

We had Barbenheimer! Here are our favorite films of the year so far, curated by Vulture film critics Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Angelica Jade Bastién.Īll titles are listed by U.S. We even got a great Marvel movie - that increasing rarity - in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy swan song. (You ever weep at the sheer scope of a movie’s visual imagination before? You will!) Musicians Teyana Taylor and Park Ji-min have both proven themselves born movie stars. It’s been a fantastic year for animation, too, with stunners like S uzume, the anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s swoon-worthy latest, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. We’ve learned that the romantic comedy isn’t dead it’s streaming on Hulu.

So far, we’ve seen Wes Anderson unveil what might be his masterpiece, his maddest expression yet of our human need for control. That means it’s time to tally what the year in movies has brought us.

Not to trigger the ol’ existential panic, but 2023 is more than halfway over. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos: Distributors
