Films seen in 2023
by marthabaker | created - 16 Jan 2023 | updated - 1 month ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
103 min | Documentary
Based on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.
Director: Justin Pemberton | Stars: Michael Douglas, Vanessa Redgrave, Ronald Reagan, Daniel Huttlestone
Votes: 3,033
2. BlackBerry (2023)
R | 120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Director: Matt Johnson | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Kelly Van der Burg
Votes: 43,117
3. Im toten Winkel (2023)
117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her ... See full summary »
Director: Ayse Polat | Stars: Katja Bürkle, Ahmet Varli, Çagla Yurga, Aybi Era
Votes: 171
4. Superpower (2023)
115 min | Documentary
Follows the events happening in Ukraine and the truth about Russia's invasion of the country.
Directors: Aaron Kaufman, Sean Penn | Stars: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Andrii Yermak, Steven Pifer, Christopher Miller
Votes: 1,617
5. Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait (2023)
60 min | Documentary
It centers on Margaret Tait's unrealised project about Orkney, drawing from her notes and footage to produce a blissful union of two artistic sensibilities.
Director: Luke Fowler | Star: Margaret Tait
Votes: 19
6. Stille liv (2023)
102 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about two adolescents facing racism in their adopted families, while confronting a society where immigration has become a divisive issue.
Director: Malene Choi | Stars: Cornelius Won Riedel-Clausen, Bjarne Henriksen, Bodil Jørgensen, Clara Thi Thanh Jensen
Votes: 203
7. She Came to Me (2023)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A composer who suffers writer's block rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand.
Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei, Evan Ellison
Votes: 4,815
8. Women Talking (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand
Votes: 42,038
9. Allensworth (2022)
65 min | Documentary
It centers on Allensworth, the first self-administered African-American municipality in California, showcasing the buildings of the now-abandoned town and looking for the traces of a Black cultural history.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 42
10. The Eternal Memory (2023)
85 min | Documentary
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Augusto Góngora, Paulina Urrutia, Gustavo Cerati, Pedro Lemebel
Votes: 3,155
11. Afire (2023)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs
Votes: 7,345
12. Bad Living (2023)
127 min | Drama
Follows five women who fight for the stability of a hotel they inherited, living an "old and irresolvable conflict," with many conversations that have been postponed and much that remains to be said within a family.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida, Cleia Almeida
Votes: 576
13. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt
Votes: 253,442
14. The Waiting (2023)
15 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
A biologist describes her research into various species of frogs in the rainforest of Central America and their mysterious disappearance as if it were a criminal case.
Director: Volker Schlecht | Star: Karen Lips
Votes: 23
15. Les chenilles (2023)
29 min | Short, Drama
Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave ... See full summary »
Directors: Noel Keserwany, Michelle Keserwany | Stars: Noel Keserwany, Masa Zaher
Votes: 42
16. Dear Future Children (2021)
89 min | Documentary, Biography
Three young female activists in Hong Kong, Chile, and Uganda cope with the staggering personal impacts of their activism.
Director: Franz Böhm
Votes: 3,925
17. Nackte Männer im Wald (2022)
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A complicated marriage: She has a tumor, he is gay, both conceal the fact. The chase is on when she believes that he has an affair.
Director: Paul Ploberger | Stars: Stefano Bernardin, Julia Edtmeier, Stefan-Manuel Eggenweber, Benjamin Kornfeld
Votes: 37
18. Two Cars, One Night (2003)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Rangi Ngamoki, Hutini Waikato, Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards, Riwai Waka
Votes: 2,899
19. Notes of Berlin (2020)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A day and a night in Berlin: Karma drives an electric wheelchair, a flat share audition ends in a squat, a chef and an escaped dog become kings, everyone is looking for a father-to-be and a... See full summary »
Director: Mariejosephin Schneider | Stars: Andrea Sawatzki, Paul Boche, Frederik von Lüttichau, Tom Lass
Votes: 106
20. Drei Frauen (2022)
85 min | Documentary
In a remote village, whose name roughly means "a cold place", this film looks for warmth in encounters. The Ukrainian village of Stuzhytsya is situated in the Carpathian Mountains in the ... See full summary »
Director: Maksym Melnyk
Votes: 26
21. Nach dem Happy End (2022)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Tobi goes to boarding school to learn about life after his heart transplant. He grows half a meter in two years, begins to play the drums, makes friends. At the age of 21 he dared to go to ... See full summary »
Director: Katharina Köster | Stars: Tobias Metzger, Charlotte H., Karl-Heinz Metzger, Maximilian Metzger
22. No News (2021)
81 min | Documentary
How is it like to be forced to wait while people are drowning just a few miles away? "No News" gives an insight into the absurdity of European migration policy.
Director: Lennart Hüper
23. Have a Nice Dog! (2020)
14 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In Damascus, surrounded by war, an isolated man becomes increasingly lost in fantasies of escaping and the inner dialogues with his dog.
Director: Jalal Maghout | Stars: Husam Chadat, Hoda El-Sharkawy, Lucas Englander, Karsten Matern
Votes: 19
24. Stranger at the Gate (2022)
29 min | Documentary, Short
A U.S. Marine plots a terrorist attack on a small-town American mosque, but his plan takes an unexpected turn when he comes face-to-face with the people he is about to kill.
Director: Joshua Seftel | Stars: Bibi Bahrami, Saber Bahrami, Zaki Bahrami, Kent Kurtz
Votes: 1,661
25. Broker (2022)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, IU
Votes: 16,750
26. The Fabelmans (2022)
PG-13 | 151 min | Drama
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch
Votes: 117,046
27. The Third Man (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 181,915 | Gross: $0.45M
Amazon Prime, deutsche Fassung, in Wien
28. Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury
Votes: 7,291
in MUC, Atelier, 12 April, deutsche Fassung
29. Der Pfau (2023)
106 min | Comedy
When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estate, the signs are not good for a relaxing weekend in Scotland.
Director: Lutz Heineking | Stars: Philip Jackson, Victoria Carling, Peter Trabner, Linda Reitinger
Votes: 287
in MUC, Arri Salon April 2023
30. Maigret (2022)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jade Labeste, Mélanie Bernier, Aurore Clément
Votes: 2,964
Deutsche Fassung, Monopol, April; enttäuschen
31. A Thousand and One (2023)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama
After unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.
Director: A.V. Rockwell | Stars: Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross
Votes: 6,950
32. Empire of Light (2022)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones
Votes: 24,226
33. Asteroid City (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 113,815
34. Barbie (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon
Votes: 537,577 | Gross: $636.24M
35. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 731,692 | Gross: $326.11M
36. Past Lives (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song | Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah
Votes: 115,704
37. Vantage Point (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, Bruce McGill
Votes: 154,093 | Gross: $72.27M
38. Enea (2023)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Enea, Aeneas, pursues the myth that their name bears. He does it in the company of Valentino, a newly christened aviator. Together with the drug dealing and the parties, the two boys share their youth.
Director: Pietro Castellitto | Stars: Pietro Castellitto, Sergio Castellitto, Benedetta Porcaroli, Giorgio Quarzo Guarascio
Votes: 472
39. A Little Prayer (2023)
R | 91 min | Drama
A man tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he finds out that his son is having an affair.
Director: Angus MacLachlan | Stars: Jane Levy, Will Pullen, David Strathairn, Celia Weston
Votes: 142
40. In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In a remote Irish village, a widower is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Kerry Condon, Desmond Eastwood, Conor MacNeill, Seamus O'Hara
Votes: 12,465
41. Europa (2023)
97 min | Drama
Beate is an ambitious executive working at EUROPA, a mysterious corporation looking to expand into the Balkans region. Seemingly promoting philanthropy, Europa actually needs to buy off lands from locals in a remote valley in Albania.
Director: Sudabeh Mortezai | Stars: Lilith Stangenberg, Jetnor Gorezi, Steljona Kadillari, Mirando Sylari
Votes: 65
42. Angel Applicant (2023)
74 min | Documentary
A sick man discovers empathetic wisdom on how to cope with his deadly autoimmune disease within the colorful expressive works of the late Swiss-German modern artist, Paul Klee.
Director: Ken August Meyer | Star: Ken August Meyer
Votes: 17
43. Beyond Utopia (2023)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.
Director: Madeleine Gavin | Stars: Hyeonseo Lee, Sung-eun Kim, So-yeon Lee, Sue Mi Terry
Votes: 3,420
44. Between the Rains (2023)
82 min | Documentary
Between the Rains is a feature collaboration with the Turkana-Ngaremara community that seeks to understand the experiences of a childhood caught within a traditional culture that is a casualty of climate change.
Directors: Andrew H. Brown, Moses Thuranira | Stars: Patrick Achucka, Kole James
Votes: 40
45. La Chimera (2023)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 5,610
46. Dead Girls Dancing (2023)
98 min | Drama
Follows four recent high school grads as they travel throughout Italy when they come to an abandoned village. They test the boundaries of their newfound freedom away from the demands of their parents and professors.
Director: Anna Roller | Stars: Giovanni Adelfio, Anton Algrang, Antonietta Bonomi, Cesare Ceccolongo
Votes: 142
47. A Whole Life (2023)
115 min | Drama
At the turn of the 20th century, a young orphan named Andreas Egger is sent to a valley where he will spend most of his life. Over eight decades, his life will be marked by poverty, war and violence, but also moments of bliss and love.
Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Stefan Gorski, August Zirner, Ivan Gustafik, Andreas Lust
Votes: 369
48. Fair Play (2023)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.
Director: Chloe Domont | Stars: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer
Votes: 37,348
49. Fioretta (2023)
127 min | Documentary
Randy Schoenberg (grandson of the famous composer) and his 18-year-old son Joey journey through Europe and the centuries to reclaim 500 years of family history.
Director: Matthew Mishory | Stars: Filip Finkelstejn, E. Randol Schoenberg, Nolan Lebovitz, Wolf-Erich Eckstein
Votes: 13
50. Hesitation Wound (2023)
84 min | Drama
Criminal lawyer Canan has to make a moral choice that will affect the lives of her ailing mother, a judge, and a murder suspect client, whose defense is turning in his favor.
Director: Selman Nacar | Stars: Tülin Özen, Ogulcan Arman Uslu, Gulcin Kultur Sahin, Vedat Erincin
Votes: 213
51. Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert (2023)
111 min | Biography, Drama, History
The relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Resch, Basil Eidenbenz
Votes: 415
52. Persona (2022)
6 min | Animation, Short
The process of being encroached by the « persona » (a mask you wear in public, to protect yourself, that progressively substitutes your real personality).
Director: Moon Su-jin
Votes: 57
53. Jupiter (II) (2023)
100 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl's family falls for a cosmic cult promising salvation in a higher existence on Jupiter. As flashbacks leading deeper into the past unravel the family's struggle to get a hold ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Pfohl | Stars: Laura Tonke, Andreas Döhler, Mariella Josephine Aumann, Henry Kofahl
Votes: 9
54. The Rapture (2023)
97 min | Drama
Lydia, a dedicated midwife, is in the middle of a breakup. At the time, her best friend Salomé tells her she is pregnant. One day, she comes across Milo - a one-night stand - as she is carrying her friend's baby in her arms.
Director: Iris Kaltenbäck | Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Alexis Manenti, Nina Meurisse, Younes Boucif
Votes: 549
55. Le vrai du faux (2023)
82 min | Documentary
French filmmaker Armel Hostiou discovers he has a double in Kinshasa. Someone has created a fake Facebook profile in his name to hustle aspiring actors. So Armel heads to Congo's vast capital to track him down.
Director: Armel Hostiou | Stars: Tshisambu Felly, Peter Shotsha Olela, Sarah Ndele, David Kapay
Votes: 24
56. May December (2023)
R | 117 min | Drama
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore
Votes: 52,870
57. Nyad (2023)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick
Votes: 37,070
58. Maria Montessori (2023)
100 min | Biography, Drama
A Parisian courtesan flees to Rome to protect her reputation when her daughter's learning disability could become exposed. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.
Director: Léa Todorov | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Jasmine Trinca, Rafaëlle Sonneville-Caby, Raffaele Esposito
Votes: 191
59. The Taste of Things (2023)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger, Patrick d'Assumçao
Votes: 7,939
60. The Red Suitcase (2023)
87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A pick-up truck driver leaves Kathmandu airport for a two-day drive with a delivery to a remote mountain village. On the high road, a solitary figure slowly makes his way, wheeling a small red suitcase toward the same village.
Director: Fidel Devkota | Stars: B. Bishowkarma, Anju Deuja, Bipin Karki, Prabin Khatiwada
Votes: 93
61. Stella: A Life (2023)
121 min | Drama, War
Stella, grows up in Berlin during the rule of the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, despite all the repressive measures she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, her life turns into a culpable tragedy.
Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Paula Beer, Bekim Latifi, Damian Hardung, Joel Basman
Votes: 232
62. Slow (2023)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
Director: Marija Kavtaradze | Stars: Greta Grineviciute, Kestutis Cicenas, Pijus Ganusauskas, Laima Akstinaite
Votes: 1,213
63. Tatami (2023)
105 min | Thriller
Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an... See full summary »
Directors: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv | Stars: Arienne Mandi, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Jaime Ray Newman, Nadine Marshall
Votes: 260
64. Testament (II) (2023)
115 min | Drama
A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Sophie Lorain, Marie-Mai Bouchard, Yves Jacques
Votes: 274
65. Woodland (2023)
95 min | Drama
Based on a novel and the experience of the witnessing a terroristic gunman's attack in Vienna in 2020.
Director: Elisabeth Scharang | Stars: Gerti Drassl, Bogdan Dumitrache, Brigitte Hobmeier, Johannes Krisch
Votes: 71
66. The Zone of Interest (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte
Votes: 84,860
67. Maestro (2023)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 60,938
68. Saltburn (2023)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.
Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 206,192
69. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 122,814
70. Poor Things (2023)
R | 141 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef
Votes: 254,273
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