Best Movies of 2023

by dogdawgdogdawgdog | created - 10 months ago | updated - 1 month ago | Public

This is a list of the 2023 movies I’ve seen ranked in order of preference.

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1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

90 Metascore

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 725,529 | Gross: $326.11M

9.0/10

Best performance: Cillian Murphy

2. Poor Things (2023)

R | 141 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

88 Metascore

An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef

Votes: 248,320

9.0/10

Best performance: Emma Stone

3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

PG | 140 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

86 Metascore

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: 368,896 | Gross: $381.31M

9.0/10

Best voice performance: Shameik Moore

4. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

R | 206 min | Crime, Drama, History

89 Metascore

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons

Votes: 238,151

8.5/10

Best performance: Leonardo DiCaprio

5. The Holdovers (2023)

R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama

82 Metascore

A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston

Votes: 137,378

8.0/10

Best performance: Paul Giamatti

6. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

R | 169 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

78 Metascore

John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Director: Chad Stahelski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick

Votes: 333,200 | Gross: $187.13M

8.0/10

Best performance: Donnie Yen

7. Past Lives (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

Director: Celine Song | Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah

Votes: 114,289

8.0/10

Best performance: Greta Lee

8. Barbie (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

80 Metascore

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon

Votes: 535,117 | Gross: $636.24M

8.0/10

Best performance: Ryan Gosling

9. Godzilla Minus One (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

81 Metascore

Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Sakura Andô, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Rikako Miura

Votes: 48,776

8.0/10

Best performance: Ryunosuke Kamiki

10. The Iron Claw (2023)

R | 132 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

73 Metascore

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.

Director: Sean Durkin | Stars: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney

Votes: 55,602

7.5/10

Best performance: Zac Efron

11. Talk to Me (I) (2022)

R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller

76 Metascore

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou | Stars: Ari McCarthy, Hamish Phillips, Kit Erhart-Bruce, Sarah Brokensha

Votes: 142,550

7.5/10

Best performance: Sophie Wilde

12. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

PG | 40 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

85 Metascore

Chronicles a variety of stories, but the main one follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a book he stole.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 69,565

7.5/10

Best performance: Benedict Cumberbatch

13. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

81 Metascore

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: 246,603 | Gross: $172.14M

7.5/10

Best performance: Tom Cruise

14. Air (I) (2023)

R | 111 min | Drama, Sport

73 Metascore

Follows the history of sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina

Votes: 167,224

7.5/10

Best performance: Matt Damon

15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

64 Metascore

Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff

Votes: 380,210 | Gross: $359.00M

7.5/10

Best performance: Bradley Cooper

16. The Boy and the Heron (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

91 Metascore

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon

Votes: 50,814

7.0/10 Best voice performance: Robert Pattinson (English Dub)

17. The Killer (2023)

R | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

73 Metascore

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard

Votes: 182,592

7.0/10

Best performance: Michael Fassbender

18. Asteroid City (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

76 Metascore

Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 113,105

6.5/10

Best performance: Scarlett Johansson

19. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

48 Metascore

Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne are dragged into the Quantum Realm, along with Hope's parents and Scott's daughter Cassie. Together they must find a way to escape, but what secrets is Hope's mother hiding? And who is the mysterious Kang?

Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 228,022 | Gross: $214.50M

6.0/10

Best performance: Jonathan Majors



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