Critically acclaimed movies of 2013

Kaze tachinu(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.



Prisoners(2013)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.



Rush(2013)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.



Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.



The Spectacular Now(2013)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."



Short Term 12(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.



Frozen(2013)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.



La grande bellezza(2013)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.



Enough Said(2013)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.



Side Effects(2013)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.



Philomena(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.



Upstream Color(2013)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.



Gloria(2013)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.



The Conjuring(2013)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.



Pacific Rim(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.



The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.



Saving Mr. Banks(2013)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.



Blue Ruin(2013)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.



In a World...(2013)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé.



The Invisible Woman(2013)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 78

At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.




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