Entertainment50 Must-See Movies of 2013We Can’t WaitMarlow Stern previews next year’s most promising films.Updated Jul. 12, 2017 2:01AM EDT / Published Jan. 02, 2013 4:45AM EST ‘Gangster Squad’ (Jan. 11)Wilson Webb/Warner Bros. Side Effects (Feb. 8) ‘Like Someone in Love’ (Feb. 13)Cannes Film Festival 2012 ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ (Feb. 14)Bea Kallos/MTI, via AP ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ (March 1)Warner Bros. ‘Stoker’ (March 1) ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ (March 8)Walt Disney Pictures ‘Carrie’ (March 15)Michael Gibson ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ (March 29)Thelonius/Splash News ‘The Host’ (March 29)Alan Markfield/Open Road Films ‘The Heat’ (April 5) ‘42’ (April 12)D. Stevens/Warner Bros. ‘To the Wonder’ (April 12)Redbud Pictures ‘Pain and Gain’ (April 26)Paramount Pictures ‘Iron Man 3’ (May 3) ‘The Great Gatsby’ (May 10)Warner Bros. Pictures ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ (May 17)Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal ‘Frances Ha’ (May 17)Vivien Killilea/WireImage ‘Only God Forgives’ (May 23)FilmDistrict ‘The Hangover Part III’ (May 24)Warner Bros. Pictures ‘Fast & Furious 6’ (May 24)Jaimie Trueblood/Universal Pictures ‘After Earth’ (June 7) ‘Man of Steel’ (June 14)Clay Enos/Warner Bros. ‘This Is the End’ (June 14)Columbia Pictures ‘World War Z’ (June 21)Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount Pictures ‘Monsters University’ (June 21) ‘The Long Ranger’ (July 3) ‘Pacific Rim’ (July 12)Kerry Hayes/Warner Bros. ‘The Wolverine’ (July 26)James Fisher/Marvel Characters, Inc and Twentieth Century Fox Film ‘Elysium’ (Aug. 9)Kimberley French/Columbia TriStar ‘2 Guns’ (Aug. 16)Mark Davis/Getty ‘Prisoners’ (Sept. 20)Brendon Thorne/Getty ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ (Oct. 4) ‘Oldboy’ (Oct. 11)Michael Stewart/WireImage ‘Captain Phillips’ (Oct. 11)Mark Wilson/Getty for CFN ‘Gravity’ (Oct. 18)Warner Bros. ‘The World’s End’ (Oct. 25) ‘The Counselor’ (Nov. 15)Joel Ryan/AP ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ (Nov. 22) ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ (Dec. 13)Mark Pokorny/Warner Bros. ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ (Dec. 20)Mary Evans/Walt Disney Pictures, via Everett ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ (Dec. 20) ‘The Monuments Men’ (Dec. 20)Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ‘47 Ronin’ (Dec. 25)Gregg DeGuire/WireImage via Getty ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ (Dec. 25)Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic ‘Jack Ryan’ (Dec. 25)Jon FurnissInvision, via AP ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (TBD, 2013)Chris Pizzello/AP ‘Twelve Years a Slave’ (TBD, 2013)Mike Marsland/WireImage ‘Her’ (TBD, 2013)Jason Merritt/Getty ‘Lowlife’ (TBD, 2013)Chris Pizzello/Invision, via AP
‘Gangster Squad’ (Jan. 11)Wilson Webb/Warner Bros. Side Effects (Feb. 8) ‘Like Someone in Love’ (Feb. 13)Cannes Film Festival 2012 ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ (Feb. 14)Bea Kallos/MTI, via AP ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ (March 1)Warner Bros. ‘Stoker’ (March 1) ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ (March 8)Walt Disney Pictures ‘Carrie’ (March 15)Michael Gibson ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ (March 29)Thelonius/Splash News ‘The Host’ (March 29)Alan Markfield/Open Road Films ‘The Heat’ (April 5) ‘42’ (April 12)D. Stevens/Warner Bros. ‘To the Wonder’ (April 12)Redbud Pictures ‘Pain and Gain’ (April 26)Paramount Pictures ‘Iron Man 3’ (May 3) ‘The Great Gatsby’ (May 10)Warner Bros. Pictures ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ (May 17)Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal ‘Frances Ha’ (May 17)Vivien Killilea/WireImage ‘Only God Forgives’ (May 23)FilmDistrict ‘The Hangover Part III’ (May 24)Warner Bros. Pictures ‘Fast & Furious 6’ (May 24)Jaimie Trueblood/Universal Pictures ‘After Earth’ (June 7) ‘Man of Steel’ (June 14)Clay Enos/Warner Bros. ‘This Is the End’ (June 14)Columbia Pictures ‘World War Z’ (June 21)Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount Pictures ‘Monsters University’ (June 21) ‘The Long Ranger’ (July 3) ‘Pacific Rim’ (July 12)Kerry Hayes/Warner Bros. ‘The Wolverine’ (July 26)James Fisher/Marvel Characters, Inc and Twentieth Century Fox Film ‘Elysium’ (Aug. 9)Kimberley French/Columbia TriStar ‘2 Guns’ (Aug. 16)Mark Davis/Getty ‘Prisoners’ (Sept. 20)Brendon Thorne/Getty ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ (Oct. 4) ‘Oldboy’ (Oct. 11)Michael Stewart/WireImage ‘Captain Phillips’ (Oct. 11)Mark Wilson/Getty for CFN ‘Gravity’ (Oct. 18)Warner Bros. ‘The World’s End’ (Oct. 25) ‘The Counselor’ (Nov. 15)Joel Ryan/AP ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ (Nov. 22) ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ (Dec. 13)Mark Pokorny/Warner Bros. ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ (Dec. 20)Mary Evans/Walt Disney Pictures, via Everett ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ (Dec. 20) ‘The Monuments Men’ (Dec. 20)Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ‘47 Ronin’ (Dec. 25)Gregg DeGuire/WireImage via Getty ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ (Dec. 25)Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic ‘Jack Ryan’ (Dec. 25)Jon FurnissInvision, via AP ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (TBD, 2013)Chris Pizzello/AP ‘Twelve Years a Slave’ (TBD, 2013)Mike Marsland/WireImage ‘Her’ (TBD, 2013)Jason Merritt/Getty ‘Lowlife’ (TBD, 2013)Chris Pizzello/Invision, via AP