The Best Movies of 2023

Somehow, 2023 is almost over, but the year has been filled with some real cinematic delights. There have been action-adventure pictures like “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”; horror movies like “Scream 6,” “The Boogeyman,” and “The Blackening”; and iconic animated adventures like “Nimona” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” For romance fans, movies like “Past Lives” and “Rye Lane” have been knockouts. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited for April’s “Air,” and Halle Bailey brought Ariel to a new generation of children in May’s live-action “The Little Mermaid.”

July brought some absolute heavy hitters, including “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.” And though the film schedule for the end of the year has gotten a little lighter because of the ongoing actors’ strike, there have still been quite a few movies to enjoy. Martin Scorsese’s 27th narrative film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” remixed how we see true-crime stories. “Priscilla” gave a new angle on Elvis Presley’s stardom and his relationship with the eponymous Priscilla Presley, and November’s “The Holdovers” is a Christmas movie that’s totally its own. And there are still quite a few 2023 movies we’re looking forward to, including “The Iron Claw,” “Poor Things,” “May December,” and Disney’s “Wish.”

Ahead, these are POPSUGAR’s 19 favorite movies of the year so far, ranked.