02.20.25: This list is now finally final. While I may in the future see additional films that were released in the awards year of 2023, no more films will be added to this list. (I may add links to reviews of films listed here.)
This ranking includes only new theatrical or VOD releases that debuted in the US between January 1st and December 31st, 2023, and hence eligible for the OFCS and AWFJ awards, as well as for the Academy Awards; some films released in the UK without US releases (and so ineligible for those awards this year) may also be included, for my own bookkeeping purposes.
Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/US Release Date/UK Release Date; year is 2023 unless otherwise noted.
In the listing below, a film’s release was theatrical unless indicated by ° for a film released direct to streaming.
other yearly rankings:
2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
to be ranked
[none at the moment]
[5 stars]
Origin (12.18/12.08/02.09.24)
May December (11.15/11.17/11.17)
Killers of the Flower Moon (10.10/10.20/10.20)
Poor Things (10.14/12.08/01.12.24)
The Zone of Interest (12.29/12.15/02.02.24)
Maestro (10.09/11.22/11.22)
Asteroid City (06.26/06.13/06.20)
Barbie (07.17/07.21/07.21)
The End We Start From (10.13/12.08/01.19.24)
The Holdovers (12.17/10.27/02.19.24)
Oppenheimer (07.21/07.21/07.21)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (04.03/04.07/04.21)
Anatomy of a Fall (09.21/10.13/11.08)
Full Time (À plein temps) (02.01/02.03/05.26)
Priscilla (09.29/10.27/01.01.24)
Robot Dreams (09.13/11.22/03.22.24)
When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) (10.25/10.06/10.06)
To Kill a Tiger (03.10.24/10.20/03.10.24°)
Polite Society (04.21/04.28/04.28)
Rye Lane (03.09/03.31°/03.17)
Past Lives (07.16/06.02/09.08)
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (01.31.24/11.17/01.12.24°)
American Fiction (12.27/12.15/02.02.24)
After Love (01.19/01.20/06.04.21)
The Iron Claw (12.13/12.22/02.09.24)
Scrapper (08.25/08.25/08.25)
[4.5 stars]
Plan 75 (05.12/04.21/05.12)
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (10.31/11.24/10.13)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (03.20/03.24/03.24)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (10.11/11.03/TBA)
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. (05.14/04.28/05.19)
Biosphere (07.07/07.07/07.11°)
The Teachers’ Lounge (12.30/12.25/03.22.24)
Monster (10.02/11.22/03.15.24)
Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) (07.11/06.23/08.04)
Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) (11.22/12.22/12.22)
Nyad (03.09.24/10.20/10.20)
Brother (09.11/08.04/09.15)
All of Us Strangers (12.30/12.22/01.26.24)
The Boy and the Heron (10.15/11.22/12.26)
[4 stars]
20 Days in Mariupol (01.20.24/07.14/10.06)
Birth/Rebirth (08.23/08.18/11.10°)
Godzilla Minus One (11.14/12.01/12.15)
Kokomo City (08.09/07.28/08.04)
Saltburn (11.05/11.17/11.17)
Nimona (01.18.24/06.23/06.23)
20,000 Species of Bees (09.13/06.14.24/10.27)
Beyond Utopia (11.06/11.03/10.27)
The Kitchen (02.04.24/12.08/01.12.24)
Memory (10.02/11.22/02.23.24)
American Symphony (01.20.24/11.24/11.29°)
Is Anybody Out There? (09.18/07.08.24°/11.17)
Every Body (07.03/06.30/12.15)
Shayda (01.10.24/12.01/07.19.24)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (07.10/07.12/07.10)
The Royal Hotel (10.30/10.06/11.03)
The Mission (09.19/10.13/11.17)
Chevalier (04.20/04.21/06.09)
Blue Jean (01.24/06.07/02.10)
The Old Oak (11.11/04.05.24/09.29)
Joy Ride (08.01/07.07/08.04)
Theater Camp (08.31/07.14/08.25)
What’s Love Got to Do with It? (02.08/05.05/02.24)
The Taking (05.19/05.05/TBA)
[3.5 stars]
Leave the World Behind (12.12/11.22/11.20)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (03.10.24/06.02/06.01)
What Happens Later (11.04/11.03/12.15)
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (08.06/11.03/07.14)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (11.17/11.17/11.17)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (10.14/12.08/12.08)
Our River… Our Sky (08.14/TBA/10.20)
[3 stars]
The Boys in the Boat (12.31/12.25/01.12.24)
Godland (04.02/02.03/04.07)
Dream Scenario (11.03/11.10/11.10)
Dumb Money (09.26/09.15/09.22)
Organ Trail (05.14/04.14/05.15°)
Emily (11.20.22/02.17/10.14.22)
Freud’s Last Session (01.09.24/12.22/06.14.24)
My Animal (09.06/09.08/09.18°)
Fingernails (10.08/10.27/11.03)
Bank of Dave (01.18/08.25/01.16)
Napoleon (11.22/11.22/11.22)
Plane (01.23/01.13/01.27)
Trolls Band Together (10.15/11.17/10.20)
The Peasants (01.10.24/12.08/12.08)
A Haunting in Venice (09.14/09.15/09.15)
Cocaine Bear (02.24/02.24/02.24)
The Marsh King’s Daughter (11.11/11.03/11.21°)
Cat Person (10.06/10.06/10.27)
No One Will Save You° (09.22/09.22/09.22)
Rare Objects (04.05/04.14/TBA)
Jules (08.11/08.11/12.29)
Surrounded° (06.20/06.20/06.26)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (04.12/09.20.24/04.28)
Radical (08.22.24/11.03/08.09.24)
[2.5 stars]
The Middle Man (03.07/TBA/03.10)
Typist Artist Pirate King (09.21/03.28.25°/10.27)
Enys Men (03.28/03.31/01.13)
BlackBerry (05.11/05.12/10.06)
Meg 2: The Trench (08.04/08.04/08.04)
Master Gardener (03.22/05.19/05.26)
Knock at the Cabin (02.08/02.03/02.03)
Acidman (03.29/03.31/03.18.24)
The Marvels (11.10/11.10/11.10)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06.29/06.30/06.28)
Mavka: The Forest Song (07.24/08.15°/07.28)
The Amazing Maurice (12.04.22/03.03/12.16.22)
65 (03.10/03.10/03.10)
The Dive (08.25/08.25/08.25)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (03.13/03.31/03.31)
On a Wing and a Prayer° (04.15/04.07/04.07)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (09.11/09.08/09.08)
I Am Urban (09.28/TBA/10.20)
Down in Dallas Town (11.27/11.17/TBA)
[2 stars]
Foe (10.10/10.06/10.20)
The Creator (09.26/09.29/09.28)
Renfield (04.11/04.14/04.14)
Ferarri (10.08/12.25/12.26)
Paint (04.05/04.07/07.25)
The Lesson (07.06/07.07/09.22)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (05.05/05.05/05.03)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (02.26/02.17/02.17)
[1.5 stars]
Gran Turismo (08.14/08.25/08.09)
Magic Mike’s Last Dance (02.07/02.10/02.10)
Wonka (12.13/12.15/12.08)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (05.04/03.17/03.17)
[1 star]
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (02.27/03.03/04.07°)
The Pope’s Exorcist (04.09/04.14/04.07)
Sympathy for the Devil (07.29/07.28/09.08°)
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (01.26.24/12.15/12.15)
The Wandering Earth II (02.09/01.22/01.22)
Jesus Revolution (02.15/02.24/06.23)
Dalíland (06.20/06.09/10.13)
The Nun II (09.05/09.08/09.08)
Champions (02.14/03.10/03.10)
Next Goal Wins (12.18/11.17/12.26)
[.5 stars]
Smoking Causes Coughing (04.04/03.31/07.07)
The Black Demon (04.29/04.28/06.19°)
There’s Something in the Barn (10.28/11.03/11.10)
She Is Love (02.02/02.03/02.03)
[0 stars]
The Flash (07.22/06.16/06.16)
School of Magical Animals (03.18/03.24/03.24)
