Year-End Lists

Adam Nayman: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by The Ringer

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2015]

1. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
2. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
4. May December
   Todd Haynes
5. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
   Kelly Fremon Craig
6. All of Us Strangers
   Andrew Haigh
7. The Killer
   David Fincher
8. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
9. The Boy and the Heron
   Hayao Miyazaki
10. Afire
    Christian Petzold
10. Knock at the Cabin
    M. Night Shyamalan

Honorable Mention

• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan

Kyle Smith: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by The Wall Street Journal

• Flora and Son
  John Carney
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Saltburn
  Emerald Fennell
• Elemental
  Peter Sohn
• The Zone of Interest
  Jonathan Glazer
• 20 Days in Mariupol
  Mstyslav Chernov
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  Davis Guggenheim
• In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
  Toby Amies
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
  Sam Wrench

Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Past Lives
   Celine Song
3. John Wick: Chapter 4
   Chad Stahelski
4. May December
   Todd Haynes
5. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
   Kelly Fremon Craig
6. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
   Frederick Wiseman
7. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
   Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
8. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
9. The Holdovers
   Alexander Payne
10. Godzilla Minus One
    Takashi Yamazaki
11. Poor Things
    Yorgos Lanthimos
12. The Zone of Interest
    Jonathan Glazer
13. Beau Is Afraid
    Ari Aster
14. BlackBerry
    Matt Johnson
15. Ferrari
    Michael Mann
16. Fallen Leaves
    Aki Kaurismäki
17. The Killer
    David Fincher
18. The Taste of Things
    Trần Anh Hùng
19. American Fiction
    Cord Jefferson
20. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
    Christopher McQuarrie

Ten More Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)

• Air
  Ben Affleck
• Anatomy of a Fall
  Justine Triet
• Creed III
  Michael B. Jordan
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
  James Gunn
• Flora and Son
  John Carney
• No Hard Feelings
  Gene Stupnitsky
• Rye Lane
  Raine Allen-Miller
• Showing Up
  Kelly Reichardt
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  Davis Guggenheim
• You Hurt My Feelings
  Nicole Holofcener

Alison Willmore: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
2. May December
   Todd Haynes
3. Tótem
   Lila Avilés
4. The Boy and the Heron
   Hayao Miyazaki
5. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
6. Reality
   Tina Satter
7. A Thousand and One
   A.V. Rockwell
8. Happer's Comet
   Tyler Taormina
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
   James Gunn
10. The Outwaters
    Robbie Banfitch

Bilge Ebiri: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
2. The Holdovers
   Alexander Payne
3. Ferrari
   Michael Mann
4. Perfect Days
   Wim Wenders
5. About Dry Grasses
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
6. Origin
   Ava DuVernay
7. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
8. Passages
   Ira Sachs
9. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
10. Anatomy of a Fall
    Justine Triet

David Fear: The 20 Best Movies of 2023, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Past Lives
   Celine Song
2. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
4. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
5. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
6. The Quiet Girl
   Colm Bairéad
7. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
8. The Delinquents
   Rodrigo Moreno
9. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
   Raven Jackson
10. Barbie
    Greta Gerwig
11. American Fiction
    Cord Jefferson
12. All of Us Strangers
    Andrew Haigh
13. Return to Seoul
    Davy Chou
14. Beau Is Afraid
    Ari Aster
15. Skinamarink
    Kyle Edward Ball
16. Passages
    Ira Sachs
17. You Hurt My Feelings
    Nicole Holofcener
18. Bottoms
    Emma Seligman
19. The Boy and the Heron
    Hayao Miyazaki
20. Oppenheimer
    Christopher Nolan

Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2023, as published by The Washington Post. In her opening essay, Hornaday nods to a number of other films that "could easily have ended up on my top 10 list this year."

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. American Fiction
   Cord Jefferson
2. The Holdovers
   Alexander Payne
3. You Hurt My Feelings
   Nicole Holofcener
4. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
5. Barbie
   Greta Gerwig
5. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
6. Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
   Miri Navasky, Karen O’Connor, and Maeve O’Boyle
7. Past Lives
   Celine Song
8. Reality
   Tina Satter
9. Air
   Ben Affleck
10. Origin
    Ava DuVernay

Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2023, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
2. Maestro
   Bradley Cooper
3. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
4. Priscilla
   Sofia Coppola
5. Revoir Paris
   Alice Winocour
6. Past Lives
   Celine Song
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
8. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
   Kelly Fremon Craig
9. Dreamin' Wild
   Bill Pohlad
10. Passages
    Ira Sachs

Honorable Mentions

• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Master Gardener
  Paul Schrader
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Covenant
  Guy Ritchie
• Little Richard: I Am Everything
  Lisa Cortés
• Emily
  Frances O'Connor
• One Fine Morning
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• The Taste of Things
  Trần Anh Hùng
• Origin
  Ava DuVernay
• All of Us Strangers
  Andrew Haigh
• Perfect Days
  Wim Wenders

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Trenque Lauquen
   Laura Citarella
2. Close Your Eyes
   Víctor Erice
3. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
4. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
5. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
6. Unrest
   Cyril Schäublin
7. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
   Radu Jude
8. The Temple Woods Gang
   Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
9. Last Summer
   Catherine Breillat
10. A Prince
    Pierre Creton
10. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt

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

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

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