Year-End Lists

Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2023, as discussed on Kermode and Mayo's Take

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

1. Past Lives
   Celine Song
2. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
3. Enys Men
   Mark Jenkin
4. Return to Seoul
   Davy Chou
5. One Fine Morning
   Mia Hansen-Løve

Also Absolutely Brilliant

• Polite Society
  Nida Manzoor
• How to Blow Up a Pipeline
  Daniel Goldhaber
• The Beasts
  Rodrigo Sorogoyen
• Pearl
  Ti West
• Close
  Lukas Dhont
• Broker
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Blue Jean
  Georgia Oakley
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• May December
  Todd Haynes
• Beau Is Afraid
  Ari Aster
• Infinity Pool
  Brandon Cronenberg
• Rye Lane
  Raine Allen-Miller
• Reality
  Tina Satter
• Talk to Me
  Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
• How to Have Sex
  Molly Manning Walker
• Scrapper
  Charlotte Regan
• Dream Scenario
  Kristoffer Borgli
• Saltburn
  Emerald Fennell
• Bottoms
  Emma Seligman
• Eileen
  William Oldroyd
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Women Talking
  Sarah Polley

Documentaries

• The Automat
  Lisa Hurwitz
• In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
  Toby Amies
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  Davis Guggenheim

Blockbusters

• Godzilla Minus One
  Takashi Yamazaki
• The Creator
  Gareth Edwards
• Barbie
  Greta Gerwig
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
  Christopher McQuarrie
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
• John Wick: Chapter 4
  Chad Stahelski

Coming to the UK in 2024

• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Zone of Interest
  Jonathan Glazer
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2023

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

1. May December
   Todd Haynes
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
3. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
4. Our Body
   Claire Simon
5. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
6. Trenque Lauquen
   Laura Citarella
7. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
8. All of Us Strangers
   Andrew Haigh
8. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
9. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
10. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
    Raven Jackson

Sean Fennessey: Best Movies of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2010s]

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
   Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
3. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
4. May December
   Todd Haynes
5. The Taste of Things
   Trần Anh Hùng
6. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
7. The Killer
   David Fincher
8. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
9. John Wick: Chapter 4
   Chad Stahelski
10. Anatomy of a Fall
    Justine Triet
11. Beau Is Afraid
    Ari Aster
12. The Iron Claw
    Sean Durkin
13. Past Lives
    Celine Song
14. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
    Daniel Goldhaber
15. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt
16. Ferrari
    Michael Mann
17. Poor Things
    Yorgos Lanthimos
18. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
    Christopher McQuarrie
19. The Boy and the Heron
    Hayao Miyazaki
20. Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
21. R.M.N.
    Cristian Mungiu
22. BlackBerry
    Matt Johnson
23. Priscilla
    Sofia Coppola
24. Passages
    Ira Sachs
25. The Holdovers
    Alexander Payne
26. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
    Kelly Fremon Craig
27. Godzilla Minus One
    Takashi Yamazaki
28. Talk to Me
    Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
29. Maestro
    Bradley Cooper
30. Dream Scenario
    Kristoffer Borgli
31. Master Gardener
    Paul Schrader
32. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
    William Friedkin
33. All of Us Strangers
    Andrew Haigh
34. Leave the World Behind
    Sam Esmail
35. Godland
    Hlynur Pálmason
36. American Fiction
    Cord Jefferson
37. Perfect Days
    Wim Wenders
38. A Thousand and One
    A.V. Rockwell
39. You Hurt My Feelings
    Nicole Holofcener
40. Barbie
    Greta Gerwig
41. Napoleon
    Ridley Scott
42. Afire
    Christian Petzold
43. Air
    Ben Affleck
44. Pacifiction
    Albert Serra
45. The Royal Hotel
    Kitty Green
46. They Cloned Tyrone
    Juel Taylor
47. Fallen Leaves
    Aki Kaurismäki
48. The Artifice Girl
    Franklin Ritch
49. The Quiet Girl
    Colm Bairéad
50. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    James Gunn
51. Sick
    John Hyams
52. When Evil Lurks
    Demián Rugna
53. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
54. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    Jeff Rowe
55. Creed III
    Michael B. Jordan
56. 20 Days in Mariupol
    Mstyslav Chernov
57. Bottoms
    Emma Seligman
58. Evil Dead Rise
    Lee Cronin
59. The Covenant
    Guy Ritchie
60. Sick of Myself
    Kristoffer Borgli
61. Thanksgiving
    Eli Roth
62. Infinity Pool
    Brandon Cronenberg
63. Dreamin' Wild
    Bill Pohlad
64. Fair Play
    Chloe Domont
65. Knock at the Cabin
    M. Night Shyamalan
66. The Pigeon Tunnel
    Errol Morris
67. The Equalizer 3
    Antoine Fuqua
68. Rye Lane
    Raine Allen-Miller
69. No Hard Feelings
    Gene Stupnitsky
70. Fremont
    Babak Jalali
71. The Civil Dead
    Clay Tatum
72. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
    Wes Anderson
73. The Burial
    Maggie Betts
74. Palm Trees and Power Lines
    Jamie Dack
75. Suzume
    Makoto Shinkai
76. Beyond Utopia
    Madeleine Gavin
77. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
    Davis Guggenheim
78. Memory
    Michel Franco
79. No One Will Save You
    Brian Duffield
80. Unrest
    Cyril Schäublin
81. Personality Crisis: One Night Only
    Martin Scorsese & David Tedeschi
82. Scream VI
    Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
83. El Conde
    Pablo Larraín
84. Alcarràs
    Carla Simón
85. The Disappearance of Shere Hite
    Nicole Newnham
86. Society of the Snow
    J.A. Bayona
87. Earth Mama
    Savanah Leaf
88. M3GAN
    Gerard Johnstone
89. Birth/Rebirth
    Laura Moss
90. Eileen
    William Oldroyd
91. Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
    Rob Reiner
92. The Five Devils
    Léa Mysius
93. The Sweet East
    Sean Price Williams
94. Sanctuary
    Zachary Wigon
95. Theater Camp
    Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
96. Divinity
    Eddie Alcazar
97. Kokomo City
    D. Smith
98. Joy Ride
    Adele Lim
99. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
    Steven Soderbergh
100. Skinamarink
     Kyle Edward Ball

Clémence Polès: Top Ten Films of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

• Perfect Days
  Wim Wenders
• Four Daughters
  Kaouther Ben Hania
• Kokomo City
  D. Smith
• Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
  Frederick Wiseman
• The Zone of Interest
  Jonathan Glazer
• Rotting in the Sun
  Sebastián Silva
• Coconut Head Generation
  Alain Kassanda
• The Green Border
  Agnieszka Holland
• Pictures of Ghosts
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Bottoms
  Emma Seligman

Notable mentions

• How to Have Sex
  Molly Manning Walker
• Beau Is Afraid
  Ari Aster
• Youth (Spring)
  Wang Bing

Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2023, as submitted to La Internacional Cinéfila Poll, in priority order

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

• Henry Fonda for President
  Alexander Horwath
• Of Conquest
  Françoise Prenant
• Boï
  Lucien Pin
• PIER 34, New York, Summer 83
  Marion Scemama
• Christophe définitivement
  Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Ange Leccia

This list contributes to:

• La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2023

Dazed: The 10 Best Films of 2023

[see also 2022]

1. Beau Is Afraid
   Ari Aster
2. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. Past Lives
   Celine Song
4. The Beast
   Bertrand Bonello
5. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
6. The Delinquents
   Rodrigo Moreno
7. Fremont
   Babak Jalali
8. All of Us Strangers
   Andrew Haigh
9. How to Have Sex
   Molly Manning Walker
10. Passages
    Ira Sachs

Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2023, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2016]

• Air
  Ben Affleck
• American Fiction
  Cord Jefferson
• Barbie
  Greta Gerwig
• Bottoms
  Emma Seligman
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Polite Society
  Nida Manzoor
• Rye Lane
  Raine Allen-Miller
• They Cloned Tyrone
  Juel Taylor

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2023

Katie Rife: Top Ten Films of 2023, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. May December
   Todd Haynes
2. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
4. Birth/Rebirth
   Laura Moss
5. Past Lives
   Celine Song
6. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
7. Kokomo City
   D. Smith
8. Godzilla Minus One
   Takashi Yamazaki
9. Priscilla
   Sofia Coppola
10. Dream Scenario
    Kristoffer Borgli

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2023

Marya E. Gates: Top Ten Films of 2023, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

• All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
  Raven Jackson
• Amanda
  Carolina Cavalli
• Fremont
  Babak Jalali
• BlackBerry
  Matt Johnson
• The Blue Caftan
  Maryam Touzani
• La chimera
  Alice Rohrwacher
• Godland
  Hlynur Pálmason
• Kokomo City
  D. Smith
• Lakota Nation vs. United States
  Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli
• Past Lives
  Celine Song
• Plan 75
  Chie Hayakawa

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2023

Steve Erickson: Top 10 LGBTQ Films of 2023, as published by Gay City News along with lists of unreleased films, shorts, and re-releases

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

• All of Us Strangers
  Andrew Haigh
• Bottoms
  Emma Seligman
• Earth Mama
  Savanah Leaf
• The Killer
  David Fincher
• Kokomo City
  D. Smith
• Pacifiction
  Albert Serra
• The Plains
  David Easteal
• Rewind & Play
  Alain Gomis
• Rotting in the Sun
  Sebastián Silva
• When Evil Lurks
  Demián Rugna

Runners-up

• Dry Ground Burning
  Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós
• Enys Men
  Mark Jenkin
• In Water
  Hong Sang-soo
• John Wick: Chapter 4
  Chad Stahelski
• Our Body
  Claire Simon
• Passages
  Ira Sachs
• Queens of the Qing Dynasty
  Ashley McKenzie
• Spoonful of Sugar
  Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• A Still Small Voice
  Luke Lorentzen
• Telemarketers
• Tori and Lokita
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne