Best of the Rest of 2013

BEST BREAKTHROUGH: Adèle Exarchopoulos


Honorable Mentions: Lupita Nyong'o, Margot Robbie, James Badge Dale, Joey King, Chris Chalk, Tashiana Washington



BEST ENSEMBLE: The Cast of 12 Years a Slave


Honorable Mentions: Much Ado About Nothing, Pain & Gain, The World's End, Pacific Rim, Now You See Me



BEST DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave


Honorable Mentions: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Michael Bay (Pain & Gain), Sofia Coppola (The Bling Ring), Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin), Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street), Rodney Ascher (Room 237), Lake Bell (In a World...)



BEST SCREENPLAY: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, Pain & Gain


Honorable Mentions: Jennifer Lee (Frozen), Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Don Coscarelli (John Dies at the End)



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave


Honorable Mentions: Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity), Benoît Debie (Spring Breakers), Christopher Blauvelt & Harris Savides (The Bling Ring), Roger Deakins (Prisoners), Lucas Lee Graham (Escape from Tomorrow), Jay Hunter (Much Ado About Nothing), Nicholas D. Knowland (Berberian Sound Studio), Ben Seresin (Pain & Gain)



BEST EDITING: Rodney Ascher, Room 237


Honorable Mentions: Joe Walker (12 Years a Slave), Douglas Crise & Adam Robinson (Spring Breakers), Joel Negron & Thomas A. Muldoon (Pain & Gain)



BEST SCORE: Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave


Honorable Mentions: Cliff Martinez & Skrillex (Spring Breakers), M83 (Oblivion), William Huston & Jonathan Snipes (Room 237), Rick Smith (Trance)



BEST SONG: "Let It Go" by Idina Menzel, Frozen


Honorable Mentions: "Oblivion" by M83 feat. Susanne Sundfør (Oblivion), "Together" by The xx (The Great Gatsby), "Lean on Me" by Darlene Love feat. Lisa Fischer, Jo Lawry, & Judith Hill (20 Feet from Stardom), "Roll Jordan Roll" by Topsy Chapman feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons (The Host), "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" by Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, & Katie Lopez (Frozen), "Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Rey (The Great Gatsby), "Sigh No More" by Joss Whedon feat. Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon (Much Ado About Nothing), "Future Starts Slow" by The Kills (Black Rock), "Love Is Blindness" by Jack White (The Great Gatsby), "Thank God It's Friday" by Sachin - Jigar feat. Sunidhi Chauhan (Himmatwala), "You're My Dream" by Proud (Only God Forgives), "Silhouettes" by Of Monsters and Men (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), "Happy" by Pharrell Williams (Despicable Me 2)



BEST PREEXISTING SONG: "Everytime" by Britney Spears, Spring Breakers


Honorable Mentions: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by The Backstreet Boys (This Is the End), "This Corrosion" by The Sisters of Mercy (The World's End), "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto (From Up on Poppy Hill), "Step Back in Time" by Kylie Minogue (The World's End), "Help Me Rhonda" by The Beach Boys (Mud)



BEST OPENING CREDITS: Berberian Sound Studio


Honorable Mentions: Mama



BEST ENDING CREDITS: Black Rock


Honorable Mentions: Room 237, Thor: The Dark World



BEST STINGER: Frozen


Honorable Mentions: Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World



BEST POSTER ART: You're Next ("House Layout")


Honorable Mentions: Escape from Tomorrow, Side Effects ("Prescription"), Carrie ("Closeup"), Nebraska, Trance, Bad Milo ("Skateboarding"), Only God Forgives ("Neon Sign"), V/H/S 2, The Wolverine ("Ink Brush"), You're Next ("Doorway"), White Reindeer, World War Z ("Zombie Ladder"), Oldboy, Fill the Void



BEST TRAILER: Gravity


Honorable Mentions: The Wolf of Wall Street, The Secret World of Walter Mitty (1st Trailer)



BEST ACTION FILM: Drug War


Honorable Mentions: Now You See Me, Welcome to the Punch, Olympus Has Fallen



BEST ANIMATED FILM: Frozen


Honorable Mentions: The Croods



BEST COMEDY FILM: The Heat


Honorable Mentions: Much Ado About Nothing, In a World..., This Is the End, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain



BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Room 237


Honorable Mentions: 20 Feet from Stardom, Blackfish



BEST HORROR FILM: Berberian Sound Studio


Honorable Mentions: The Conjuring, John Dies at the End, Mama



BEST SCI-FI FILM: Gravity


Honorable Mentions: The World's End, Pacific Rim, Europa Report



BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: Himmatwala



FUTURE CULT AND APPRECIATION

Films that I feel will grow on me, beyond my initial expectations and opinions and become the great films that they sought to be.

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Berberian Sound Studio
The Conjuring
Gimme the Loot
The Heat
Prisoners
This Is the End
A Touch of Sin
Welcome to the Punch


UNDERRATED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Actors and Actresses that gave great performances in terrible films and/or in roles with little material and screentime.

Jon Bernthal (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Rose Byrne (The Internship)
Kyle Chandler (The Wolf of Wall Street, Broken City)
Jeffrey Combs (Would You Rather)
Rob Corddry (Warm Bodies, In a World..., Pain & Gain, Escape from Planet Earth)
William Fichtner (Elysium, The Lone Ranger)
Laurence Fishburne (Man of Steel)
James Gandolfini (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone)
Diane Kruger (The Host)
Alexandra Maria Lara (Rush)
Rob Reiner (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Zoe Saldana (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Antje Traue (Man of Steel)
Olivia Wilde (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Rush)
Alfre Woodard (12 Years a Slave)