Year-End Lists

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

Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2023, as published by The New York Times

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

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Past Lives
   Celine Song
3. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
4. Reality
   Tina Satter
5. A Still Small Voice
   Luke Lorentzen
6. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
7. Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
   Anna Hints
8. Godland
   Hlynur Pálmason
9. The Eternal Memory
   Maite Alberdi
10. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
    Frederick Wiseman

And don’t miss

• Afire
  Christian Petzold
• American Fiction
  Cord Jefferson
• American Symphony
  Matthew Heineman
• Anatomy of a Fall
  Justine Triet
• Anselm
  Wim Wenders
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  Kelly Fremon Craig
• Barbie
  Greta Gerwig
• BlackBerry
  Matt Johnson
• Eileen
  William Oldroyd
• Fallen Leaves
  Aki Kaurismäki
• Four Daughters
  Kaouther Ben Hania
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• May December
  Todd Haynes
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Priscilla
  Sofia Coppola
• The Royal Hotel
  Kitty Green
• Showing Up
  Kelly Reichardt
• The Starling Girl
  Laurel Parmet
• The Taste of Things
  Trần Anh Hùng
• You Hurt My Feelings
  Nicole Holofcener

Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2023, as published by The New York Times

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

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
3. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
   Frederick Wiseman
4. Occupied City
   Steve McQueen
5. A Thousand and One
   A.V. Rockwell
6. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
7. May December
   Todd Haynes
8. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
9. Orlando, My Political Biography
   Paul B. Preciado
10. Stonewalling
    Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji

Ten more

• All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
  Raven Jackson
• Earth Mama
  Savanah Leaf
• Fallen Leaves
  Aki Kaurismäki
• Ferrari
  Michael Mann
• John Wick: Chapter 4
  Chad Stahelski
• Past Lives
  Celine Song
• R.M.N.
  Cristian Mungiu
• Scarlet
  Pietro Marcello
• Will-o'-the-Wisp
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Youth (Spring)
  Wang Bing

Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by The New Yorker

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

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
3. Barbie
   Greta Gerwig
4. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
   Raven Jackson
5. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
6. Passages
   Ira Sachs
7. Civic
   Dwayne LeBlanc
8. A Thousand and One
   A.V. Rockwell
9. Earth Mama
   Savanah Leaf
10. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
    Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg
11. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
    Wes Anderson
11. The Swan
    Wes Anderson
11. The Rat Catcher
    Wes Anderson
11. Poison
    Wes Anderson
12. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
    Frederick Wiseman
13. Petite Solange
    Axelle Ropert
14. Ferrari
    Michael Mann
15. Orlando, My Political Biography
    Paul B. Preciado
16. Walk Up
    Hong Sang-soo
17. Origin
    Ava DuVernay
18. Priscilla
    Sofia Coppola
19. The Color Purple
    Blitz Bazawule
20. Our Body
    Claire Simon

Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2023, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Last Summer
   Catherine Breillat
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
4. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
5. Close Your Eyes
   Víctor Erice
6. Voyages en Italie
   Sophie Letourneur
7. Creed III
   Michael B. Jordan
8. The Plough
   Philippe Garrel
9. Nothing But a Man (1964)
   Michael Roemer
9. The Plot Against Harry (1969)
   Michael Roemer
9. Vengeance Is Mine (1984)
   Michael Roemer

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2023

Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2023, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
2. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
3. Last Summer
   Catherine Breillat
4. Alcarràs
   Carla Simón
5. Red Island
   Robin Campillo
6. The Rapture
   Iris Kaltenbäck
7. The Animal Kingdom
   Thomas Cailley
8. Return to Seoul
   Davy Chou
9. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
10. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2023