2o13 was an unusually good year in film.  While there was never any doubt what my number one film would be, it took me considerably longer to narrow down my other favorites to just 25 movies.

Also complicating matters is that a film that I’m very much looking forward to, Spike Jonze’s Her, is not going to be opening here until next weekend.  Because I haven’t seen it, I could not consider it for this list.  If, after I do see it, I feel that it belongs in the top 26, I will add it.

(Update: I have since seen Her and I have modified my original list. — LMB, 1/1o/14)

You may be asking, “Why 26 films?”  Lisa doesn’t do odd numbers, that’s why.

Without further ado, here’s the list!

1. Upstream Color
2. American Hustle
3. Frances Ha
4. Her
5. Before Midnight
6. Blue Is The Warmest Color
7. Spring Breakers
8. 12 Years A Slave
9. Fruitvale Station
10. Inside Llewyn Davis
11. The Wolf of Wall Street
12. Warm Bodies
13. The Counselor 
14. Gravity
15. Blue Jasmine
16. The Spectacular Now
17. Much Ado About Nothing
18. Dallas Buyers Club
19. The Conjuring
20. Drinking Buddies
21. Iron Man 3
22. Nebraska
23. The Place Beyond The Pines
24. At Any Price
25. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
26. All Is Lost
27. The Iceman
28. Frozen

(Now that you’ve seen my favorites of 2013, check out my picks for 2010, 2011, and 2012!)

Other Entries In TSL’s Look Back At 2013:

1. Lisa Marie’s 12 Favorite Novels of 2013
2. Lisa Marie’s 12 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2013
3. Semtex Skittle’s 2013: The Year in Video Games
4. 20 Good Things Lisa Marie Saw On Television in 2013
5. 10 0f Lisa Marie’s Favorite Songs of 2013
6. Lisa Marie’s 16 Worst Films of 2013
7. Necromoonyeti’s Top 10 Metal Albums of 2013
8. Things That Dork Geekus Dug In 2013
9. Lisa Marie’s Best of 2o13 SyFy