Last year, Hollywood came out with some of the best movies to ever hit the big screen. Whether it was action-packed, romantic, or historical, there was something for everyone to watch or enjoy. Let’s take a look back at the top ten movies of 2023!
Number 10
Creed III
Release date: March 3, 2023
Where to watch: Amazon Prime
Genre: Drama/Sports
Rated: PG-13
Plot summary: In 2002 Los Angeles, a young Adonis “Donnie” Creed sneaks out with his best friend, Golden Gloves champion Damian Anderson, to watch him compete in an underground boxing match. After Dame’s victory, he tells Donnie about his aspirations to turn professional and become a world champion.
Number 9
Air
Release date: April 5, 2023
Where to watch: Amazon Prime
Genre: Drama
Rated: R
Plot summary: Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursue basketball rookie Michael Jordan, creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and contemporary culture.
Number 8
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Release date: June 3, 2023
Where to watch: Netflix
Genre: Animation/Superhero/Action/Adventure
Rated: PG-13
Plot summary: After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence.
Number 7
Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Release date: April 28, 2023
Where to watch: Starz
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rated: PG-13
Plot summary: Eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship, and adolescence. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who offers loving support, and her grandmother, Sylvia, who’s coming to terms with finding happiness in the next phase of her life.
Number 6
Past Lives
Release date: June 23, 2023
Where to watch: Only in theaters
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rated: PG-13
Plot summary: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, wrestled after Nora’s family emigrated from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
Number 5
John Wick: Chapter 4
Release date: March 24, 2023
Where to watch: Starz
Genre: Action/Crime
Rated: R
Plot summary: With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hitman John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Japan to Berlin.
Number 4
Asteroid City
Release date: June 23, 2023
Where to watch: Amazon Prime
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama
Rated: PG-13
Plot summary: World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in an American desert town circa 1955.
Number 3
Killers of the Flower Moon
Release date: October 20, 2023
Where to watch: Apple TV
Genre: Drama/Crime/History
Rated: R
Plot summary: Real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries to save her community from a spree of murders fueled by oil and greed.
Number 2
Barbie
Release date: July 21, 2023
Where to watch: Max, Amazon Prime
Genre: Comedy/Adventure/Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
Plot summary: Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
And Finally Number 1…
Oppenheimer
Release date: July 21, 2023
Where to watch: Apple TV, Amazon Prime
Genre: War/Biography/Drama
Rated: R
Plot summary: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work came to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witnessed the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.
If any of these movies sound interesting to you add them to your repertoire. You can never watch too many movies.
