Best Movies of 2023 by Director
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Ben Affleck
Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis
Drama / Sports / Biography
USA
English
2672
36
Woody Allen
Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider, Anna Laik, Melvil Poupaud, Yannick Choirat
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
USA / France / UK
French
2783
40
Wes Anderson
Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2663
34
Nikolaj Arcel
Mads Mikkelsen, Gustav Lindh, Amanda Collin, Jacob Lohmann, Kristine Kujath Thorp
Drama / War / Biography / History / Epic
Denmark / Sweden / Norway / Germany
Danish
2796
42
Ari Aster
Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery
USA / UK / Finland
English
2585
31
Lila Avilés
Naíma Sentíes, Montserrat Marañon, Marisol Gasé
Drama
Mexico / Denmark / France
Spanish
1981
14
J.A. Bayona
Enzo Vogrincic, Simon Hempe, Rafael Federman, Matías Recalt, Andy Pruss
Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller
Spain / USA / Uruguay / Chile
Spanish
2707
38
Blitz Bazawule
Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2452
25
Pablo Berger
Ivan Labanda, Albert Trifol Segarra, Rafa Calvo, José García Tos
Animation / Drama / Music / Comedy
Spain / France
Spanish (No Dialogue)
2790
41
Luc Besson
Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick
Drama / Thriller / Action
France
English
2809
44
Laura Bialis
Bradley Brennan, July Hodara, Declan Knappenberger, Vita Knappenberger
Documentary
USA
English
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18
Bertrand Bonello
Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
France / Canada
French
2809
44
Kristoffer Borgli
Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Jessica Clement, Star Slade
Comedy / Horror / Fantasy
USA
English
2818
45
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Dylan Corbett-Bader, Amir El-Masry, Riccardo Scamarcio
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA / UK / Italy
English
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46
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Nikki Giovanni, Taraji P. Henson, Virginia Fowler, Kai Giovanni, Thomas Giovanni
Documentary
USA
English
2790
41
Stéphane Brizé
Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher, Sharif Andoura, Emmy Boissard Paumelle
Drama / Romance
France
French
2818
45
John Carney
Eve Hewson, Marcella Plunkett, Paul Reid, Orén Kinlan, Don Wycherley
Comedy / Music / Romance / Drama
USA / Ireland
English
2796
42
Benjamin Caron
Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, John Lithgow
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2790
41
Pietro Castellitto
Pietro Castellitto, Sergio Castellitto, Benedetta Porcaroli
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Italy
Italian
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17
Ilker Çatak
Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer
Drama / Thriller
Germany
German
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30
Mstyslav Chernov
Mstyslav Chernov, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Liudmyla Amelkina
Documentary / War
Ukraine
Ukrainian
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35
Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick, Marcos Diaz
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2818
45
George Clooney
Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Peter Guinness, Sam Strike, Thomas Elms
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2796
42
Sammi Cohen
Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler
Comedy
USA
English
2809
44
Jason Cohn
Sebastian Roché, Katrina Alcorn, Gordon Bruce, Dave Danielson, Tom Hardy
Documentary
USA
English
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8
Bradley Cooper
Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato, Greg Hildreth
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance
USA
English
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36
Sofia Coppola
Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tim Post
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance
Italy / USA
English
2790
41
Saverio Costanzo
Lily James, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Sennott, Joe Keery, Alba Rohrwacher
Drama / History / Period Film
Italy
Italian
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16
Kelly Fremon Craig
Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie, Elle Graham
Comedy / Drama / Family
USA
English
2796
42
John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Caper
USA / Canada / UK / Iceland / Ireland / Australia
English
2809
44
Michelle Danner
Donald Sutherland, Abigail Breslin, Kyle MacLachlan, Emily VanCamp, Andy Garcia
Biography / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2790
41
Edoardo De Angelis
Pierfrancesco Favino, Johannes Wirix, Giuseppe Brunetti
Biography / Drama / History / War
Italy / Belgium
Italian
2790
41
Giorgio Diritti
Franz Rogowski, Valentina Bellè, Joel Basman, Cecilia Steiner
Drama
Italy / Switzerland
Italian
2818
45
Chloe Domont
Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer, Sebastian De Souza
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
USA
English
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23
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Comic
USA
English
2809
44
Sophie Dupuis
Théodore Pellerin, Félix Maritaud, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Vlad Alexis
Drama / Romance
Canada
French
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20
Sean Durkin
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany
Biography / Drama / Sports
UK / USA
English
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21
Ava DuVernay
Victoria Pedretti, Vera Farmiga, Connie Nielsen, Jon Bernthal, Finn Wittrock
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
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47
Gareth Edwards
John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2790
41
Michal Englert, Malgorzata Szumowska
Malgorzata Hajewska, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wieclawek, Bogumila Bajor, Jerzy Bonczak
Drama
Poland / Sweden
Polish
2818
45
Emerald Fennell
Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Archie Madekwe, Sadie Soverall, Richie Cotterell
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
USA / UK
English
2672
36
David Fincher
Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Kerry O'Malley
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Comic
USA
English
2672
36
Michel Franco
Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Brooke Timber, Merritt Wever, Jessica Harper
Drama
USA / Mexico / Chile
English
2818
45
Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Gaia Scodella
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Adventure
USA / Italy
English
1933
13
Matteo Garrone
Affif Ben Badra, Seydou Sarr, Issaka Sawadogo, Bamar Kane, Hichem Yacoubi
Drama / Adventure
Italy / Belgium / France
Wolof
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9
Greta Gerwig
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Musical
USA / UK
English
702
1
Jonathan Glazer
Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Marie Rosa Tietjen
Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / UK / Poland
English
2809
44
Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro, Caroline Aaron
Comedy
USA
English
2818
45
James Gunn
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA / New Zealand / France / Canada
English
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26
Andrew Haigh
Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Carter John Grout, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
UK / USA
English
2809
44
Christy Hall
Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn, Marcos A. Gonzalez, Zola Lloyd, Shannon Gannon
Drama
USA
English
2809
44
Meredith Hama-Brown
Ally Maki, Luke Roberts, Nyha Huang Breitkreuz, Remy Marthaller, Chris Pang
Drama
Canada
English
2790
41
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani
Drama / Music
Japan
Japanese
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19
Todd Haynes
Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore, Andrea Frankle
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
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43
Isabel Herguera
Miren Arrieta, Ranjitha Rajeevan, Manu Khurana, Arunima Bhattacharya
Animation / Drama / Musical / Fantasy
Spain / Germany
English
2809
44
Anna Hints
Kadi Kivilo, Maria Meresaar, Elsa Saks, Marianne Liiv, Eva Kübar
Documentary
Estonia / France / Iceland
Estonian
2854
47
Kore-eda Hirokazu
Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Mitsuki Takahata
Drama / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
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33
Agnieszka Holland
Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok
Drama
Poland / USA / France / Czech Republic / Belgium / Germany / Turkey
Polish
2648
32
Nicole Holofcener
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
1616
10
Cord Jefferson
Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2648
32
Matt Johnson
Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History
Canada
English
2796
42
Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad
Drama / Sports
USA
English
2790
41
Radu Jude
Ilinca Manolache, Ovidiu Pîrsan, Nina Hoss, Dorina Lazar
Comedy / Drama
Romania / Luxembourg / France / Croatia / Switzerland / UK / Canada
Romanian
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12
Aki Kaurismäki
Alma Pöysti, Alina Tomnikov, Jussi Vatanen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Martti Suosalo
Comedy / Drama
Finland / Germany
Finnish
2818
45
Paul King
Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Grant
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Action
USA / UK / Canada
English
2790
41
Timm Kröger
Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, David Bennent
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
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22
Greg Kwedar
Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose, Paul Raci, David Giraudy
Drama
USA
English
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6
Yorgos Lanthimos
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott
Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Ireland / UK / USA
English
2672
36
Pablo Larraín
Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger
Drama / Horror / Comedy / Fantasy / History
Chile
Spanish
2783
40
Adele Lim
Ashley Park, Sherry Cola. Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, Ronny Chieng
Comedy / Drama
UK / USA
English
2796
42
Richard Linklater
Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Retta, Austin Amelio, Molly Bernard, Kagga Jayson
Action / Comedy / Crime / Romance
USA
English
2818
45
James Mangold
Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Drama
USA
English
2130
15
Michael Mann
Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Patrick Dempsey, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Biography / Sports / History
USA / UK / Italy / China
English
2801
43
Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Jeff Goldblum, Tony Ramos, Abel Ayala, Roberta Wallach, Ângela Rabello
Animation / Drama / History
Spain / France / Netherlands / Portugal / Peru / UK / USA / Brazil
English
2818
45
Rob Marshall
Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Noma Dumezweni
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Action
USA
English
2783
40
Christopher McQuarrie
Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
1718
11
Hayao Miyazaki
Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Aimyon, Kô Shibasaki
Animation / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Action
Japan
Japanese
2818
45
JT Mollner
Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Madisen Beaty, Bianca A. Santos
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2809
44
Guy Nattiv
Helen Mirren, Zed Josef, Claudette Williams, Henry Goodman, Olivia Brody
Biography / Drama / History / War / Action / Adventure / Thriller
UK / USA
English
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37
Jeff Nichols
Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook
Crime / Drama
USA
English
851
3
Christopher Nolan
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Scott Grimes
Biography / Drama / History
USA / UK
English
2809
44
William Nunez
Susan Hayward, John Wayne, Sophie Okonedo, Agnes Moorehead, Patrick Wayne
Documentary
UK
English
854
4
Alexander Payne
Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2818
45
Jamie Payne
Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley, Thomas Coombes
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Action
UK / USA
English
2842
46
Charlotte Regan
Lola Campbell, Alin Uzun, Cary Crankson, Carys Bowkett, Ambreen Razia
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2842
46
A.V. Rockwell
Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross, William Catlett
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2742
39
Alice Rohrwacher
Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Isabella Rossellini
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
Italy / France / Switzerland
Italian
2796
42
Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Ayo Edebiri, Maya Rudolph
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA / Japan / Canada
English
2796
42
Matt Ruskin
Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Rory Cochrane
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller
USA
English
866
5
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Romance / Western / Epic
USA
English
2809
44
Emma Seligman
Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber
Comedy
USA
English
2818
45
Thea Sharrock
Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Jason Watkins, Alisha Weir
Comedy / Crime / Drama / History / Mystery
UK / France
English
2818
45
M. Night Shyamalan
Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Action
USA / Japan / China
English
2809
44
Tarsem Singh
Pavia Sidhu, Yugam Sood, Gourav Sharma, Sukhwinder Chahal, Sunita Dhir
Drama / Romance / Thriller
India / Canada / USA
Punjabi
2790
41
Stefano Sollima
Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini
Drama / Crime
Italy
Italian
1078
7
Celine Song
Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Drama / Romance
USA / South Korea
English
2801
43
Lina Soualem
Hiam Abbass, Um Ali, Nemat Abbass, Said Abbas, Omaya Younes
Documentary / Biography
France / Belgium / Palestine / Qatar
French
2809
44
Stephen Soucy
Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Hugh Grant, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson
Documentary
USA
English
2796
42
Chad Stahelski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick, Clancy Brown
Action / Crime / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2809
44
Gene Stupnitsky
Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2503
27
Anh Hung Tran
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger
Drama / History / Romance
France / Belgium
French
763
2
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France
French
2790
41
Fien Troch
Greet Verstraete, Robbie Cleiren, Caroline Stas, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier
Drama
Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Dutch
2809
44
Marc Turtletaub
Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Teddy Cañez, Narea Kang
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2547
29
Wim Wenders
Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asô
Drama
Japan / Germany
Japanese
2818
45
George C. Wolfe
Colman Domingo, Aml Ameen, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2796
42
Sam Wrench
Taylor Swift, Mike Meadows, Max Bernstein, Paul Sidoti, Amos Heller
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2531
28
Takashi Yamazaki
Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki
Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Japan
Japanese
