Thursday, November 7, 2013

2013 So Far (May - Aug) Top 5 2013 Releases

The final part of my assessment of the second four months of 2013 is the one most people care about I guess, the best movies released this year. I've seen a massive 64 of them and these are the best 5:


5. Spring Breakers - Dir. Harmony Korine


4. White Reindeer - Dir. Zach Clark


3. Behind The Candelabra - Dir. Steven Soderbergh


2. Before Midnight - Dir. Richard Linklater


1. The Fifth Season - Dir. Peter Brosens, Jessica Hope Woodworth

As you might expect from such a large quantity of films to choose from this was much harder than picking five films seen in the first third of the year. Honourable mentions could go to another seven(!) over the past four months and they are highlighted below in the full list.

Full list of 2013 releases seen May - Aug: I Give It a Year, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, Parker, Star Trek Into Darkness, Broken City, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Place Beyond the Pines, Snitch, Bullet to the Head, Broken, Gimme the Loot, Behind the Candelabra, The Call, Stoker, Burt Wonderstone, Rapture-Palooza, Phantom, Mud, Odd Thomas, Penthouse North, Spring Breakers, Olympus Has Fallen, Redemption, The Croods, Off World, Pictures of Superheroes, A Field in England, The Fifth Season, GI Joe 2, Fast 6, Trance, Trash and Progress, Supporting Characters, White Reindeer, Europa Report, Pawn Shop Chronicles, Lunarcy!, Pacific Rim, Night Train to Lisbon, Only God Forgives, Rock Jocks, Oblivion, Klip, The Act of Killing, Before Midnight, More Than Honey, Drinking Buddies, The Lifeguard, Magic Magic, The Canyons, Byzantium, Touchy Feely, Epic, Laurence Anyways, The Heat, The Iceman, Pain & Gain, Clear History, A Teacher, The Look of Love, Empire State, Now You See Me, Prince Avalanche

What have you seen? What are your favourites from the year? Join the conversation in the comments or tweet @BBBGToby with #2013best. 

4 comments:

  1. Behind the Candelabra was a big dissapointment for me after hearing fine reviews. I found it so predictable and rather straightforward. It wasn't a disaster, but wasn't nearly anything special IMO. Before Midnight is the top for me right now.

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    1. I see your point Jon, it definitely had some of the same issues that pretty much every biopic ever made has but I'm an admitted fanboy of Soderbergh and I really enjoyed those performances which helped to override any issues I had.

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    2. Also, Before Midnight definitely would have been my top pcik but Fifth Season was a magical cinema experience, really quite unique from the year so far.

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  2. Glad that Before Midnight is so high, but I haven't even heard of The Fifth Season. Must check it out.

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