Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2023 Movies

Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2023

08 December 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

Slant Magazine: The 25 Best Films of 2023

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  1. May December
    Todd Haynes
  2. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt
  3. Killers of the Flower Moon
    Martin Scorsese
  4. De humani corporis fabrica
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
  5. Fallen Leaves
    Aki Kaurismäki
  6. The Delinquents
    Rodrigo Moreno
  7. About Dry Grasses
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  8. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
    Frederick Wiseman
  9. The Zone of Interest
    Jonathan Glazer
  10. Anatomy of a Fall
    Justine Triet
  11. Asteroid City
    Wes Anderson
  12. Our Body
    Claire Simon
  13. Oppenheimer
    Christopher Nolan
  14. The Plains
    David Easteal
  15. Afire
    Christian Petzold
  16. The Killer
    David Fincher
  17. Pacifiction
    Albert Serra
  18. Skinamarink
    Kyle Edward Ball
  19. Passages
    Ira Sachs
  20. Walk Up
    Hong Sang-soo
  21. Love Life
    Kôji Fukada
  22. The Outwaters
    Robbie Banfitch
  23. Ferrari
    Michael Mann
  24. The Boy and the Heron
    Hayao Miyazaki
  25. Rotting in the Sun
    Sebastián Silva

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