When choosing the best films, it is most natural to turn to reviews from both professional film critics and a wide audience. This is exactly what we did when composing the current rating of the best films of 2013... Our top ten includes films that have received high marks from critics and viewers on the portals Kinopoisk and Megacritic.
The rating contains films belonging to a wide variety of genres, but more than half are based on various literary works.
On the pages of our site, a list has already been published, which includes the best new movies 2014 of the year.
10. Prisoners
A crime drama starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal follows the kidnapping of two little girls. The father of one of the little ones takes on an independent investigation, as the police are inactive.
9. Garden of graceful words
Japanese melodramatic anime film is dedicated to the story of a young man Takao, who meets a mysterious stranger in the park. A young woman comes to meetings only on rainy days. Gradually, the heroes fall in love with each other, but no one knows what will happen when the rainy season ends ...
8. Before midnight
The film is the best of the trilogy, which includes Before Dawn and Before Sunset. The melodrama is dedicated to the love of a man and a woman who have been together for many years. In the relationship, "autumn" reigns, and overcoming it is the basis of the plot.
7. Dirt
The British comedy drama was released in September 2013. The main character is the corrupt police officer Bruce Robertson, who is obsessed with drugs and sex. Addictions greatly prevent Robertson from guarding the law.
6. Boyfriend from the future
This fantastic comedy by British director Richard Curtis makes you believe in time travel. The handsome and talented lawyer travels back in time to charm the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, the first date has to be repeated many times before the beauty's heart trembles.
5. Metallica: Through the Impossible
The adventure musical is a hybrid of a concert and a fictional film. The picture was not just the best film-biography of the famous group. In the center of the plot is the story of a member of the technical team of the group, who must deliver a bag with mysterious contents to the performance.
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The continuation of Katness Everdeen's Hunger Games winning story hits all box office ratings. However, she again finds herself in the Arena, where opponents are even more dangerous, and the stakes are incredibly high. The film is based on Catching Fire by Susan Collins.
3. The Great Gatsby
Has dropped to the third line of the rating, the film with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. The action takes place in 1922 on the "golden" coast of Long Island among the luxurious villas of the American rich.The picture is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by F.S. Fitzgerald. The plot tells the viewer the story of a bygone era, impossible love and human tragedy.
2. Gravity
This fantastic thriller tells about the space travel of Dr. Ryan Stone - a brilliant specialist in medical engineering. In the course of the disaster, the shuttle dies and Stone remains in the company of astronaut Matt Kowalski. Together they have to fight for life.
1. Race
Topped the rating of 2013, the film "Race"... The 1970s became the "golden age" for Formula 1 racing. In the center of the plot - the rivalry of two irreconcilable racers: Englishman James Hunt and Australian Niki Lauda. One of them is a handsome womanizer, the second is a serious perfectionist. But both are equally persistent in their quest for victory.
We left the rating of films:
Life of PiThe film, based on the novel by Yann Martel, became a New Year's gift for Russians - its premiere took place on January 1, 2013. The tape received 11 Oscar nominations, and in the end was awarded four statuettes. In this fantasy drama, the protagonist Pi finds himself in a boat in the middle of the ocean with a zebra, a hyena, a tiger and an orangutan. |
Oblivion
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42 (Forty two)This biographical drama follows how black baseball player Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Ricky revolutionized the sport. The road for African Americans to the heights of the sports Olympus was opened back in 1947. The role of Branch Ricky was played by the magnificent Harrison Ford. |
Pacific Rim
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Legend number 17The film tells the career of the legendary Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov, as well as the first match of 1972 in the USSR-Canada Super Series. The role of Kharlamov was played by Danila Kozlovsky. A special screening of the tape was organized for the Russian junior ice hockey team. The film received rave reviews from professional critics, as well as from the sports, political and cinematic elite. |
The spell
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Iron Man 3The third part is the first film in the Iron Man series not directed by Jonam Favreau. The change of director, however, did not affect the popularity - the film is popular with viewers all over the world. In the third part, Stark will not only have to defeat enemies, but also answer the question: which is more important - a suit or a living person? |
Illusion of deception
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Star Trek: Into DarknessThe long-awaited gift for all fans of the Enterprise team was released on May 2, 2013. Returning to Earth, the crew discovers that the world is sinking into an abyss, and the fleet is inactive, gripped by inexplicable terror. Captain Kirk has to take on the role of the savior of humanity. |
Rust and bone
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Love does not loveThe Russian premiere of this comedy melodrama took place on January 31, 2013. In the story, the successful writer Margot is torn between a tender affection for her own husband and an irresistible attraction to a pretty neighbor. |
Anna Karenina
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Jack ReacherAs already noted, movie rating 2013 turned out to be rich in film adaptation. The crime thriller starring Tom Cruise was based on the novel The Shot by writer Lee Child. In the story, a former army sniper is accused of killing five bystanders. Retired military police investigator Jack Reacher can learn the truth and find the real culprit. |
Impossible
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CO. Good day to dieThis time Joan McClane's adventures unfold in Moscow, and the ageless hero will save the world in the company of his own son. Bruce Willis said in an interview that the current fifth installment of Die Hard is not the last. By the way, most of the filming took place not in Moscow, but in Budapest. |
Underground
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This fantastic action movie starring Tom Cruise and Olga Kurylenko tells about the life of people above the clouds on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The main character suffers from recurring dreams with scraps of memories. The answer comes from a girl rescued from a crashed spaceship, who turned out to be a long-forgotten wife.
This fantastic action movie tells another story of the fight against aliens from the depths of the sea. A former pilot and a "green" trainee, forgotten by the whole world, will have to save humanity from death. Leading the huge robot Jaeger into battle, they together prevent the apocalypse.
The plot of this thriller is based on the real story of the Perron family. Family members claimed that they lived surrounded by a whole host of good and evil ghosts. The story begins in the 1970s in the Rhode Island home where the Perrons lived.
In this crime thriller, a team of the world's best illusionists carry out incredibly daring robberies right under the noses of FBI agents. Released on May 21, the film has already grossed more than $ 255 million, having recouped its own budget three times.
The drama by French director Jacques Audiar is a brilliant adaptation of the collection of stories of the same name by Canadian Craig Davidson.The film was nominated for the Golden Branch of the Cannes Film Festival, and was also awarded the Spanish Goya Film Award for Best European Film. The drama reveals the story of the relationship between a single father and a disabled girl.
The adaptation of the famous novel by Leo Tolstoy with Keira Knightley in the title role was presented to Russian viewers on January 10, 2013. The film won an Oscar for Best Costume Design. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Music category. Part of the filming of "Anna Karenina" took place in Karelia on the Kizhi island.
One of the two European films included in our rating was directed by the Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona. The drama tells about the events that took place during the tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004. Naomi Watts, who played the female lead in the film, received an Oscar nomination.
The Russian disaster film was based on the novel by Dmitry Safonov. According to the plot, one of the old tunnels of the Moscow metro collapses under the weight of new buildings. The water of the Moskva River will rush into the crack, and hundreds of passengers may find themselves at the mercy of a stormy stream.