This is a list of my favourite films of 2023.
★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Some Interesting Ideas
★★ – Disappointing
ARTHOUSE DRAMA
Saint Omer
★★★★½
dir. Alice Diop
Legal Drama
[France, 2022]
Close
★★★★
dir. Lukas Dhont
Coming-of-Age Drama
[Belgium / Netherlands / France, 2022]
Passages
★★★★
dir. Ira Sachs
Romantic Drama
[France, 2023]
탑 (Walk Up)
★★★★
dir. Hong Sang-Soo
Drama
[South Korea, 2022]
GERMAN LANGUAGE
Das Lehrerzimmer
(The Teacher’s Lounge)
★★★½
dir. İlker Çatak
Drama
[Germany, 2023]
Eismayer
★★★½
dir. David Wagner
Drama
[Austria, 2022]
Rimini
★★½
dir. Ulrich Seidl
Drama
[Austria / France / Germany, 2022]
ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY
Der Rhein fließt ins Mittelmeer
(The Rhine Flows to the Mediterranean Sea)
★★★½
dir. Offer Avnon
Documentary
[Israel, 2021]
MAINSTREAM DRAMA
Killers of the Flower Moon
★★★★½
dir. Martin Scorsese
Epic Revisionist Western Crime Drama
[USA, 2023]
TÁR
★★★★½
dir. Todd Field
Psychological Drama
[USA / Germany, 2022]
Oppenheimer
★★★½
dir. Christopher Nolan
Biographical Drama
[USA / UK, 2023]
MAINSTREAM DOCUMENTARY
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
★★★★½
dir. Beyoncé
Documentary Concert
[USA, 2023]
MAINSTREAM ANIMATION
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
★★★★½
dir. Joaquim de Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
Computer-Animated Superhero
[USA, 2023]
MAINSTREAM ACTION
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
★★★½
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Spy Action
[USA, 2023]
MAINSTREAM COMEDY
Barbie
★★★½
dir. Greta Gerwig
Fantasy Comedy
[USA, 2023]
MAINSTREAM SHORT FILM
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
★★★★
dir. Wes Anderson
Fantasy Short Film
[USA, 2023]
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