1. 12 Years a Slave
2. American Hustle
3. Before Midnight
4. Fruitvale Station
5. Gravity
6. Blue Jasmine
7. The Past
8. World War Z
9. Prisoners
10. Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners was a truly vile movie. I'm not surprised Owen Gleiberman liked it, but it stands out as the absolute worst film-going experience I had this year.
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. American Hustle
3. Before Midnight
4. Fruitvale Station 5. Gravity 6. Blue Jasmine
7. The Past
8. World War Z
9. Prisoners 10. Inside Llewyn Davis
12 Years A Slave is a great movie but it's not the best of the year. Before Midnight and Place Beyond the Pines are better.
I LOVE Before Midnight (I think it's the best of the series). But 12 Years A Slave is definitely superior. It's brutality take on slavery is groundbreaking in film history.