Wick's 2013 Great Movies - ViewList (35)

Introduction

The Great, Really Great & Perfect new movies I saw in '13: i.e. the new movies I graded 4, 4.5 or a full 5 beams out of 5. The final count of 35 tops "the 32 from 2012":http://www.viewguide.com/vulists/732-2012-great-movies by three. Hmm, which trio were they?

Movies

• Gangster Squad (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	95 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Profane, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Action, Crime, Fiction, 1940s, Organized Crime, Detectives, Chief, Los Angeles, Actual Events, Period Piece

• NO (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  

  Tags: Drama, History, Funny, 1980s, Subtitled, Presidents, Dictators, Actual Events, Spanish, Thinkers, Political, Tense, Chile, Admen, Chilean

• The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	86 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Nasty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Crime, Spouses, 1990s, Police, Fathers, Sons, 2010s, Schenectady, Bank Robbers

• Mud (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	86 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Romance, Revenge, Love, Spouses, Fiction, Criminals, Parents, Uncles, Sons, Buddies, 2010s, Arkansas

• Iron Man 3 (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	86 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Dark, Funny, Guys, Marvel, Superheroes, Military, SoCal, Terrorists, FX Heavy, 3D, 2010s, Moguls, Sexy, Tennessee, Christmas

• Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Space, Revenge, Funny, TV Show, San Francisco, FX Heavy, 3D, Sequel, Tense, Sexy, Ambition, 23rd Century

• The Iceman (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Erotic, Savage, Nasty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Dark, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, Mafia, Serial Killer, Actual Events, FX Heavy, New Jersey, Tense, Hitman

• Kon-Tiki (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Polite, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, Norway, 1940s, New York City, Actual Events, Kids, Thinkers, FX Heavy, Illuminating, Scientists, Ambition, English, Pacific, Peru

• This Is the End (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Monstrous, Vile, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Funny, Home, Fiction, Los Angeles, Actors, FX Heavy, Celebrities, Sick, iPhone 5, Disaster, Gays, Comedians, Post-Apocalypse

• Man of Steel (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	90 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Space, United States, Superheroes, Parents, Sons, FX Heavy, 3D, IMAX, DC, Alien Worlds, Metropolis, Reboot

• The Kings of Summer (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	69 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Gentle, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Funny, Fun, Fiction, Parents, Sons, Buddies, Satire, 2010s, Ohio, Sexy, Coming of Age, Summer

• The Heat (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	86 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Nasty, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Action, Crime, Funny, Detectives, Buddies, Gals, 2010s, Boston, FBI, Drug Dealers

• Pacific Rim (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	88 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Fantasy

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Australia, Fun, Fiction, Military, San Francisco, Boys, FX Heavy, 3D, IMAX, Hong Kong, Pacific, Seattle, 2020s, Kaiju

• The Way, Way Back (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	86 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Gentle, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Work, Home, Fiction, Guys, Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Gals, Kids, Thinkers, 2000s, Massachusetts, Coming of Age, Summer

• The Wolverine (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Dark, Marvel, 1940s, Superheroes, Grandfathers, Daughters, Boys, FX Heavy, 3D, 2010s, Sequel, Japan, Tense, Moguls, Alaska

• Blue Jasmine (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	86 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Gentle, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Bay Area, Dark, Funny, Home, Spouses, Fiction, Sisters, Sons, Lovers, New York City, Gals, Thinkers, 2010s, Glamorous, The Hamptons, Financiers, Dementia

• Only God Forgives (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Erotic, Savage, Vile, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Revenge, Fiction, Brothers, Police, Mothers, Sons, Heavy, FX Heavy, 2010s, Tense, Drug Dealers, Sexy, Thailand, Prostitutes

• Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Vile, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Action, Crime, High School, Family, Comic Book, Superheroes, Buddies, Lovers, FX Heavy, 2010s, Sequel, Coming of Age

• In a World... (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Gentle, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Work, Home, Spouses, Fiction, Sisters, Fathers, Daughters, Lovers, Los Angeles, Gals, Thinkers, 2010s, Ambition, RomCom, Performers

• Thérèse (2012)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  

  Tags: Drama, Dark, Home, Family, Novel, Subtitled, Lovers, Gals, 1920s, French, French, Thinkers, Paris, Period Piece, Romantic, Provincial France, Baden-Baden

• Gravity (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Science Fiction, Thriller, Earth, Space, Fiction, FX Heavy, 3D, IMAX, 2010s, Tense, Astronauts

• Don Jon (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	GREAT Film
  Erotic, Gentle, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Funny, Family, Fiction, Italian-Americans, Buddies, Lovers, 2010s, New Jersey, Sexy

• Captain Phillips (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, Crime, Spouses, Navy, Actual Events, 2000s, Pirates, Indian, Somalia

• The Sapphires (2012)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Biography, Musical, Australia, Funny, Sisters, 1960s, Performance, Parents, Cousins, Daughters, Lovers, Gals, Date Night, Actual Events, Vietnam War, Party, Thinkers, The Road, Tense, Vietnam, Period Piece, Sexy, Singers, Australian

• 12 Years a Slave (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Nasty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, History, 19th Century, African-Americans, New York, Washington, DC, Actual Events, Thinkers, Period Piece, Louisiana, Slaves

• Last Vegas (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	VERY GOOD Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Funny, Fiction, Guys, Buddies, New York City, The Road, 2010s, Sexy, Las Vegas, Elders

• Thor: The Dark World (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Fantasy

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Guys, Marvel, Superheroes, Date Night, Kids, FX Heavy, 3D, 2010s, Sequel, London, Alien Worlds

• Europa Report (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Science Fiction, Thriller, Future, 21st Century, Work, Fiction, Guys, Thinkers, FX Heavy, The Road, Illuminating, Scientists, Tense, Mission, Europa (moon), Astronauts

• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, North America, Future, Dark, Novel, Gals, Kids, Thinkers, FX Heavy, IMAX, Sequel, Glamorous, Tense, Romantic

• Nebraska (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Adventure, Dark, Funny, Home, Spouses, Fiction, Brothers, Parents, Extended Family, Sons, Thinkers, Black & White, The Road, 2010s, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Dementia

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Novel, Wizards, FX Heavy, 3D, IMAX, Sequel, Middle-earth

• Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	66 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Music, Funny, Fiction, Guys, 1960s, Performance, Fathers, Siblings, Sons, New York City, Thinkers, The Road, Illuminating, Period Piece, Chicago, Ambition, Singers

• Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Biography, Australia, Dark, Funny, Work, Home, Spouses, 1960s, Parents, Aunts, Daughters, Writers, Hollywood, Actual Events, 1910s, Thinkers, Illuminating, Moguls, Period Piece, London, Families, Grownups

• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Erotic, Fierce, Nasty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Biography, Crime, Dark, Funny, Work, Home, 1990s, 1980s, New York City, Businessmen, Actual Events, FX Heavy, Glamorous, FBI, Con Artists, Period Piece, Sexy, Long Island

• Her (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Erotic, Gentle, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Future, Funny, Spouses, Fiction, Lovers, Los Angeles, Thinkers, FX Heavy, Robots, Sexy, RomCom, Brainy

3 Comments

• Wick Dec 31, 2013 12:14AM

  33 and the year’s not over. 2012 ended with 32.

• Wick Nov 1, 2013 10:48PM

  25 at the ten month mark. Last year ended with 32. Are seven more in the offing between now and New Years?

• Wick Sep 11, 2013 11:45PM

  And Thérèse makes 20. Still a third of the year to go. Could hit 30.

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