Fifteen days and nearly 25,000 votes later, we have the results of the first-ever A.V. Club Readers’ Poll. The results were expected (Breaking Bad as best TV show), surprising (the Apatow associates in This Is The End had the year’s second best comeback?), and occasionally contradictory. (Gravity is 2013’s best film but also its most overrated.) There was also some ballot-stuffing, judging by the suspiciously wide margin Keith And The Girl—which our readers haven’t said much about in the past—swept the podcast categories. See the full results below—we’ll see you again in 2014.
The best performance of the year goes to… 1. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave 2. Sandra Bullock, Gravity 3. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine 4. James Franco, Spring Breakers 5. Simon Pegg, The World’s End 6. Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha 7. Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Color 8. Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station 9. Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 10. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
The comeback of the year goes to… 1. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity 2. The whole Judd Apatow gang, This Is The End 3. Jesse and Celine, Before Midnight 4. Shane Carruth, Upstream Color 5. Robert Redford, All Is Lost 6. Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers 7. Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips 8. Pixar, Monsters University 9. Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby 10. Superman, Man Of Steel
The most overrated film of the year is… 1. Gravity 2. Man Of Steel 3. Iron Man 3 4. 12 Years A Slave 5. Pacific Rim 6. The Great Gatsby 7. Spring Breakers 8. Captain Phillips 9. Blue Is The Warmest Color 10. Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The most underrated film of the year is… 1. Pacific Rim 2. Upstream Color 3. Spring Breakers 4. The World's End 5. Frances Ha 6. The Way, Way Back 7. Mud 8. Stoker 9. Short Term 12 10. The Place Beyond The Pines
The best scene of the year is… The opening sequence of Gravity
The most outstanding performance goes to… 1. Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad 2. Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black 3. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad 4. Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones 5. Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal 6. Jon Hamm, Mad Men 7. Jake Johnson, New Girl 8. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep 9. Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards 10. Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
The best TV romance of 2013 is… 1. Jess and Nick, New Girl 2. Brienne and Jamie, Game Of Thrones 3. Elizabeth and Phillip, The Americans 4. Piper and Alex, Orange Is The New Black 5. Marceline and Princess Bubblegum, Adventure Time 6. Masters and Johnson, Masters Of Sex 7. Alicia and Will, The Good Wife 8. Hannah and Adam, Girls 9. Peggy and Ted, Mad Men 10. Sally and Gene, Mad Men
The best radio-friendly single of the year is… 1. Daft Punk, “Get Lucky” 2. Lorde, “Royals” 3. Vampire Weekend, “Diane Young” 4. Haim, “The Wire” 5. Kanye West, “New Slaves” 6. Robin Thicke, “Blurred Lines” 7. Icona Pop, “I Love It” 8. Tegan & Sara, “Closer” 9. Janelle Monáe featuring Erykah Badu, “Q.U.E.E.N.” 10. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop”
Your most anticipated album of 2014 is… 1. Adele, TBA 2. Tool, TBA 3. Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues 4. Solange Knowles, TBA 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers, TBA 6. Raekwon, Fly International Luxurious Art 7. Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, Give The People What They Want 8. Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste 9. Riff Raff, Neon Icon 10. Soundgarden, TBA
The most anticipated book-to-film adaptation of 2014 is… 1. Gone Girl 2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 3. The Fault In Our Stars 4. Inherent Vice 5. Divergent
The most-hyped/biggest disappointment of 2013 is… 1. Stephen King, Doctor Sleep 2. Veronica Roth, Allegiant 3. Dan Brown, Inferno 4. Neil Gaiman, The Ocean At The End Of The Lane 5. Dave Eggers, The Circle
The best new console is… 1. PlayStation 4 2. Xbox One 3. Nintendo 2DS 4. Ouya
PODCASTS
The best podcast of 2013 is… 1. Keith And The Girl 2. Comedy Bang! Bang! 3. The Flop House 4. We Hate Movies 5. The Best Show On WFMU 6. Improv4Humans 7. WTF With Marc Maron 8. The Bugle 9. Harmontown 10. Doug Loves Movies
In 2014, Podmass should cover… 1. Keith And The Girl 2. We Hate Movies 3. The Comedy Button 4. Call Chelsea Peretti 5. How Did This Get Made?
The best comedy album, special, or film of 2013 is… 1. Louis C.K., Oh My God 2. Aziz Ansari, Buried Alive 3. Maria Bamford, Ask Me About My New God! 4. Kumail Nanjiani, Beta Male 5. Mike Birbiglia, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend 6. Pete Holmes, Nice Try, The Devil 7. Anthony Jeselnik, Caligula 8. Doug Stanhope, Beer Hall Putsch 9. Marc Maron, Thinky Pain 10. Amy Schumer, Mostly Sex Stuff
The funniest bit from an album, special, or film released in 2013 is… Louis C.K., “Of Course, But Maybe”
The next comedian that deserves his/her own show, but hasn’t had one yet is… 1. Kumail Nanjiani 2. Maria Bamford 3. Hannibal Buress 4. Paul F. Tompkins 5. Kyle Kinane
