2024 Critics Choice Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Picture: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Foreign Language Film: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. | 11 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).
- Best Director: 01, 02, 04, 05, 08, 09. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Actor: 01, 04, 05, 06, 08, 17. | 04 - The Holdovers (Paul Giamatti).
- Best Actress: 02, 03, 05, 08, 09, 11. | 02 - Poor Things (Emma Stone).
- Best Supporting Actor: 01, 02, 05, 06, 09, 18. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Robert Downey Jr.).
- Best Supporting Actress: 01, 04, 09, 10, 18, 19. | 04 - The Holdovers (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
- Best Original Screenplay: 02, 03, 08, 09, 18, 20. | 09 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach).
- Best Adapted Screenplay: 01, 02, 05, 06, 21, 22. | 06 - American Fiction (Cord Jefferson).
- Best Cinematography: 01, 02, 05, 07, 08, 09. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Hoyte Van Hoytema).
- Best Editing: 01, 02, 05, 08, 09, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame).
- Best Comedy: 02, 03, 06, 09, 23, 24. | 09 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig).
- Best Production Design: 01, 02, 05, 07, 09, 25. | 09 - Barbie *.
- Best Costume Design: 02, 05, 09, 10, 26, 27. | *09** - Barbie *.
- Best Hair & Makeup: 01, 02, 08, 09, 10, 28. | *09** - Barbie *.
- Best Score: 01, 02, 05, 09, 13, 34. | *01** - Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson).
- Best Song: 09, 09, 09, 17, 36, 38. | 09 - Barbie ("I'm Just Ken").
- Best Visual Effects: 01, 02, 29, 30, 31, 34. | 01 - Oppenheimer.
- Best Young Actor/Actress: 04, 09, 11, 21, 26, 31. | 04 - The Holdovers (Dominic Sessa).
- Best Acting Ensemble: 01, 04, 05, 09, 10, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer.
- Best Animated Feature: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. | 32 - The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki).
- Best Comedy Special: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. | 39 - John Mulaney: Baby J.
List compiled from (article and podcast): https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/949-best-films-of-2023
Four Top 10 lists - from Adam, Josh, Michael Phillips and Marya E. Gates
Ranked by number of consensus Top 10 selections (most Top 10 selections first), then average place from all the lists
1: Past Lives - Michael (#1), Marya (#3)
2: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt - Josh (#5), Marya (#1)
3: Killers of the Flower Moon - Adam (#3), Michael (#3)
4: All of Us Strangers - Adam (#1), Josh (#6)
5: Asteroid City - Adam (#4), Josh (#3)
6: Anatomy of a Fall - Adam (#7), Josh (#2)
7: Oppenheimer - Adam (#2), Michael (#9)
8: Barbie - Josh (#10), Michael (#4)
9: The Zone of Interest - Adam (#10), Michael (#6)
10: May December - Adam (#8), Michael (#10)
Besides the 10 consensus movies, there are some outliers that only made it to one Top 10 list
11: The Holdovers - Adam (#5)
12: The Taste of Things - Adam (#6)
13: The Teachers’ Lounge - Adam (#9)
14: The Boy and the Heron - Josh (#1)
15: You Hurt My Feelings - Josh (#4)
16: Skinamarink - Josh (#7)
17: Priscilla - Josh (#8)
18: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Josh (#9)
19: The Boy - Michael (#2)
20: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. - Michael (#5)
21: Return to Seoul - Michael (#7)
22: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Michael (#8)
23: Plan 75 - Marya (#2)
24: Amanda - Marya (#4)
25: Fremont - Marya (#4)
26: The Blue Caftan - Marya (#5)
27: Godland - Marya (#6)
28: La Chimera - Marya (#7)
29: Kokomo City - Marya (#8)
30: Lakota Nation vs. United States - Marya (#9)
31: BlackBerry - Marya (#10)
Finally, below are the movies that made it to the 11-20 of at least one critic
32: Showing Up - Adam, Michael
33: Poor Things - Adam, Michael
34: Suzume - Adam, Josh
35: Four Daughters - Josh, Michael
36: The Iron Claw - Adam
37: The Killer - Adam
38: Menus-Plaisirs: Les Les Troisgros - Adam
39: Godzilla Minus One - Josh
40: Rodeo - Josh
41: Fair Play - Michael
42: I’m a Virgo - Michael
43: In the Rearview - Michael
44: The Royal Hotel - Michael
45: A Thousand and One - Michael
46: The Unknown Country - Michael
47: Blue Jean - Marya
48: Passages - Marya
49: Origin - Marya
50: Hannah Ha Ha - Marya
51: Brother - Marya
52: King Coal - Marya
53: Bottoms - Marya
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Recent Changes:
- 2024/03/01 - Dune: Part Two (2024)
- 2024/01/14 - Poor Things (2023)
- 2024/01/02 - 12th Fail (2023)
- 2023/12/25 - Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- 2023/07/21 - Oppenheimer (2023)
- 2023/06/03 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
- 2023/05/05 - Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023)
- 2023/03/25 - John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
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Most popular movies, as determined by IMDB members. List updated daily.
May:
21 - The Fall Guy
20 - Violett
17 - Comme un prince AKA Like a Prince
17 - Nieobliczalna
17 - You Can't Run Forever
17 - Joika AKA The American
17 - Faceless After Dark
17 - Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
17 - Challengers
16 - Mothers' Instinct
14 - Valoa Valoa Valoa AKA Light Light Light
14 - Irena's Vow
14 - Sting
13 - Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
13 - Ripple
10 - El Correo AKA The Courier
10 - The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
10 - The Image of You
10 - The Last Stop in Yuma County
10 - Lazareth
9 - The Arctic Convoy
9 - Mother of the Bride
8 - Darkness of Man
7 - Abigail
7 - Founders Day
3 - The Moon and Back
3 - Something in the Water
3 - New Life
3 - Chief of Station
3 - Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
3 - Prom Dates
2 - The Idea of You
2 - Turtles All the Way Down
2 - Beautiful Rebel AKA Sei nell'anima
1 - Godzilla Minus One
1 - Arcadian
1 - 13 Bombs in Jakarta
April:
30 - Femme
30 - The Long Game
26 - Force of Nature: The Dry 2
26 - This Never Happened
26 - Humane
26 - Cash Out
25 - Syndabocken AKA Shame On Dry Land
25 - Vermines AKA Infested
25 - Love Lies Bleeding
25 - City Hunter AKA Shiti Hanta
23 - Refuge
23 - Lucy Grizzli Sophie
23 - Accidental Texan
23 - Arthur the King
23 - Downtown Owl
19 - Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
19 - The Three Musketeers: Milady
19 - Asphalt City
19 - Blood for Dust
19 - Late Night with the Devil
16 - Immaculate
16 - Sweet Dreams
15 - Dune: Part Two
13 - Reunion
13 - Desaparecer Por Completo AKA Disappear Completely
13 - Pure O
12 - White Bird: A Wonder Story
12 - All You Need Is Death
12 - Gueules noires AKA The Deep Dark
12 - Parachute
12 - LaRoy
12 - Love, Divided
12 - The Greatest Hits
12 - Damaged
11 - El Roomie AKA The Roommate
11 - Lowlifes
10 - Model House
9 - Kung Fu Panda 4
9 - Sleeping Dogs
9 - Wicked Little Letters
5 - Dead Girls Dancing
5 - Breathe
5 - Knox Goes Away
5 - Scoop
5 - Baghead
5 - How to Date Billy Walsh
5 - Strictly Confidential
4 - La Chimera
4 - Suddenly AKA Soudain seuls
4 - Música
4 - The Tearsmith AKA Fabbricante di lacrime
3 - Maternal AKA She Came Back
2 - Bag of Lies
2 - The Beautiful Summer AKA La bella estate
2 - Deadland
2 - Suze
2 - Snack Shack
March:
30 - Silver Haze
29 - The Wages of Fear
29 - Heart of the Hunter
28 - The Settlers AKA Los Colonos
27 - Rest In Peace AKA Descansar en paz
26 - The Legend of Lake Hollow
26 - Imaginary
26 - Ordinary Angels
26 - Snow Valley
24 - The Throwback
22 - The Manifestation
22 - ¡Salta!
22 - You'll Never Find Me
22 - The Monk and the Gun
21 - Road House
21 - Paradise
20 - Blood and Snow
20 - Vincent Must Die
20 - The Beehive
19 - Fitting In
19 - French Girl
19 - Room 0
15 - Madame Web
15 - Irish Wish
15 - State of Consciousness
15 - Stopmotion
15 - You Shouldn't Have Let Me In
13 - Little Wing
12 - Drive-Away Dolls
12 - Origin
12 - Sometimes I Think About Dying
12 - Cold Road
12 - One-Percenter
8 - Damsel
8 - Night Shift
8 - 5lbs of Pressure
7 - Ricky Stanicky
5 - Argylle
5 - Perfect Days
1 - Amelia's Children
1 - Spaceman
1 - Scrambled
1 - Double Down South
1 - My Name Is Loh Kiwan
February:
29 - The Parades
28 - Code 8: Part II
27 - Poor Things
27 - Monster
27 - Lisa Frankenstein
27 - Out of Darkness
27 - The Black Mass
23 - Red Right Hand
23 - Cold Meat
23- The Bad Shepherd
23 - Through My Window: Looking At You
23 - History of Evil
23 - Parallel
22 - All of Us Strangers
22 - Lovely, Dark, and Deep
20 - DarkGame
20 - Memory
20 - The Zone Of Interest
20 - Freuds Last Session
20 - Mean Girls
20 - Anyone But You
16 - No Way Up
16 - Bleeding Love
16 - Miller's Girl
16 - Lights Out
14 - Players
14 - The Heartbreak Agency
13 - The Iron Claw
13 - Double Blind
13 - Aiforce One Down
9 - Marmalade
9 - Upgraded
9 - Float
9 - Suncoast
6 - The End We Start From
6 - I.S.S.
6 - American Fiction
2 - Somewhere Quiet
2 - Which Brings Me to You
2 - Departing Seniors
1 - Animal Kingdom
January:
31 - Will
30 - The Beekeeper
27 - Coup de Chance
26 - Lost in the Night AKA Perdidos en la noche
26 - Trunk - Locked In
26 - Cold Copy
26 - American Star
26 - The Seeding
23 - The Hunted
23 - Ferrari
23 - Night Swim
19 - Cult Killer
19 - Wanted Man
19 - Sixty Minutes
19 - Bring Him to Me
19 - The Kitchen
19 - Fallen Leaves
18 - Acide
16 - Next Goal Wins
16 - The Boys in the Boat
12 - Role Play
12 - Self Reliance
12 - The Lift
9 - Napoleon
5 - The Bricklayer
4 - Society of the Snow
2 - Eileen
Documentary Feature
“American Symphony”
“Apolonia, Apolonia”
“Beyond Utopia”
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy”
“The Eternal Memory”
“Four Daughters”
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
“In the Rearview”
“Stamped from the Beginning”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“A Still Small Voice”
“32 Sounds”
“To Kill a Tiger”
“20 Days in Mariupol”
Documentary Short Subject
“The ABCs of Book Banning”
“The Barber of Little Rock”
“Bear”
“Between Earth & Sky”
“Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games”
“Camp Courage”
“Deciding Vote”
“How We Get Free”
“If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis”
“Island in Between”
“The Last Repair Shop”
“Last Song from Kabul”
“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”
“Oasis”
“Wings of Dust”
International Feature Film
Armenia, “Amerikatsi”
Bhutan, “The Monk and the Gun”
Denmark, “The Promised Land”
Finland, “Fallen Leaves”
France, “The Taste of Things”
Germany, “The Teachers’ Lounge”
Iceland, “Godland”
Italy, “Io Capitano”
Japan, “Perfect Days”
Mexico, “Totem”
Morocco, “The Mother of All Lies”
Spain, “Society of the Snow”
Tunisia, “Four Daughters”
Ukraine, “20 Days in Mariupol”
United Kingdom, “The Zone of Interest”
Live-Action Short Film
“The After”
“The Anne Frank Gift Shop”
“An Avocado Pit”
“Bienvenidos a Los Angeles”
“Dead Cat”
“Good Boy”
“Invincible”
“Invisible Border”
“Knight of Fortune”
“The One Note Man”
“Red, White and Blue”
“The Shepherd”
“Strange Way of Life”
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
“Yellow”
Animated Short Film
“Boom”
“Eeva”
“Humo (Smoke)”
“I’m Hip”
“A Kind of Testament”
“Koerkorter (Dog Apartment)”
“Letter to a Pig”
“Ninety-Five Senses”
“Once upon a Studio”
“Our Uniform”
“Pachyderme”
“Pete”
“27”
“War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”
“Wild Summon”
Original Song
“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
“Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” from “Asteroid City”
“Dance The Night” from “Barbie”
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
“Keep It Movin’” from “The Color Purple”
“Superpower (I)” from “The Color Purple”
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
“High Life” from “Flora and Son”
“Meet In The Middle” from “Flora and Son”
“Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Quiet Eyes” from “Past Lives”
“Road To Freedom” from “Rustin”
“Am I Dreaming” from “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Original Score
“American Fiction”
“American Symphony”
“Barbie”
“The Boy and the Heron”
“The Color Purple”
“Elemental”
“The Holdovers”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Saltburn”
“Society of the Snow”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“The Zone of Interest”
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Beau Is Afraid”
“Ferrari”
“Golda”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“The Last Voyage of the Demeter”
“Maestro”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Society of the Snow”
Visual Effects
“The Creator”
“Godzilla Minus One”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
“Poor Things”
“Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire”
“Society of the Snow”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Sound
“Barbie”
“The Creator”
“Ferrari”
“The Killer”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“The Zone of Interest”
Trippy, Absurd, or Excessively Over The Top
All movies that are nomited for something in the 96th Academy Awards.
1 - American Fiction (Best Picture: Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson; Best Lead Actor: Jeffrey Wright; Best Supporting Actor: Sterling K. Brown; Best Adapted Screenplay: written for the screen by Cord Jefferson; Best Original Score: Laura Karpman)
2 - Anatomy of a Fall (Best Picture: Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion; Best Director: Justine Triet; Best Lead Actress: Sandra Hüller; Best Original Screenplay: screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari; Best Editing: Laurent Sénéchal)
3 - Barbie (Best Picture: David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner; Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling; Best Supporting Actress: America Ferrera; Best Adapted Screenplay: written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; Best Original Song: “I’m Just Ken” music and lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt; “What Was I Made For?” music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell; Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran)
4 - The Holdovers (Best Picture: Mark Johnson; Best Lead Actor: Paul Giamatti; Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph; Best Original Screenplay: written by David Hemingson; Best Editing: Kevin Tent)
5 - Killers of the Flower Moon (Best Picture: Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi; Best Director: Martin Scorsese; Best Lead Actress: Lily Gladstone; Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro; Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto; Best Original Song: “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” music and lyric by Scott George; Best Costume Design: Jacqueline West; Best Original Score: Robbie Robertson; Best Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker)
6 - Maestro (Best Picture: Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger; Best Lead Actor: Bradley Cooper; Best Lead Actress: Carey Mulligan; Best Original Screenplay: written by Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer; Best Cinematography: Matthew Libatique; Best Sound: Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell)
7 - Oppenheimer (Best Picture: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan; Best Director: Christopher Nolan; Best Lead Actor: Cillian Murphy; Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr.; Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt; Best Adapted Screenplay: written for the screen by Christopher Nolan; Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema; Best Costume Design: Ellen Mirojnick; Best Sound: Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell; Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Luisa Abel; Best Editing: Jennifer Lame)
8 - Past Lives (Best Picture: David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler; Best Original Screenplay: written by Celine Song)
9 - Poor Things (Best Picture: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone; Best Director: Yorgos Lanthimos; Best Lead Actress: Emma Stone; Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo; Best Adapted Screenplay: screenplay by Tony McNamara; Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan; Best Costume Design: Holly Waddington; Best Original Score: Jerskin Fendrix; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston; Best Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
10 - The Zone of Interest (Best Picture: James Wilson; Best Director: Jonathan Glazer; Best Adapted Screenplay: written by Jonathan Glazer; Best Sound: Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn; Best International Feature Film: United Kingdom)
11 - Rustin (Best Lead Actor: Colman Domingo)
12 - Nyad (Best Lead Actress: Annette Bening; Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster)
13 - The Color Purple (Best Supporting Actress: Danielle Brooks)
14 - May December (Best Original Screenplay: screenplay by Samy Burch; story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik)
15 - El Conde (Best Cinematography: Edward Lachman)
16 - Flamin’ Hot (Best Original Song: “The Fire Inside” music and lyric by Diane Warren)
17 - American Symphony (Best Original Song: “It Never Went Away” music and lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
18 - Napoleon (Best Costume Design: Janty Yates and Dave Crossman; Best Visual Effects: Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould)
19 - The Creator (Best Sound: Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic; Best Visual Effects: Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould)
20 - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Best Sound: Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor; Best Visual Effects: Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould)
21 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Best Original Score: John Williams)
22 - The After (Best Live Action Short Film: Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham)
23 - Invincible (Best Live Action Short Film: Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron)
24 - Knight of Fortune (Best Live Action Short Film: Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk)
25 - Red, White and Blue (Best Live Action Short Film: Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane)
26 - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Best Live Action Short Film: Wes Anderson and Steven Rales)
27 - Letter to a Pig (Best Animated Short Film: Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter)
28 - Ninety-Five Senses (Best Animated Short Film: Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess)
29 - Our Uniform (Best Animated Short Film: Yegane Moghaddam)
30 - Pachyderme (Best Animated Short Film: Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius)
31 - War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Best Animated Short Film: Dave Mullins and Brad Booker)
32 - Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Best Documentary Feature Film: Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek)
33 - The Eternal Memory (Best Documentary Feature Film: Nominees to be determined)
34 - Four Daughters (Best Documentary Feature Film: Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha)
35 - To Kill a Tiger (Best Documentary Feature Film: Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim)
36 - 20 Days in Mariupol (Best Documentary Feature Film: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath)
37 - The ABCs of Book Banning (Best Documentary Short Film: Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic)
38 - The Barber of Little Rock (Best Documentary Short Film: John Hoffman and Christine Turner)
39 - Island in Between (Best Documentary Short Film: S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien)
40 - The Last Repair Shop (Best Documentary Short Film: Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers)
41 - Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Best Documentary Short Film: Sean Wang and Sam Davis)
42 - Io Capitano (Best International Feature Film: Italy)
43 - Perfect Days (Best International Feature Film: Japan)
44 - Society of the Snow (Best International Feature Film: Spain; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé)
45 - The Teachers’ Lounge (Best International Feature Film: Germany)
46 - The Boy and the Heron (Best Animated Feature Film: Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki)
47 - Elemental (Best Animated Feature Film: Peter Sohn and Denise Ream)
48 - Nimona (Best Animated Feature Film: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary)
49 - Robot Dreams (Best Animated Feature Film: Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz)
50 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Best Animated Feature Film: Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)
51 - Golda (Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue)
52 - Godzilla Minus One (Best Visual Effects: Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima)
53 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Best Visual Effects: Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek)
87 2023 releases seen.
12 The Creator - While granted, it didn't do much original with the story. For me at least, it was solid world-building, that felt complete and I'll always have a bias to an original IP Sci-fi with a mid-budget that looked as good as it did. Because if you don't support them, enjoy the only sci-fi's we get to be more superhero stuff.
11 How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Small budget, felt real, good messaging without feeling over the top since all the characters had different motivations for the actions.
10 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. - The first of two coming-of-age movies, set in 1970/1 released in 2023. Heartfelt with some really top-shelf performances, Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams.
9 Asteroid City - One that seemed to be quite polarizing, and while I understand why it might not make someone's top list, I have zero clue how it made some people's worst lists. If this is on your worst movies of the year list, you need to watch more things like Expenfourbles.
8 Sisu - Good by John Wick 4, hello Sisu for my top action movie of the year by a significant margin. Not too much to say, apart from its tight 91-minute runtime, loaded full of brutal Nazi murder.
7 Full Time - I saw a trailer for Anatomy of a Fall which it was labeled "The Most Tense Movie of the year", unfortunately for Anatomy of a Fall for me, that award goes firmly to Full Time. I had to pause the movie at a certain point because my nerves needed a break, only to see I was only 20 minutes into the movie. Phenomenal.
6 The Artifice Girl - Small budget, bottle sci-fi movie, tiny cast, tightly written. I am biased with this one, as I love those really small intimate, sci-fi movies set in 1-2 rooms with a small cast.
5 Leave the World Behind - Another one that I know was fairly polarizing, but I know my own biases to movies and games where the viewer/player has the same knowledge as the characters on screen. I went in completely blind to the movie, not knowing a thing, and loved it. Ending was the weakest part, but I also love Netflix making a movie about the pro's of owning physical media.
4 Godzilla Minus One - I like a lot of people were surprised by this one, not only was it a better Godzilla movie than the Western releases, it had a human side that for the first time for me, made me care and invest into those human characters.
3 The Holdovers - The second coming-of-age movie set in 1970/1 to make my list. I adored this movie, it felt like an instant classic, and while there was some obvious nostalgia bait, what they also remembered to do, was tell a good story, with great characters and great performances.
2 Oppenheimer - This was always going to rate pretty high for me as I enjoy that period of history, Space Race, Atomic Race, Cold War etc so getting to see an incredibly produced biopic, all star cast with top tier perfomances.
1 Killers of the Flower Moon - Honestly surprised me that it took top spot, since I first finalise what's on my list and then work out ordering. This one just kept creeping up, didn't love it as much when I walked out of the cinema but it was one that I just kept thinking about long after.
Honourable Mentions:
Godland
Anatomy of a Fall
Shortcomings
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Door Mouse
The Killer
Rye Lane
Dream Scenario
Nimona
Past Lives
2024: Critic's Choice
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