Best Films of 2013

First, let me take some time to mention 3 films that might have been overlooked by a lot of people. While these 3 films did not make my top 10, they definitely deserve some special recognition.

1. Trance
2. Stoker
3. The Angel's Share

If you haven't seen any of these films (as well as the films below), take the time. You won't be disappointed.

Now, onto the list.

10. Nebraska

A beautiful examination on growing old that is both humorous and heartbreaking at the same time.

9. The Place Beyond the Pines


















Derek Cianfrance creates a sweeping film that examines how one man's actions can have repercussions that lat far past their lifetime.

8. To The Wonder

Terrence Malick returns to form in a emotional examination of love and love lost. And of course, some of the most beautiful and powerful photography of the year.

7. 12 Years A Slave

'12 Years A Slave' is certainly unflinching in its examination of slavery in the US. But more than that is is a wonderful examination of one man's fight for survival and freedom.

6. Inside Llewyn Davis

The Coen Brother's 'Davis' is a true love story to the folk music scene in New York City in the 1960s filled with wonderful characters and fantastic songs written by the talented T-Bone Burnett. Isaac's Davis is a lead character that you can't help but fall for.

5. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
















If Terrence Malick were to create a mainstream film, it would be 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' and that is a complement all films should strive for.

4. Laurence Anyways

















On the surface, 'Laurence' is about a man finally embracing his sexuality in an era in history when being transgender was an extreme taboo. But in fact it is a melancholy examination on what that decision could have on the ones a person loves.

3. Her

















'Her' is both wonderfully quirky and beautifully touching. It's Sci-Fi, yet completely plausable. Jonze has crafted a fantastic love story that is performed by a masterful Phoenix.

2. The Grandmaster

Every kung fu film in history has looked at the martial arts as a means for action. Wong Kar Wai masterfully shows it in it's true form: a philosophical way of life that goes beyond the fight and shapes the soul of those who follow its teachings.

1. Gravity

I have never been so emotionally involved in a film in my life. Never before have I sat in a theatre and fully transported into the world on screen which is a testament to Alfonso Cuaron's talent and visionary style of filmmaking.