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Moviefone presents the 23 greatest films of 2023.
2023 will in all probability go down within the books because the 12 months of “Barbenheimer” on the cinema.
But along with ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie,’ 2023 additionally noticed new movies from acclaimed filmmakers like Alexander Payne (‘The Holdovers’), Martin Scorsese (‘Killers of the Flower Moon’), Ridley Scott (‘Napoleon’), Wes Anderson (‘Asteroid City’) and Ben Affleck (‘Air’), in addition to field workplace blockbusters like ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie,’ ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ live performance film and Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.’
With the 12 months shortly coming to an in depth, Moviefone has assembled its record of the 23 greatest films of 2023.
Let’s start and Happy New Year!
![Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) in Marvel Studios' 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/guard333.jpg)
Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) in Marvel Studios’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.’ Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2023 Marvel.
Directed by James Gunn, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), nonetheless reeling from the lack of Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), should rally his group round him to defend the universe together with defending one in every of their very own. A mission that, if not accomplished efficiently, might fairly probably result in the top of the Guardians as we all know them.
![Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/guatdians-of-the-galaxy3-poster_1676246446.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) and Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) in Columbia Pictures’ 'No Hard Feelings.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nhf11.jpg)
(L to R) Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) and Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) in Columbia Pictures’ ‘No Hard Feelings.’
Directed by Gene Stupnitsky, Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence) thinks she’s discovered the reply to her monetary troubles when she discovers an intriguing job itemizing: rich helicopter mother and father searching for somebody to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman), and produce him out of his shell earlier than he leaves for faculty. But awkward Percy proves to be extra of a problem than she anticipated, and time is working out earlier than she loses all of it.
![No Hard Feelings](https://cdn.moviefone.com/image-assets/884605/gD72DhJ7NbfxvtxGiAzLaa0xaoj.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Joaquin Phoenix in 'Napoleon,' premiering in theaters around the world on November 22, 2023.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nap102.jpg)
Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Napoleon,’ premiering in theaters around the globe on November 22, 2023.
Directed by Ridley Scott, ‘Napoleon’ is an epic that particulars the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix) and his relentless journey to energy by way of the prism of his addictive, unstable relationship together with his spouse, Josephine (Vanessa Kirby).
![Napoleon](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/napoleon-movie-poster_1700414273.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
“He came from nothing. He conquered everything.”
64
2 hr 38 minNov twenty second, 2023
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An epic that particulars the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to energy by way of the prism of his addictive, unstable… Read the Plot
![Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' coming soon to Apple TV+.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/kotfm4.jpg)
(L to R) Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ coming quickly to Apple TV+.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, when oil is found in Twenties Oklahoma below Osage Nation land, the Osage persons are murdered one after the other—till the FBI steps in to unravel the thriller.
![Killers of the Flower Moon](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/killersoftheflowermoon-movie-poster_1694721626.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Jake Ryan, Jason Schwartzman and Tom Hanks in director Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City,' a Focus Features release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ac3.jpg)
(L to R) Jake Ryan, Jason Schwartzman and Tom Hanks in director Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City,’ a Focus Features launch. Credit: Courtesy of Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features.
Directed by Wes Anderson, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet conference (organized to carry collectively college students and oldsters from throughout the nation for fellowship and scholarly competitors) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing occasions.
![Asteroid City](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/asteroidcity-movie-poster_1683748842.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
18. ‘Wonka’ (2023)
![Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka in 'Wonka.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wonka5.jpg)
Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka in ‘Wonka.’ Photo by Eric Charbonneau.
Directed by Paul King, Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) – chock-full of concepts and decided to vary the world one delectable chew at a time – is proof that one of the best issues in life start with a dream, and when you’re fortunate sufficient to satisfy Willy Wonka, something is feasible.
![Wonka](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/wonka-movie-poster_1698781150.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
“Every good thing in this world started with a dream.”
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Willy Wonka – chock-full of concepts and decided to vary the world one delectable chew at a time – is proof that one of the best issues in life start with a dream,… Read the Plot
![Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in 'May December.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/md1.jpg)
(L to R) Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in ‘May December.’ Photo: Francois Duhamel / courtesy of Netflix.
Directed by Todd Haynes, twenty years after their infamous tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple (Julianne Moore and Charles Melton) buckles below strain when an actress (Natalie Portman) arrives to do analysis for a movie about their previous.
![May December](https://cdn.moviefone.com/image-assets/839369/zHR4WWExa1H3frWIjhKVyNV6PAk.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Michael Fassbender as an assassin in 'The Killer.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kill8.jpg)
Michael Fassbender as an murderer in ‘The Killer.’ Photo: Netflix ©2023.
Directed by David Fincher, after a fateful near-miss, an murderer (Michael Fassbender) battles his employers, and himself, on a world manhunt he insists is not private.
![The Killer](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/thekiller-movie-poster_1693343502.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
!['Godzilla Minus One' opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gmo104.jpg)
‘Godzilla Minus One’ opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st.
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, in postwar Japan, a brand new terror rises. Will the devastated individuals have the ability to survive… not to mention battle again?
![Godzilla Minus One](https://cdn.moviefone.com/image-assets/940721/hkxxMIGaiCTmrEArK7J56JTKUlB.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Priya Kansara stars as Ria Khan and Ritu Arya as her sister Lena in director Nida Manzoor’s 'Polite Society,' a Focus Features release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ps4.jpg)
(L to R) Priya Kansara stars as Ria Khan and Ritu Arya as her sister Lena in director Nida Manzoor’s ‘Polite Society,’ a Focus Features launch.
Credit: Saima Khalid / © 2023 Focus Features LLC.
Directed by Nida Manzoor, a merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and daring motion, ‘Polite Society’ follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) who believes she should save her older sister Lena (Ritu Arya) from her impending marriage. After enlisting the assistance of her associates, Ria makes an attempt to tug off probably the most formidable of all marriage ceremony heists within the identify of independence and sisterhood.
![Polite Society](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/politesociety-movie-poster_1682116525.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
13. ‘Paint’ (2023)
![Owen Wilson as Carl Nargle in the comedy film, 'Paint,' an IFC Films release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/paint1.jpg)
Owen Wilson as Carl Nargle within the comedy movie, ‘Paint,’ an IFC Films launch. Photo courtesy of IFC Films.
Directed by Brit McAdams, Carl Nargle (Owen Wilson), Vermont’s #1 public tv painter, is satisfied he has all of it: a signature perm, customized van, and followers hanging on his each stroke… till a youthful, higher artist (Ciara Renée) steals all the pieces (and everybody) Carl loves.
![Paint](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/paint-movie-poster_1678122668.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Keanu Reeves as John Wick in 'John Wick: Chapter 4.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/jw411.jpg)
Keanu Reeves as John Wick in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4.’ Photo Credit: Murray Close.
Directed by Chad Stahelski, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But earlier than he can earn his freedom, Wick should face off in opposition to a brand new enemy with highly effective alliances throughout the globe and forces that flip outdated associates into foes.
![John Wick: Chapter 4](https://cdn.moviefone.com/image-assets/603692/borxnSky4iAtOBWohFCWEUT2uZF.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Spider-Man/Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animations’ 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sv21.jpg)
Spider-Man/Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animations’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.’
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin Okay. Thompson and Kemp Powers, Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns for the following chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.’ After reuniting with Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Brooklyn’s full-time, pleasant neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted throughout the Multiverse, the place he encounters a group of Spider-People charged with defending its very existence. But when the heroes conflict on learn how to deal with a brand new menace, Miles finds himself pitted in opposition to the opposite Spiders and should redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the individuals he loves most.
![Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/spiderman-movie-poster_1671565162.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny in 'Priscilla.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pr10.jpg)
(L to R) Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny in ‘Priscilla.’ Credit: Philippe Le Sourd.
Directed by Sofia Coppola, when teenage Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) at a celebration, the person who’s already a meteoric rock-and-roll famous person turns into somebody fully sudden in non-public moments: an exhilarating crush, an ally in loneliness, a weak greatest buddy.
![Priscilla](https://cdn.moviefone.com/image-assets/1020006/3eTAdKJzC8biM52Eii1ghk69bMP.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
“Wife to the king. Icon to the world. Destined for more.”
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1 hr 50 minOct sixth, 2023
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![Laya DeLeon Hayes as Vicaria in the horror/thriller, 'The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster,' an AllBlk/Shudder/RLJE Films release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/tabgahm4.jpg)
Laya DeLeon Hayes as Vicaria within the horror/thriller, ‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster,’ an AllBlk/Shudder/RLJE Films launch. Photo courtesy of AllBlk/Shudder/RLJE Films.
Vicaria (Laya DeLeon Hayes) is an excellent teenager who believes loss of life is a illness that may be cured. After the brutal and sudden homicide of her brother, she embarks on a harmful journey to carry him again to life. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, ‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ thematically challenges our concepts of life and loss of life. Bomani J. Story, the movie’s author and director, crafts an exhilarating story a couple of household that, regardless of the terrors of systemic strain, will survive and be reborn once more.
![The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster](https://cdn.moviefone.com/image-assets/1083858/4c3rU9R5oYexKFWaAHAc195B0RN.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s 'American Fiction,' an Orion Pictures Release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/af1.jpg)
Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in author/director Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction,’ an Orion Pictures Release. Photo credit score: Claire Folger. © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.
‘American Fiction’ is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our tradition’s obsession with lowering individuals to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a pissed off novelist who’s fed up with the institution taking advantage of “Black” leisure that depends on drained and offensive tropes. To show his level, Monk makes use of a pen identify to write down an outlandish “Black” e-book of his personal, a e-book that propels him to the guts of hypocrisy and the insanity he claims to disdain.
![American Fiction](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/americanfiction-movie-poster_1702920487.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
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AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our tradition’s obsession with lowering individuals to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey… Read the Plot
![Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick in 'Saltburn.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sb2.jpg)
(Center) Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick in ‘Saltburn.’ Photo: Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon MGM Studios.
Directed by Emerald Fennell, struggling to search out his place at Oxford University, scholar Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invitations him to Saltburn, his eccentric household’s sprawling property, for a summer season by no means to be forgotten.
![Saltburn](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/saltburn-movie-poster_1697652432.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
6. ‘Air’ (2023)
![Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro and Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan in 'Air.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/air6.jpg)
(L to R) Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro and Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan in ‘Air.’ Photo: Courtesy of Amazon Studios. © Amazon Content Services LLC.
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, ‘Air’ reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports activities and modern tradition with the Air Jordan model. This transferring story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional group with all the pieces on the road, the uncompromising imaginative and prescient of a mom (Viola Davis) who is aware of the price of her son’s immense expertise, and the basketball phenom who would change into
![Air](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/air-movie-poster_1676672504.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich, Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich, Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich, and Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich in 'The Iron Claw.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ic9.jpg)
(L to R) Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich, Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich, Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich, and Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich in ‘The Iron Claw.’ Photo: A24.
Directed by Sean Durkin, the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers (Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons), who made historical past within the intensely aggressive world {of professional} wrestling within the early Eighties. Through tragedy and triumph, below the shadow of their domineering father and coach (Holt McCallany), the brothers search larger-than-life immortality on the largest stage in sports activities.
![The Iron Claw](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/theironclaw-movie-poster_1699896697.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
“Sons. Brothers. Champions.”
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The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made historical past within the intensely aggressive world {of professional} wrestling within the early Eighties. Through tragedy… Read the Plot
![Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein (Director/Writer/Producer) in 'Maestro.'](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/maestro-17.jpg)
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein (Director/Writer/Producer) in ‘Maestro.’ Photo: Jason McDonald/Netflix © 2023.
Directed by Bradley Cooper, this fearless love story chronicles the sophisticated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan).
![Maestro](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/maestro-movie-poster_1692121317.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ 'Barbie,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/barbie32.jpg)
(L to R) Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Barbie,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures launch. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) are having the time of their lives within the colourful and seemingly good world of Barbie Land. However, after they get an opportunity to go to the true world, they quickly uncover the thrill and perils of residing amongst people.
![Barbie](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/barbie-movie-poster_1680632853.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in 'Oppenheimer,' written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/opp3.jpg)
Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in ‘Oppenheimer,’ written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s (Cillian Murphy) position within the growth of the atomic bomb throughout World War II.
![Oppenheimer](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/oppenheimer-movie-poster_1683332924.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
![Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s 'The Holdovers,' a Focus Features release.](https://cdn.moviefone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/holdovers2.jpg)
(L to R) Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers,’ a Focus Features launch. Credit: Courtesy of FOCUS FEATURES / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC.
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, ‘The Holdovers’ follows a curmudgeonly teacher (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep faculty who’s compelled to stay on campus throughout Christmas break to babysit the handful of scholars with nowhere to go. Eventually he varieties an unlikely bond with one in every of them — a broken, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the college’s head cook dinner, who has simply misplaced a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
![The Holdovers](https://cdn.moviefone.com/admin-uploads/posters/theholdovers-movie-poster_1696525490.jpg?d=360x540&q=60)
“They’re the last thing anyone wants for Christmas.”
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