21. Jodorowsky's Dune
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Pavich
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss, Brontis Jodorowsky, Devin Faraci
Plot: Alejandro Jodorowsky is a cult filmmaker best known for his surrealistic tales El Topo, The Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre. Yet in the mid 1970s, he attempted to create his masterpiece - adapting Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune, to the big screen. Spending $2 million to convince the likes of artist H.R. Giger, Salvador Dali, actor Orson Welles and musician Mick Jagger and to help in creating his epic, he failed to convince investors (and a purported hours long running time didn't help) and in the end was a failed vision. But the director still has his Dune bible - and we get a glimpse of what could have been.
22. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland
Plot: Based on the second book in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy: Following their dual victory in the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta find themselves on the mandatory post-games victory tour through each of the districts. Katniss also finds herself torn between her relationship with Peeta and Gale. Yet their subversive victory has stirred up some districts and rumors of rebellion run rampant. The Capitol must figure out a way to quell this growing unrest and comes up with a novel solution for the 75th Annual Hunger Games: bringing back past winners to fight once again and this time there will be no compromise.
23. Mud
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Nichols
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Shannon, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Shepard, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon
Plot: A fugitive looking to reunite with the love of his life happens across two teenage boys and the three form a pact to help him evade his pursuers and complete his quest.
24. Inside Llewyn Davis
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman, Jeanine Serralles
Plot: A trip through New York's folk music scene in the 1960s as a singer-songwriter does his best to make it through these times.
25. Monsters University
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Dan Scanlon
Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi, Charlie Day, Joel Murray
Plot: Before Monsters Inc., Mike and Sulley had to attend the University of Fear - where the two didn't exactly get along.
26. Frozen
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Actors: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk
Plot: The kingdom of Arendelle are under a constant eternal winter due to the icy powers of Elsa. But that doesn't deter her sister, Anna, from trying to break the spell. Facing daunting conditions, mystical trolls and one wacky snowman, she will team up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (and his reindeer Sven) in order to save her kingdom.
27. Why Don't You Play in Hell? ( Jigoku de naze warui )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino, Tomochika
Plot: A renegade film crew, dubbed The F*%k Bombers, finally realizes their decades-long passion to make a film - as long as they don't mind being embroiled in Yakuza clan feud where several parties will surely wind up dead.
28. Frances Ha
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Noah Baumbach
Actors: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Patrick Heusinger, Justine Lupe
Plot: A 27-year-old New York woman tries to find her place in life - she works at a dance company but doesn't dance - has a best friend she hardly talks to and lives an apartment she doesn't really own.
29. Before Midnight
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Ariane Labed, Xenia Kalogeropoulou
Plot: Two decades after their fateful meeting on a train bound for Vienna, we meet back up with Jesse and Celine now in Greece.
30. About Time
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Curtis
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Lisa Eichhorn
Plot: At age 21, Tim Lake is told an incredible secret by his father: all the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. Although he can't change history - he can change his his own fate - and so Tim goes about trying to find the a girlfriend. What seems to be an easy task is anything but - until he finds Mary. Despite some time-travel issues, eventually he gets things right - plans the perfect proposal and marriage - yet even after everything, there are some things you can't fix with time travel.
