Letterboxd’s Best of 2013

etterboxd is a site that is quickly gaining popularity in the short time it has existed allowing users to log, rate, review and tag movies as they are watched, even following friends to check in onwhat they are watching. Just in 2013 alone, the site has registered over 11 million films watched by its 86,000 members. Compiled from the collective activity of the year, Letterboxd put out their top ten including some Oscar favorites, indie darlings, and one film you definitely won’t expect to make an appearance.

Steve McQueen’s period piece 12 Years A Slave, adds another #1 spot under its belt, followed closely the third installation in Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy, Spike Jonze’s futuristic love story, Her, the awe-inducing Gravity and the film that everyone can’t stop talking about, The Wolf of Wall Street. The next film on the list however is a little more of a surprise with Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained taking the sixth spot. Even more surprising is that the film was also selected as 2013’s Most Popular Film trailed by blockbusters Gravity, Iron Man 3 and Pacific Rim. “Based on sheer volume of activity, the most popular film was late-2012’s Django Unchained, which was omitted from previous year’s roundup due to its very late December release date. Quentin Tarantino’s film cast a long shadow over the year holding a top-five spot from January through May.”

Inside Llewyn Davis, Short Term, 12 Captain Phillips and Blue is the Warmest Color round out the ten. The Act of Killing and Blue is the Warmest Color were named Highest Rated Documentary and Foreign film. Also worth mentioning, James Franco and Melissa Leo topped the most watched actor and actress categories while Scary Movie V earned the distinction of being the worst movie of the year, beating out Movie 43 and the infamous Sharknado. For the rest of 2013’s rankings as well as recommendations for future viewing before award shows, check out the retrospective page here (link goes live Tuesday at 8am Pacific time).

Adding a touch of class to the proceedings, Letterboxd co-founder Matthew Buchanan concludes the countdown with this message. “Once again, our deepest thanks to everyone who participates on the site for helping to make the Letterboxd community ever bigger and better. We truly couldn’t do any of this without you.”

Letterboxd Top Ten of 2013

1.  12 Years A Slave

2. Before Midnight

3. Her

4. Gravity

5. The Wolf of Wall Street

6. Django Unchained

7. Inside Llewyn Davis

8. Short Term 12

9. Blue is the Warmest Color

10. Captain Phillips

Source: Letterboxd