I decided to look back at 2013, and see if there were any new films that had cracked my Top 10, or anything I had seen a second time and started to not like anymore. I’m going with the following 10 films as my Top 10 of 2013. Prisoners still sticks with me, as does Dallas Buyers Club. I actually love The Way Way Back more now. Gravity has probably slipped a bit. A few films that were crowdpleasers almost made my list, including Fast and Furious 6, The Heat, and Warm Bodies.
1) Prisoners
2) Dallas Buyers Club
3) The Way Way Back
4) Short Term 12
5) The Wolf Of Wall Street
6) Blue Jasmine
7) Enough Said
8) Gravity
9) This Is The End
10) 12 Years A Slave
For 2012, I was surprised that the list would not be able to include Looper, Wreck It Ralph, or The Hunger Games. I still love both Silver Linings Playbook and Argo, but after repeat viewings on Skyfall and The Campaign, I think they’ve moved up. Also, Rise Of The Guardians and 21 Jump Street (both which hold up on repeat viewings). I also saw The Perks Of Being A Wallflower and The Cabin In The Woods late, so they didn’t make my original top 10.
1) Silver Linings Playbook
2) Argo
3) Skyfall
4) The Campaign
5) 21 Jump Street
6) Rise Of The Guardians
7) The Dark Knight Rises
8) The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
9) Django Unchained
10) The Cabin In The Woods
For 2011, I probably should be including more Oscar friendly movies, but Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes continues to be one of my favorite films to watch, as does Bridesmaids. I don’t think The Help made my original Top 10 list, but it does now.
1) Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
2) Bridesmaids
3) Crazy Stupid Love
4) My Week With Marilyn
5) Midnight In Paris
6) Warrior
7) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
8) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2
9) X-Men: First Class
10) The Help
In 2010, the most memorable movies are still The Town, The Social Network, Inception, and Winter’s Bone. All Oscar movies. I still say Get Low is one of the Top 10 films, and if you haven’t seen it, you should.
1) The Town
2) The Social Network
3) Inception
4) Winter’s Bone
5) How To Train Your Dragon
6) Toy Story 3
7) The Kids Are All Right
8) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 1
9) Get Low
10) Easy A
In 2009, I had a hard time leaving off a few films like Sherlock Holmes, A Single Man, It’s Complicated, Taken, and The Lovely Bones… but my Top 10 makes me happy. I’ve really come to appreciate Coraline as a film, and I can’t leave it off the list.
1) Up
2) Inglorious Basterds
3) District 9
4) State Of Play
5) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
6) Up In The Air
7) Julie and Julia
8) Zombieland
9) Coraline
10) Crazy Heart
