The Twenty Best Movies of 2023
by kluseba | created - 23 Jan 2023 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicDiscover the greatest movies released between January 1st 2023 and December 31st 2023. This list will be updated regularly. Give great foreign movies a fair chance!
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1. Last Suspect (2023)
119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A female lawyer defending the murderer discovered a plot.
Director: Mo Zhang | Stars: Xiaofei Zhang, Hong-Chi Lee, Kara Wai, Junjia Hong
Votes: 209
10/10 - Astonishing crime drama with multiple intelligent twists and turns that deserves much more attention and acclaim
2. A Guilty Conscience (2023)
135 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After his negligence causes an innocent woman to go to jail, a lawyer and his colleagues work to clear her name.
Director: Wai-Lun Ng | Stars: Dayo Wong, Louise Wong, Kai-Wa Ho, Renci Yeung
Votes: 1,754
10/10 - Outstanding courtroom drama and thriller with brilliant acting performances and profound messages that will resonate long after the movie has finished - a solid early candidate for movie of the year!
3. Ride On (2023)
126 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A washed-up stuntman and his stunt horse become an overnight social media sensation when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral.
Director: Larry Yang | Stars: Jackie Chan, Haocun Liu, Kevin Guo, Yueting Lang
Votes: 5,315
10/10 - Emotional mixture of action, comedy and drama that speaks to larger truths
4. Ransomed (2023)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A young diplomat is assigned the task of carrying the ransom money to rescue an abducted diplomat in Lebanon, and a local taxi driver accidently gets involved in the mission.
Director: Kim Seong-hun | Stars: Burn Gorman, Ju Ji-hoon, Marcin Dorocinski, Ha Jung-woo
Votes: 811
10 /10 - Excellent South Korean film that mixes action, comedy, drama and thriller elements when telling a story of loyalty, resilience and survival
5. Gran Turismo (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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 | Stars: David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe, Takehiro Hira
Votes: 99,590
10/10 - Wonderful action drama based upon a true story with breathtaking locations, profound characters and stunning special effects - special shoutouts to the video game franchise and Nissan!
6. Cyber Heist (2023)
111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A computer expert accidentally falls into the conspiracy of online financial crime and has to seize the time to participate in the struggle.
Director: Hing Fan Wong | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Simon Yam, Ka-Tung Lam, Patrick Tam
Votes: 276
10/10 - Extremely underrated contemporary thriller with intriguing characters, tense plot and wonderful special effects
7. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Sakura Andô, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Rikako Miura
Votes: 48,809
9/10 - The strongest movie in the franchise since the original masterpiece from 1954 convinces with realistic characters, emotional drama and the scariest monster to have ever been put onto a movie screen
8. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
R | 169 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
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 | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick
Votes: 333,289 | Gross: $187.13M
9/10 - The franchise's most adventurous, brutal and epic entry yet
9. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 246,724 | Gross: $172.14M
9/10 - Entertaining action-thriller with cool characters and stunning stunts
10. Raging Grace (2023)
99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.
Director: Paris Zarcilla | Stars: Eva-Jane Willis, Leanne Best, David Hayman, Max Eigenmann
Votes: 1,990
9/10 - Emotional Indonesian film halfway between family drama and psychological horror
11. Past Lives (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song | Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah
Votes: 114,477
9/10 - Authentic, intense and realistic romantic drama that teaches valuable lessons
12. No More Bets (2023)
130 min | Crime, Drama
A Chinese programmer and a model who, enticed by the promise of high-paying jobs, find themselves trapped in a foreign country as prisoners of a scam mill and were forced to be part of their online fraud scheme.
Directors: Ao Shen, Randy Liu | Stars: Yixing Zhang, Chen Jin, Mei Yong, Chuan-jun Wang
Votes: 1,770
9/10 - Gritty Chinese drama with interesting characters, profound plot but also some elements of torture
13. A Haunting in Venice (2023)
PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey
Votes: 111,994
9/10 - Atmospheric horror-thriller set in Venice exploring one of Agatha Christie's lesser-known novels
14. Expend4bles (2023)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on, the Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table.
Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren
Votes: 38,705
9/10 - Highly entertaining action film with a great set of actresses and actors
15. The Creator (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Votes: 159,838
8/10 - Imaginative dystopian science-fiction epic with intriguing characters and breathtaking visual effects
16. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
PG-13 | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell
Votes: 116,491
8/10 - Emotional dystopian epic with elements of action, drama, romance, science-fiction and thriller
17. Under the Light (2023)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An urban crime drama film which will cover topics from anti-corruption to anti-crime.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Jiayin Lei, Guoli Zhang, Hewei Yu, Dongyu Zhou
Votes: 668
8/10 - Fast-paced thriller with many twists and turns
18. Rebound (II) (2023)
122 min | Drama, Sport
This true story retells the incredible tale of the 2012 National High School Basketball Championship, in which a new coach and six players from the weakest basketball team ran nonstop for eight days.
Director: Jang Hang-jun | Stars: Ahn Jae-hong, Jeong Jin-woon, Geon-joo Jung, Kim Jung-han
Votes: 363
8/10 - Emotional South Korean sports drama based upon a true story
19. Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)
Not Rated | 148 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.
Director: Wuershan | Stars: Huang Bo, Kris Phillips, Xuejian Li, Yu Xia
Votes: 3,790
8/10 - Imaginative Chinese fantasy epic for fans of Lord of the Rings and the likes
20. Full River Red (2023)
159 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Teng Shen, Jackson Yee, Yi Zhang, Jiayin Lei
Votes: 3,180
8/10 - Epic Chinese period drama with intellectual twists and turns intertwined with some elements of humour
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