Chlotrudis Awards members were invited to share their Top 10 movie lists of 2013 on the website. See what various members chose as their top films of the year. See how many of their favorites made the final ballot. See if your tastes coincide with any particular Chlotrudis member. If you’re a member, send in your Top 10 of the year and we’ll include it here.

Enough Said
Enough Said

Peg Aloi’s Top 10 Films of 2013! 

(in no particular order)

  • Spring Breakers
  • Enough Said
  • The Unknown Known
  • Gloria
  • The Hunt
  • Kill Your Darlings
  • Blue Jasmine
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • Her
  • Trance

Honorable mentions: Fruitvale Station, The Grandmaster, Stories We Tell, Cutie and the Boxer, Twenty Feet from Stardom, Dallas Buyers Club, A Hijacking, Captain Phillips, Prisoners

Short Term 12
Short Term 12

Julie Blumenthal’s Top 10 Movies of 2013! 

(in alphabetical order)

  • Amour
  • Before Midnight
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Frances Ha
  • Laurence Anyways
  • Short Term 12
  • Spectacular Now, The
  • Upstream Color
  • War Witch
  • Wrong

Worth a Watch: John Dies at the End, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Europa Report, Yossi

Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine

Thom Bowser’s Top 20 Movies of 2012!

  1. Blue Jasmine
  2. As I Lay Dying
  3. Kill Your Darlings
  4. Stoker
  5. Certified Copy
  6. The Painting
  7. Paradise: Faith
  8. Domain
  9. Beyond the Walls
  10. Evil Dead
  11. Spring Breakers
  12. Any Day Now
  13. The Song of Lunch
  14. Only the Young
  15. 56 Up
  16. On the Road
  17. Post Tenebras Lux
  18. The Central Park Five
  19. Drug War
  20. Headshot
The Grandmaster
The Grandmaster

Kim Brown’s Dynamite Dozen of 2013!

  1. All is Lost
  2. American Hustle
  3. Blood Brother
  4. The Cash Reel
  5. Dear Mr. Watterson
  6. Frozen
  7. The Grandmaster
  8. Her
  9. The Hobbitt: The Desolation of Smaug
  10. I Declare War
  11. In a Word…
  12. Mud

 

 

The Past
The Past
Stories We Tell
Stories We Tell

Michael Colford’s Top Movies of 2013!

 

  1. The Past
  2. Stories We Tell
  3. Wrong
  4. Short Term 12
  5. Upstream Color
  6. What Maisie Knew
  7. Enough Said
  8. Yossi
  9. The Way Way Back
  10. War Witch
  11. The Act of Killing
  12. The Spectacular Now
  13. Frances Ha
  14. Fruitvale Station
  15. Museum Hours
  16. Laurence Anyways
  17. Touchy Feely
  18. Casting By
  19. This is Martin Bonner
  20. Ginger & Rosa

 

 

 

Upstream Color
Upstream Color

Scot Colford’s Top Movies of 2013

  • Computer Chess
  • Enough Said
  • Frances Ha
  • John Dies at the End
  • The Past
  • The Spectacular Now
  • Stories We Tell
  • Upstream Color
  • The Way Way Back
  • The We and the I
  • Wrong

“I surprised myself by seeing many more Chlotrudis-eligible films this year than I thought I had. Here are the ten I found most fascinating. They are all worth a look for people who want to challenge their minds, beliefs, and sensibilities.”

The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Broken Circle Breakdown

Pete Davidson’s Top Films of 2013

(in alphabetical order)

  • The Act of Killing
  • Amour
  • Broken Circle Breakdown
  • The Hunt
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • The Past
  • Philomena
  • Reality
  • Stories We Tell
  • The Way, Way Back

Honorable Mentions: Fill the Void, Hannah Arendt, Mud, Paradise: Faith, The Spectacular Now, To the Wonder

Blancanieves
Blancanieves

Paul Elsnau’s Top Films of 2013

  1. Blancanieves
  2. The Hunt
  3. Nebraska
  4. The Spectacular Now
  5. Berberian Sound Studio
  6. From Up on Poppy Hill
  7. Mud
  8. A Hijacking
  9. No
  10. The Painting
  11. Wrong
  12. Europa Report
  13. Short Term 12
  14. This is Martin Bonner
  15. Much Ado About Nothing
  16. Enough Said
  17. The Great Beauty
  18. The Angels’ Share
  19. Philomena
  20. Frances Ha
Museum Hours
Museum Hours

Peter Hildebrand’s Top Movies of 2013

  1. Museum Hours
  2. Blue Jasmine
  3. Stoker
  4. Nebraska
  5. The Act of Killing
  6. Amour
  7. Parkland
  8. The Great Beauty
  9. Wadjda
  10. Mother of George

 

Paradies: Glaube
Paradise: Faith

Bruce Kingsley’s Top Movies of 2013

  1. Paradise: Faith
  2. War Witch
  3. The Act of Killing
  4. The Past
  5. American Hustle
  6. Nebraska
  7. Stories We Tell
  8. Frances Ha
  9. Short Term 12
  10. Blancanieves

Too good not to mention: 2 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, Before Midnight, Beyond the Hills, Bridegroom, Casting By, Dirty Wars, Floating Skyscrapers, Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia, The Hunt, Laurence Anyways, Liv & Ingmar, The Place Beyond the Pines, A Touch of Sin, Valentine Road, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, The Wind Rises

Mud
Mud

TC Kirkham’s Baker’s Dozen of 2013

  • The Act of Killing
  • All is Lost
  • Blood Brother
  • The Crash Reel
  • Frozen
  • Her
  • Kill Your Darlings
  • Mud
  • Only the Young
  • The Place Beyond the Pines
  • Populaire
  • Prince Avalanche
  • The Square
Frances Ha
Frances Ha

Chris Kriofske’s Top 10 of 2013

  1. Frances Ha
  2. The Act of Killing
  3. Stories We Tell
  4. The Past
  5. Before Midnight
  6. Nebraska
  7. Inside Llewyn Davis
  8. Her
  9. Gravity
  10. Laurence Anyways

Honorable Mention: 20 Feet From Stardom, American Hustle, Enough Said, The Hunt, Short Term 12, Sightseers, This is Martin Bonner, What Maisie Knew

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The Hunt

Toni Pennacchia’s Top Movies of 2013

  1. A Hijacking
  2. The Hunt
  3. Blancanieves
  4. The Great Beauty
  5. Berberian Sound Studio
  6. Wrong
  7. From Up on Poppy Hill
  8. Nebraska
  9. No

    Wrong
    WroShort Term 12
  10. Short Term 12
  11. The Spectacular Now
  12. The Painting

12 more mentions

  • This is Martin Bonner
  • The Act of Killing
  • Europa Report
  • War Witch
  • The Angels’ Share
  • The Company You Keep
  • Frances Ha
  • Philomena
  • Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey
  • Blackfish
  • Eden
  • Only the Young
This is Martin Bonner
This is Martin Bonner

Jeffrey Pike’s Top Movies of 2013

  • American Hustle
  • The Angel’s Share
  • A Band Called Death
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus
  • Ginger and Rosa
  • Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
  • The Hunt
  • Mental
  • Mother of George
  • The Sapphires
  • The Spectacular Now
  • Stories We Tell
  • This is Martin Bonner
  • This is the End
  • The Way Way Back
  • The World’s End
  • Upstream Color
Tian zhu ding
A Touch of Sin

Kyle Renick’s Top Movies of 2013

 

  1. Frances Ha
  2. A Touch of Sin
  3. Paradise: Faith
  4. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
  5. The Act of Killing
  6. Something in the Air
  7. The Grandmaster
  8. Drug War
  9. The Past
  10. War Witch
  11. At Berkeley
  12. Hannah Arendt
  13. Kon-Tiki
  14. Midnight’s Children
  15. Reality

    Rebelle
    War Witch
  16. Wrong
  17. Paradise: Love
  18. Ip Man: The Final Fight
  19. Gimme the Loot
  20. Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey