Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2023
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2023 delivered one of the most diverse and stacked movie years in recent memory.
From cultural juggernauts like Oppenheimer and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to genre standouts like Godzilla Minus One, Talk to Me, and John Wick 4, this year had something for everyone.
In this episode of The Bark Knight Podcast, we count down our Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2023, compare picks, debate the biggest surprises, and dig into the performances, direction, and craft that made these films stand out.
We discuss:
The emotional weight of Past Lives
The global impact of Godzilla Minus One
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer phenomenon
Horror heavy-hitters like Evil Dead Rise and When Evil Lurks
Franchise highs from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and John Wick 4
Plus, we close things out with a massive list of Honorable Mentions spanning blockbusters, indies, horror, animation, and everything in between.
If you love year-end movie rankings, passionate debates, and revisiting the best films of 2023, this is one of our biggest episodes of the year.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:09 Episode Overview
00:00:34 Top 10 Disclaimer
00:01:35 10 - The Boy and the Heron, Super Mario Bros., Strange Darling
00:09:27 09 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Creator, Evil Dead Rise
00:16:11 08 - Evil Dead Rise, American Fiction
00:22:33 07 - Talk to Me, The Iron Claw, Oppenheimer
00:27:53 06 - Oppenheimer, Trap Tangent, The Killer
00:38:28 05 - Sisu, Godzilla Minus One, John Wick 4
00:43:41 04 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Poor Things, When Evil Lurks
00:52:58 03 - John Wick 4, The Holdovers (with Christmas convo), Talk to Me
01:00:55 02 - Guardians of the Galaxy 3, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla Minus One
01:09:43 01 - Godzilla Minus One, Past Lives, The Equalizer 3
01:23:49 Honorable Mentions - M3gan, No One Will Save You, Somebody I Used to Know, You Hurt My Feelings, Asteroid City, Barbie, Dream Scenario, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Creed III, Extraction 2, V\H\S\85, The Pope’s Exorcist, Tetris, The Boogeyman, It Lives Inside, Air, Shooting Stars, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Woman of the Year, Ant-Man & the Wasp, Quantumania, The Flash, Aquaman 2, Knock at the Cabin, Cocaine Bear
01:30:49 Looking Forward
01:33:13 Episode Wrap
