Jeremy of The Daily Rotation wrote, "The end of the year is drawing near, which means you can bet your ass that we’re going to have a ton of lists to throw at you before we call it a year. Everyone is going over their top films of the year, but we figured it would be best to get the worst out of the way first and then move onto the good stuff." (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cinema, Lincoln, The Silver Linings Playbook)