I have a lot to catch up on but currently:

One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Black Bag
Bugonia
Thunderbolts
28 Years Later
The Long Walk
Bring Her Back
Nouvelle Vague

Last year was better but this year way the f*** stronger than '00-23

Phoenician Scheme nobody else mentioned it

Return to form after poo butt Asteroid City

This easily the best year for movies since 2019

Easily

Furiosa, Nosferatu, Hard Truth, Dune 2, Kind Of Kindness and Black Dog clear this year

Personally, 2023 has been my favorite year this decade

I usually have four or five films I'll give a perfect score to in a given year and this year I only have one so far. It's been a lot of disappointments for me. In any other year, half my list would absolutely not be in contention.

I think 2022 had some of my fav films but 2023 had the largest bench overall.

Asteroid City felt like a good distillation of the times, and it was memorable on that basis.

Phoenician Scheme felt like it was working with character archetypes that Wes could do in his sleep at this point.

one battle after another
blue moon
sorry baby
sinners
weapons
urchin
the master
the phoenician scheme
If I had legs I’d kick you
train dreams
Jay Kelly
twinless

need to see Marty supreme Christmas Day, sentimental value, it was just an accident and no other choice

Loved phoenician scheme

i actually rank asteroid city higher tho :ohtu:

@proper

Smoking Rules always contrarian

missing so many movies i need to see like no other choice and secret agent before making a list 😿

Still catching up but so far...

1. One Battle After Another
2. Weapons
3. Companion
4. Friendship
5. Eddington
6. Bring Her Back
7. Sinners
8. Mickey 17
9. Superman
10. Roofman

left handed girl

Can I just put Marty in my #1 spot

This the best list I’ve seen posted so far

I may not have been in the right headspace when I saw AS but it was the first time two decades a Wes had me

I managed to be in the mood to catch all 3 of his last films in a theater. Usually i either dont have time to go or cant be bothered. But his last 3 just so happened to catch me at the perfect times where i was like "man im feeling like going to the theater"

Loved all 3. Moreso than most of his others tbh

been a very week year honestly but here my top 10:

1. OBAA
2. sinners
3. marty supreme (probably)
4. bugonia
5. eddington
6. Mickey 17
7. if i had legs id kick you
8. together
9. highest 2 lowest
10. die my love

(still gotta watch sentimental value, frankenstein, and hamnet)

A couple honorable mentions that I’ve really liked and haven’t seen posted yet: Ugly Stepsister, On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, Eephus, Love Untangled

thank you for reminding me of becoming a guinea fowl, quite liked that

these threads always remind me I only watch a few brand new films a year lol

Agreed but it's not something I've felt the need to argue about. 90% of the fall releases didn't live up to expectations