No. 1
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
His No. 1: the movie he keeps coming back to when he thinks about the year.
The Big Picture · Top Five · Roundtable
The Top Five Movies of 2023
December 5, 2023/ 92 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean, Amanda, Chris Ryan, and Adam Nayman each rank their five best movies of 2023, take a box-office trivia detour, and compare their toughest cuts.
25 films across 5 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Sean's Top Five
No. 2
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
Called it the Empire Strikes Back of comic book movies.
No. 3
Oppenheimer 2023
No. 4
May December 2023
Amanda's Top Five
No. 1
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
No. 2
Barbie 2023
No. 3
Past Lives 2023
No. 4
Showing Up 2023
No. 5
Priscilla 2023
Chris Ryan's Top Five
Chris Ryan
Oppenheimer 2023
Chris Ryan
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
Chris Ryan
How to Blow Up a Pipeline 2023
Chris Ryan
Ferrari 2023
Adam Nayman's Top Five
Adam Nayman
Showing Up 2023
His No. 1: his film of the year, and a proposed double bill with The Killer.
Adam Nayman
The Zone of Interest 2023
Adam Nayman
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
Adam Nayman
May December 2023
Adam Nayman
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret 2023
Toughest cuts the movies that just missed each list
Picked by Sierra
The Holdovers 2023
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Asteroid City 2023
Picked by Adam Nayman
All of Us Strangers 2023
Picked by Adam Nayman
Afire 2023
Picked by Adam Nayman
Anatomy of a Fall 2023
Also mentioned raised along the way
Box office trivia Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneMonsters, Inc.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialAn Officer and a GentlemanTootsie
In passing NapoleonWonkaLady BallersSound of FreedomThe FabelmansGodzilla Minus OneSaint OmerBasic InstinctFive Nights at Freddy'sPacifictionTrolls Band TogetherThe Empty ManAvengers: Infinity WarBlackhatMiami ViceThe InsiderThe Big LebowskiBoogie NightsChasing AmyPoor Things
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Games GoldenEye 007
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