Best Movies of 2023 According To Critical and Audience Reception (So Far)
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Combining IMDB user ratings, Rotten Tomatoes Audience and Critics scores and Letterboxd scores, this is a list of films released in most countries in 2023, starting with the highest rated at the top. I hope this helps you choose which movies to watch.
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Combining IMDB user ratings, Rotten Tomatoes Audience and Critics scores and Letterboxd scores, this is a list of films released in most countries in 2023, starting with the highest rated at the top. I hope this helps you choose which movies to watch.
The list on IMDB stopped updating in May 2023. If you want a weekly updated list, it can now be found here.
If you have any questions or want to discuss the topic, you can do that here.
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- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsMichael J. FoxDavis GuggenheimTracy PollanFollows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
- DirectorSean MullinStarsAndy AndresRoger AngellMarty AppelThe illustrious life and career of the baseball great, Yogi Berra.
- DirectorKelly Fremon CraigStarsAbby Ryder FortsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhen her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
- DirectorChad StahelskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneGeorge GeorgiouJohn 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.
- DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsNanoka HaraHokuto MatsumuraEri FukatsuA modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.
- DirectorEm JohnsonStarsKatherine WaddellIlia VolokMichael David WilsonA young circus performer, stuck under the harsh rules of her father and community expectations, finds herself captivated by small-town America, forcing her to question everything.
- DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattChukwudi IwujiBradley CooperStill 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.
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsJay BaruchelGlenn HowertonMatt JohnsonThe story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
- DirectorRyan WhiteStarsPamela AndersonFran DrescherDavid HasselhoffFollows the life of pop culture icon Pamela Anderson, including never-before-seen archival footage and personal journals.
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsMatt DamonJason BatemanBen AffleckFollows 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.
- DirectorRaine Allen-MillerStarsDavid JonssonVivian OparahPoppy Allen-QuarmbyTwo youngsters reeling from bad breakups connect over an eventful day in South London.
- DirectorLaurel ParmetStarsEliza ScanlenLewis PullmanJimmi Simpson17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
- DirectorEve BrandsteinRichard KaufmanStuart SamuelsStarsMay PangJohn LennonJulian LennonA love story that took 50 years to tell, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" explores the 18-month romantic relationship between John Lennon and his Chinese-American assistant May Pang,
- DirectorAustin BraggMeredith BraggStarsMike FaistCrystal ReedDennis BoutsikarisThe story of Roger Sharpe, the young midwesterner who overturned New York City's 35 year-old ban on pinball machines.
- DirectorJohn Francis DaleyJonathan GoldsteinStarsChris PineMichelle RodriguezRegé-Jean PageA 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.
- DirectorRay RomanoStarsRay RomanoLaurie MetcalfJacob WardLeo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son 'Sticks' finds success on his high-school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
- DirectorMichael B. JordanStarsMichael B. JordanTessa ThompsonJonathan MajorsAdonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.
- DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJake GyllenhaalDar SalimSean SagarDuring the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
- DirectorSophie GalibertStarsHannah AllineAngela NicholasCandice HeidenCherry has 24 hours to make the most important decision of her life: whether or not to keep an unplanned pregnancy.
- DirectorTodd FlahertyStarsTodd FlahertyWyatt FennerJoey TarantoWhen his best friend and creative partner suddenly couples off and moves away, an ambitious New York drag queen determined for the limelight must reinvent himself or risk becoming an irrelevant solo act both onstage and off.
- DirectorMani RatnamSruti Harihara SubramanianStarsVikramKarthiJayam RaviArulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.
- DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaAksel HennieJack DoolanWhen an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
- DirectorMartin BourboulonStarsFrançois CivilVincent CasselRomain DurisD'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.
- DirectorNicholas D. JohnsonWill MerrickStarsTim GriffinAva Zaria LeeNia LongAfter her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online.
- DirectorSam GreenStarsEdgar ChoueririJoanna FangSam GreenExplores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.
- DirectorNida ManzoorStarsPriya KansaraRitu AryaRenu BrindleRia Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
- DirectorLisa CortesStarsLittle RichardRalph HarperNewt CollierThe life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.
- DirectorSaim SadiqStarsAli JunejoRasti FarooqAlina KhanThe youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
- DirectorFrant GwoStarsJing WuYi ShaYanmanzi ZhuHumans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
- DirectorStephen WilliamsStarsKelvin Harrison Jr.Samara WeavingLucy BoyntonSon of an African slave and a French farmer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, achieves an unthinkable position in society as a famous violinist, composer and fencer, in addition to experiencing an ill-fated love affair.
- DirectorJon S. BairdStarsTaron EgertonMara HufMiles BarrowVideo game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsKristine TompkinsYvon ChouinardRick RidgewayA sweeping portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins chronicling their fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth.
- DirectorMiles WarrenStarsJalyn HallTrevante RhodesShamier AndersonA 14-year-old boy turns to a charismatic loner for help after being beaten up, in director Miles Warren's searing feature debut about fathers, families, and the effects of fighting.
- DirectorMatt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler GillettStarsCourteney CoxMelissa BarreraJenna OrtegaIn the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
- DirectorDaniel GoldhaberStarsAriela BarerKristine FrosethLukas GageA crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
- DirectorColin WestStarsJim GaffiganRhea SeehornKatelyn NaconWhen the host of a failing children's science show endeavors to achieve his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by constructing a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.
- DirectorJon ErwinBrent McCorkleStarsJoel CourtneyJonathan RoumieKimberly Williams-PaisleyThe true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.
- DirectorJamie DackStarsLily McInernyGretchen MolEmily JacksonA disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
- DirectorLee CroninStarsMirabai PeaseRichard CrouchleyAnna-Maree ThomasA 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.
- DirectorByun Sung-hyunStarsLee Jae-wookJeon Do-yeonHwang Jung-minA single mother who is a renowned hired killer finds it difficult to achieve a balance between her personal and work life.
- DirectorJingyi ShaoStarsBloom LiBen WangZoe ReneeA young Asian-American teen and basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his mother.
- DirectorEdward BazalgetteStarsMark RowleyPekka StrangZoltan AndrasiIn the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
- DirectorAaron HorvathMichael JelenicPierre LeducStarsChris PrattAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie DayA plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsTeng ShenJackson YeeYi ZhangA pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.
- DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsAllison WilliamsViolet McGrawRonny ChiengA robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.
- DirectorJean-François RichetStarsGerard ButlerMike ColterTony GoldwynA pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseDavid TedeschiStarsDebbie HarryDavid JohansenMorrisseyFollow musician David Johansen's luminous set at Café Carlyle from January 2020. A concert that is wonderfully intimate and a testament to both a lost New York and an artist who remains as fresh and exciting as ever.
- DirectorZach BraffStarsFlorence PughMorgan FreemanCeleste O'ConnorFollows Allison, whose life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident.
- DirectorLucas DelangleStarsThomas ParigiEdwige BlondiauLou LamprosFollows a young man, Jacky Caillou, who lives in a small village in the French Alps with his loving grandmother Gisele, a magnetic healer.
- DirectorAndrea PallaoroStarsTrace LysetteVladimir John PerezAli AmineThe intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to care for her dying mother. A delicate and nuanced story of a fractured family, the story explores universal themes of abandonment, aging, acceptance, and redemption.
- DirectorCharlie HaskellStarsWalter JonesSteve CardenasCatherine SutherlandThe Rangers come face-to-face with a familiar threat from the past. In the midst of a global crisis, they are called on once again to be the heroes the world needs.
- DirectorMatt SmuklerStarsAlexandra DaddarioKiernan ShipkaJean SmartA girl navigates life with two intellectually-disabled parents and an extended family that can't quite agree on the best way to help.
- DirectorMorgan S. DalibertStarsAlban LenoirEric CantonaThibault de MontalembertA steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss's young son.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsJoaquin PhoenixPatti LuPoneAmy RyanFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
- DirectorSiddharth AnandStarsShah Rukh KhanDeepika PadukoneJohn AbrahamAn Indian agent races against a doomsday clock as a ruthless mercenary, with a bitter vendetta, mounts an apocalyptic attack against the country.
- DirectorSarah SpillaneStarsAlyla BrowneTeagan CroftCliff CurtisThe story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyStarsWoody HarrelsonKaitlin OlsonMatt CookA former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsHong ChauAndré 3000A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsGilles LelloucheVincent LacosteAnaïs DemoustierA group of vigilantes called the "tobacco-forces" is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.
- DirectorDaniel AntebiStarsBen GrohDion CostelloeChristiane SeidelDev and Luca race through New York to stop Regina, on a righteous mission to murder her ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorLarry YangStarsJackie ChanHaocun LiuKevin GuoA washed-up stuntman and his stunt horse become an overnight social media sensation when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral.
- DirectorSitisiri MongkolsiriStarsNopachai ChaiyanamChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingEmilio FerreiraA woman running her family's noodle restaurant receives an invitation to join the fine-dining industry under the tutelage of an infamous chef.
- DirectorDamián SzifronStarsShailene WoodleyBen MendelsohnJovan AdepoBaltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer (Shailene Woodley) is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator (Ben Mendelsohn) to help profile and track down a disturbed individual terrorizing the city.
- DirectorAlex LehmannStarsDianna AgronThomas Haden ChurchSameerah Luqmaan-HarrisMaggie tracks down her estranged and reclusive father Lloyd; together they attempt to make first contact.
- DirectorJohn HyamsStarsGideon AdlonBethlehem MillionDylan SprayberryDue to the pandemic, Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone - or so they think.
- 20221h 54mPG-136.8 (1.8K)41MetascoreDirectorYasuhito KikuchiStarsMiho OkasakiYuma UchidaRiko FukumotoCorporate worker Mikami is stabbed by a random killer, is reborn to an alternate world. But he is reborn as a slime. He is Thrown into this new world with the name Rimuru, he begins his quest to create a world that's welcoming to all races
- DirectorYoko OkumuraStarsMidori FrancisJolene PurdyMichael Patrick LaneSam receives a call from Emily a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. She must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes using video call.
- DirectorWendy RogersStarsNoah JupeMandy PatinkinBrian Tyree HenryAn orphaned boy is told by a fortune teller that an elephant will help him find his lost sister.
- DirectorXiaoshi LiuStarsYibo WangJun HuYosh YuA special operations team headed by elite pilots are ordered to test new fighter jets. Test flight after test flight, they challenge the limits of the sky and themselves.
- DirectorRoss VenokurStarsJimmy O. YangJ.K. SimmonsChloe BennetRacers compete in a high-stakes rally along the famous Silk Road trade route.
- DirectorBenjamin CaronStarsJulianne MooreSebastian StanJustice SmithMotivations are suspect and expectations are turned to chaos as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
- DirectorBeth HannaJerren LauderStarsMcKaley MillerKeyara MillinerJayson Warner SmithFollows Eden, who goes to a coveted 'Heaven and Hell' party, hoping to get a letter of recommendation to an elite university from the wealthy parents of her classmate, but the party quickly turns into a fight for her life.
- DirectorKyle MarvinStarsLily TomlinJane FondaRita MorenoA group of friends made it their life-long mission to go to the Super Bowl and meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsJane FondaLily TomlinMalcolm McDowellTwo old friends reconnect at a funeral and decide to get revenge on the widower who messed with them decades before.
- DirectorMatt RuskinStarsKeira KnightleyCarrie CoonChris CooperLoretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.
- DirectorHaruo SotozakiStarsZach AguilarLaila BerzinsKira BucklandTanjiro needs to bring a definitive end to Upper Rank Six. After the dust settles, he goes with his sister Nezuko to the Swordsmith Village in search of a new sword.
- DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.StarsKhris DavisJasmine MathewsSullivan JonesFueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.
- DirectorBrandon CronenbergStarsAlexander SkarsgårdMia GothCleopatra ColemanJames and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.
- DirectorAnthony DiBlasiStarsJessica SulaMonroe ClineNatalie VictoriaA rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult.
- DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsChristoph WaltzPatrick GibsonDamon HerrimanTwo lowly interns at J.W. Wells and Co., a mysterious firm based in London, uncover a plot by their CEO to disrupt the ancient magical world with modern corporate practices.
- DirectorChris McKayStarsNicholas HoultNicolas CageAwkwafinaRenfield, 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.
- DirectorElizabeth BanksStarsKeri RussellAlden EhrenreichO'Shea Jackson Jr.An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
- DirectorJesse EisenbergStarsJulianne MooreFinn WolfhardBilly BrykEvelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn desperately tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsChristian BaleHarry MellingSimon McBurneyA world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
- DirectorKatie HolmesStarsJulia MayorgaKatie HolmesSaundra SantiagoA young woman seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store. She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop, until faces from her traumatic past start to surface.
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason StathamAubrey PlazaCary ElwesSpecial 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.
- DirectorGreg SwinsonRyan ThiessenStarsNatalie TerrazzinoJC Oakley IIITrevor TuckerA janitor in a furniture factory finds herself in a fight for her life when she becomes the target of sinister masked intruders.
- DirectorBenjamin MillepiedStarsMarina de TaviraMarina TamayoNico CortezBenjamin Millepied's complete reimagining of CARMEN tells a story through an experimental dreamscape featuring an original score and songs.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsDave BautistaJonathan GroffBen AldridgeWhile vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsZachary LeviAsher AngelJack Dylan GrazerThe film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.
- DirectorTina GordonStarsChloe BaileyAnjelika WashingtonQuavoA young woman with dreams of being a superstar joins an underdog Atlanta praise-team choir in the lead up to the national competition
- DirectorPeyton ReedStarsPaul RuddEvangeline LillyMichael DouglasScott 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?
- DirectorDave FrancoStarsAlison BrieJay EllisKiersey ClemonsOn a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her ex Sean and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.
- DirectorJulius AveryStarsRussell CroweDaniel ZovattoAlexandra EssoeFollow Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's leading exorcist, as he investigates the possession of a child and uncovers a conspiracy the Vatican has tried to keep secret.
- DirectorBill HoldermanStarsDiane KeatonJane FondaCandice BergenFollows the new journey of four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had.
- DirectorChuck KonzelmanCary SolomonStarsSean Patrick FlaneryJordan BelfiTom OhmerOn the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.
- DirectorAlexis JacknowStarsDianna AgronMelora HardinJay AliA woman enrolls in a clinical trial to try and fix her seemingly broken biological clock after friends, family, and society pressures her to have children.
- DirectorJuan Jesús García GalochaStarsÓscar BarberánAna Esther AlborgLuis ReinaIt follows three mummies as they end up in present-day London and embark on a journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, stolen by the ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.