Movies 2023: The Best Movies of 2023. Despite facing industry strikes, 2023 proved to be a banner year for film. Moviegoers were treated to a diverse range of critically acclaimed features. From the thought-provoking biography “Oppenheimer” to the action-packed thrill ride “John Wick: Chapter 4,” there was something for everyone. Original stories like “Poor Things” and “The Holdovers” shared the spotlight with franchise favorites like “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” Even documentaries thrived, with “Navalny” and “All That Breathes” offering powerful insights into the world. Whether you craved laughter, tears, or pure adrenaline, 2023 delivered a cinematic experience to remember.
Movies 2023: The Best Movies of 2023
Here’s a list of some of the top movies of 2023 according to critics and audience reception:
- Past Lives (Drama, Romance) : This critically acclaimed film tells the story of two childhood friends whose lives take them in different directions. Years later, they reconnect and explore the possibility of a future together.
- Oppenheimer (Biography, Drama, History) : A biographical look at the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who is often credited as the “father of the atomic bomb.”
- Killers of the Flower Moon (Crime, Drama, History) : Directed by Martin Scorsese, this film follows the investigation into a series of murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s.
- The Holdovers (Comedy, Drama) : A group of high school teachers are forced to stay at summer school with their students.
- Poor Things (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy) : A darkly comic tale of a young woman who is brought back to life after being drowned.
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Animation, Action, Adventure) : Miles Morales returns for another animated adventure across the multiverse.
- Godzilla Minus One (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi) : Seven years after Godzilla’s last appearance, the world has to deal with the consequences.
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (Action, Crime, Thriller) : Keanu Reeves continues his quest for revenge in this latest installment of the John Wick franchise.
- Our Body (Documentary) : A documentary chronicling the everyday operations of a gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris.
- Huesera: The Bone Woman (Drama, Fantasy, Horror) : A Mexican horror film that explores the bodily horror and gendered double standards of pregnancy.
- About Dry Grasses (Drama)
- Anatomy of a Fall (Drama)
- The Promised Land (Drama)
- Fallen Leaves (Drama)
- Perfect Days (Drama)
- The Taste of Things (Drama)
- American Fiction (Drama)
- The Boy and the Heron (Drama)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Action, Adventure, Fantasy)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Action, Adventure, Thriller)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Action, Adventure, Comedy)
- Barbie (Comedy, Family, Fantasy)
- The Zone of Interest (Drama, History, Romance)
- May December (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- All Us Strangers (Drama)
- Asteroid City (Comedy, Crime, Drama)
- You Hurt My Feelings (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Drama)
- Maestro (Biography, Drama, Music)
- Rye Lane (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- Bottoms (Comedy)
- The Killer (Action, Crime, Thriller)
- Air (Drama)
- Priscilla (Drama)
- Infinity Pool (Drama, Horror, Thriller)
- Beau Is Afraid (Comedy, Horror)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Action, Adventure, Comedy)
- BlackBerry (Biography, Crime, Drama)
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Comedy, Drama)
- Earth Mama (Drama)
- Theater Camp (Comedy)
- Dream Scenario (Comedy, Drama)
- Reality (genre not specified)
- They Cloned Tyrone (Sci-Fi, Comedy)
- A Thousand and One (Drama)
- Afire (Drama)
- The Delinquents (Drama)
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (Action, Adventure, Comedy)
- Evil Dead Rise (Horror)
- How to Have Sex (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- Ferrari (Biography, Drama)
- Creed III (Drama, Sport)
- When Evil Lurks (genre not specified)
- Saltburn (Drama)
- Missing (genre not specified)
- Passages (Drama)
- Washington D.C. (genre not specified)
- The English (Western)
- White Noise (Drama, Comedy)
- The Menu (Comedy, Horror, Thriller)
- Triangle of Sadness (Comedy, Drama)
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Drama)
- Petite Maman (Drama, Fantasy)
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Comedy, Drama)
- She Said (Drama)
- Women Talking (Drama)
- Blonde (Drama)
- Catherine Called Birdy (Comedy, Drama)
- Emily (Biography, Drama)
- Corsage (Biography, Drama, History)
- War Pony (Drama)
- Aftersun (Drama)
- Close (Drama)
- Broker (Drama, Thriller)
- Decision to Leave (Mystery, Thriller)
- The Innocents (Drama, Fantasy, Horror)
- Tori and Lokita (Drama)
- Peter Von Kant (Drama, Romance)
- EO (Drama)
- Eight Hundred Meters (Drama, History, War)
- Holy Spider (Crime, Drama, Thriller)
- War With Ukraine (Documentary, War)
- All That Breathes (Documentary)
- Navalny (Documentary)
- Descendant (Documentary)
- Fire of Love (Documentary, Romance)
- Look at Me: XXX (Documentary)
- Let Me Know When You Leave (Documentary)
- The Janes (Documentary)
- Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (Documentary)
- Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- Living (Drama)
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Comedy, Drama, Family)
- Petite Maman (Drama, Fantasy)
- Men (Horror, Mystery, Thriller)
- Petite Maman (Drama) [duplicate – removed]
- Resurrection (Drama, Thriller)
- The Fabelmans (Coming-of-age, Drama)
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