Favorite Films of 2023

  1. The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, by Teemu Nikki | The Tuba Thieves, by Alison O’Daniel
  2. Killers of the Flower Moon, by Martin Scorsese | The Mission, by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
  3. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, by Francisca Alegria | Trenque Laquen, by Laura Citarella
  4. Asteroid City, by Wes Anderson / Barbie, by Greta Gerwig
  5. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, by Raven Jackson / A Thousand and One, by A.V. Rockwell
  6. Fremont, by Babak Jalali / Sometimes I Think About Dying, by Rachel Lambert
  7. Anatomy of a Fall, by Justine Triet / Fair Play, by Chloe Domont
  8. I’m a Virgo, by Boots Riley / We Grown Now, by Minhal Baig
  9. Milisuthando, by Milisuthando Bongela / The Mother of All Lies, by Asmae El Moudir
  10. The Holdovers, by Alexander Payne / Showing Up, by Kelly Reichardt
  11. De Humanis Corporis Fabrice, by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor / Plan 75, by Chie Hayakawa
  12. May December, by Todd Haynes / Saltburn, by Emerald Fennell
  13. All of Us Strangers, by Andrew Haigh / Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, by Tomás Gómez Bustillo
  14. Past Lives, by Celine Song / The Quiet Girl, by Colm Bairéad
  15. American Fiction, by Cord Jefferson / Incident, by Bill Morrison
  16. The Potemkinists, by Radu Jude / Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl Quartet
  17. Shortcomings, by Randall Park / You Hurt My Feelings, by Nicole Holofcener
  18. In the Rearview, by Maciek Hamela / Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles, by Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk
  19. Bottoms, by Emma Seligman / Theater Camp, by Nick Lieberman and Molly Gordon
  20. Full Circle, by Steven Soderbergh / Pacifiction, by Albert Serra

Author: Josh Hornbeck

Josh is the founder of Cinema Cocktail, and he is a writer and director, podcaster and critic, and communications and marketing professional living and working in the greater Seattle area.