Jessica Kiang: Top 50 Movies of 2023, as posted to Twitter in an epic thread with links to her (or others') reviews
[see also 2022]
Unranked due to personal connections
Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2023, as published by The Observer
[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]
Nick Schager: The 10 Best Movies of 2023, as published by The Daily Beast
[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]
Honorable mentions
Michael Sicinski: 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023, which he describes as "some of the experimental films and videos from this year that inspired, entertained, and challenged me in the course of my viewing"
[see also The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022 • The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010s • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 25 Films of 2017 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 12 Films of 2012]