As with our favorite books of 2023, choosing the best films over the last 12 months is always a challenge. These days, amazing movies are just as likely to find their way to movie, TV or tablet screens.
Still, we’re going to give it a try. Here are five films from this past year that we can’t stop thinking about:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: After a dozen films featuring this legendary superhero, how much more was there to say? Still this latest installment delivered with amazing visuals and non-stop action.
Oppenheimer: Has Christopher Nolan ever made a bad movie? This stunning movie featuring physicist Robert Oppenheimer’s development of the atom bomb is one of the year’s best.
Barbie: The other half of 2023’s Barb-enheimer summer, this surprisingly clever and subversive hit, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, made us laugh and think.
You’re So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah: A heartwarming Netflix tween comedy that tells the tale of two besties in conflict and their plans for a bat mitzvah to remember.
Alice in Borderland: If you loved Squid Games, you’ll love this Japanese series we binged on in 2023, in which an obsessed gamer name Arisu finds himself in a game-ified version of Tokyo, struggling to survive — a third season is scheduled for next year.
What were your favorite movies of 2023? Let’s talk about it with the Shop Talk community!
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Barbie definitely was a favorite for us.
Have not seen any of these movies and not sure that I would go see any of the ones listed above.
Meg was a movie that I was excitied to see this summer.
Godzilla Minus One for the full development of the human characters and the inner battles that need to be overcome. Not just a creature movie. If you leave the theatre without feeling emotionally drained than I feel sorry for you. A fully fleshed out movie that really deserves an Oscar nod.
I haven’t seen any of these movies yet.
I really enjoyed Oppenheimer. It made me think and I researched the story so I understood the movie better.
I have nothing against any of these movies but wasn’t really interested in them except maybe the one on Netflix that I couldn’t watch because I don’t have the streaming service;(
Some of my favorite movies in 2023 were Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick Chapter4, and Creed lll.
The Shift was the movie I enjoyed the most, It was a story about a modern day Job and dealing with life when all was taken away and him trying to get back to that life
I didn’t have any favorite movies.. The last movie I saw was last year… There weren’t
many choices as far as I am concerned.. Barbie might have been great for others, but
not me… I believe I have said enough… Happy Holidays
you gotta have Faith
I loved the movie, The Holdovers.
“The Shift” was wonderful as well as “ The Blind”. At least they were not woke.
The flash and Indy best movies I seen in 2023.
Sorry, but I do not go to the movies nor watch Neflex or other streaming services.
awesome!
I took my mother to see His Only Son. WOW!! Fabulously portrayed and accurate which is different from most films depicting biblical characters.
I don’t have Netflix anymore, I wish I could get it. There’s some things I would like to see on there.
freedom was the best movie for 2023.
Didnt see any of these movies but would love to see Oppenheimer