Year-End Lists

Film Comment: Best Films of 2023, a poll of the magazine's contributors

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1. May December
   Todd Haynes
2. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
4. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
5. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
6. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
7. Afire
   Christian Petzold
8. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
9. Unrest
   Cyril Schäublin
10. Our Body
    Claire Simon
11. Dry Ground Burning
    Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós
12. Passages
    Ira Sachs
13. Trenque Lauquen
    Laura Citarella
14. Orlando, My Political Biography
    Paul B. Preciado
15. De humani corporis fabrica
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
16. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
    Frederick Wiseman
17. Youth (Spring)
    Wang Bing
18. Asteroid City
    Wes Anderson
19. Rewind & Play
    Alain Gomis
20. The Boy and the Heron
    Hayao Miyazaki

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Best Films of 2023 B. Ruby Rich · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Caden Mark Gardner · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Caitlin Quinlan · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Chloe Lizotte · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Daniel Kasman · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Florence Almozini · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Kevin B. Lee · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Lawrence Garcia · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Molly Haskell · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Monica Castillo · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Vadim Rizov · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023 Vikram Murthi · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll