Best hollywood movies 2023

> > Whether in cinemas or on streaming, movies have give us a lot to thrill and think over in 2023. Menace has been found in mothers, shadows, and a pretty little doll called M3GAN. Adventure has been charted around the globe in speeding cars, across the multi-verse by feuding Spider-Folk, and into a rousing world of knights and shapeshifters. Romance has blossomed in colorful settings and nightmarish sex scenes. And coming-of-age stories have taken us back in time, into butt-kicking fantasies, and under the sea. Whether you're seeking to laugh, cry, marvel, or lose your mind, we've got a movie that's sure to please. Here are the best movies of 2023, so far. These films are listed in order of release. 1. M3GAN She's an icon. Credit: Universal Pictures 2023 got off to a strong start with M3GAN, a killer doll horror romp with an AI twist. The titular toy was intended to shoulder the care of a grieving kiddo who'd recently lost her parents. But when her devotion turns deadly, it's up to her creator ( Get Out's Allison Williams) to stop the singing, dancing, killing machine. M3GAN not only boasted sensationally scary sequences that scratch that evil-kid itch, but also a biting sense of humor that had us rooting for this femme slasher, whether she was whispering pop songs, terrorizing a child bully, or threatening this film's frustrated Final Girl. The chemistry! Credit: Searchlight Pictures One of the most joyful movies of 2023 hands down is this rom-com out of England. Vivian...

It’s that golden time of year. The time when the morning air smells clean and new, everything is green, and the parks are host to a thousand parties. Blackberry, Matt Johnson’s raucous corporate rise-and-fall saga, to S howing Up. Here’s my updated list of the best movies of the year, followed by my most anticipated releases for the rest of the year. Sometimes a great piece of art smacks you in the face, other times its effect creeps up on you. Kelly Reichardt’s films tend to work in the latter mode, and Showing Up—one of her best—is no exception. The film follows Lizzy (Michelle Williams), a dour sculptor who works at a small Portland arts college, in the leadup to a new exhibition. Showing Up captures the realities of a working-class art-making process—the distractions, frustrations, and sporadic victories—better than any movie I can recall. Williams and Hong Chau (who plays her landlord and a fellow artist) are both better here than in their respective Oscar-nominated turns from last year. A pleasurable as the bulk of the movie is, the quietly transcendent ending is what moved me from a place of simmering enjoyment to full-boiled enthrallment. If How to Blow Up a Pipeline was a pure popcorn thriller, it would still be one hell of a time at the movies. But Daniel Goldhaber’s follow-up to his 2018 camgirl horror flick, Cam, harnesses its edge-of-your-seat adrenaline for admirably audacious ends: To urge viewers to rethink what modern eco-activism should look like. Without...

Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. • Reddit • Pocket • Flipboard • Email This story is part of a group of stories called Your time is precious, and your options are endless. The good news: We watch it all so you don’t have to. Polygon’s What to Watch highlights the best, the funniest, the scariest, and the most exciting in movies, TV, and everything in between. Stop scrolling, start watching! It’s only June, but it’s already been a great year at the movies. We’ve had surprise box-office hits, strong genre fare, early awards contenders, and everything else in between. If the first four months of 2023 are any indication, it’s looking to be a fantastic year for cinema. We launched our list of the best movies of 2023 in February, but we will continue to update it as the year goes along, adding our favorite movies as we catch up with them. At the end of the year, this will then turn into our definitive list, with our staff voting on the best movies of 2023. For now, consider this a sampling platter — a rolling list that encapsulates the many different kinds of good movies that have been released this year, and the different tastes in movies we have on our staff. There’s pl...

Clockwise from top left: Polite Society, Pearl, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Tár, Till and The Fabelmans. Illustration: Alamy/Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features / Origin Picture Show LLC / AP/The Guardian Clockwise from top left: Polite Society, Pearl, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Tár, Till and The Fabelmans. Illustration: Alamy/Parisa Taghizadeh/Focus Features / Origin Picture Show LLC / AP/The Guardian Alcarràs Carla Simón’s award-winning story of a peach farmer struggling to make ends meet asks many important questions about our relationship with the land and the human cost of progress. What we said: “This is a really shrewd, empathic and subtle movie which engulfs you in its dust and sweat and heat.” Till The story of Emmett Till, the black 14-year-old tortured and lynched in 1955 Mississippi for supposedly whistling at a white woman, and his mother Mamie Till’s fight for justice. What we said: “A fierce portrait of courage and a sombre study of the human cost involved in resisting this kind of barbarity.” Empire of Light The “love letter to the movies” genre is revived in Sam Mendes’ poignant, wonderfully acted drama about love, life and films, featuring Olivia Colman as a Margate cinema manager in the 1980s. What we said: “A sweet, heartfelt, humane movie, which doesn’t shy away from the brutality and the racism that was happening in the streets outside the cinema.” Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward in Empire of Light. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy Enys Men Bait ...