Latest releases with IMDB score 6.7+ and minimum votes 10000+
Pulled from Rotten Tomatoes Top Movies section:
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-of-2023/
UPDATED: 1/2/2024
All the book-to-movie and book-to-tv adaptations I can think of.
This list will be updated frequently throughout the year as contenders rise and fall.
List compiled from (article and podcast): https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/949-best-films-of-2023
Four Top 10 lists - from Adam, Josh, Michael Phillips and Marya E. Gates
Ranked by number of consensus Top 10 selections (most Top 10 selections first), then average place from all the lists
1: Past Lives - Michael (#1), Marya (#3)
2: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt - Josh (#5), Marya (#1)
3: Killers of the Flower Moon - Adam (#3), Michael (#3)
4: All of Us Strangers - Adam (#1), Josh (#6)
5: Asteroid City - Adam (#4), Josh (#3)
6: Anatomy of a Fall - Adam (#7), Josh (#2)
7: Oppenheimer - Adam (#2), Michael (#9)
8: Barbie - Josh (#10), Michael (#4)
9: The Zone of Interest - Adam (#10), Michael (#6)
10: May December - Adam (#8), Michael (#10)
Besides the 10 consensus movies, there are some outliers that only made it to one Top 10 list
11: The Holdovers - Adam (#5)
12: The Taste of Things - Adam (#6)
13: The Teachers’ Lounge - Adam (#9)
14: The Boy and the Heron - Josh (#1)
15: You Hurt My Feelings - Josh (#4)
16: Skinamarink - Josh (#7)
17: Priscilla - Josh (#8)
18: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Josh (#9)
19: The Boy - Michael (#2)
20: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. - Michael (#5)
21: Return to Seoul - Michael (#7)
22: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Michael (#8)
23: Plan 75 - Marya (#2)
24: Amanda - Marya (#4)
25: Fremont - Marya (#4)
26: The Blue Caftan - Marya (#5)
27: Godland - Marya (#6)
28: La Chimera - Marya (#7)
29: Kokomo City - Marya (#8)
30: Lakota Nation vs. United States - Marya (#9)
31: BlackBerry - Marya (#10)
Finally, below are the movies that made it to the 11-20 of at least one critic
32: Showing Up - Adam, Michael
33: Poor Things - Adam, Michael
34: Suzume - Adam, Josh
35: Four Daughters - Josh, Michael
36: The Iron Claw - Adam
37: The Killer - Adam
38: Menus-Plaisirs: Les Les Troisgros - Adam
39: Godzilla Minus One - Josh
40: Rodeo - Josh
41: Fair Play - Michael
42: I’m a Virgo - Michael
43: In the Rearview - Michael
44: The Royal Hotel - Michael
45: A Thousand and One - Michael
46: The Unknown Country - Michael
47: Blue Jean - Marya
48: Passages - Marya
49: Origin - Marya
50: Hannah Ha Ha - Marya
51: Brother - Marya
52: King Coal - Marya
53: Bottoms - Marya
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2024 Critics Choice Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Picture: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Foreign Language Film: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. | 11 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).
- Best Director: 01, 02, 04, 05, 08, 09. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Actor: 01, 04, 05, 06, 08, 17. | 04 - The Holdovers (Paul Giamatti).
- Best Actress: 02, 03, 05, 08, 09, 11. | 02 - Poor Things (Emma Stone).
- Best Supporting Actor: 01, 02, 05, 06, 09, 18. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Robert Downey Jr.).
- Best Supporting Actress: 01, 04, 09, 10, 18, 19. | 04 - The Holdovers (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
- Best Original Screenplay: 02, 03, 08, 09, 18, 20. | 09 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach).
- Best Adapted Screenplay: 01, 02, 05, 06, 21, 22. | 06 - American Fiction (Cord Jefferson).
- Best Cinematography: 01, 02, 05, 07, 08, 09. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Hoyte Van Hoytema).
- Best Editing: 01, 02, 05, 08, 09, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame).
- Best Comedy: 02, 03, 06, 09, 23, 24. | 09 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig).
- Best Production Design: 01, 02, 05, 07, 09, 25. | 09 - Barbie *.
- Best Costume Design: 02, 05, 09, 10, 26, 27. | *09** - Barbie *.
- Best Hair & Makeup: 01, 02, 08, 09, 10, 28. | *09** - Barbie *.
- Best Score: 01, 02, 05, 09, 13, 34. | *01** - Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson).
- Best Song: 09, 09, 09, 17, 36, 38. | 09 - Barbie ("I'm Just Ken").
- Best Visual Effects: 01, 02, 29, 30, 31, 34. | 01 - Oppenheimer.
- Best Young Actor/Actress: 04, 09, 11, 21, 26, 31. | 04 - The Holdovers (Dominic Sessa).
- Best Acting Ensemble: 01, 04, 05, 09, 10, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer.
- Best Animated Feature: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. | 32 - The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki).
- Best Comedy Special: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. | 39 - John Mulaney: Baby J.
Family movies and TV shows. Including Hidden Gems.
87 2023 releases seen.
12 The Creator - While granted, it didn't do much original with the story. For me at least, it was solid world-building, that felt complete and I'll always have a bias to an original IP Sci-fi with a mid-budget that looked as good as it did. Because if you don't support them, enjoy the only sci-fi's we get to be more superhero stuff.
11 How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Small budget, felt real, good messaging without feeling over the top since all the characters had different motivations for the actions.
10 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. - The first of two coming-of-age movies, set in 1970/1 released in 2023. Heartfelt with some really top-shelf performances, Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams.
9 Asteroid City - One that seemed to be quite polarizing, and while I understand why it might not make someone's top list, I have zero clue how it made some people's worst lists. If this is on your worst movies of the year list, you need to watch more things like Expenfourbles.
8 Sisu - Good by John Wick 4, hello Sisu for my top action movie of the year by a significant margin. Not too much to say, apart from its tight 91-minute runtime, loaded full of brutal Nazi murder.
7 Full Time - I saw a trailer for Anatomy of a Fall which it was labeled "The Most Tense Movie of the year", unfortunately for Anatomy of a Fall for me, that award goes firmly to Full Time. I had to pause the movie at a certain point because my nerves needed a break, only to see I was only 20 minutes into the movie. Phenomenal.
6 The Artifice Girl - Small budget, bottle sci-fi movie, tiny cast, tightly written. I am biased with this one, as I love those really small intimate, sci-fi movies set in 1-2 rooms with a small cast.
5 Leave the World Behind - Another one that I know was fairly polarizing, but I know my own biases to movies and games where the viewer/player has the same knowledge as the characters on screen. I went in completely blind to the movie, not knowing a thing, and loved it. Ending was the weakest part, but I also love Netflix making a movie about the pro's of owning physical media.
4 Godzilla Minus One - I like a lot of people were surprised by this one, not only was it a better Godzilla movie than the Western releases, it had a human side that for the first time for me, made me care and invest into those human characters.
3 The Holdovers - The second coming-of-age movie set in 1970/1 to make my list. I adored this movie, it felt like an instant classic, and while there was some obvious nostalgia bait, what they also remembered to do, was tell a good story, with great characters and great performances.
2 Oppenheimer - This was always going to rate pretty high for me as I enjoy that period of history, Space Race, Atomic Race, Cold War etc so getting to see an incredibly produced biopic, all star cast with top tier perfomances.
1 Killers of the Flower Moon - Honestly surprised me that it took top spot, since I first finalise what's on my list and then work out ordering. This one just kept creeping up, didn't love it as much when I walked out of the cinema but it was one that I just kept thinking about long after.
Honourable Mentions:
Godland
Anatomy of a Fall
Shortcomings
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Door Mouse
The Killer
Rye Lane
Dream Scenario
Nimona
Past Lives
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Period dramas watched - from the mid 20th c.
1920s or more recent.
Films I'm hoping to watch sooner than later. I'll be adding/removing titles as I finally view them.
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