My Must-See Movies of 2023
by jan_kalina | created - 12 Aug 2020 | updated - 2 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 247,501 | Gross: $172.14M
2. Coup de Chance (2023)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider, Anna Laik, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 6,113
3. Inside (I) (2023)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Nemo, a high-end art thief, is trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and ingenuity to survive.
Director: Vasilis Katsoupis | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Gene Bervoets, Eliza Stuyck, Andrew Blumenthal
Votes: 17,150
4. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
R | 96 min | Horror
A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Mirabai Pease, Richard Crouchley, Anna-Maree Thomas, Lily Sullivan
Votes: 136,979
5. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith
Votes: 225,327
6. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
R | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant
Votes: 85,707
7. The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan (2023)
121 min | Action, Adventure, History
D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.
Director: Martin Bourboulon | Stars: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï
Votes: 19,231
8. The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady (2023)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
D'Artagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes. But as war is declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis have already joined the front, a secret from the past shatters old alliances.
Director: Martin Bourboulon | Stars: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï
Votes: 4,324
9. No Hard Feelings (2023)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
Director: Gene Stupnitsky | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick
Votes: 160,217
10. The Marvels (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 124,955
11. Strays (2023)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy
An abandoned dog teams up with other strays to get revenge on his former owner.
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Randall Park
Votes: 29,774
12. 65 (2023)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he's not alone.
Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Stars: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King
Votes: 88,155
13. The Beast (2023)
146 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
The plot is set partly in a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.
Director: Bertrand Bonello | Stars: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova
Votes: 1,708
14. Ferrari (2023)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe Festinese, Alessandro Cremona
Votes: 42,776
15. 1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom (I) (2023)
90 min | Action, Drama, History
In the pre-Spanish era Philippines, a young beautiful native princess falls in love with a handsome Spanish soldier. Against all odds, and pulled apart by their loyalties to their own people, they fight for their clandestine romance.
Director: Michael Barder | Stars: Danny Trejo, Costas Mandylor, Michael Copon, Hector David Jr.
Votes: 53
16. DogMan (2023)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick
Votes: 10,910
17. The Great Escaper (2023)
96 min | Drama
Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Michael Caine, Graeme Dalling, Myles Olofin, Daniel Hayde
Votes: 4,377
18. Dicks: The Musical (2023)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Musical
A pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally
Votes: 3,077
19. The Movie Teller (2023)
116 min | Drama
María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they ... See full summary »
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Daniel Brühl, Antonio de la Torre, Sara Becker
Votes: 363
20. The Old Way (2023)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Western
An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge.
Director: Brett Donowho | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Clint Howard, Katelyn Bauer
Votes: 8,703
21. Mafia Mamma (2023)
R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Sophia Nomvete, Alessandro Bressanello
Votes: 10,684
22. Boy Kills World (2023)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Director: Moritz Mohr | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman
Votes: 3,070
23. Seneca (2023)
112 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the relationship between Seneca and Nero, the infamous Emperor he mentored since childhood and who accused him of plotting his assassination.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: John Malkovich, Tom Xander, Louis Hofmann, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 611
24. Kandahar (2023)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Tom Rhys Harries, Farhad Bagheri, Gerard Butler, Mitchell LaFortune
Votes: 33,849
25. #Manhole (2023)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
A situational thriller depicting the struggle of a man who fell into a manhole.
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Stars: Yûto Nakajima, Nao Honda, Kento Nagayama, Chloé Guerin
Votes: 630
26. Paint (II) (2023)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke - until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.
Director: Brit McAdams | Stars: Owen Wilson, Elisabeth Henry, Paul Kosopod, Sonia Darmei Lopes
Votes: 4,913
27. Renfield (2023)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Renfield, Dracula's henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.
Director: Chris McKay | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz
Votes: 95,767
28. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
PG | 140 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson | Stars: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 370,511 | Gross: $381.31M
29. Elemental (2023)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.
Director: Peter Sohn | Stars: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Ommi
Votes: 126,863 | Gross: $154.43M
30. The Inventor (2023)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Inventing flying contraptions, war machines and studying cadavers, Leonardo da Vinci tackles the meaning of life itself with the help of French princess Marguerite de Nevarre.
Directors: Jim Capobianco, Pierre-Luc Granjon | Stars: Matt Berry, Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Fry
Votes: 532
31. Shortcomings (2023)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.
Director: Randall Park | Stars: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson
Votes: 3,335
32. Cobweb (2023)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his sinister parents have kept hidden from him.
Director: Samuel Bodin | Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman, Woody Norman
Votes: 32,000
33. The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham
Votes: 9,930
34. The Promised Land (2023)
R | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg
Votes: 16,647
35. Cat Person (I) (2023)
R | 118 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that he doesn't live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts. A razor-sharp exploration of the horrors of dating.
Director: Susanna Fogel | Stars: Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 5,529
36. The Equalizer 3 (2023)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman
Votes: 115,535
37. Dream Scenario (2023)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.
Director: Kristoffer Borgli | Stars: Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Jessica Clement
Votes: 56,441
38. Restore Point (2023)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Set in central Europe during 2041, a female detective investigates the case of a murdered couple where a restoration team is able to bring one of them back to life.
Director: Robert Hloz | Stars: Andrea Mohylová, Matej Hádek, Milan Ondrík, Václav Neuzil
Votes: 1,601
39. Boudica: Queen of War (2023)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
The eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband, Prasutagus. The King dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, leaving Boudica's kingdom without a male heir, and the Romans seize her land and property.
Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Tim Barber, Andy Beckwith, Tom Bennett
Votes: 2,522
40. Eileen (2023)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.
Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Sam Nivola, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 10,998
41. Bernadette (2023)
92 min | Comedy
Bernadette expected to finally get the position she deserved when she arrived to the Elysée Palace because she had always worked behind her husband's back to elect him president. She took revenge by becoming a major media figure.
Director: Léa Domenach | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz, Sara Giraudeau
Votes: 700
42. Kina & Yuk (2023)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventure following two foxes who are preparing to become parents for the first time at a time when global warming is altering the rules for everyone.
Director: Guillaume Maidatchevsky | Stars: Virginie Efira, Veronique Boileau, Trinity Vittrekwa, Joe Bishop
Votes: 97
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