The best movies of 2023


20 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The story of Coriolanus Snow, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem. He is young, very determined and though the Snow family has fallen on hard times, Coriolanus sees a chance for a change in his fortunes when he is chosen to be a mentor for the 10th Hunger Games only to have his elation dashed when he is assigned to mentor a girl tribute named Lucy Gray Baird from the impoverished District 12.

Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Michael Lesslie, Michael Arndt, Suzanne Collins
Starring: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage
Budget: $100 000 000
Box office: $348 900 000

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19 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Writers: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio
Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith
Budget: $150 000 000
Box office: $208 177 000

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18 Wonka

Wonka

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

Director: Paul King
Writers: Simon Farnaby, Paul King, Roald Dahl
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Colin O’Brien, Calah Lane
Budget: $125 000 000
Box office: $632 302 000

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17 Air

Air

The movie explores how Nike’s basketball shoe division was struggling in 1984 due to low sales, and how the company’s Marketing VP Rob Strasser and CEO Phil Knight tasked basketball talent scout Sonny Vaccaro to find a new spokesperson for their shoes. Although they considered third draft pick Michael Jordan off limits due to his preference for Adidas and Converse, Vaccaro convinced them that Jordan was a generational talent, and that Nike should pursue him and try to convince Jordan to sign with Nike.

Director: Ben Affleck
Writer: Alex Convery
Starring: Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck
Budget: $90 000 000
Box office: $90 060 000

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16 BlackBerry

BlackBerry

A company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway.

Director: Matt Johnson
Writers: Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller, Jacquie McNish
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson
Box office: $2 047 000

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15 Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo

Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs – a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec – who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writers: Zach Baylin, Jason Hall, Alex Tse
Starring: Archie Madekwe, Orlando Bloom, David Harbour
Budget: $60 000 000
Box office: $122 076 000

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14 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writers: Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
Budget: $290 000 000
Box office: $567 535 000

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13 Sound of Freedom

Sound of Freedom

“Sound of Freedom”, based on the incredible true story, shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child-traffickers, a federal agent learns that the boy’s sister is still a captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free her from a fate worse than death.

Director: Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Writers: Rod Barr, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Starring: James Caviezel, Bill Camp, Javier Godino
Budget: $14 600 000
Box office: $250 570 000

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12 Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute)

Anatomie d'une chute

The story begins when Samuel is found dead in the snow outside the isolated chalet where he lived with his wife Sandra, a German writer, and their partially-sighted 11-year-old son Daniel. An investigation leads to a conclusion of “suspicious death”: it’s impossible to know for sure whether he took his own life or was killed. Sandra is indicted, and we follow her trial which pulls the couple’s relationship apart. Daniel is caught in the middle: between the trial and their home life, doubts take their toll on the mother-son relationship.

Director: Justine Triet
Writers: Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner
Box office: $36 051 000

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11 John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

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
Writers: Shay Hatten, Michael Finch, Derek Kolstad
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård
Budget: $90 000 000
Box office: $440 180 000

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