Movies From 2013 Which I Rated 9+ on IMDb
This is effectively the long list which went into my
"Top 10 of 2013" list. It contains every 2013 release which I have rated 9/10 or 10/10 on IMDb. This is out of over 400 movies I've seen this year with over 150 being 2013 releases eligible for this list. My peak year for movie viewing remains 1990 with over 1,100 movies.
Since I live in the UK and release dates often differ from the US, at the time of writing I had yet to see a number of movies which may otherwise have made this list, including The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle and August: Osage County.
This list contains narrative features only, my top documentary for 2013 is The Crash Reel.
The titles are listed in alphabetical order.
"Top 10 of 2013" list. It contains every 2013 release which I have rated 9/10 or 10/10 on IMDb. This is out of over 400 movies I've seen this year with over 150 being 2013 releases eligible for this list. My peak year for movie viewing remains 1990 with over 1,100 movies.
Since I live in the UK and release dates often differ from the US, at the time of writing I had yet to see a number of movies which may otherwise have made this list, including The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle and August: Osage County.
This list contains narrative features only, my top documentary for 2013 is The Crash Reel.
The titles are listed in alphabetical order.
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1.
About Time
(2013)
At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think. (123 mins.)
Director: Richard Curtis
2.
Breathe In
(2013)
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever. (98 mins.)
Director: Drake Doremus
3.
Before Midnight
(2013)
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. (109 mins.)
Director: Richard Linklater
4.
Blood Ties
(2013)
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s. (144 mins.)
Director: Guillaume Canet
5.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
(2013)
Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself. (179 mins.)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
6.
Dallas Buyers Club
(2013)
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease. (117 mins.)
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
8.
Fruitvale Station
(2013)
The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. (85 mins.)
Director: Ryan Coogler
9.
Gravity
(2013)
A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. (91 mins.)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
10.
The Great Gatsby
(2013)
A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor. (143 mins.)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
11.
The Invisible Woman
(2013)
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death. (111 mins.)
Director: Ralph Fiennes
12.
Man of Steel
(2013)
A young itinerant worker is forced to confront his secret extrastellar origin when Earth is invaded by members of his own race. (143 mins.)
Director: Zack Snyder
14.
Charlie Countryman
(2013)
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex. (108 mins.)
Director: Fredrik Bond
15.
Oblivion
(2013)
A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. (124 mins.)
Director: Joseph Kosinski
16.
Only God Forgives
(2013)
Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death. (90 mins.)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
17.
The Past
(2013)
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce. (130 mins.)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
18.
Prisoners
(2013)
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. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? (153 mins.)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
20.
Short Term 12
(2013)
A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend. (96 mins.)
Director: Destin Cretton
21.
Star Trek Into Darkness
(2013)
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. (132 mins.)
Director: J.J. Abrams
22.
Trance
(2013)
An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting. (101 mins.)
Director: Danny Boyle
23.
12 Years a Slave
(2013)
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. (134 mins.)
Director: Steve McQueen
24.
Upstream Color
(2013)
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. (96 mins.)
Director: Shane Carruth
25.
The Way Way Back
(2013)
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park. (103 mins.)
26.
Welcome to the Punch
(2013)
Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky, one last chance to catch the man he's always been after. (99 mins.)
Director: Eran Creevy
27.
The World's End
(2013)
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival. (109 mins.)
Director: Edgar Wright
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