2013 in film
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The following tables list films released in 2013. Three popular films (Top Gun, Jurassic Park, and The Wizard of Oz) were re-released in 3D and IMAX.
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Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "The year 2013 has been an amazing one for movies, though maybe every year is an amazing year for movies if one is ready to be amazed by movies. It's also a particularly apt year to make a list of the best films. Making a list is not merely a numerical act but also a polemical one, and the best of this year's films are polemical in their assertion of the singularity of cinema, as well as of the art form's opposition to the disposable images of television. The 2013 crop comprises an unplanned, if not accidental, collective declaration of the essence of the cinema, an art of images and sounds that, at their best, don't exist to tell a story or to tantalize the audience (though they may well do so) but, rather, to reflect a crisis in the life of the filmmaker and the state of the artist's mind or, even, soul." He also stated, "The best movies this year are films of combative cinema, audacious inventions in vision. The specificity and originality of their moment-to-moment creation of images offers new ways for viewers to confront the notion of what "narrative" might be. Their revitalization of storytelling as experience restores to the cinema its primordial mode of redefining consciousness. It's significant that some of the filmmakers in the forefront of that charge are from the generation of the elders, innovators of the seventies. In the age of radical cinema sparked by digital technology, the rise of independent producers, and the ready ubiquity of the history of cinema (thanks to DVDs and streaming video), these older directors have experienced a glorious second youth. That artistic rejuvenation is also due to the stimulating ambiance of actual youth—a young generation of freethinking cinephiles, critics, and filmmakers who, thanks to the Internet, make their appreciation of these sublime extremes widely and quickly known, even when the mainstream of viewers and reviewers miss out."[1]
The top 10 films released in 2013 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frozen | Disney | $1,280,802,282 |
| 2 | Iron Man 3 | $1,214,811,252 | |
| 3 | Despicable Me 2 | Universal | $970,766,005 |
| 4 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Warner Bros. | $958,366,855 |
| 5 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Lionsgate | $865,011,746 |
| 6 | Fast & Furious 6 | Universal | $788,679,850 |
| 7 | Monsters University | Disney | $743,559,607 |
| 8 | Gravity | Warner Bros. | $723,192,705 |
| 9 | Man of Steel | $670,145,518 | |
| 10 | Thor: The Dark World | Disney | $644,783,140 |
Box office records
- Frozen and Iron Man 3 both grossed over $1.2 billion, making them among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time.
- Frozen became the second animated film after Toy Story 3 (2010) to gross $1 billion, and became the highest-grossing animated film at release.
- Iron Man 3 became the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to gross over $1 billion, after The Avengers.
- Despicable Me 2 became the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film worldwide, surpassing the 9-year record of Shrek 2 (2004). However it was surpassed by Minions in 2015. It also became the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Universal in its initial release, surpassing the initial gross of Jurassic Park (1993), which grossed $912 million in its initial release 20 years earlier.
- After being re-released in 3-D, Jurassic Park surpassed the $1 billion mark, and is the 41st highest-grossing film of all time. It also became the first film distributed by Universal to gross $1 billion.
- 2nd AACTA International Awards
- 18th Critics' Choice Awards
- 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 28th Independent Spirit Awards
- 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards
- 39th Saturn Awards
- 61st FAMAS Awards
- 63rd Berlin International Film Festival
- 66th British Academy Film Awards
- 70th Golden Globe Awards
- 70th Venice International Film Festival
- 85th Academy Awards
- 2013 Cannes Film Festival
- 2013 MTV Movie Awards
- 2013 Sundance Film Festival
- 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
By country/region
- List of American films of 2013
- List of Argentine films of 2013
- List of Australian films of 2013
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2013
- List of Brazilian films of 2013
- List of British films of 2013
- List of French films of 2013
- List of Hong Kong films of 2013
- List of Italian films of 2013
- List of Indian films of 2013
- List of Assamese films
- List of Bengali films of 2013
- List of Bollywood films of 2013
- List of Gujarati films
- List of Kannada films of 2013
- List of Malayalam films of 2013
- List of Marathi films of 2013
- List of Odia films of 2013
- List of Punjabi films of 2013
- List of Tamil films of 2013
- List of Telugu films of 2013
- List of Tulu films
- List of Japanese films of 2013
- List of Mexican films of 2013
- List of Pakistani films of 2013
- List of Russian films of 2013
- List of South Korean films of 2013
- List of Spanish films of 2013
By genre/medium
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Patti Page | 85 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 1 | Barbara Werle | 84 | Actress | |||
| 2 | Ned Wertimer | 89 | Actor | |||
| 2 | Zaharira Harifai | 83 | Israel | Actress | ||
| 4 | Tony Lip | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Jacques Fonteray | 94 | France | Costume Designer | ||
| 6 | Roy Walker | 81 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| 7 | David R. Ellis | 60 | US | Director, Stuntman | ||
| 11 | Mariangela Melato | 71 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 13 | Bille Brown | 61 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 14 | Conrad Bain | 89 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 15 | Nagisa Oshima | 81 | Japan | Director | ||
| 16 | Perrette Pradier | 74 | France | Actress | ||
| 21 | Michael Winner | 77 | UK | Director, Producer | ||
| 22 | Leslie Frankenheimer | 64 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 23 | Susan Douglas Rubeš | 87 | Austria | Actress | ||
| 25 | Normand Corbeil | 56 | Canada | Composer | ||
| 26 | Patricia Lovell | 83 | Australia | Producer | ||
| 26 | Lloyd Phillips | 63 | South Africa | Producer | ||
| 29 | Bernard Horsfall | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Garrett Lewis | 77 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 30 | Patty Andrews | 94 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| February | 1 | Robin Sachs | 62 | UK | Actor | |
| 2 | John Kerr | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 3 | Peter Gilmore | 81 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 5 | Stuart Freeborn | 98 | UK | Makeup Artist | ||
| 5 | Gerry Hambling | 86 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| 8 | Chris Brinker | 42 | US | Producer, Director | ||
| 8 | Alan Sharp | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Richard J. Collins | 98 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Richard Briers | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Matt Mattox | 91 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| 19 | John Brascia | 80 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| 19 | Lou Myers | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Del Tenney | 82 | US | Director | ||
| 22 | George Ives | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Dale Robertson | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Armando Trovajoli | 95 | Italy | Composer | ||
| March | 1 | Pat Keen | 79 | UK | Actress | |
| 1 | Ric Menello | 60 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 3 | José Sancho | 68 | Spain | Actor | ||
| 4 | Michael D. Moore | 98 | Canada | Actor, Director | ||
| 5 | Robert Relyea | 82 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
| 5 | Arthur Storch | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Damiano Damiani | 90 | Italy | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 13 | Malachi Throne | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Frank Thornton | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Rosine Delamare | 101 | France | Costume Designer | ||
| 20 | Risë Stevens | 99 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 21 | Robert Nichols | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Norman Palmer | 94 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 26 | Don Payne | 48 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Fay Kanin | 95 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Richard Griffiths | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Enzo Jannacci | 77 | Italy | Actor, Singer | ||
| 30 | Brian Ackland-Snow | 72 | UK | Production Designer, Art Director | ||
| 31 | Helena Carroll | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
| April | 2 | Jesús Franco | 82 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 2 | Milo O'Shea | 86 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 3 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | 85 | Germany | Screenwriter | ||
| 4 | Roger Ebert | 70 | US | Film Critic, Screenwriter | ||
| 4 | Tommy Tycho | 84 | Australia | Composer | ||
| 6 | Bigas Luna | 67 | Spain | Director | ||
| 7 | Les Blank | 77 | US | Documentarian | ||
| 7 | Mickey Rose | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 8 | Richard Brooker | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Annette Funicello | 70 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 8 | Greg Kramer | 51 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Sara Montiel | 85 | Spain | Actress, Singer | ||
| 11 | Jonathan Winters | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Michael France | 51 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 15 | Richard LeParmentier | 66 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Deanna Durbin | 91 | Canada | Actress, Singer | ||
| 19 | Allan Arbus | 95 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Vivi Bach | 73 | Denmark | Actress | ||
| 22 | Richie Havens | 72 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 23 | Norman Jones | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Sean Caffrey | 73 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 25 | Virginia Gibson | 88 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 25 | Johnny Lockwood | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Anna Proclemer | 89 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 26 | Jacqueline Brookes | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Brad Lesley | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Mike Gray | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| May | 4 | Mario Machado | 78 | China | Actor | |
| 5 | Rossella Falk | 86 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 5 | Dean Jeffries | 80 | US | Stuntman | ||
| 7 | Ray Harryhausen | 92 | US | Visual Effects Artist, Producer | ||
| 7 | Aubrey Woods | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Jeanne Cooper | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Bryan Forbes | 86 | UK | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 8 | Taylor Mead | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Linden Chiles | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Penne Hackforth-Jones | 63 | Australia | Actress | ||
| 18 | Steve Forrest | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Arthur Malet | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Frank Comstock | 90 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 22 | Richard Thorp | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Eddi Arent | 88 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 28 | Eddie Romero | 88 | Philippines | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Nino Baragli | 88 | Italy | Film Editor | ||
| Franca Rame | 83 | Actress | ||||
| 30 | Helen Hanft | 79 | US | |||
| 31 | Jean Stapleton | 90 | ||||
| June | 1 | William Cartwright | 92 | Film Editor | ||
| 5 | Katherine Woodville | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
| 6 | Maxine Stuart | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| Esther Williams | 91 | |||||
| 9 | Harry Lewis | 93 | Actor | |||
| 10 | Valentin de Vargas | 78 | ||||
| 18 | Valerie Allen | 77 | Actress | |||
| 19 | James Gandolfini | 51 | Actor | |||
| 20 | Diosa Costello | 100 | Puerto Rico | Actress | ||
| 21 | Charles L. Campbell | 82 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| Diane Clare | 74 | UK | Actress | |||
| Elliott Reid | 93 | US | Actor | |||
| 22 | Gary David Goldberg | 68 | Director, Screenwriter | |||
| 23 | Richard Matheson | 87 | Screenwriter | |||
| 23 | Darryl Read | 61 | UK | Actor, Singer | ||
| 29 | Jim Kelly | 67 | US | Actor, Martial Artist | ||
| July | 1 | Paul Jenkins | 74 | Actor | ||
| 2 | Victor Lundin | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 3 | Frank Morriss | 85 | Film Editor | |||
| PJ Torokvei | 62 | Canada | Screenwriter | |||
| 7 | Joe Conley | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| Anna Wing | 98 | UK | Actress | |||
| 10 | Paul Bhattacharjee | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
| 13 | Cory Monteith | 31 | Canada | Actor, Singer | ||
| 14 | Dennis Burkley | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Vincenzo Cerami | 72 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | Poncie Ponce | 80 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| Mel Smith | 60 | UK | Actor, Director | |||
| 22 | Dennis Farina | 69 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Rona Anderson | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
| 24 | Donald Symington | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Bernadette Lafont | 74 | France | Actress | ||
| 27 | Suzanne Krull | 47 | US | |||
| 28 | Eileen Brennan | 80 | ||||
| 31 | Michael Ansara | 91 | Syria | Actor | ||
| August | 1 | Gail Kobe | 82 | US | Actress | |
| 2 | Barbara Trentham | 68 | ||||
| 7 | Margaret Pellegrini | 89 | ||||
| 8 | Karen Black | 74 | ||||
| 10 | Haji | 67 | Canada | |||
| 11 | Henry Polic II | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Lisa Robin Kelly | 43 | Actress | |||
| Luciano Martino | 79 | Italy | Producer | |||
| 15 | August Schellenberg | 77 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 19 | Russell S. Doughten | 86 | US | Producer, Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 19 | Stephenie McMillan | 71 | UK | Set Decorator | ||
| Lee Thompson Young | 29 | US | Actor | |||
| 20 | Elmore Leonard | 87 | Screenwriter | |||
| Ted Post | 95 | Director | ||||
| 23 | Gilbert Taylor | 99 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 24 | Julie Harris | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Gerard Murphy | 64 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 27 | Chris Kennedy | Australia | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | |||
| 28 | Murray Gershenz | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 1 | Tommy Morrison | 44 | |||
| 3 | José Ramón Larraz | 84 | Spain | Director | ||
| 7 | Fred Katz | 94 | US | Composer | ||
| 8 | Louise Currie | 100 | US | Actress | ||
| Lou Morheim | 91 | Screenwriter | ||||
| 9 | Patricia Blair | 80 | Actress | |||
| 10 | Don Nelson | 86 | Screenwriter | |||
| 12 | William A. Graham | 87 | Director | |||
| 16 | Patsy Swayze | 86 | US | Choreographer | ||
| 17 | Michael Giannatos | 72 | Turkey | Actor | ||
| 18 | Marta Heflin | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| Ken Norton | 70 | Actor | ||||
| Richard C. Sarafian | 83 | Director, Actor | ||||
| 19 | Amidou | 78 | Morocco | Actor | ||
| 22 | Luciano Vincenzoni | 87 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Jane Connell | US | Actress | |||
| 27 | John Calvert | 102 | US | Actor | ||
| Phyllis Davis | 73 | Actress | ||||
| A. C. Lyles | 95 | Producer | ||||
| Jay Robinson | 83 | Actor | ||||
| 29 | Scott Workman | 47 | Stuntman | |||
| 30 | Anthony Hinds | 91 | UK | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 30 | Ruth Maleczech | 74 | US | Actress | ||
| October | 1 | Giuliano Gemma | 75 | Italy | Actor | |
| 2 | Hilton A. Green | 84 | US | Producer | ||
| 3 | Virginia Vincent | 95 | Actress | |||
| 5 | Carlo Lizzani | 91 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Paul Rogers | 96 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Patrice Chéreau | 68 | France | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 9 | Daniel H. Blatt | 76 | US | Producer | ||
| 10 | Kumar Pallana | 94 | India | Actor | ||
| 12 | Mann Rubin | 85 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 13 | John Barrard | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Ed Lauter | 74 | US | |||
| 17 | Lou Scheimer | 84 | US | Producer | ||
| 19 | Georges Descrières | 83 | France | Actor | ||
| Noel Harrison | 79 | UK | Actor, Singer | |||
| 22 | William Harrison | US | Screenwriter | |||
| 24 | Antonia Bird | 62 | UK | Director | ||
| 25 | Nigel Davenport | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| Hal Needham | 82 | US | Director, Stuntman | |||
| Marcia Wallace | 70 | Actress | ||||
| 27 | Luigi Magni | 85 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| Lou Reed | 71 | US | Actor, Singer | |||
| 29 | Graham Stark | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| 31 | Chris Chase | 74 | US | Actress | ||
| November | 4 | Hans von Borsody | 84 | Austria | Actor | |
| 7 | Paul Mantee | 82 | US | |||
| 11 | Shirley Mitchell | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 13 | Barbara Lawrence | 83 | US | |||
| Marvin Paige | 86 | Casting Director | ||||
| Al Ruscio | 89 | Actor | ||||
| 15 | Sheila Matthews Allen | 84 | Actress | |||
| 19 | Marc Breaux | 89 | Choreographer | |||
| 22 | Georges Lautner | 87 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Jay Leggett | 50 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Chico Hamilton | 92 | Composer | |||
| 26 | Arik Einstein | 74 | Israel | Singer, Actor | ||
| Marcello Gatti | 89 | Italy | Cinematographer | |||
| Tony Musante | 77 | US | Actor | |||
| 27 | Lewis Collins | 67 | UK | |||
| 28 | Danny Wells | 72 | Canada | |||
| 30 | Jean Kent | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| Paul Walker | 40 | US | Actor | |||
| December | 2 | Christopher Evan Welch | 48 | |||
| 3 | Ronald Hunter | 70 | ||||
| Sefi Rivlin | 66 | Israel | ||||
| 5 | Barry Jackson | 75 | UK | |||
| 7 | Édouard Molinaro | 85 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 9 | Eleanor Parker | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Rossana Podestà | 79 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 11 | Garry Robbins | 56 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 12 | Tom Laughlin | 82 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| Audrey Totter | 95 | Actress | ||||
| 14 | Peter O'Toole | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 15 | Joan Fontaine | 96 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Marty Hornstein | 76 | Production Manager, Producer | |||
| 23 | Jeff Pollack | 54 | Director, Screenwriter | |||
| Ted Richmond | 103 | Producer | ||||
| 24 | Frédéric Back | 89 | Canada | Animator | ||
| 26 | Marta Eggerth | 101 | Hungary | Actress, Singer | ||
| 28 | Joseph Ruskin | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Wojciech Kilar | 81 | Poland | Composer | ||
| 31 | James Avery | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| John Fortune | 74 | UK |
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
- Margot Bingham – Burning Blue
- Deragh Campbell – I Used to Be Darker
- Kid Cudi – Goodbye World
- Amyra Dastur – Issaq
- Natalia de Molina – Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
- Ansel Elgort – Carrie
- Mia Goth – Nymphomaniac
- Mckenna Grace – Goodbye World
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. – 12 Years a Slave
- Callie Hernandez – Machete Kills
- Manny Jacinto – John Apple Jack
- Elena Kampouris – Labor Day
- Charlotte Kirk – Fractured
- Isabela Merced – The House That Jack Built
- RJ Mitte – House of Last Things
- Michelle Mylett – Antisocial
- Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave
- Jenna Ortega – Iron Man 3
- Jake Picking – The Way, Way Back
- Dascha Polanco – Gimme Shelter
- Keith Powers – House Party: Tonight's the Night
- Margaret Qualley – Palo Alto
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Mother of George
- Angourie Rice – These Final Hours
- Ruby Rose – Around the Block
- Jessica Rothe – The Last Keepers
- Frederick Schmidt – Starred Up
- LaKeith Stanfield – Short Term 12
- Jimmy Tatro – Grown Ups 2
- Owen Teague – Contest
- William Tokarsky – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Jacob Tremblay – The Smurfs 2
- Sophie Turner – Another Me
- Samara Weaving – Mystery Road
- Maisie Williams – Heatstroke
- Sushant Singh Rajput – Kai Po Che!
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