We once again decided to list our best in various categories as well as our overall best. Please add your comments with your views as that is half the fun.
| Bill I's Picks | Bill C's Picks | |
|---|---|---|
| Best Overall | 1. 12 Years a Slave 2. American Hustle 3. Dallas Buyer's Club 4. Captain Phillips 5. The Wolf of Wall Street 6. The Spectacular Now 7. Mud 8. This is the End 9. The Way Way Back 10. Fruitvale Station | 1. American Hustle 2. Mud 3. 12 Years A Slave 4. Fruitvale Station 5. Dallas Buyers Club 6. This is the End 7. Amour 8. The Way Way Back 9. The World's End 10. Saving Mr. Banka 11. A Band Called Death 12. Gravity |
| Best Film Based on Historical Events | 1. 12 Years a Slave 2. American Hustle 3. Dallas Buyer's Club 4. Captain Philips 5. The Wolf of Wall Street 6. Fruitvale Station | 1. 12 Years a Slave 2. Dallas Buyers Club 3. Captain Phillips 4. The Act of Killing 5. The Attack 6. War Witch |
| Best Unique Film | 1. This is the End 2. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 3. Blue is the Warmest Color 4. In a World 5. Concussion | 1. This is the End 2. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 3. In a World 4. Elena |
| Best Crime Film | 1. American Hustle 2. The Wolf of Wall Street 3. Ain't Them Bodies Saints 4. The Attack | 1. American Hustle 2. The Wolf of Wall Street 3. The Angels Share 4. Graceland |
| Best Romantic Film | 1. The Spectacular Now 2. Drinking Buddies 3. Blue is the Warmest Color | 1. Amour 2. The Spectacular Now 3. Drinking Buddies 4. Don Jon 5. The Bounceback |
| Best Comedies | 1. This is the End 2. The World's End 3. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4. In a World | 1. This is the End 2. The World's End 3. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4. In a World 5. The Heat |
| Best Documentaries | 1. Blackfish 2. We Steal Secrects; Story of Wikileaks 3. Elena 4. Sound City | 1. A Band Called Death 2. The Act of Killing 3. The Armstrong Lie 4. The Gatekeepers 5. Hawking 6. Elena 7. Linsanity 8. Getting Back to Abnormal |
| Best Foreign Language Film | 1. Wadjda (Saudi Arabia) 2. The Great Beauty (Italy) 3. The Attack (Israel) | 1. Wadjda (Saudi Arabia) 2. Graceland (Philippines) 3. The Attack (Israel) 4 War Witch (Canada) |
| Bill I's Picks | Bill C's Picks | |
|---|---|---|
| Best Music Related Movies | 1. Inside Llewyn Davis 2. Twenty Feet from Stardom 3. Sound City | 1. A Band Called Death 2. Inside Llewyn Davis 3. Muscle Shoals 4. Good Ol' Freda 5. Sound City |
| Best Actor (Not in Order) | - Chiwejel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave - Bruce Dern (Nebraska) - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, Mud) - Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) - Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) - Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) - Christian Bale (American Hustle) - Ryan Gosling (The Place Beyond the Pines) | - Chiwejel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave - Bruce Dern (Nebraska) - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) - Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) - Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) - Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) - Christian Bale (American Hustle) |
| Best Actress (not in Order) | - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) - Rooney Mara (Aint Them Bodies Saints) - Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) - Amy Adama (American Hustle) - Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) - Olivia Wilde (Drinking Buddies) | - Emanuelle Riva (Amour) - Sandra Bullock (Gravity) - Lake Bell (In a World) - Judi Dench (Philomena) - Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) - Amy Adams (American Hustle) |
| Best Supporting Actor (Not in Order) | - Tye Sheridan (Mud) - Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) - Will Forte (Nebraska) - Barkadh Abdi (Captain Phillips) - Keith Carradine (Aint Them Bodies Saints) - Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) | - Tye Sheridan (Mud) - Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) - Sam Rockwell (The Way Way Back) - Jackson Nicoll (Bad Grandpa) - Will Forte (Nebraska) - Barkadh Abdi (Captain Phillips - Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall street) - Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) |
| Best Supporting Actress (Not in Order) | - Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) - June Squibb (Nebraska) - Shailene Woodley (Spectacular Now) - Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) - Reese Witherspoon (Mud) - Eva Mendes (The Place Beyond the Pines) - Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis) | - Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) - June Squibb (Nebraska) - Shailene Woodley - Julianne Moore (Don Jon) - Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) |
| Worst Movie | 1. The Wait 2. Maladies 3. Thor, The Dark World | 1. Computer Chess 2. The Lone Ranger 3. Maladies 4. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 5. The Internship |
| Worst Actor/Actress | 1. Christina Applegate (Anchorman 2) | 1. Jody Foster - Elysium 2. Steve Carrell - The Incredible Burt Wonderstone |
Very comprehensive lists. I’d personally put Mud higher.
I had Mud at #2. It can’t get much migher than that. 🙂