Readers’ Poll: Readers are invited to stand up and be counted too! All entries will be automatically entered in our contest for free DVDs from the Criterion Collection. We will print the poll results in our March/April issue and publish your comments on the website. Send your ranked list of the year’s 20 best films (plus any rants, raves, and insights) with your name, address, and phone number, to fcpoll [at] filmlinc.com. Deadline: February 3, 2014. First Prize: your choice of Criterion Collection DVDs, up to $200 in value. Second Prize: up to $120. Third & Fourth Prizes: up to $80. The winners, who will be picked by random draw, can select prizes, subject to availability, from the Criterion Collection catalogue.
1. Inside Llewyn Davis Joel & Ethan Coen, U.S.
- 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen, U.S.
3. Before Midnight Richard Linklater, U.S.
4. The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark/Norway/U.K.
5. A Touch of Sin Jia Zhang-ke, China
- Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, France/U.K./U.S.
7. Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, U.S.
8. Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski, U.S.
9. Frances Ha Noah Baumbach, U.S.
10. Upstream Color Shane Carruth, U.S.
Don’t see your favorite here? Proceed to the Best Undistributed Films of 2013. 11. Museum Hours Jem Cohen, Austria/U.S. 12. Blue Is the Warmest Color Abdellatif Kechiche, France/Belgium/Spain 13. Bastards Claire Denis, France/Germany 14. Spring Breakers Harmony Korine, U.S. 15. Like Someone in Love Abbas Kiarostami, Japan/France 16. Stories We Tell Sarah Polley, Canada 17. Her Spike Jonze, U.S. 18. Nebraska Alexander Payne, U.S. 19. American Hustle David O. Russell, U.S. 20. The Grandmaster Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong/China 21. At Berkeley Frederick Wiseman, U.S. 22. Beyond the Hills Cristian Mungiu, Romania/France/Belgium 23. No Pablo Larraín, Chile/U.S./France 24. The Great Beauty Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France 25. Blue Jasmine Woody Allen, U.S. 26. All Is Lost J.C. Chandor, U.S. 27. Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/ Germany/Netherlands 28. Something in the Air Olivier Assayas, France 29. Viola Matías Piñeiro, Argentina 30. Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler, U.S. 31. To the Wonder Terrence Malick, U.S. 32. Night Across the Street Raúl Ruiz, France/Chile 33. Room 237 Rodney Ascher, U.S. 34. Faust Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia 35. Let the Fire Burn Jason Osder, U.S. 36. Le Pont du Nord Jacques Rivette, France 37. The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese, U.S. 38. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet Alain Resnais, France/Germany 39. The Last Time I Saw Macao João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata, Portugal/France 40. The Past Asghar Farhadi, France/Italy 41. The Square Jehane Noujaim, U.S./Egypt 42. The Wind Rises Hayao Miyazaki, Japan 43. Drug War Johnnie To, Hong Kong/China 44. Cousin Jules Dominique Benicheti, France 45. Much Ado About Nothing Joss Whedon, U.S. 46. Passion Brian De Palma, France/ Germany 47. Short Term 12 Destin Daniel Cretton, U.S. 48. Dallas Buyers Club Jean-Marc Vallée, U.S. 49. Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland, U.K. 50. Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass, U.S.
