Awards

THE DIRTIES

Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE leads the 2013 Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s International category with six nominations including Best Film.  12 YEARS A SLAVE is joined in the Best Film category by Alfonso Cuarón’s GRAVITY and Joel and Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS.The nominees for Best Documentary are THE ACT OF KILLING, BLACKFISH and WEST OF MEMPHIS. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film are BLANCANIEVES, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR and THE HUNT.

Matt Johnson’s THE DIRTIES, a conceptually daring story of two film geeks planning a high school shooting, received five VFCC nominations in the Canadian category, including Best Canadian Film and Best First Film by a Canadian Director. THE DIRTIES will face off against Louise Archambault’s GABRIELLE and Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky’s WATERMARK for Best Canadian Film. In the new award for Best First Film by a Canadian Director, THE DIRTIES is joined by Barnaby’s RHYMES FOR YOUNG GHOULS and Chloé Robichaud’s SARAH PREFERS TO RUN.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director 

Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards. Seventy-six films had originally been considered in the category. The shortlist will eventually be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.  The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 16, 2014,and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director;

Cambodia, “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director;

Denmark, “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director;

Germany, “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director;

Hong Kong, “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director;

Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director;

Italy, “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director;

Palestine, “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director.

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 STORIES WE TELL

HER lead the 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards with 3 awards including for Picture, Supporting Actress, and Screenplay.  SHORT TERM 12 received 2 awards for Actress and Breakthrough, and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB also received 2 awards for Actor and Supporting Actor. Other films receiving awards include AMERICAN HUSTLE for Ensemble and STORIES WE TELL for Documentary.

The Best of 2013 as picked by the Detroit Film Critics Society
(nominees are listed in alphabetical order)

BEST FILM

Winner: HER
Before Midnight
Gravity
Short Term 12
12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, GRAVITY
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze, Her
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR

Winner: Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
James Franco, Spring Breakers
Matthew McConaughey, Mud
Stanley Tucci, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Scarlett Johansson, HER
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

BEST ENSEMBLE

Winner: AMERICAN HUSTLE
August: Osage County
Blue Jasmine
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

BREAKTHROUGH

Winner: Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12 (actress)
Lake Bell, In a World (actress, screenplay, director)
Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station (screenplay, director)
Destin Cretton, Short Term 12 (screenplay, director)
Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station (actor)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Spike Jonze, HER
Destin Cretton, Short Term 12
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Eric Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle
Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: STORIES WE TELL
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
The Square
The Unknown Known

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 Clio Barnard’s THE SELFISH GIANT

British director Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE leads the 34th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with 9 nominations, including Film of the Year, Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Best Director (Steve McQueen), Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender), Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o), Screenwriter (John Ridley), British Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender) and Technical Achievement (Sean Bobbitt, Cinematography).  Stephen Frears’ PHILOMENA followed with 5 nominations. Also receiving multiple nominations were David O. Russell’s AMERICAN HUSTLE, Abdellatif Kechiche’s BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, Noah Baumbach’s FRANCES HA, Paolo Sorrentino’s THE GREAT BEAUTY, the Coen Brother’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA and Clio Barnard’s THE SELFISH GIANT.

34th LONDON CRITICS’ CIRCLE FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS

FILM OF THE YEAR
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
Gravity
The Great Beauty
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Caesar Must Die
Gloria
The Great Beauty
A Hijacking

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
A Field in England
Filth
Philomena
Rush
The Selfish Giant

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
The Act of Killing
Beware of Mr Baker
Leviathan
Stories We Tell
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Tom Hanks – Saving Mr Banks
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb – Nebraska

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Christian Bale – American Hustle / Out of the Furnace
Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa / The Look of Love / Philomena / What Maisie Knew
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Michael Fassbender – The Counsellor / 12 Years a Slave
James McAvoy – Filth / Trance / Welcome to the Punch

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – About Time / Last Passenger / Le Week-end
Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Emma Thompson – Beautiful Creatures / Saving Mr Banks

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Conner Chapman – The Selfish Giant
Saoirse Ronan – Byzantium / The Host / How I Live Now
Eloise Laurence – Broken
George MacKay – Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson / For Those in Peril / How I Live Now / Sunshine on Leith
Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Paolo Sorrentino – The Great Beauty
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope – Philomena
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER
Jon S Baird – Filth
Scott Graham – Shell
Marcus Markou – Papadopoulos & Sons
Rufus Norris – Broken
Paul Wright – For Those in Peril

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
American Hustle – Judy Becker, production design
Behind the Candelabra – Howard Cummings, production design
Filth – Mark Eckersley, editing
Frances Ha – Sam Levy, cinematography
Gravity – Tim Webber, visual effects
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Trish Summerville, costumes
Inside Llewyn Davis – T Bone Burnett, music
Stoker – Kurt Swanson & Bart Mueller, costumes
12 Years a Slave – Sean Bobbitt, cinematography
Upstream Colour – Johnny Marshall, sound design

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Gary Oldman

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THE KINGS OF SUMMER

The Phoenix Film Critics awarded “12 YEARS A SLAVE” with the Best Picture of the year award, along with the awards for Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o, and Best Adapted Screenplay.  “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR” won the award for Best Foreign Language Film  and “20 FEET FROM STARDOM” won the award for BestDocumentary. In a notable nod to indie films, “THE KINGS OF SUMMER” and “THE SPECTACULAR NOW” tie for the award for the The Overlooked Film of the Year.

BEST PICTURE

“12 Years a Slave”

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2013 (in alphabetical order)

“12 Years a Slave”

“American Hustle”

“Captain Phillips”

“Dallas Buyers Club”

“Gravity”

“Mud”

“Nebraska”

“Philomena”

“Saving Mr. Banks”

“Short Term 12”

BEST DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

“American Hustle”

BEST SCREENPLAY – ORIGINAL

“Nebraska”

BEST SCREENPLAY – ADAPTATION

“12 Years a Slave”

BEST LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM (Rated G or PG)

“Oz, The Great and Powerful”

THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR

(TIE)

“The Kings of Summer”

And

“The Spectacular Now”

BEST ANIMATED FILM

“Frozen”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Blue is the Warmest Color”

BEST DOCUMENTARY

“20 Feet from Stardom”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Let It Go, “Frozen”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

“Frozen”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Gravity”

BEST FILM EDITING

“Gravity”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

“Gravity”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

“The Great Gatsby”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

“Gravity”

BEST STUNTS

“Fast & Furious 6”

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE ON CAMERA

Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BEHIND THE CAMERA

Lake Bell, “In a World…”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE – MALE

Tye Sheridan, “Mud”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE – FEMALE

Sophie Nelisse, “The Book Thief”

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A TOUCH OF SIN

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 SHORT TERM 12

The Austin Film Critics Association announced its 2013 awards, with Spike Jonze’s “HER” winning Best Film as well as two other awards, and leading the group’s Top Ten list. Steve McQueen’s historical drama “12 YEARS A SLAVE” won three awards: Chiwetel Ejiofor for Best Actor, Lupita Nyong’o for Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay by John Ridley. Short Term 12, made the Top Ten list along with Actress Brie Larson receiving honors in two categories: Best Actress, for “SHORT TERM 12,” and the Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award, for her roles in “SHORT TERM 12,” “THE SPECTACULAR NOW,” and “DON JON.” Best Supporting Actor went to Jared Leto for “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.” The Austin Film Award, for movies shot locally or by Austin-based filmmakers, went to “BEFORE MIDNIGHT” this year.  Other winners include “THE ACT OF KILLING” for Best Documentary, “FRUITVALE STATION” for Best First Film, and “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR” for Best Foreign Language Film.

The full list of winners, plus the AFCA Top Ten Films of 2013 list, is included below. 

Best Film: Her (Spike Jonze)
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Best Score: Arcade Fire, Her
Best Foreign Language Film: Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche)
Best Documentary: The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)
Best Animated Film: Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)
Best First Film: Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
Breakthrough Artist: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Best Austin Film: Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
Special Honorary Award: Scarlett Johansson, for her outstanding voice performance in Her

AFCA 2013 Top Ten Films:

1. Her
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Gravity
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Short Term 12
7. Mud
8. Before Midnight
9. Dallas Buyers Club
10. Captain Phillips

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 MOTHER OF GEORGE

The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) named 12 YEARS A SLAVE as the Best Picture of 2013.  The Fox Searchlight film also earned Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Newcomer honors for Steve McQueen, John Ridley and Lupita Nyong’o. Other 2013 AAFCA Award winners include FRUITVALE STATION, for Best Independent Film, MOTHER OF GEORGE, for Best World Cinema and AMERICAN PROMISE, from Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson for Best Documentary. The organization, which represents the leading African-American film critics nationwide, will formally present its awards during a private ceremony on Friday, January 31, 2014 in Hollywood, CA.  

The African-American Film Critics Association’s Top Ten Films of 2013 are as follows in order of distinction:

1. 12 Years a Slave

2. Lee Daniels: The Butler

3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

4. American Hustle

5. Gravity

6. Fruitvale Station

7.  Dallas Buyers Club

8. Saving Mr. Banks

9. Out of the Furnace

10. 42

Best Actor                               Forest Whitaker, LEE DANIELS: THE BUTLER (TWC)

Best Actress                            Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress         Oprah Winfrey, LEE DANIELS: THE BUTLER (TWC)

Best Supporting Actor            Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Focus Features)

Best World Cinema                MOTHER OF GEORGE (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Breakout Performance            Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight)

Best Director                           Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight)

Best Screenplay                      John Ridley, 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight)

Best Music                              Raphael Sadiq, BLACK NATIVITY (RCA Inspirational)

Best Independent Film           FRUITVALE STATION (TWC)

Best Animation                       FROZEN (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Documentary                  AMERICAN PROMISE (Rada Film Group)

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20 FEET FROM STARDOM

The Houston Film Critics Society selected “12 YEARS A SLAVE” as the Best Film of 2013.  12 YEARS A SLAVE also received awards for Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o, Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Best Screenplay. 20 FEET FROM STARDOM received the award for Best Documentary and the award for Best Foreign Language Film went to THE HUNT.

Best Picture: “12 YEARS A SLAVE“

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaròn, “GRAVITY”

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, “GRAVITY”

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB”

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Best Screenplay: “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Best Animated Film: “FROZEN”

Best Cinematography: “GRAVITY”

Best Documentary: “20 FEET FROM STARDOM”

Best Foreign Language Film: “THE HUNT”

Best Original Score: “GRAVITY”

Best Original Song: “Please Mr. Kennedy” from “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS”

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

The Boston Online Film Critics Association really love 12 YEARS A SLAVE, awarding the film Best Picture of 2013, in addition to Best Director for Steve McQueen, Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Ensemble. The award for Best Foreign Language Film went to BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, and Best Documentary went to THE ACT OF KILLING.

THE 2013 Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB 

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE 

Best Screenplay: BEFORE MIDNIGHT

Best Foreign Language Film: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

Best Documentary: THE ACT OF KILLING

Best Animated Film: THE WIND RISES and FROZEN (tie) 

Best Cinematography: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Best Editing: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Original Score: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Ensemble: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

The Ten Best Films of the Year:

1. 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
3. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
4. GRAVITY
5. BEFORE MIDNIGHT
6. THE SPECTACULAR NOW
7. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
8. SPRING BREAKERS
9. THE WORLD’S END
10. FRUITVALE STATION

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BLACKFISH

“12 YEARS A SLAVE,” wowed the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), winning six awards including Best Film, Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o), Best Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) and Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer). Best Foreign Language Film went to “THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN,” from Belgium, and Best Documentary honors were awarded to “BLACKFISH.” The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association is comprised of 58 DC-VA-MD-based film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet. 

THE 2013 WAFCA AWARD WINNERS:

Best Film:
12 Years a Slave

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Best Actor:
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Acting Ensemble:
12 Years a Slave

Best Youth Performance:
Tye Sheridan (Mud)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Best Original Screenplay:
Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Animated Feature:
Frozen

Best Documentary:
Blackfish

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown

Best Art Direction:
Production Designer: Catherine Martin, Set Decorator: Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)

Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, A.M.C. (Gravity)

Best Editing:
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger (Gravity)

Best Original Score:
Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler 

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Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Film Comment magazine, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, released its annual best of year film lists, with Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE and Richard Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT taking the top spots among films released in 2013. Other films making the list include Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel’s LEVIATHAN and Shane Carruth’s UPSTREAM COLOR. Film Comment’s survey also ranks films that have screened and made notable appearances at film festivals throughout the year, but remain without U.S. distribution.  

Film Comment’s Top 10 Films Released in 2013 
1. Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
2. Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE
3. Richard Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT
4. Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING
5. Jia Zhang-ke’s A TOUCH OF SIN
6. Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel’s LEVIATHAN
7. Alfonso Cuarón’s GRAVITY
8. Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS
9. Noah Baumbach’s FRANCES HA
10. Shane Carruth’s UPSTREAM COLOR.

The rankings of other films making strong showings during the awards season are Spike Jonze’s HER (#17), Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA (#18), and David O. Russell’s AMERICAN HUSTLE (#19).

Film Comment’s survey also ranks films that have screened and made notable appearances at film festivals throughout the year, but remain without U.S. distribution as of press time:

1. Philippe Garrel’s JEALOUSY
2. Tsai Ming-liang’s STRAY DOGS
3. Joaquim Pinto’s WHAT NOW? REMIND ME
4. Hong Sang-soo’s NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAEWON
5. Catherine Breillat’s ABUSE OF WEAKNESS
6. Hong Sang-soo’s OUR SUNHI
7. Ramon Zürcher’s THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT
8. Ben Rivers & Ben Russell’s A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS
9. Albert Serra’s STORY OF MY DEATH
10. Fernando Eimbcke’s CLUB SANDWICH.

THE COMPLETE FILM COMMENT 2013 BEST-OF FILMS LISTS

RELEASED 2013
1. Inside Llewyn Davis, Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen                               
2. 12 Years a Slave, Director: Steve McQueen                                             
3. Before Midnight, Director: Richard Linklater                                            
4. The Act of Killing, Director: Joshua Oppenheimer                                 
5. A Touch of Sin, Director: Jia Zhang-ke                                                       
 6. Leviathan, Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
7. Gravity, Director: Alfonso Cuarón                                                                
8. Computer Chess, Director: Andrew Bujalski                                           
9. Frances Ha, Director: Noah Baumbach                                                    
10. Upstream Color, Director: Shane Carruth

Rankings #11 – #20
11. Museum Hours, Director: Jem Cohen                                                    
12. Blue Is the Warmest Color, Director: Abdellatif Kechiche                 
13. Bastards, Director: Claire Denis                                                               
14. Spring Breakers, Director: Harmony Korine                                         
15. Like Someone in Love, Director: Abbas Kiarostami                            
16. Stories We Tell, Director: Sarah Polley                                                  
17. Her, Director: Spike Jonze                                                                          
18. Nebraska, Director: Alexander Payne                                                     
19. American Hustle, Director: David O. Russell                                        
20. The Grandmaster, Director: Wong Kar Wai                                           

Rankings #21 – #30
21. At Berkeley, Director: Frederick Wiseman                                                         
22. Beyond the Hills, Director: Cristian Mungiu
23. No, Director: Pablo Larraín                                                                                     
24. The Great Beauty, Director: Paolo Sorrentino
25. Blue Jasmine, Director: Woody Allen
26. All Is Lost, Director: J.C. Chandor
27. Post Tenebras Lux, Director: Carlos Reygadas
28. Something in the Air, Director: Olivier Assayas
29. Viola, Director: Matías Piñeiro
30. Fruitvale Station, Director: Ryan Coogler

Rankings #31 – #40
31. To the Wonder, Director: Terrence Malick
32. Night Across the Street, Director: Raúl Ruiz
33. Room 237, Director: Rodney Ascher
34. Faust, Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
35. Let the Fire Burn, Director: Jason Osder
36. Le Pont du Nord, Director: Jacques Rivette
37. The Wolf of Wall Street, Director: Martin Scorsese
38. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Director: Alain Resnais
39. The Last Time I Saw Macao, Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
40. The Past, Director: Asghar Farhadi

Rankings #41 – #50
41. The Square, Director: Jehane Noujaim
42. The Wind Rises, Director: Hayao Miyazaki
43. Drug War, Director: Johnnie To
44. Cousin Jules, Director: Dominique Benicheti
45. Much Ado About Nothing, Director: Joss Whedon
46. Passion, Director: Brian De Palma
47. Short Term 12, Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
48. Dallas Buyers Club, Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
49. Berberian Sound Studio, Director: Peter Strickland
50. Captain Phillips, Director: Paul Greengrass

 
FILMS WITHOUT DISTRIBUTION 2013
1. Jealousy, Director: Philippe Garrel                                                      
2. Stray Dogs, Director: Tsai Ming-liang                                                 
3. What Now? Remind Me, Director: Joaquim Pinto                            
4. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Director: Hong Sang-soo                
5. Abuse of Weakness, Director: Catherine Breillat
6. Our Sunhi, Director: Hong Sang-soo                                                  
7. The Strange Little Cat, Director: Ramon Zürcher
8. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, Directors: Ben Rivers & Ben Russell       
9. Story of My Death, Director: Albert Serra                                            
10. Club Sandwich, Director: Fernando Eimbcke

Rankings #11 – #20
11. Closed Curtain, Director: Jafar Panahi                                             
12. Til Madness Do Us Part, Director: Wang Bing
13. Three Interpretation Exercises, Director: Cristi Puiu                  
14. Stemple Pass, Director: James Benning                                        
15. People’s Park, Directors: Libbie D. Cohn & J. P. Sniadecki       
16. The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, Directors: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani         
17. La Ultima Película, Directors: Raya Martin & Mark Peranson     
18. Butter on the Latch, Director: Josephine Decker                          
19. Blind Detective, Director: Johnnie To                                               
20. Coast of Death, Director: Lois Patiño

The lists of films and poll participants can be found on FilmComment.com and in the January/February issue of Film Comment, which hits newsstands January 7, 2014.

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