Best 2013 movies

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August 29, 2025
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Best 2013 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2013 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.
1 / 20
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#20. Rush

- Stacker score: 87.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 543,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Ron Howard
- Actors: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $26,947,624
2 / 20
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#19. The Selfish Giant

- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Clio Barnard
- Actors: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $12,189
3 / 20
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#18. All Is Lost

- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 86,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: J.C. Chandor
- Actors: Robert Redford
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $6,263,670
4 / 20
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#17. Dallas Buyers Club

- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 539,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
- Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto
- Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $27,298,285
5 / 20
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#16. 20 Feet from Stardom

- Stacker score: 88.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Morgan Neville
- Actors: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $4,946,445
6 / 20
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#15. The Wolf of Wall Street

- Stacker score: 88.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 1.7 million)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
- Runtime: 3 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $116,900,694
7 / 20
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#14. Jodorowsky's Dune

- Stacker score: 89.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Frank Pavich
- Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $647,280
8 / 20
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#13. Fruitvale Station

- Stacker score: 90.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 90,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Ryan Coogler
- Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer
- Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $16,101,339
9 / 20
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#12. Captain Phillips

- Stacker score: 90.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 511,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Paul Greengrass
- Actors: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman
- Runtime: 2 hours 14 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $107,100,855
10 / 20
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#11. Short Term 12

- Stacker score: 91.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 94,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
- Actors: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr.
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,013,100
11 / 20
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#10. American Hustle

- Stacker score: 91.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 512,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: David O. Russell
- Actors: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper
- Runtime: 2 hours 18 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $150,117,807
12 / 20
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#9. The Great Beauty

- Stacker score: 92.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 104,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Paolo Sorrentino
- Actors: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli
- Runtime: 2 hours 21 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $2,852,400
13 / 20
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#8. Nebraska

- Stacker score: 92.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 127,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Actors: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb
- Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $17,654,912
14 / 20
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#7. Blackfish

- Stacker score: 92.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 75,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- Actors: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg
- Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $2,073,582
15 / 20
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#6. Inside Llewyn Davis

- Stacker score: 94.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 169,000)
- Metascore: 93
- Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Actors: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $13,235,319
16 / 20
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#5. Blue Is the Warmest Colour

- Stacker score: 94.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 170,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
- Actors: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche
- Runtime: 3 hours
- Rating: NC-17
- Box office: $2,199,787
17 / 20
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#4. Her

- Stacker score: 96.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 709,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Spike Jonze
- Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $25,568,251
18 / 20
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#3. Before Midnight

- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 181,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $8,114,627
19 / 20
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#2. Gravity

- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 887,000)
- Metascore: 96
- Director: Alfonso Cuarón
- Actors: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $274,092,705
20 / 20
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#1. 12 Years a Slave

- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 771,000)
- Metascore: 96
- Director: Steve McQueen
- Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
- Runtime: 2 hours 14 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $56,671,993

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