Last Thursday, we ran our collective list of The Best Films Of 2013, but just because we came together on the excellence of the Top 20 doesn’t mean we saw the year in exactly the same way. The nine individual ballots below break down our Top 15 picks, and offer a few subcategories: “On the cusp,” the films that just missed our Top 15, or that we just plain regret missing; “Orphan,” a film that appeared on one writer’s Top 15 list but no others; and “Scene,” which highlights the movie moments that stayed with us the most in 2013. And if you want to jump directly to a specific writer's list, use the index below. (Note: Comments on each individual list are isolated to that list; use this page for more general comments.)
The best films of 2013: the ballots
Sam Adams, Mike D’Angelo, Genevieve Koski, Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Matt Singer, Scott Tobias
A look at the most notable films, performances, and other cinematic achievements of the past year.