1. Killers of the Flower Moon
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow
Plot: In the 1920s, the Osage Nation in Oklahoma are among the richest in the US, sitting atop a goldmine of oil fields. But then they begin to die one after another, murdered under mysterious circumstances. The young bureau of the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, enlists the help of a former Texas Ranger to investigate, uncovering a chilling conspiracy.
2. Oppenheimer
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Jason Clarke
Plot: Follows the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his contribution in developing the atomic bomb and the mark it left on his life both professional and personal.
3. Godzilla Minus One ( Gojira -1.0 )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Actors: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yûki Yamada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki
Plot: In post-war Japan, the country and its people struggle to recover from the
fallout of war. And yet something much more devastating and dangerous
arises - a monster born from the atomic age that only brings about more
death and destruction.
4. The Holdovers
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Tate Donovan, Carrie Preston, Michael Provost
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Actors: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Issa Rae, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry
Plot: A multi-verse of Spider-beings awaits Miles Morales after a villain named Spot - one he helped create - gains the power to travel through the various worlds. But even though he thinks he has friends Gwen and Peter B. Parker, the master of the self-proclaimed master of the spider-verse, Miguel O'Hara - thinks Miles himself represents the biggest threat to the threads that hold all the worlds together.
6. BlackBerry
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Johnson
Actors: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek, Michael Ironside
Plot: Based on the true story of the world's first smartphone - beloved by millions, including the most rich and powerful in the world, before succumbing to ever-changing forces of technology - failure to innovate as they just as quickly met their demise.
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chad Stahelski
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson
Plot: John Wick has one, final chance at earning true freedom: take down The High Table. He has a chance but before he can act, a new enemy with powerful allies across the globe plots to take him out and even old friends become enemies in the fight.
8. The Zone of Interest
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Actors: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Ralf Zillmann
Plot: Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz, does his best to provide a perfect home for his wife, Hedwig and their children in an idyllic spot right next to the camp.
9. The Covenant
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Emily Beecham, Jake Gyllenhaal, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, Dar Salim
Plot: On his last tour in Afghanistan, Sergeant John Kinley and his team are ambushed leaving Kinley and local interpreter, Ahmed as the only survivors. At great risk, Ahmed carried a wounded Kinley across dangerous terrain and with enemies in pursuit. After recovering at home, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his families Visa has been denied and he returns to the war zone in order to protect the man who saved his life.
10. Anatomy of a Fall ( Anatomie d'une chute )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Justine Triet
Actors: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth
Plot: When an author's husband turns up dead and the investigation prove inconclusive between an accident and murder, she calls upon an old friend - the only lawyer she knows - to help prepare for the impending trial.
