The Top 10 Movies of 2023 | A CineFix Movie List

Happy New Year! 2023 is in the books and we’re sneaking our best of the year thoughts just under the wire! It was a wild year for the movie business and who knows how much we’ll actually get next year because of it. In the meantime though, there was plenty to celebrate about 2023 in cinemas. From kaiju action epics on a budget, to both halves of Barbenheimer, indies that aren’t really indies and directorial debuts that blew us away, here are our picks for the 10 best movies of 2023.

While action franchises like Mission: Impossible and John Wick delivered exponentially more of what they’re known for, others went back to their roots. Horror films gave us more Evil Dead and a terrifying movie dressed up as a comedy from Ari Aster. Both Barbie and Oppenheimer surged in the box office but they might not have even been the best movie that came out that day. Meanwhile we got more Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Ridley Scott and Hayao Miyazaki which is never a bad thing! All that to say, 2023 was pretty great!

The Picks:

10 - Action Blockbuster - Godzilla Minus One - dir. Takashi Yamazaki
9 - Documentary - Beyond Utopia - dir. Madeleine Gavin
8 - Animation - The Boy and The Heron - dir. Hayao Miyazaki
7 - Horror - Talk to Me - dir. Michael and Danny Philippou
6 - Thriller - Killers of the Flower Moon - dir. Martin Scorsese
5 - Sci Fi Fantasy - They Cloned Tyrone - dir. Juel Taylor
4 - Comedy - Poor Things - dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
3 - Indie Drama - Asteroid City - dir. Wes Anderson
2 - Foreign - The Taste of Things - dir. Tranh Anh Hung
1 - Prestige Drama - The Zone of Interest - dir. Jonathan Glazer

This movie list was written and edited by Billy Jackson.

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[ottokoppius]

Below is a list of all the movies mentioned, but I've focused only on the movies that they mentioned by name, not the ones they showed a brief clip of without mentioning it, e.g. Napoleon at the start. If you recognize some of those unnamed fragments, feel free to add them in the replies and I'll update the list. Other than that: Happy New Year everyone and thank you CineFix for always pointing me towards way too many interesting movies to watch :)

10 - Action Blockbuster:
a) Creed III
b) John Wick Chapter 4
c) The Covenant
d) The Creator
e) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
f) (PICK) Godzilla Minus One

9 - Documentary
a) Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros
b) Occupied City
c) 20 Days in Mariupol
d) Once Within a Time
e) Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
f) (PICK) Beyond Utopia

8 - Animation
Shown, but not mentioned: Super Mario Bros Movie
a) Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
b) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
c) Nimona
d) Suzume
e) Blue Giant
f) (PICK) The Boy and the Heron

7 - Horror
Shown, but not mentioned: El Conde, No One Will Save You, Scream VI
a) Evil Dead Rise
b) When Evil Lurks
c) Five Nights at Freddy's
d) Beau is Afraid
e) (PICK) Talk to me

6 - Thriller
a) Concrete Utopia
b) BlackBerry
c) Inside
d) The Killer
e) (PICK) Killers of the Flower Moon

5 - Sci Fi Fantasy
a) Barbie
b) Oppenheimer
c) (PICK) They Cloned Tyrone

4 - Comedy
Shown, but not mentioned: American Fiction
a) The Holdovers
b) No Hard Feelings
c) Theater Camp
d) Bottoms
e) (PICK) Poor Things

3 - Indie Drama
a) Memory
b) Passages
c) A Thousand And One
d) Earth Mama
e) Priscilla
f) All Of Us Strangers
g) (PICK) Asteroid City

2 - Foreign
a) Anatomy Of A Fall
b) La Chimera
c) Perfect Days
d) Monster
e) Past Lives
f) (PICK) The Taste Of Things

1 - Prestige Drama
a) May December
b) The Color Purple
c) Origin
d) Maestro
e) (PICK) The Zone Of Interest

[renaudvaneeckhout]

Thanks to the CineFix team for putting up this list, it's always a pleasure for movie lovers like me to find out what we've missed.

[Erik_Jorgensen]

19:35 "We hate to repeat ourselves." Shot of Tarkovsky's Mirror.🤣

[_erbetta]

I wanna add to the chorus and say that i also really miss the titles of the movies at the bottom of the screen.
The great thing about these top 10 of movies of the year was always the amount of movies that are shown/mentioned and having the titles on screen helped to look for them.

[MRKYootube]

Godzilla Minus One is an unexpected masterpiece. I never thought a Godzilla movie could make me cry and leave me broken hearted but there it is.

[Mecknificent]

10. Godzilla minus one - action
9. Beyond Utopia - documentary
8. The boy and the heron - animated
7. Talk to me - horror
6. Killers of the flower moon - thriller
5. They cloned Tyrone - best July 21st movie
4. Poor things - comedy
3. Asteroid City - drama
2. The taste of things - foreign film
1. The zone of interest -top film of the year

[nessleepk]

Audio so much better! Nice quick reupload, and a pretty solid list. I got Monster as best movie of the year but I’m heavily biased on the Kore eda/Sakamoto masterpiece

[upshotMusicTV]

“They Cloned Tyrone” ABSOLUTELY deserves to be on this list! Can’t believe how under the radar this film went! It’s a masterpiece from start to finish and holds amazing rewatchability!

[Tacotasty]

Finally seeing a bigger film media company talk about they cloned Tyrone makes me so happy. I LOVED that movie so so much

[alexpcook]

It's wonderful when these lists happen to both agree with some of your own choices (The Zone of Interest, Asteroid City, Poor Things in my case) as well as throw a curve ball and introduce you to something new (They Cloned Tyrone). Looking forward to checking out some of these other suggestions.

[ArtLike]

THANK YOU for re-uploading!
The soundtrack is awesome, but Clint Gage’s voice is awesome-r.
Have a great new year, CineFix!

My favorite channel on YouTube

[adityapratap]

Here you go, the list of all the movies mentioned in the video including the movies talked of without spelling out their names because our guy drops random gems here and there just like that. Feel free to correct or add any movies I might have missed out. Enjoy

#10 Action - Godzilla minus one
Mentions: Creed III
John Wick 4
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Creator
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

#9 Documentary- Beyond Utopia
Mentions: Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Occupied City
20 Days in Mariupol
Once Within a Time
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

# 8 Animation- The Boy and the Heron
Mentions: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Nimona
Suzume
Blue Giant

#7 Horror - Talk to Me
Mentions: Evil Dead Rise
When Evil Lurks
Five Nights at Freddy's
Beau Is Afraid

#6 Thrillers- Killers of the Flower Moon
Mentions: Concrete Utopia
BlackBerry
Inside
The Killer

#5 July 21st - They Cloned Tyrone
Mentions: Oppenheimer
Barbie

#4 Comedy - Poor Things
Mentions: The Holdovers
No Hard Feelings
Theater Camp
Bottoms

#3 Indie Drama- Asteroid City
Mentions: Memory
Passages
A Thousand and One
Earth Mama
Priscilla
All of Us Strangers

#2 Non American- The Taste of Things
Mentions: Anatomy of a Fall
La Chimera
Perfect Days
Past Lives

#1 Top pick - Zone of Interest
Mentions: May December
Color Purple
Maestro

Yeah, I know I should get a life.

[peoplevrobot]

Saw “Anatomy of a fall” yesterday. Wasn’t expecting to like it but was blown away.. it really is a Masterpiece. The plot, the pacing, how they foster doubt as to the truth behind the accident, the depth of the characters, some surprising quirks in the cinematography, the performances. When it ends you are intrigued and disturbed yet in awe of it. For once a Palme d”Or has real substance. Its a Great film that is a great story with good tension. Best film in a long time.. Cinefix you should watch it again because it deserves a lot more than the mention you gave it.

[Gorgoj]

That detail of the burning house from "The Mirror" when narrator said they hate to repeat themselves was pure gold. 19:30

[LeeannG]

Clint gage’s narration is one of the most dependable parts of every year’s end. ❤

[bradylawrence]

Y'all really are the best! They Cloned Tyrone just shot to the top of my list. I also appreciate the Suzume shout out. That's my favorite film of the year so far.

[simonwoods]

Thank you so much for the quick audio fix! Appreciate any channel that listens to feedback so well. Great list!

[Frankiigii]

Watching Asteroid City is like listening to the dialogue in my head going round and round with itself. I loved it. You guys always have something unique to add to the conversation and I'll definitely be going through a lot of your list. Happy New Year!

[lilac]

I’m so glad They Cloned Tyrone made it on the 2023 movie list!!! Such a good movie!

[alfpumper]

Great as always, many films I didn't know about until today which definitely are a must watch now.

But a comment on your edition, it is nice you try to add the title card of the movie (in its own font) entering the list, but I really like the old method, the ribbon where you put the name, year and director.
Same goes to the little 'subtitle like' info about the movies you mention that didn't get on the final list, as a non native english speaker it was really helpful to know the names of those, and since they are not mention on the description it is more difficult to get a grasp on them.



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