My Revised 2023 Top Ten Films

The Zone of Interest, just added to my top ten

I made a mistake last month. Before I go further I'd like to acknowledge that this was not the first instance of me erring and I very much doubt it will be the last. Simply put I was premature in releasing my yearly top ten. Somehow I ignored the fact that there were two more much-anticipated releases that I still wanted to see. Well folks I've seen them over the course of the last two weeks and, as both pictures warranted a spot on my top ten, have revised the list accordingly. As it happens they take the numbers four and five spots. In my earlier iteration of this list I mentioned what a great year it's been in films. Having now seen All of Us Strangers and The Zone of Interest I can attest it is even greater than great, whatever the deuce that is. I vow to be more patient next year. 

1. Fallen Leaves (Kaurismäki)

2. Godland (Pálmason)

3. Oppenheimer (Nolan) 

4. All of Us Strangers (Haigh)

5. The Zone of Interest (Glazer) 

6. May December (Haynes)

7. Afire (Petzold)

8. Poor Things (Lanthimos)

9. Fair Play (Domont)

10. The Holdovers (Payne)

Honorable Mention: Showing Up (Reichardt), Asteroid City (Anderson), Bottoms (Seligman),  Past Lives (Song), Barbie (Gerwig), Anatomy of a Fall (Triet). 

Best Actor: Colman Domingo (Rustin) Runners Up — Alden Ehrenreich (Fair Play), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Paul Giamatti (Holdovers).

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Runners up - Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves) and Natalie Portman (May December).

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer). Runners Up — Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) and Ingvar Sigurdsson (Godland)

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) Runners Up — Juliane Moore (May December) and Jodie Foster (Nyad)