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2023 Movie Rankings | Chris Lambert

This is a live list where I rank the movies of 2023. If something isn’t on the list, I haven’t seen it. Leave your comments and we’ll talk. I give a lot of weight to scope, scale, and depth. If a movie is higher than you expect, it probably did one or all of those things very well. If it’s lower, well, it probably frustrated me. Full thoughts are available on the all-time rankings page!

Updated: 10/4/24

Latest additions: Leave the World Behind

(The movies in each category are in alphabetical order)

My Favorites

  1. Beau is Afraid
  2. Past Lives
  3. Poor Things
  4. The Zone of Interest

Wow

  1. Anatomy of a Fall
  2. Barbie
  3. Bottoms
  4. Jawan
  5. Killers of the Flower Moon
  6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Impressive

  1. Napoleon
  2. Saltburn 

Enjoyable

  1. BlackBerry
  2. Fast X
  3. Joy Ride
  4. Scream 6
  5. Society of the Snow
  6. The Holdovers
  7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Positives 

  1. Air
  2. Cocaine Bear
  3. Creed III
  4. Dungeons & Dragons
  5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
  6. Knock at the Cabin 
  7. May December
  8. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 
  9. No Hard Feelings
  10. Oppenheimer
  11. Polite Society
  12. The Killer
  13. Talk to Me
  14. Anyone But You
  15. The Creator

Neutral 

  1. Infinity Pool

Almost 

  1. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  2. Blue Beetle
  3. Hypnotic
  4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  5. M3GAN
  6. No One Will Save You
  7. The Boy and the Heron
  8. The Marvels
  9. The Pale Blue Eye

Not Quite

  1. You People

Not For Me

  1. 65
  2. Leave the World Behind
  3. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
  4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 

Really Not For Me

  1. Asteroid City
  2. The Flash
  3. White Men Can’t Jump
Chris Lambert
Chris Lambert

Chris Lambert is the co-founder and lead writer of Film Colossus. He specializes in film interpretation, narrative structure, and explaining how movies use story, imagery, and technique to create meaning. His work on Film Colossus has reached millions of readers, with more than 500 articles covering films ranging from Fight Club and Black Swan to Perfect Blue and The Odyssey.

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1 Comment

I love how you do “not for me” rather than just calling something bad. Too many people act like their perception is objective.

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