Awards Radar Staff Top Ten Lists for 2023

Folks, as we continue to transition away from 2023 and into 2024 (minus awards season coverage, of course) a perfect end point of sorts there is to share what some of the other folks on staff thought of the movies. Yes, it’s time for the Awards Radar staff to chime in with their top ten lists. You fine folks already know my ten favorite films of the year (found right here), but what about others? Well, now you can see the lists, in all of their glory. They’re quite diverse, too, highlighting all that cinema had to offer in 2023. So, give them a gander, let us know who had the list you love most, and be sure to share your Top Tens as well!

Here now are the ten best films for 2023 from participating members of the Awards Radar staff:

Joey Magidson

10. The Killer

9. A Good Person

8. American Fiction

7. Flora and Son

6. Poor Things

5. Killers of the Flower Moon

4. Air

3. The Iron Claw

2. Oppenheimer

1. Barbie

Steve Prusakowski

10. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

9. American Fiction

8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

7. Robot Dreams

6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

5. All of Us Strangers

4. Oppenheimer

3. Poor Things

2. Past Lives

1. The Holdovers

Myles Hughes

10. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

9 .The Holdovers

8. How to Blow Up a Pipeline

7. Poor Things

6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

5. Barbie

4. Godzilla Minus One

3. Anatomy of a Fall

2. Past Lives

1. Oppenheimer

Niki Cruz

10. Cocaine Bear

9. The Iron Claw

8. Air

7. Oppenheimer

6. Theater Camp

5. May December

4. The Color Purple

3. Past Lives

2. Barbie

1. Killers of the Flower Moon

Miles Foster

10. The Iron Claw

9. Bottoms

8. Sanctuary

7. Anatomy of a Fall

6. The Holdovers

5. Barbie

4. May December

3. Poor Things

2. Killers of the Flower Moon

1. Oppenheimer

Abe Friedtanzer

10. Space Oddity

9. All of Us Strangers

8. Maestro

7. American Fiction

6. Past Lives

5. Scrapper

4. Flora and Son

3. The Holdovers

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

1. Poor Things

Danny Jarabek

10. Carmen

9. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

8. All of Us Strangers

7. Godzilla Minus One

6. Poor Things

5. May December

4. Past Lives

3. Oppenheimer

2. Asteroid City

1. Origin

Max Joseph

10. The Zone of Interest

9. John Wick: Chapter 4

8. Poor Things

7. The Color Purple

6. Barbie

5. Oppenheimer

4.. Elemental

3. Nyad

2. Wonka

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Diego Peralta

10. Bottoms

9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

8. Flamin’ Hot

7. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.

6. John Wick: Chapter 4

5. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

4. Killers of the Flower Moon

3. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

1. Barbie

Shane Slater

10. Anatomy of a Fall

9. Barbie

8. Killers of the Flower Moon

7. Poor Things

6. Four Daughters

5. Oppenheimer

4. Milisuthando

3. Bobi Wine: The People’s President

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

1. The Zone of Interest

Cory Stillman

10. John Wick: Chapter 4

9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

8. Poor Things

7. Anatomy of a Fall

6. May December

5. Knock at the Cabin

4. Showing Up

3. Past Lives

2. The Holdovers

1. Oppenheimer

Kendall Tinston

10. Fingernails

9. Amerikatsi

8. Saw X

7. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

6. Five Nights at Freddy’s

5. The Holdovers

4. No Hard Feelings

3. Leo

2. Bottoms

1. Barbie

Maxance Vincent

10. Beau is Afraid

9. How to Blow Up a Pipeline

8. Bottoms

7. Oppenheimer

6. Leo

5. John Wick: Chapter 4

4. Anatomy of a Fall

3. The Nature of Love

2. Jawan

1. Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé

Be sure to share your own top ten lists below!