#1 of 736 Best-rated film of 2013
2013 History Crime Documentary 1h 55m
92 Metascore $726.3K worldwide
Directed by Anonymous
The Act of Killing earned $726.3K worldwide; the year's biggest hit, Frozen, earned $1.3B.
About The Act of Killing5,584 films on the site were released in 2013, and 736 have enough critic or audience ratings to be ranked. The Act of Killing tops the list, ahead of Stories We Tell and 12 Years a Slave. The biggest hit was Frozen with $1.3B worldwide, and 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the 2014 Oscars.
The Act of Killing is the best-rated film of 2013, with a rank value of 89/100 from critics and audiences, ahead of Stories We Tell (87/100). Ranked by a blend of Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings (Echo Scores start with 2017 releases).
#1 of 736 Best-rated film of 2013
2013 History Crime Documentary 1h 55m
92 Metascore $726.3K worldwide
Directed by Anonymous
The Act of Killing earned $726.3K worldwide; the year's biggest hit, Frozen, earned $1.3B.
About The Act of KillingStories We Tell and 12 Years a Slave follow The Act of Killing. Drama is the most common genre in the top 25 (17 films). Ranked by a blend of Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings (Echo Scores start with 2017 releases).
2013 · Documentary · 1h 48m
No Echo Score: ranked 87/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Biography, Drama · 2h 14m
No Echo Score: ranked 87/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, Romance · 1h 49m
No Echo Score: ranked 86/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, Romance · 2h 59m
Dir. Abdel Kechiche No Echo Score: ranked 86/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 1h 31m
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón No Echo Score: ranked 85/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Biography, Music · 1h 38m
Dir. Peter Miller No Echo Score: ranked 85/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, Mystery · 2h 10m
Dir. Asghar Farhadi No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Documentary · 2h 24m
Dir. Michael Apted No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, Comedy · 2h 22m
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Biography, History · 1h 21m
Dir. Judy Chaikin No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 2h 6m
Dir. Spike Jonze No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Documentary
Dir. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason No Echo Score: ranked 83/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Documentary, Drama · 1h 25m
No Echo Score: ranked 83/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, Music · 1h 44m
Dir. Ethan Coen No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, History · 1h 28m
Dir. Jason Osder No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Documentary
Dir. Dawn Porter No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, Documentary · 1h 23m
Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, History · 1h 35m
Dir. Jehane Noujaim No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Biography, Sport · 1h 48m
Dir. Lucy Walker No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Adventure, Drama · 1h 55m
Dir. Alexander Payne No Echo Score: ranked 81/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama · 1h 36m
Dir. Destin Cretton No Echo Score: ranked 81/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Biography, Drama · 2h 6m
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki No Echo Score: ranked 81/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Action, Drama · 1h 47m
Dir. Johnnie To No Echo Score: ranked 81/100 on critics & audiences
2013 · Drama, War · 1h 30m
Dir. Kim Nguyen No Echo Score: ranked 81/100 on critics & audiences
Frozen earned $1.3B worldwide, ahead of Iron Man 3 ($1.2B). The top 10 took $8.9B together; 1,401 films released in 2013 have a box office record here. Grosses that look like data errors are left out.
#1 $1.3B worldwide Frozen $401M domestic · Action
#2 $1.2B worldwide Iron Man 3 $409M domestic · Action
#3 $970.8M worldwide Despicable Me 2 $368.1M domestic · Adventure
#4 $959.1M worldwide The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $258.4M domestic · Adventure
#5 $865M worldwide The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $424.7M domestic · Action
#6 $788.7M worldwide Fast & Furious 6 $238.7M domestic · Action
#7 $743.6M worldwide Monsters University $268.5M domestic · Adventure
#8 $723.8M worldwide Gravity $274.1M domestic · Sci-Fi
#9 $670.1M worldwide Man of Steel $291M domestic · Action
#10 $644.8M worldwide Thor: The Dark World $206.4M domestic · Action Gravity leads with 23 wins from 40 nominations, then 12 Years a Slave and The Great Gatsby with 18 wins each. 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the 2014 Oscars. In all, 128 films released in 2013 have award nominations on the site, with 145 wins between them.
The highest-ranked 2013 film of 12 genres, from History (The Act of Killing) to Adventure (Nebraska). Each film appears once, under its first genre that is still free.
The Act of Killing 92 Metascore
Stories We Tell 91 Metascore
12 Years a Slave 96 Metascore
Before Midnight 94 Metascore
Blue Is the Warmest Color 90 Metascore
Gravity 96 Metascore
A.K.A. Doc Pomus 83 Metascore
The Past 85 Metascore
The Great Beauty 86 Metascore
Let the Fire Burn 86 Metascore
The Crash Reel 79 Metascore
Nebraska 86 Metascore October was the busiest month of 2013 with 650 releases; its best-rated film is 12 Years a Slave.
52% of 2013's films with a known language are in English (2,854). Spanish comes next with 319 films, out of 85 languages in all.
A best-of page for each of 55 years, from 1900 to 2026 (so far). Before 1980 there is one page per decade, for its first year (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970); from 1980 every year has its own.
Quick answers about 2013's best-rated films, biggest hits and awards, from the lists above.
The Act of Killing is the best-rated film of 2013 on What's After the Movie, with a rank value of 89/100 from critics and audiences. Stories We Tell is second and 12 Years a Slave third. Ranked by a blend of Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings (Echo Scores start with 2017 releases).
About The Act of KillingFrozen earned $1.3B worldwide, the most of any 2013 release on the site. Iron Man 3 follows with $1.2B.
2013 box office12 Years a Slave (2013) won Best Picture at the 2014 Academy Awards.
12 Years a SlaveGravity has the best award record of the 2013 releases on the site: 23 wins from 40 nominations.
2014 awards seasonThe site lists 5,584 films released in 2013. 736 of them are ranked, and October had the most releases with a known day (650).
Ranked by a blend of Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings (Echo Scores start with 2017 releases). Only feature films count (60 minutes or longer, no concert recordings), and a film needs enough ratings, box office or award attention to be ranked.