Best of 2023
by mickslash | created - 11 Apr 2023 | updated - 11 Apr 2023 | PublicMy favorite movies of 2022, pretty much anything over a 7/10 or something I'd recommend. Excluding TV shows, mini-series, short films and live events. (TV Shows, Mini-Series, Short Films and Live Events can be considered for an Honorable Mention.)
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1. The Quiet Girl (2022)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
In rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
Director: Colm Bairéad | Stars: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric
Votes: 22,219
9/10
2. Close (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
Votes: 34,892
9/10
3. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
R | 169 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Director: Chad Stahelski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick
Votes: 334,322 | Gross: $187.13M
8.5/10
4. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith
Votes: 225,391
7/10
5. Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
94 min | Horror
Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to take care of Johnny, a sickly, mute child with severe allergies. His mother, Rebecca, is an author and his father, Jacob, is a carpenter.
Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan | Stars: Morgan Saylor, Kat Foster, Danilo Crovetti, Myko Olivier
Votes: 1,616
7/10
6. A House Made of Splinters (2022)
87 min | Documentary
Children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.
Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont | Stars: Marharyta Burlutska, Anjelika Stolyarova, Olga Tronova
Votes: 2,074
7/10
7. My Year of Dicks (2022)
16+ | 24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pam tries very hard to lose her virginity and always searches for "the one." She's not alone; her best friends are with her.
Director: Sara Gunnarsdóttir | Stars: Brie Tilton, Jackson Kelly, Klarissa Hernandez, Chris Elsenbroek
Votes: 2,959
8.5/10 [Honorable Mention]
8. An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It (2022)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.
Director: Lachlan Pendragon | Stars: Lachlan Pendragon, John Cavanagh, Michael Richard, Jamie Trotter
Votes: 2,135
8/10 [Honorable Mention]
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