EW critics rank the films that stood out for both good and bad reasons this year.
The 10 Best Movies of 2023
10.
‘Barbie’
Barbiebreezed into the summer to paint the world pink.
Margot Robbie as the titular Barbie of ‘Barbie’.Jaap Buitendijk/WARNER BROS
Life in plastic is decidedly not fantastic, but Barbie is SUBLIME!
Maureen Lenker
9.
But how lucky are we that its a world we get to visit?
Mahito and the Heron of ‘The Boy and the Heron’.Studio Ghibli
Devan Coggan
8.
Bursting with visual exuberance,Yorgos Lanthimos film is a feminist parable of desire and a life lived unapologetically.
ButMay Decembersmartly sidesteps the lurid details of true-crime stories in favor of even more unsettling ideas.
Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Paul Giamatti in ‘The Holdovers’.Seacia Pavao/FOCUS FEATURES
Is adaptation inherently exploitative?)
and teaches us not to expect easy answers.
Christian Holub
5.
Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things.'.Yorgos Lanthimos/Searchlight Pictures
‘Are You There, God?
Like the book,Are You There, God?
Its Me, Margaretis an instant coming-of-age classic, the kind that will remain relatable for years to come.
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in ‘May December’.Francois Duhamel/courtesy of Netflix
D.C.
4.
The result is a film thats part crime epic, part gut-wrenching marital drama.
D.C.
2.
Rachel McAdams and Abby Ryder Fortson in ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’.Dana Hawley/Lionsgate
‘Oppenheimer’
Theory and practice.
Those are the two poles that define atomic physics, international communism, andChristopher Nolans magnum opus.
Who knew Marvel’s smallest hero could make such a big mess?
Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’.Courtesy of MGM and Amazon Studios
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The upcomingSpider-Versesequel gets a pass, but everyone else?
Youre on thin ice.
JaNae Collins, Lily Gladstone, Cara Jade Myers, and Jillian Dion in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.Apple TV+
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Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in ‘Past Lives’.Jon Pack/A24
Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in ‘Oppenheimer’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’.Marvel Studios
Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in ‘Ghosted’.Apple TV +
Ezra Miller as two Barrys and Sasha Callie as Supergirl in ‘The Flash’.Warner Bros. Pictures
50 Cent as Easy Day in ‘Expend4bles’.Yana Blajeva/Lionsgate
