Favorite films of 2023?

[rightofjupiter 16,616]

Poor Things is prob my fav of the year, Emma stone is unreal (never been a fan but this turned me), it’s incredibly funny and weird.

 

May December is also funny and weird, Natalie Portman (also not usually a fan) was great, always gonna love a Todd Haynes movie.

 

Renaissance blew me away, the bass in my theater went all the way off

 

liked but didn’t love passengers, performances were great tho

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11 hours ago, Vertimus said:

Asteroid City was my favorite. 
 

I found Barbie overlong and stretched thin. 

 

 

Ah, huge Wes Anderson geek here. AC didn't work for me, but I can't wait to see what he does next. Budapest Hotel was a flat-out masterpiece.

 

And, yep, Barbie needed a merciless editor to trim at least 45 mins of it. 

5 hours ago, rightofjupiter said:

Poor Things is prob my fav of the year, Emma stone is unreal (never been a fan but this turned me), it’s incredibly funny and weird.

 

May December is also funny and weird, Natalie Portman (also not usually a fan) was great, always gonna love a Todd Haynes movie.

 

Renaissance blew me away, the bass in my theater went all the way off

 

liked but didn’t love passengers, performances were great tho

 

 

I cannot wait for Poor Things! 

 

Everyone's hyped it so much and saying it's his best. As if The Favorite and some of his other films were already tough to beat.

 

And totally agree on MD and Haynes, and Portman. It's easy to underestimate it as an actress based on her looks, but when she brings it, she really brings it (Jackie, Black Swan, May December). 

 

Can't wait for Reneissance too!

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12 hours ago, Embach said:

I've seen Oppie twice hahah. I love both movies equally, even though they're so different, I loved the kitschiness of Barbie and how it explored existentialism, it was also like a musical which I really loved too. But Oppenheimer, it left me awestruck, I kind of had low expectations before watching it because I had seen reviews were people called it boring but after watching it for the first time, I was so shocked and amazed because it was a cinematic experience.

 

I really hope that both movies sweep the Oscars and other awards.

 

I haven't seen KOTFM and Poor Things yet but these two movies seem to be critics' and awards' favorite too.

 

 

Yeah, I'm with you on Opp. I'm categorically against Chris Nolan, never liked a single one of his films. But this was a little masterpiece that you can't fault. He deserves best director.

 

Not seen Poor Things yet, though I'm sure it'll be fab. As for Flower Moon,  it's very good film-making. As good as Opp. if not better in some ways - mostly thematically, it's more current, with everything that's going on with white colonialism. And it's got the best female performance of the year in Lilly Gladstone. That said, I haven't seen Stone yet.

12 hours ago, honeymooncd said:

Priscilla 💕

 

 

Saw that too. Huge Sofia Coppola fan. Huge! 

 

And while I felt the first hour was some of her best work, I thought the second half kind of falls apart.

 

Bu I saw it on the small screen. Will see it in the cinema next week to give it a proper shot. 

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12 hours ago, Lanaparadiserey said:

Priscilla and Saltburn are definitely my favorites

 

 

Saltburn  How great is Jacob Elrodi as well? With that, Priscilla, and this new movie called "He went that way" (check out the trailer, it just dropped), he's THE star of 2023 imo.

[Andre Lamoglia 814]

THG: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes  Rachel Zegler portrayed Lucy Gray very well IMO

[bluechemtrails 26,780]

I only saw Avatar 2 and John Wick 4 this year, but I didn't really like either of them. 

[baddisease 17,938]

"The Stroll" is my favorite documentary of the year. It's about black and brown transgender people surviving in NYC

[American Whore 51,340]

I don't believe I saw much from this year. I watched Barbie and Oppenheimer when they came out on blu ray (this year was kinda my year to start collecting physical media... more so than usual. like, not just vinyls or my favorite video games, but movies too) and I really liked them both, a lot. Barbie was much more.... existential than I expected going into it. Oppenheimer was interesting and I didn't really want it to end. I heard there's extended, deleted scenes but I haven't watched them.

[That Venice Bitch 28,158]

I find it really hard ranking movies from the past year every year bc I haven’t gotten the chance to see most of them so I usually wait til the end of January to make my list BUT so far my Top 5 of the year are Oppenheimer, Bottoms, Anatomy of a Fall, Across the Spider-Verse, and Past Lives 

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9 hours ago, DCooper said:

Rotting in the Sun 

Yes, absolutely. This one is in my top 10

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14 hours ago, Cult Leader Under Ocean Blvd said:

Oppenheimer, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning and Killers of The Flower Moon

 

OMG, I forgot about Mission Impossible! Yes, definitely one of the year's best. I'm loving this top-tier Tom Cruise era. Top Gun was ace as well.

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9 hours ago, Mer said:

I loved Saltburn mainly for Rosamund Pike. I don't really understand why everyone was so scandalized by it? Altho I say that after once making out with the cup my crush used when I was 12 after he left the room...

 

lol

 

We've all been there. I once put a hot flatmate's used underwear over my face when he wasn't in the apartment LMAO. It reeked of cum too.

 

Saltbrun shocked me in terms of character development. But I think it's the grave scene that will scandalize everyone. And rightfully so. 

 

I loved it, but it's whack

 

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4 hours ago, bluechemtrails said:

I only saw Avatar 2 and John Wick 4 this year, but I didn't really like either of them. 

 

You need to watch better movies lol

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3 hours ago, That Venice Bitch said:

I find it really hard ranking movies from the past year every year bc I haven’t gotten the chance to see most of them so I usually wait til the end of January to make my list BUT so far my Top 5 of the year are Oppenheimer, Bottoms, Anatomy of a Fall, Across the Spider-Verse, and Past Lives 

 

Very good choices. Opp, and Anatomy of a Fall are both exquisite film-making. I'll watch Past Lives this week, hear it's fab.

 

Les ssure about Spider-Verse. It didn't quite work for me as well as the first one. Didn't have that warmth and humor. More an exercise in great animation and visual arts if anything. Still enjoyable. Kind of like how Incredibles 2 was enjoyable, but never really reached the heights of the first Incredibles.

[lakeemmahottie 1,610]

I think Saw X was the only 2023 film I watched this year help. Oh and Evil Dead Rise. I LOVED Saw X.

[Deadly Nightshade 12,860]

I think my favorites for 2023 were ： Past lives , Killers of the Flower Moon , Fallen Leaves 

 

Haven’t watched saltburn and poor things yet so really excited to see how they match up to the others 

[Embach 42,624]

2023 was definitely one of the best years in the 21st century's cinema. The best year of the 2020s cinema for sure! I can't wait to see the Golden Globes and Oscars. Although I'm ready for snubs and disappointments...

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the minions

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5 hours ago, Deadly Nightshade said:

I think my favorites for 2023 were ： Past lives , Killers of the Flower Moon , Fallen Leaves 

 

Haven’t watched saltburn and poor things yet so really excited to see how they match up to the others 

 

 

Omg, you're gonna love Saltburn.

 

Can't wait to see Past Lives and Fallen Leaves.

4 hours ago, Embach said:

2023 was definitely one of the best years in the 21st century's cinema. The best year of the 2020s cinema for sure! I can't wait to see the Golden Globes and Oscars. Although I'm ready for snubs and disappointments...

 

Agreed. A very good year! 

5 hours ago, Girl With No Face said:

I think Saw X was the only 2023 film I watched this year help. Oh and Evil Dead Rise. I LOVED Saw X.

 

Yeah, it was good. The motivation for the lead character was a screenwriting gem.

[mssainttropez 14,759]

Out of the films that came out this year that I’ve seen, my personal list is-

Scream VI
Barbie

Saw X

The Hunger Games: Ballad of Snakes & Songbirds

 

I’ve been wanting to see Priscilla, Wonka, Oppenheimer, Saltburn, and Poor Things. Since Priscilla was announced, I’ve been wanting to see it so bad. Unfortunately, no one would go with me in theaters, and I’m too anxious to go alone :/