31. Boy and the Heron, The ( Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Kô Shibasaki, Christian Bale, Luca Padovan
Plot: Young Mahito Maki struggles to adapt following the death of his mother - hearing her voice in the fire even after moving the countryside with his uncle. Upon discovering an abandoned tower - he finds a world between life and death.
32. Saw X
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Greutert
Actors: Steven Brand, Synnøve Macody Lund, Michael Beach, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Paulette Hernandez
33. Elemental
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Sohn
Actors: Mamoudou Athie, Leah Lewis, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O'Hara
Plot: In a city where the four elements reside, fiery Ember looks to take over her father's business - provided she can keep her temper under control. But the added pressure makes her burst - and not just her, but the old pipes and watery Wade shows up - an inspector who has bad news and moves to shut down the operation. Ember, who has kept to her family, must venture out and set things right - and along the way may find her own voice.
34. Scream VI
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Actors: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Hayden Panettiere
Plot: After surviving the most recent Ghostface killings in Woodsboro, the remaining group packs up for New York only to learn that putting the past behind them will not be so easy as a new wave of killings begins.
35. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Actors: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen
Plot: Brothers Mario and Luigi, a pair of Brooklyn plumbers, find themselves whisked away to the Mushroom Kingdom where Mario joins forces with a feisty Princess Peach and the intrepid Toad in order to rescue Luigi from the clutches of the maniacal Bowser - a fire-breathing monster intent on making the Mushroom Kingdom his next conquest.
36. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
Actors: Nicolas Cantu, Shamon Brown Jr., Brady Noon, Micah Abbey, Ayo Edebiri, Jackie Chan
Plot: In order to prove to the city of New York they can be heroes, the young Turtle brothers must face off against a group of evil mutants who think humans are inferior - and must be eliminated.
37. Missing
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
Actors: Storm Reid, Nia Long, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Tim Griffin
Plot: June desperately searches for answers when her mother, Grace, goes missing while on vacation in Columbia with her new boyfriend. Stuck thousands of miles away and having little luck going through international red tape, June uses the latest technology to try to track down her mother. But her digital sleuthing unearths a lot more than she could imagine - and the mother she thought she knew turns out to be someone else entirely.
38. Totally Killer
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Actors: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Liana Liberato
Plot: In 1987, the Sweet Sixteen Killer began a murder spree -- 35 years later, Jamie Hughes is about to become the next victim in his next spree but a bizarre twist winds up sending her back to 1987 - where she tries to stop the original killings before they can begin.
39. When Evil Lurks ( Cuando acecha la maldad )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Demián Rugna
Actors: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Demián Salomón, Silvina Sabater, Luis Ziembrowski, Marcelo Michinaux, Emilio Vodanovich
40. Barbie
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Greta Gerwig
Actors: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp
Plot: While the Barbie life may seem to be perfect - one model finds herself conflicted and heads to the world outside - with a stowaway Ken along for the ride - only to find that things are very different in the "real" world, leading to revelations and revolts.
