Best 2013 Movies

Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler
IMDb: 7.9
118 min

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story….

Whiplash

Whiplash

Whiplash
IMDb: 8.5
105 min

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him

The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him

The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him
IMDb: 6.9
89 min

Told from the male perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may…

The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Her

The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Her

The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Her
IMDb: 6.9
100 min

Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may…

Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Predestination

Predestination

Predestination
IMDb: 7.5
97 min

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment,…

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Frank

Frank

Frank
IMDb: 7.0
95 min

A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.

Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin
IMDb: 7.1
91 min

When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.

Calvary

Calvary

Calvary
IMDb: 7.4
102 min

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Joe

Joe

Joe
IMDb: 6.9
118 min

The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.

Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Locke

Locke

Locke
IMDb: 7.1
85 min

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan…

Finding Vivian Maier

Finding Vivian Maier

Finding Vivian Maier
IMDb: 7.7
83 min

Vivian Maier’s photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she’d collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street…

Tracks

Tracks

Tracks
IMDb: 7.2
112 min

Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the…

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Land of the Bears

Land of the Bears

Land of the Bears
IMDb: 7.0
N/A

Set in the wilderness of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the land of legends and the kingdom of wild brown bears, we follow the daily adventures of five wild brown bears.

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Enemy

Enemy

Enemy
IMDb: 6.9
91 min

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man’s private affairs.

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Labor Day

Labor Day

Labor Day
IMDb: 6.9
111 min

Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his…

Genre: Best 2013, Drama
The Railway Man

The Railway Man

The Railway Man
IMDb: 7.1
116 min

A victim from World War II’s ”Death Railway” sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

August: Osage County
IMDb: 7.2
121 min

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 Midwest house they grew…

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
IMDb: 6.9
118 min

A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac….

Genre: Best 2013, Drama
The Wolf Of Wall Street

The Wolf Of Wall Street

The Wolf Of Wall Street
IMDb: 8.2
180 min

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort’s autobiography.

The Physician

The Physician

The Physician
IMDb: 7.2
155 min

The story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become…

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Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor
IMDb: 7.5
121 min

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy…

Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian
IMDb: 6.9
104 min

Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain…

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
IMDb: 7.3
114 min

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Her

Her

Her
IMDb: 8.0
126 min

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user’s every needs. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops…

The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers
IMDb: 6.9
77 min

Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.

American Hustle

American Hustle

American Hustle
IMDb: 7.2
138 min

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of…

The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug
IMDb: 7.8
161 min

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the…

Out Of The Furnace

Out Of The Furnace

Out Of The Furnace
IMDb: 6.8
116 min

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime…

The Class of 92

The Class of 92

The Class of 92
IMDb: 8.0
98 min

A documentary about the rise of six youth team players at Manchester United. From 1992 to 1999, the year of the Treble. Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, the Neville brothers, Ryan…

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Frozen

Frozen

Frozen
IMDb: 7.5
102 min

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter…

An Adventure in Space and Time

An Adventure in Space and Time

An Adventure in Space and Time
IMDb: 8.3
83 min

This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of…

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Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip
IMDb: 7.9
84 min

The aim: to select the ideal mode of transport for each leg of a pilgrimage from Venice, Italy to Pau in France – home to a legendary street circuit and…

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Jimmy Carr: Laughing and Joking

Jimmy Carr: Laughing and Joking

Jimmy Carr: Laughing and Joking
IMDb: 7.9
92 min

Following another stellar year for Jimmy Carr, his eighth live DVD Laughing & Joking is now here. Touring to over 1.5 million people and hosting hit shows 8 Out of…

Genre: Best 2013, Comedy
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants

Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants

Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
IMDb: 7.1
89 min

In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a hastily abandoned picnic sparks a battle between two tribes of ants. A bold young ladybug finds himself caught in the middle….

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Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club
IMDb: 8.0
117 min

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks
IMDb: 7.5
125 min

Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

The Hunger Games Catching Fire

The Hunger Games Catching Fire

The Hunger Games Catching Fire
IMDb: 7.5
146 min

Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family…

The Book Thief

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
IMDb: 7.6
131 min

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is…

Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Commitment

Commitment

Commitment
IMDb: 6.7
113 min

The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father’s footsteps to protect his little sister. After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his…

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Philomena

Philomena

Philomena
IMDb: 7.6
98 min

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

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Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Thor The Dark World

Thor The Dark World

Thor The Dark World
IMDb: 6.9
112 min

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that…

Ida

Ida

Ida
IMDb: 7.4
82 min

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Beyond the Edge

Beyond the Edge

Beyond the Edge
IMDb: 6.8
93 min

A 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary’s monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 – an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.

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12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave
IMDb: 8.1
134 min

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon…

All Is Lost

All Is Lost

All Is Lost
IMDb: 6.9
106 min

During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio…

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
IMDb: 7.1
105 min

A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train…

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Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips
IMDb: 7.8
134 min

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two…

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color
IMDb: 7.7
180 min

Adèle’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…

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A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin
IMDb: 7.1
131 min

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

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Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son
IMDb: 7.8
121 min

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose…

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Genre: Best 2013, Drama
Gravity

Gravity

Gravity
IMDb: 7.7
91 min

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine…

Frequencies

Frequencies

Frequencies
IMDb: 6.8
105 min

This science fiction love story follows the forbidden relationship between a ’low born’ boy and a ’high born’ girl in an alternate reality where every person’s relationships and life worth…

Metallica Through The Never

Metallica Through The Never

Metallica Through The Never
IMDb: 7.2
93 min

Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band’s show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.

Genre: Best 2013, Music
Filth

Filth

Filth
IMDb: 7.1
97 min

A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his…

Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska
IMDb: 7.7
115 min

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.

Generation Iron

Generation Iron

Generation Iron
IMDb: 7.1
106 min

Generation Iron – examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today and gives the audience front row access to the lives of the top 7 bodybuilders in the sport as they…

Enough Said

Enough Said

Enough Said
IMDb: 7.0
93 min

Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and…

Prisoners

Prisoners

Prisoners
IMDb: 8.1
153 min

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…

One Chance

One Chance

One Chance
IMDb: 6.8
103 min

This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

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Starred Up

Starred Up

Starred Up
IMDb: 7.4
106 min

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities…

Genre: Best 2013, Drama