Best Movies of 2023
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Best Movies of 2023
TOP Movies: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Oppenheimer (2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), The Covenant (2023), The Holdovers (2023), The Pope's Exorcist (2023), Plane (2023), Air (2023), Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023), Barbie (2023), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Creed III (2023), Sound of Freedom (2023), Missing (2023), 65 (2023), Gran Turismo (2023), Tetris (2023), The Flash (2023), Renfield (2023), Beau Is Afraid (2023).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
With the price on his head ever increasing, 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 ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, saga, suspense, visually appealing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, final showdown, bodyguard, fight, hitman, organized crime, assassin, gun fu, desert, contract killer, secret society, sumo wrestler ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, europe, asia, germany ...
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, France, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as ...
Style:
humorous, disturbing, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
team, raccoon, mad scientist, animal testing, alien planet, animal cruelty, animal experimentation, tragic past, animal abuse, rescue, friendship, spaceship ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
205K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, powerful ...
Plot:
war in afghanistan, ambush, american soldier, shooter, military, soldier, translator, sniper, brotherhood, friendship, chase, taliban ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
afghanistan, los angeles
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243K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy ...
Style:
sentimental, compassionate, hilarious, f word
Plot:
boarding school, holiday, teacher, christmas, grieving mother, teen angst, detention, depressed man, vietnam war, grief, christmas eve, history teacher ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1971, 70s
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up ...
Style:
saga, exciting, epic, anamorphic, tense ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
archaeologist, treasure hunt, indiana jones, time travel, relic hunter, college professor, treasure, treasure hunter, world war two, supernatural, knife fight, artifact ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1939, 20th century, year 1951, 1940s ...
Place:
greece, alps, new york, athens greece, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, epic fantasy, action adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
wizard, dragon, witchcraft, magic, gang of thieves, dungeons and dragons, artifact, father daughter relationship, druid, magical power, black magic, cemetery ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, cia agent, disguise, mission impossible, train wreck, spy thriller, undercover agent, cia, artificial intelligence, secret service ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, italy, amsterdam, venice, rome italy ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, serious, interesting ...
Plot:
catholic priest, exorcism, demonic possession, vatican, exorcist, supernatural horror, catholic church, spanish inquisition, possession, pope, priest, demon ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1942, year 1987, year 1986
Place:
spain, rome italy
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, action thriller, intense ...
Plot:
airplane, hostage, crash landing, plane crash, hostage situation, ex special forces, shootout, ak 47, terrorist, storm, mercenary, flight attendant ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
the philippines, new york, hawaii, singapore
Is relevant?
193K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, entertaining, exciting, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
business, businessman, biopic, sports man, ambition, basketball player, escapades, success, fight, rise to the top, lifestyle, casino ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
las vegas
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When an ancient power is unleashed, Aquaman must forge an uneasy alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis, and the world, from irreversible devastation.
Style:
exciting, colorful, entertaining, epic fantasy, crying ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, kingdom, ocean, muscleman, mermaid, half breed, atlantis, mythology, desert, demi god, heroes ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
atlantic ocean, antarctica, sicily, florence, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, action comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
teamwork, cia, agent, cia agent, undercover, satire, secret mission, secret agent, fight, special agent, fighting crime, spy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
johannesburg south africa, morocco, los angeles, london, madrid ...
Is relevant?
658K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Style:
rom com, captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
barbie, fantasy world, doll, social satire, voice over narration, teenage girl, female protagonist, interdimensional travel, pregnant woman, ceo, patriarchy, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After finding himself in a world known as the Mushroom Kingdom, A Brooklyn plumber Mario must travel through this world with a princess named Peach and a mushroom named Toad to find his brother Luigi and save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing ...
Style:
3d animation, anime, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
evil king, princess, evil, mushroom, canceled wedding, plumber, villain, fictional kingdom, alternate world, rainbow, magical power, turtle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Is relevant?
106K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, intense, interesting
Plot:
boxing, boxer, orphan, boxing match, boxing champion, professional sports, champion, boxing training, title bout, boxing trainer, male protagonist, world champion ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
philadelphia, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Style:
dramatic, serious, suspenseful, tense, controversial ...
Plot:
kidnapping, human trafficking, rescue, children, child trafficking, child kidnapping, dangerous mission, slavery, sex slavery, pedophilia, vigilante, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
colombia, south america, tijuana mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
Style:
epic, captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
viking, kingdom, warrior, medieval, battles, king, king of england, epic battle, sword fight, battlefield, exploration, mortal combat ...
Time:
10th century, 9th century, medieval times
Place:
england, wales
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71K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, serious, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, missing woman, missing person, mysterious disappearance, found footage, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, cat, investigation, female protagonist, social media, fbi ...
Time:
year 2008, 2020s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, san antonio texas
Is relevant?
105K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland, Australia, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on Earth…65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa, must make their way across an ...
Style:
minimal cast, tense, captivating, suspenseful, space horror ...
Plot:
tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaur, astronaut, escape, father daughter relationship, asteroid, handheld weapon, spacecraft, mountain, profanity, loss of daughter, space adventure ...
Time:
prehistoric times, 2020s, prehistory
Is relevant?
133K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The plot is undisclosed at this time; the project is based off of the popular video game series.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Plot:
car, young boy, teenage boy, driving, gamer, race, motor sport, rivals, professional, conflict, teenager, racing ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2011, 2010s, year 2012, year 2013 ...
Place:
barcelona, vienna, germany, tokyo, france ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, tense, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
superhero, scientist, villain, multiverse, advanced technology, empire, rescue, genocide, pizza, superhero team, bartender, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
Is relevant?
105K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, exciting, entertaining, dramatic ...
Plot:
cold war, engineer, video game, salesman, biopic, job, game, puzzle, designer, computer, legal, friendship ...
Time:
80s, year 1979, 70s, year 1984
Place:
japan, ussr, moscow russia, russia, soviet union
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245K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The Flash travels back in time to prevent the murder of his mother, an act which disrupts time significantly.
Style:
saga, captivating, tense, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
multiverse, superhuman speed, superhero, justice league, struck by lightning, secret identity, batman, villain, alternate history, alternate reality, loss of mother, geek ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2004
Place:
russia, siberia
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.
Style:
gothic, psychotronic, humorous, bleak, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
dracula, master servant relationship, vampire, support group, police, violence, husband and wife, servant, love, prisoner, haunting, chase ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new orleans
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When three friends who live together realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain.
Style:
buddy comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
buried treasure, friend, friends, escapades, group of friends, adventurer, friendship, adventure hero, buddy, buddies, male nudity, treasure ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Finland, Canada
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
An anxious man learns of the death of his mother under mysterious circumstances and upon traveling home makes an alarming discovery about his past. During his journey, he runs into various crazy supernatural threats.
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, dark comedy, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, anxiety, paranoia, therapist, nightmare, fear, death of mother, domineering mother, childhood trauma, violence, guilt, shame ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 206 min.
Story:
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, native american, courtroom, genocide, fbi, interracial marriage, greed, true crime, serial murder, american indian, oil, oil field ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People ...
Style:
3d animation, psychotronic, exciting, action comedy, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
superhero, peter parker character, villain, tyrannosaurus rex, african american, superheroine, spider man, surrealism, parallel world, teenager, secret identity, laboratory ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, india, london, manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, bleak, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien abduction, alien attack, female protagonist, terror, alien, secret, fight, alien contact, alien creature, evil alien, survival, alien encounter ...
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