13 Best Movies of 2013: ‘American Hustle,’ ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ And More

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This year was a great one for movies. Here’s The Daily Beast’s list of the best films of 2013.

Marlow Stern

Senior Entertainment Editor

Updated Jul. 11, 2017 5:36PM ET / Published Dec. 17, 2013 5:45AM ET

Sony Pictures Classics; Annapurna Productions; Warner Bros. Picture; Sundance Selects

1. ‘Her’

Warner Bros. Picture

2. ‘Gravity’

Warner Bros. Picture

3. ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’

Sundance Selects

4. ‘American Hustle’

Francois Duhamel/Annapurna Productions

5. ‘Before Midnight’

Despina Spyrou/Sony Pictures Classics

6. ‘12 Years A Slave’

Francois Duhamel/Fox Searchlight

7. ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

Alison Rosa/CBS Films, via AP

8. ‘Spring Breakers’

Michael Muller/A24 Films, via AP

9. ‘Nebraska’

Merie W. Wallace

10. ‘The Spectacular Now’

A24 Films, via AP

11. ‘Mud’

Jim Bridges

12. ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

Mary Cybulski/Paramount Pictures

13. ‘The Wind Rises’

Nibariki

Honorable Mentions:

Disney/AP; Fox Searchlight; Daniel Daza; Ken Woroner