The 25 best 2013 movies
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1. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 741,122 | Gross: $56.67M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture**
Best Director - Steve McQueen
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Michael Fassbender**
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction
Best Makeup
10 noms / 2 wins
TOP 10
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,582,433 | Gross: $116.90M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio**(tied with Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jonah Hill
Best Adapted Screenplay**
Best Film Editing**
6 noms / 3 wins
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Margot Robbie
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Matthew McConaughey
3. American Hustle (2013)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
Votes: 500,264 | Gross: $150.12M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Director - David O.Russell
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Bradley Cooper
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Lawrence**
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Art Direction
Best Makeup
9 noms / 1 win
TOP 10
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Christian Bale
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Amy Adams
4. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 669,316 | Gross: $25.57M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Director - Spike Jonze
Best Original Screenplay**
Best Original Score
Best Original Song - "The moon song"
Best Art Direction
6 noms / 1 win
Special award to Scarlett Johansson for her outstanding voice performance
TOP 10
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Scarlett Johansson
5. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund
Votes: 163,443 | Gross: $13.24M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Oscar Isaac
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Song - "Please Mr. Kennedy"
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Mixing
6 noms / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Director - Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Costume Design
6. Blue Jasmine (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks like a million dollars but isn't bringing money, peace or love.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins
Votes: 212,525 | Gross: $33.41M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett**
Best Original Screenplay
3 noms / 1 win
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Sally Hawkins
7. Gravity (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen
Votes: 863,049 | Gross: $274.09M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Director - Alfonso Cuarón**
Best Original Score
Best Cinematography**
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing**
Best Sound Mixing**
Best Visual Effects**
8 noms / 5 wins
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Sandra Bullock
Best Art Direction
8. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
NC-17 | 180 min | Drama, Romance
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 163,031 | Gross: $2.20M
Noms/wins:
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Adèle Exarchopoulos
Best Foreign Language Film**
2 noms / 1 win
TOP 10
Best Director - Abdellatif Kechiche
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing
9. August: Osage County (2013)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 95,326 | Gross: $37.74M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julia Roberts
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Julianne Nicholson
Best Adapted Screenplay
5 noms / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Margo Martindale
10. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 596,657 | Gross: $144.84M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Joel Edgerton
Best Original Song - "Young and Beautiful"**
Best Costume Design**
Best Art Direction**
5 noms / 3 wins
TOP 10
Best Director - Baz Luhrmann
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Visual Effects
Best Makeup
11. Nebraska (2013)
R | 115 min | Drama
An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk
Votes: 123,499 | Gross: $17.65M
Noms/wins:
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Bruce Dern
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - June Squibb
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
5 noms / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Director - Alexander Payne
12. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Votes: 519,145 | Gross: $27.30M
Noms/wins:
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey** (tied with Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup**
4 noms / 2 wins
TOP 10
Best Original Screenplay
13. Prisoners (2013)
R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo
Votes: 809,110 | Gross: $61.00M
Noms/wins:
Best Cinematography
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
14. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
Director: David Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè
Votes: 6,589 | Gross: $0.01M
Noms/wins:
Best Foreign Language Film
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Natalia de Molina
Best Original Screenplay
15. Monsters University (2013)
G | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Director: Dan Scanlon | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren
Votes: 389,844 | Gross: $268.49M
Noms/wins:
Best Animated Film
1 nom / 1 win
TOP 10
Best Original Score
16. Before Midnight (2013)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed
Votes: 172,089 | Gross: $8.11M
Noms/wins:
Best Adapted Screenplay
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
none
17. Family United (2013)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Five brothers reunite for a wedding at the family estate on the day that Spain plays in the 2010 World Cup final.
Director: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Roberto Álamo, Quim Gutiérrez, Miquel Fernández
Votes: 4,630
Noms/wins:
Best Foreign Language Film
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Miquel Fernández
Best Original Screenplay
18. Wounded (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Ana, 30, is an ambulance driver. Though good at her job, she has problems relating in her personal life. She doesn't know it, but she suffers from a condition known by psychiatrists as ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Franco | Stars: Marian Álvarez, Rosana Pastor, Manolo Solo, Andrés Gertrúdix
Votes: 1,344
Noms/wins:
Best Foreign Language Film
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Marian Álvarez
19. Rush (I) (2013)
R | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 513,485 | Gross: $26.95M
Noms/wins:
Best Sound Editing
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Sound Mixing
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup
20. Captain Phillips (2013)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener
Votes: 492,497 | Gross: $107.10M
Noms/wins:
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
3 noms / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Director - Paul Greengrass
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Hanks
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Barkhad Abdi
Best Adapted Screenplay
21. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf
Votes: 131,506 | Gross: $0.79M
Noms/wins:
none
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Stacy Martin
Best Original Screenplay
22. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Bell
Votes: 98,154 | Gross: $0.33M
Noms/wins:
none
TOP 10
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Stacy Martin
Best Original Screenplay
23. The Great Beauty (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
Votes: 97,373 | Gross: $2.85M
Noms/wins:
Best Foreign Language Film
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Toni Servillo
Best Film Editing
24. Philomena (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham
Votes: 103,780 | Gross: $37.71M
Noms/wins:
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Judi Dench
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score**
3 noms / 1 win
TOP 10
Best Adapted Screenplay
25. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 497,024 | Gross: $228.78M
Noms/wins:
Best Visual Effects
1 nom / 0 wins
TOP 10
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
26. To the Wonder (2012)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams
Votes: 29,960 | Gross: $0.59M
Noms/wins:
none
TOP 10
Best Cinematography
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