2023 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out with myself and the Skandies crew again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released (or "released") in 2023, and the last two columns for films seen
in 2023. Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2022 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2023.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2023
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2023 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2023 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than two years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
B+/A- Near Great
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Poor Things
(Lanthimos) 75 |
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B+ Must See
B/B+ Warmly Recommended
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The Apartment With Two Women
(Kim) 70 |
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The Royal Hotel
(Green) 70 |
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| De humani corporis fabrica
(Paravel, Castaing-Taylor) 69 |
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B Recommended
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The Five Devils
(Mysius) 68 |
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*Anatomy of a Fall
(Triet) 68 |
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*Showing Up
(Reichardt) 67 |
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*Perfect Days
(Wenders) 67 |
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Killers of the Flower Moon
(Scorsese) 66 |
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Asteroid City
(Anderson) 65 |
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Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros
(Wiseman) 65 |
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→ Pictures of Ghosts
(Mendonça Filho) 64 |
B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
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→ Last Summer
(Breillat) 63 |
| Trenque Lauquen
(Citarella) 63 |
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The Zone of Interest
(Glazer) 63 |
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
(Fremon Craig) 62 |
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American Fiction
(Jefferson) 61 |
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*The Holdovers
(Payne) 61 |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
(Goldstein, Daley) 61 |
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A Thousand and One
(Rockwell) 60 |
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B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
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*The Delinquents (Moreno)
59 |
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Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning
Part One (McQuarrie) 59 |
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*Fallen Leaves
(Kaurismäki) 59 |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(Dos Santos, Powers, Thompson) 59 |
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No Hard Feelings
(Stupnitsky) 58 |
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*All of Us Strangers
(Haigh) 58 |
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Millie Lies Low
(Savill) 58 |
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Nobody's Hero
(Guiraudie) 57 |
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*The Pigeon Tunnel
(Morris) 57 |
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*The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
(Machoian) 57 |
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*About Dry Grasses
(Ceylan) 56 |
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Full River Red
(Zhang) 56 |
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The Boy and the Heron
(Miyazaki) 56 |
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The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual
for Military Occupation (Mograbi) 55 |
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The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
(Friedkin) 55 |
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Polite Society
(Manzoor) 55 |
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C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
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John Wick Chapter 4
(Stahelski) 54 |
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The Night of the 12th
(Moll) 54 |
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No One Will Save You
(Duffield) 53 |
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*The Taste of Things
(Tran) 53 |
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Everything Went Fine
(Ozon) 53 |
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Four Daughters
(Ben Hania) 53 |
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The Iron Claw
(Durkin) 52 |
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Personality Crisis: One Night Only
(Scorsese, Tedeschi) 52 |
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C+ Take It or Leave It
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The Crime Is Mine (Ozon) 51 |
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Mediterranean Fever (Haj) 51 |
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G Minus One
(Yamazaki) 51 |
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The Eight Mountains (Van Groeningen,
Vandermeersch) 51 |
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(Gunn) 50 |
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Beau Is Afraid
(Aster) 50 |
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(Mangold) 50 |
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| Frantz Fanon: Black Skin | White Mask
{1995} (Aster) 50 |
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→ Kidnapped
(Bellocchio) 50 |
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Orlando, My Political Biography
(Preciado) 49 |
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Leila's Brothers
(Roustaee) 48 |
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You Hurt My Feelings
(Holofcener) 48 |
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La chimera
(Rohrwacher) 48 |
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*Tori and Lokita
(Dardennes) 46 |
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The Lost King
(Frears) 46 |
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C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
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The Outwaters
(Banfitch) 44 |
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Stonewalling
(Huang, Otsuka) 42 |
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*Youth (Spring)
(Wang) 42 |
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C Pass
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Master Gardener
(Schrader) 41 |
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Magic Mike's Last Dance
(Soderbergh) 40 |
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| Unclenching the Fists
(Kovalenko) 39 |
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The Restless
(Lafosse) 38 |
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C- Ugh
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Cairo Conspiracy
(Saleh) 36 |
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D+ Double-Ugh
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*All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
(Jackson) 26 |
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Brother and Sister
(Desplechin) 24 |
D Bomb
F Burn the Negative
Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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The Blue Caftan (Touzani) |
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Dry Ground Burning
(Pimenta, Queirós) |
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Huesera: The Bone Woman
(Garza Cervera) |
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Our Father, the Devil (Foumbi) |
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Pamfir (Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk) |
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Robe of Gems (López Gallardo) |
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Talking About the Weather
(Pinske) |
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Theater Camp (Gordon,
Lieberman) |
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→ Under the Fig Trees
(Sehiri) |
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The Worst Ones (Akoka &
Gueret) |
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Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
