Note: These lists are unchanged from their final form the year they were compiled… in many cases, they don’t reflect my current opinions of the films and albums listed.

Movies:

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Captain Phillips
4. Before Midnight
5. American Hustle
6. Frozen
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Gravity
9. Mud
10. Her

Music:

1. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
2. Beyoncé – Beyoncé
3. Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer Different Park
4. Brandy Clark – 12 Stories
5. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
6. Lorde – Pure Heroine
7. Ashley Monroe – Like a Rose
8. John Mayer – Paradise Valley
9. Haim – Days Are Gone
10. Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up Ghost