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Thirty Stellar Movies From 2023 That You Should Definitely Catch Up on Over Summer

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By Sarah Ward
December 22, 2023
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By Sarah Ward
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  • Arts & Entertainment

    Tár

    Cate Blanchett turns in another awards-worthy performance in this powerful, complicated and compelling drama about a cancelled conductor.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Killer

    David Fincher and Michael Fassbender are a match made in thriller heaven in this stripped back, sleek and sardonic hitman flick.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Visually spectacular and emotionally expressive, the exceptional animated 'Spider-Verse' films keep making live-action comic-book flicks look cartoonish.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Suzume

    'Your Name' and 'Weathering with You' filmmaker Makoto Shinkai is back with another gorgeous and heartfelt animated gem.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Royal Hotel

    Australian filmmaker Kitty Green reteams with Julia Garner after 'The Assistant' for another excellent thriller with real-life parallels, this time set in an Aussie outback pub.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Creator

    'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' director Gareth Edwards goes back to his original sci-fi roots with this big-thinking and big-feeling film about humanity battling AI.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    John Wick: Chapter 4

    The 'John Wick' films keep getting bigger and better, with Keanu Reeves joined by martial-arts icon Donnie Yen in this globe-hopping action epic.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Beau Is Afraid

    Ari Aster brings a new guilt-dripping nightmare to the screen, and the darkest of comedies as well, with help from a game Joaquin Phoenix.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Talk to Me

    Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou, aka RackaRacka, cross over from YouTube videos to the big screen with this super-creepy instant horror gem.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    You Hurt My Feelings

    Ten years after 'Enough Said', Julia Louis-Dreyfus and writer/director Nicole Holofcener team up on another warm, wry and winning gem of a dramedy.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Innocent

    French actor, writer and director Louis Garrel crafts a thoroughly charming crime caper co-starring 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' standout Noémie Merlant.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Leave the World Behind

    After 'Mr Robot', writer/director Sam Esmail gets paranoid again, this time with Julia Roberts- and Mahershala Ali-led families stuck on Long Island when a communications outage strikes.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

    Tom Cruise keeps one-upping the stunts and spectacular action in the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise — and the spy series keeps proving a joy to watch.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    BlackBerry

    'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star Glenn Howerton is phenomenal in this tragedy-meets-farce version of the first must-have smartphone's rise and fall.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Fair Play

    Chemistry and relationship chaos sizzle in this battle-of-the-sexes thriller starring Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Sanctuary

    Solely set in a hotel room, this searing two-hander gets Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley digging into power, privilege, fetishes and fantasies.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Survival of Kindness

    Marking his first feature since 2013's 'Charlie's Country', Rolf de Heer's latest film is as haunting as it is visually stunning.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Pearl

    Mia Goth is magnetic again in this gem of a prequel to Ti West's 2022 slasher standout 'X'.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Sweet As

    The first Western Australian movie directed and written by an Indigenous female filmmaker, this coming-of-age tale is as thoughtful as it is gorgeous.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The New Boy

    After 'Samson & Delilah' and 'Sweet Country', Warwick Thornton makes another stunning musing on survival — this time starring Cate Blanchett and newcomer Aswan Reid.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Skinamarink

    Made for just $15,000 by a first-time filmmaker, this unsettling experimental horror flick will get inside your head.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Carmen

    Paul Mescal's next feat is a stunning dance-driven drama that reimagines an iconic opera, was shot in Australia and marks choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s directing debut.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Living

    Bill Nighy is a marvel in this contemplative drama, which deservedly earned the British actor his first-ever Oscar nomination.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Fabelmans

    Steven Spielberg takes inspiration from his film-obsessed childhood in this sincere and perceptive coming-of-age story, family drama and ode to cinema.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Babylon

    'La La Land' filmmaker Damien Chazelle steps back into Hollywood's past, with Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt leading a jam-packed Golden Age-set spectacle.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Dumb Money

    The GameStop stock phenomenon comes to the big screen in this entertaining and astute 'The Big Short'-style dramedy lead by Paul Dano.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Theater Camp

    Drama kids and stage obsessives, prepare to be seen by this hilarious, affectionate and deeply authentic mockumentary.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Biosphere

    'Jurassic Park' isn't the only film about life finding a way thanks to this cleverly contemplative survival comedy starring Mark Duplass and Sterling K Brown.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    It Lives Inside

    Filtering US teen horror through the Indian American experience gives this tense and thoughtful film not only a fresh perspective, but also weight and meaning.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Polite Society

    A martial arts-loving teenager tries to sabotage her sister’s wedding in this delightful genre mashup, which nods to everything from Bollywood flicks and spy movies to Jane Austen and horror.

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