Best Movies of 2013

These are the 48 best-rated movies released in 2013, led by Sunday In the Park with George, Sofia the First: Ready To Be A Princess and Travis: A Soldier's Story. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Sunday In the Park with George (2013)

★ 10.0/10

The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat is struggling to make meaningful art and maintaining a relationship with his lover…
2. Sofia the First: Ready To Be A Princess (2013)

★ 9.5/10

Becoming royalty overnight is every girl's dream, and Sofia is eager to prove she can be a true princess. Visit an enchanted circus, meet a pet dragon and soar through desert skies with Sofia and Amber on a magic…
3. Travis: A Soldier's Story (2013)

★ 9.3/10

Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, one of five quadruple amputees to survive their injuries, provides insight into the life of a wounded soldier as he faces the physical and emotional challenges of his wounds.
4. National Theatre Live: Othello (2013)

★ 9.0/10

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign…
5. Hope (2013)

★ 8.4/10

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
6. One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

★ 8.3/10

"One Direction: This Is Us" is a captivating and intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable…
7. National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013)

★ 8.3/10

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
8. Judas Priest: Epitaph (2013)

★ 8.3/10

In May 2012, Judas Priest wrapped up their epic "Epitaph" world tour with a storming set at London's Hammersmith Apollo. The band, having announced that this would be their final large-scale world tour, celebrated…
9. Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

★ 8.2/10

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of…
10. Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)

★ 8.1/10

Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family…
11. Prisoners (2013)

★ 8.1/10

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV…
12. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

★ 8.1/10

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she…
13. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

★ 8.0/10

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
14. Strings (2013)

★ 8.0/10

María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.
15. Born In Chicago (2013)

★ 8.0/10

"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story of first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta…
16. Bhaji in Problem (2013)

★ 8.0/10

Sundeep leads a double life when he marries two women and keeps them from one another. His carefully planned life unravels when an old friend who knows his secret arrives looking to fall in love.
17. The Lost Mantle of Elijah (2013)

★ 8.0/10

A LEGENDARY CLOAK. AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. The Lost Mantle of Elijah - A Rollicking Fantasy Adventure Blast off on an epic quest for the legendary Mantle of Miracles in this exhilarating fantasy thriller! In a cursed…
18. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)

★ 7.9/10

Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
19. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

★ 7.9/10

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive…
20. About Time (2013)

★ 7.9/10

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what…
21. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

★ 7.9/10

The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.
22. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

★ 7.9/10

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
23. Bo Burnham: What. (2013)

★ 7.9/10

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering…
24. We Are the Nobles (2013)

★ 7.9/10

Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a…
25. SPEC: Zero (2013)

★ 7.9/10

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec."…
26. The Wind Rises (2013)

★ 7.8/10

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
27. Her (2013)

★ 7.8/10

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his…
28. Blackfish (2013)

★ 7.8/10

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient…
29. The Best Offer (2013)

★ 7.8/10

Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed…
30. Short Term 12 (2013)

★ 7.8/10

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
31. The Attorney (2013)

★ 7.8/10

Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.
32. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

★ 7.8/10

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars…
33. Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide (2013)

★ 7.8/10

The Ultimate Guide was a documentary made by BBC Events Production in London which aired on BBC Three in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who. It gave a broad overview of the show's history, and…
34. Instructions Not Included (2013)

★ 7.8/10

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
35. My Mom Is a Character (2013)

★ 7.8/10

After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
36. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)

★ 7.7/10

One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason. In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by…
37. Rush (2013)

★ 7.7/10

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
38. An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

★ 7.7/10

Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected…
39. Like Father, Like Son (2013)

★ 7.7/10

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he…
40. Free Fall (2013)

★ 7.7/10

A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and…
41. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion (2013)

★ 7.7/10

Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest…
42. Tangerines (2013)

★ 7.7/10

War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
43. HENRi (2013)

★ 7.6/10

Powerful short film, which explores human existence at the most fundamental, personal level - what it means to be a conscious individual. Set hundreds of years in the future, a derelict spacecraft, controlled and…
44. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

★ 7.6/10

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
45. Drishyam (2013)

★ 7.6/10

Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
46. Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)

★ 7.6/10

Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful…
47. The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)

★ 7.6/10

While trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets…
48. Get a Horse! (2013)

★ 7.6/10

Mickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road.