in 2013 there were many great movies and yes 12 years slave was one of them which showed slavery in a way never saw, but in that year it was obvious that the best movie of that year was not 12 years slave. i do not wanna defend gravity which was the best in that year but still even American hustle was a better movie. yes Lupita Nyong'o's act was absolutely brilliant but still the title of a best picture is for the best production of that year not the movie that had more impact on the people. you could do a better job with this production, get a better costume design, set production and etc. in movies like this the score has the first impact on audience. they could do a better job. i am not saying that i could but i am saying that if they just put a little bit more effort on this movie they could get a brilliant job but they didn't. instead you could not get a better job with more effort on gravity or American hustle. the title of the best picture should belong to the best production and for sure this movie was the 3rd of that year in my opinion.