Year-End Lists

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2023 Movies

Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The Best Movies of 2023

01 December 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

Richard Lawson: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by Vanity Fair

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  1. May December
    Todd Haynes
  2. Past Lives
    Celine Song
  3. The Holdovers
    Alexander Payne
  4. The Zone of Interest
    Jonathan Glazer
  5. Passages
    Ira Sachs
  6. Earth Mama
    Savanah Leaf
  7. Anatomy of a Fall
    Justine Triet
  8. You Hurt My Feelings
    Nicole Holofcener
  9. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt
  10. Asteroid City
    Wes Anderson
  11. Tótem
    Lila Avilés
  12. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
    Radu Jude
  13. Poor Things
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  14. Four Daughters
    Kaouther Ben Hania
  15. Perfect Days
    Wim Wenders
  16. Monster
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  17. Memory
    Michel Franco
  18. Sharper
    Benjamin Caron
  19. Pretty Red Dress
    Dionne Edwards
  20. Blue Beetle
    Ángel Manuel Soto
  21. Reality
    Tina Satter

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