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The Best Movies of 2023 (So Far)
The Best Movies of 2023 (So Far),These are the best movies Vulture’s film critics have seen so far this year, including picks from Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién. This year’s movies include Creed III, John Wick: Chapter 4, Air, Knock at the Cabin, and more.

The Best Movies of 2023 (So Far)

It’s that time of year — the glamour of Cannes is around the corner, the summer movie season is imminent, and the Oscars feel somehow five minutes ago and also five months ago. 2023 has already brought a bounty of independent, meticulously assembled cinematic stunners, many of them from abroad, along with American-studio curiosities like Cocaine Bear, Plane, and M3gan. It’s shown us the romantic comedy isn’t dead, it’s just streaming on Hulu. And, bless him, M. Night is still Shyamalan-ing boldly to new movie-ending controversies, this time to thrilling and aching effect. Heck, the Michael Jordan shoe flick is great, actually. And there’s still more to come. Here are our favorite films of the year so far, curated by Vulture film critics Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién.

All titles are listed by U.S. release date from newest to oldest.

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It may not have won the Oscar, but Colm Bairéad’s 1980s drama about a neglected 9-year-old is a delicate marvel. Filmed entirely in Irish — a first for a Best International Film nominee — The Quiet Girl stars newcomer Catherine Clinch as the vulnerable Cáit, who’s sent away for the summer to live on a farm with distant cousin Eibhlín (Carrie Crowley) and her husband Seán (Andrew Bennett). The couple lost their own child years ago, and the film’s subdued pleasures come from the way the visit makes all three of these wounded people open up, with Cáit, pushed to the margins in her crowded home, blossoming under the attention and care she’s been craving all her life. —A.W.

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