It was a very, very, very good year to be a moviegoer. So rather than argue endlessly, trying to winnow down 2013's crop of fabulous filmmaking to a standard top 10 list, the BuzzFeed Entertainment team culled together our separate lists of favorites into a mega-list of 27 movies that surprised us, charmed us, and made us laugh and cry and gasp and swoon. These may not be your top picks — they probably aren't! — so please think of this as a snapshot of our favorite films this year.
27. Frozen
26. The Way Way Back
25. The East
24. 20 Feet from Stardom
23. The To Do List
22. Dallas Buyers Club
21. Frances Ha
20. Fruitvale Station
19. World War Z
18. Kill Your Darlings
17. Warm Bodies
16. Prisoners
15. The Kings of Summer
14. August: Osage County
13. After Tiller
12. Before Midnight
11. Afternoon Delight
10. The Grandmaster
9. This Is the End
8. American Hustle
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Enough Said
5. Stories We Tell
4. Blue Jasmine
3. Gravity
2. Her
1. 12 Years a Slave
So, those were the movies we loved this year. What are yours?
Correction: This post has been updated to accurately state that Homer wrote The Odyssey.