The Best Movies of 2023

Chris Stuckmann gives you his honorable mentions and picks for best films of 2023!

[IamLegendaryguy]

I missed Chris making the worst movies videos of the year

[iPard]

0:40 Honourable Mentions: The Boy and The Heron; Maestro; The Tunnel To Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes; Bottoms; Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; When Evil Lurks; Beau Is Afraid; Sisu.

3:06 Suzume
3:32 Barbie
3:59 Dream Scenario
4:26 John Wick Chapter 4
4:59 Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning
5:38 The Zone of Interest
6:17 The Artifice Girl
6:46 Killers Of The Flower Moon
7:14 Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse
7:42 The Holdovers
8:13 American Fiction
8:46 Poor Things
9:19 Godzilla Minus One
9:53 Oppenheimer
10:53 The First Slam Dunk

13:07 Talks of his own film coming out

[SurrealVerdoux]

I love the Slam Dunk manga. I drove over 2 hours round trip to see First Slam Dunk in a theater. Everyone in the theater besides me was Japanese and they had all clearly grown up with Slam Dunk and were on another level of excitement and energy. It was one of the single best moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had.

[TheJCruzinator]

My friend took me to see Slam Dunk in theatres, and knowing almost nothing about the source material.... the movie is actually incredible. Gorgeous animation, emotional depth, character development, insane hype, and the movie does an amazing job of accommodating newcomers that didnt watch the 90s anime or read the manga.

[TheMovieMerchant]

The fact that Godzilla Minus One can be said in the same breath as Oppenheimer for some of the best films of 2023 just makes me so happy.

[wm]

Im not sure if its just me or not, but I don't even really feel like he said all that much about his favorite films of the year. It's like he just speed ran through them and just called it a night. I'm sure he's probably going through a lot but I don't know, I'd enjoy to hear what made these films your favorite and why they were the best for you. I understand it can be difficult to put into words why you love something but come on man, you've been doing this for like 14 years now, I would think you'd get better at conveying you're feelings on a movie instead of just saying one line about it or this will get an Oscar and moving on. I don't know, its just frustrating but, what do you guys think?

[rishitakalita]

15. Suzume
14. Barbie
13. Dream Scenario
12. Johnwick Chapter 4
11. Mission Impossible Death Reconing Part one
10. The zone of Interest
9.The Artifice Girl
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
7. Spiderman : Across the Spiderverse
6. The Holdovers
5. American Fiction
4. Poor things
3. Godzilla Minus one
2. Oppenheimer
1. The First Slam Dunk

[claytonrios]

I'm glad you gave some anime movies an honorable mention. Because we know the Academy for some reason can't see their brilliance when they really should.

[iainmcdonalds]

Please, for the love of god, elaborate. I swear the goddamn title cards for each number lasted longer than what you actually said about each movie.

[benwasserman]

Better add Past Lives to your watch list Chris. It was by far my favorite A24 movie of the year, and they released a ton of good ones this year.

[MRKYootube]

Godzilla Minus One is to 2023 what Top Gun Maverick was to 2022. What an unexpected masterpiece.

[erickelly]

Chris, here is a bit of positive criticism. Please stop with the same music sting for every movie on the title card. Hearing it 15 times in a 14 minute video is a bit much. Probably save the sting for the top three only. Also, it's okay to put some emotion into your voice. It sounds like your bored out of your mind. This is your list of your favorite movies of the year. you would think you would be excited to let people know it. Also mention that you have more in depth reviews of these movies and that this is going to be a quick synopsis of said film, maybe have links to those reviews in the bar at the top or in the description.

[Nixeen]

Chris Stuckmann's Best Movies of 2023
Honorable Mentions:
- The Boy and the Heron
- Maestro
- The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
- Bottoms
- Still, a Michael J Fox Movie
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
- When Evil Lurks
- Beau Is Afraid
- Sisu

Top 15 Movies:
15. Suzume
14. Barbie
13. Dream Scenario
12. John Wick Chapter 4
11. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
10. The Zone of Interest
9. The Artifice Girl
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
7. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
6. The Holdovers
5. American Fiction
4. Poor Things
3. Godzilla Minus One
2. Oppenheimer
1. The First Slam Dunk

[waverlyking]

I’m happy to see The Artifice Girl get a mention. We need more of these idea driven low budget/ high quality movies.

[TheEeshan]

Holy shit that advertisement went on forever

[DaymanOurSavior]

The Boy and the Heron is incredible. Miyazaki's world and visual aesthetic he created in it is like a dream you never want to end. However, it's great to see First Slam Dunk getting the recognition it deserves. Even if you're not necessarily an anime fan, but just a fan of animation and good movies you should definitely see it. With that, the Boy and the Heron, and Suzume, this year has been a great year for Anime movies.

[kiitkats.]

convinced 3 of my friends to read slam dunk and watch it with me, truly a special movie for all of us. thank you for putting out a great word for it!

[rsmith]

I'm surprised Chris didn't say "Every movie is the best this year"

[HeadofSpectre]

So glad to see Suzume get some attention. I’m glad anime movies are becoming more and more popular (not that they weren’t in the first place).

[Jakco]

Past lives was definitely the best I've seen this year. Hopefully it gets more love after the awards