Best Movies of 2023 by Rank
1970
1
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Romance / Western / Epic
USA
English
2041
2
Kelly Fremon Craig
Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie, Elle Graham
Comedy / Drama / Family
USA
English
2130
3
Celine Song
Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Drama / Romance
USA / South Korea
English
2198
4
Christopher Nolan
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Scott Grimes
Biography / Drama / History
USA / UK
English
2225
5
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
2257
6
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France
French
2384
7
Aki Kaurismäki
Alma Pöysti, Alina Tomnikov, Jussi Vatanen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Martti Suosalo
Comedy / Drama
Finland / Germany
Finnish
2525
8
Jonathan Glazer
Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Marie Rosa Tietjen
Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / UK / Poland
English
2538
9
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis
Drama / Sports / Biography
USA
English
2538
9
Matt Johnson
Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History
Canada
English
2538
9
Nicole Holofcener
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2586
10
Alexander Payne
Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2596
11
Greta Gerwig
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
USA / UK
English
2633
12
Agnieszka Holland
Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok
Drama
Poland / USA / France / Czech Republic / Belgium / Germany / Turkey
Polish
2633
12
Matteo Garrone
Affif Ben Badra, Seydou Sarr, Issaka Sawadogo, Bamar Kane, Hichem Yacoubi
Drama / Adventure
Italy / Belgium / France
Wolof
2638
13
Bradley Cooper
Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato, Greg Hildreth
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance
USA
English
2678
14
Wes Anderson
Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2678
14
Adele Lim
Ashley Park, Sherry Cola. Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, Ronny Chieng
Comedy / Drama
UK / USA
English
2678
14
Christopher McQuarrie
Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2682
15
Cord Jefferson
Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2693
16
Ari Aster
Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery
USA / UK / Finland
English
2693
16
Matt Ruskin
Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Rory Cochrane
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller
USA
English
2693
16
Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad
Drama / Sports
USA
English
2693
16
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
2693
16
Chad Stahelski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick, Clancy Brown
Action / Crime / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2693
16
Benjamin Caron
Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton, John Lithgow
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2693
16
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
2693
16
Sammi Cohen
Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler
Comedy
USA
English
2707
17
Emma Seligman
Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber
Comedy
USA
English
2707
17
Hayao Miyazaki
Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Aimyon, Kô Shibasaki
Animation / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Action
Japan
Japanese
2707
17
Tarsem Singh
Pavia Sidhu, Yugam Sood, Gourav Sharma, Sukhwinder Chahal, Sunita Dhir
Drama / Romance / Thriller
India / Canada / USA
Punjabi
2707
17
Guy Nattiv
Helen Mirren, Zed Josef, Claudette Williams, Henry Goodman, Olivia Brody
Biography / Drama / History / War / Action / Adventure / Thriller
UK / USA
English
2707
17
Marc Turtletaub
Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Teddy Cañez, Narea Kang
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2707
17
Todd Haynes
Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore, Andrea Frankle
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2707
17
Michelle Danner
Donald Sutherland, Abigail Breslin, Kyle MacLachlan, Emily VanCamp, Andy Garcia
Biography / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2707
17
Gene Stupnitsky
Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2707
17
Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick, Marcos Diaz
Biography / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2707
17
Meredith Hama-Brown
Ally Maki, Luke Roberts, Nyha Huang Breitkreuz, Remy Marthaller, Chris Pang
Drama
Canada
English
2707
17
Sophie Dupuis
Théodore Pellerin, Félix Maritaud, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Vlad Alexis
Drama / Romance
Canada
French
2707
17
Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro, Caroline Aaron
Comedy
USA
English
2715
18
Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Gaia Scodella
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Adventure
USA / Italy
English
2715
18
James Gunn
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA / New Zealand / France / Canada
English
2715
18
James Mangold
Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Drama
USA
English
2715
18
M. Night Shyamalan
Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Action
USA / Japan / China
English
2715
18
Rob Marshall
Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Noma Dumezweni
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Action
USA
English
2715
18
Jamie Payne
Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley, Thomas Coombes
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Action
UK / USA
English
2725
19
Yorgos Lanthimos
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott
Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Ireland / UK / USA
English
2728
20
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Nikki Giovanni, Taraji P. Henson, Virginia Fowler, Kai Giovanni, Thomas Giovanni
Documentary
USA
English
2728
20
Charlotte Regan
Lola Campbell, Alin Uzun, Cary Crankson, Carys Bowkett, Ambreen Razia
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2728
20
A.V. Rockwell
Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross, William Catlett
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2730
21
Stefano Sollima
Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini
Drama / Crime
Italy
Italian
2730
21
Bertrand Bonello
Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
France / Canada
French
2730
21
Edoardo De Angelis
Pierfrancesco Favino, Johannes Wirix, Giuseppe Brunetti
Biography / Drama / History / War
Italy / Belgium
Italian
2730
21
Luc Besson
Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick
Drama / Thriller / Action
France
English
2730
21
Pablo Larraín
Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger
Drama / Horror / Comedy / Fantasy / History
Chile
Spanish
2730
21
Pietro Castellitto
Pietro Castellitto, Sergio Castellitto, Benedetta Porcaroli
Drama / Crime / Gangster
Italy
Italian
2730
21
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani
Drama / Music
Japan
Japanese
2730
21
Michael Mann
Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Patrick Dempsey, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Biography / Sports / History
USA / UK / Italy / China
English
2730
21
Saverio Costanzo
Lily James, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Sennott, Joe Keery, Alba Rohrwacher
Drama / History / Period Film
Italy
Italian
2730
21
Fien Troch
Greet Verstraete, Robbie Cleiren, Caroline Stas, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier
Drama
Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Dutch
2730
21
David Fincher
Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Kerry O'Malley
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Comic
USA
English
2730
21
Giorgio Diritti
Franz Rogowski, Valentina Bellè, Joel Basman, Cecilia Steiner
Drama
Italy / Switzerland
Italian
2730
21
Michel Franco
Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Brooke Timber, Merritt Wever, Jessica Harper
Drama
USA / Mexico / Chile
English
2730
21
Ava DuVernay
Victoria Pedretti, Vera Farmiga, Connie Nielsen, Jon Bernthal, Finn Wittrock
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
2730
21
Stéphane Brizé
Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher, Sharif Andoura, Emmy Boissard Paumelle
Drama / Romance
France
French
2730
21
Sofia Coppola
Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk, Tim Post
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance
Italy / USA
English
2730
21
Nikolaj Arcel
Mads Mikkelsen, Gustav Lindh, Amanda Collin, Jacob Lohmann, Kristine Kujath Thorp
Drama / War / Biography / History / Epic
Denmark / Sweden / Norway / Germany
Danish
2730
21
Timm Kröger
Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, David Bennent
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
2730
21
Michal Englert, Malgorzata Szumowska
Malgorzata Hajewska, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wieclawek, Bogumila Bajor, Jerzy Bonczak
Drama
Poland / Sweden
Polish
2740
22
Gareth Edwards
John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
