. 12 Years a Slave
A total of 7 critics placed The Great Beauty as their #1 film.
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JONATHAN BOEHLE(Jonathan)
01. Before Midnight
02. Gravity
03. Frances Ha
04. Her
05. Inside Llewyn Davis
06. Blue is the Warmest Color
07. Wadjda
08. The World’s End
09. Enough Said
10. Short Term 12
A total of 43 critics placed Before Midnight as their #1 film.
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KENNETH POLISHCHUK (Moviefreak)
01. The Great Beauty
02. Spring Breakers
03. In the House
04. Inside Llewyn Davis
05. All is Lost
06. To the Wonder
07. Laurence Anyways
08. The Grandmaster
09. American Hustle
10. Short Term 12
A total of 7 critics placed The Great Beauty as their #1 film.
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MARC VAN DE KLASHORST (Aurelius)
01. Blue Is The Warmest Color
02. The Missing Picture
03. Clip
04. Leviathan
05. Laurence Anyways
06. The Act of Killing
07. The Hunt
08. Frances Ha
09. Stoker
10. Stories We Tell
A total of 20 critics placed Blue is the Warmest Color as their #1 film.
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SHAHAB YUNUS (haqyunus)
01. Laurence Anyways
02. The Act of Killing
03. Blue Is The Warmest Color
04. Spring Breakers
05. The Wolf of Wall Street
06. A Touch of Sin
07. To the Wonder
08. Computer Chess
09. At Berkeley
10. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
A total of 0 critics placed Lawrence Anyways as their #1 film.
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