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The Best Biographical Movies Of 2023

2023 has proved to be a fascinating year for film lovers, especially those drawn to the mesmerizing allure of biographical films. These cinematic creations not only showcase the quintessential nuances of accomplished personalities but also present the intriguing, lesser-known aspects of their lives. With stories that twine around history, culture, sports, and art, the silver screen has been graced by an array of illustrious biographical dramas that are sure to leave you riveted.

Each 2023 biopic presents an entirely unique and stirring narrative. Air throws light on the revolutionizing partnership between Nike and basketball rookie Michael Jordan, a story that carves a significant part in sports history. Contrasting this sports-centered drama is Sweetwater , which takes us back to a defining moment in basketball history – the signing of the first African American player with the NBA. Meanwhile, "True Spirit" detours from the arena of sports to the challenging seas, where a tenacious Australian teen endeavours to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. This cinematic sampling of 2023’s biographical films demonstrates that whether it's exploring human resilience in face of adversity or narrating the evolution of cultural landscapes, the biopic genre truly is a treasure trove of diverse stories. Don't hesitate to vote up your favorite and be sure to look for the Max, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, and Hulu buttons below each title to start streaming them where and when they are available.

Oppenheimer

This gripping narrative explores the crucial role played by J. Robert Oppenheimer in World War II's most destructive project. It delves into his invaluable contribution to the creation of the atomic bomb. The film encapsulates the terrifying power of human intellect and the ethical conflict of harnessing it for weapons of mass destruction.

This sports biopic is set in 1990s New York and revolves around a conversation between a taxi driver and his passenger, who is a sportswriter. As the drive progresses, the taxi driver unravels his past and discloses that he is Nathaniel "Nat" 'Sweetwater' Clifton, a trailblazer as one of the first African American players in NBA history. The movie provides a peek into the life and struggles of a basketball pioneer challenging and changing the norms in the industry.

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Delve into the groundbreaking alliance between the up-and-coming basketball star, Michael Jordan, and Nike's nascent basketball division. This alliance led to the birth of the influential Air Jordan brand, transforming not only the sports realm but also global culture. The film illuminates this historical turning point in sports business and marketing which altered the landscape of American and global sports culture.

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This story unfurls the imagined life of renowned author Emily Brontë, capturing her journey of finding her voice and creating her masterpiece, Wuthering Heights. It illuminates her treasured relationships; the fierce bond with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, her forbidden love with Weightman, and her adoration for her unconventional brother.

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Big George Foreman

George Foreman's transformation from an angry impoverished youth to an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion demonstrates his unbeatable spirit. A near-death experience redirects him from boxing to spiritual service, but upon witnessing his community's suffering, he steps back into the ring. Defying odds, he reclaims his title, securing his place in history as the oldest and most unlikely World Heavyweight Boxing Champion .

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Flamin' Hot

This film sheds light on the incredible true journey of Richard Montañez, a janitor at Frito Lay, who drew on his Mexican American roots and upbringing to innovate the snack industry. He transforms the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into an irresistible snack that revolutionizes the food realm. His creation doesn't just disrupt the food sector but also emerges as a worldwide pop culture sensation.

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True Spirit

Ambitious young sailor Jessica Watson embarks on a daunting journey aiming to become the youngest individual to circumnavigate the globe solo, nonstop, and without any assistance. Despite facing numerous critics forecasting her failure, Jessica, supported by her parents and her coach Ben Bryant, takes on the formidable task. Her adventure spans 210 days, confronting some of the planet's most perilous ocean regions.

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Set in 1973, the film follows the story of a young gallery assistant embarking on an intriguing journey behind the art scene, assisting the legendary Salvador Dali as he gears up for a consequential exhibition in New York. Immersed in the swirling world of art and eccentricity, the assistant has a front-row seat to the madness and brilliance of the aging genius. This plot melds drama, history, and the wild exploits of one of history's most memorable artists.

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Joseph Bologne, the unrecognized offspring of an enslaved person and French plantation owner, climbs his way to fame amidst the French society as an accomplished violinist-composer and revered fencer. His trajectory involves a regrettable romance and an unfortunate dispute with Marie Antoinette and her cohorts. This narrative is inspired by the astounding real-life events of composer Joseph Bologne, who was also known as Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

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The Iron Claw

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A Million Miles Away

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Gran Turismo

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The film chronicles the life of Hilma af Klint, a significant figure in art history and pioneer of abstract art, whose work was only recognized posthumously. It explores her formative years, the circumstances that made her unique paintings possible and extends to present times when her art resonates with diverse cultures and religions worldwide as she aspired.

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Author Isabel Wilkerson writes her seminal book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" while coping with personal tragedy.

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Biographical Movies Coming Soon to Netflix in 2023 & Beyond

All the biopics set to arrive in 2023 or are in development at Netflix for 2024 and beyond.

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Biopics are all the rage this summer, with Oppenheimer topping the box office and they’ve historically done quite well on Netflix too. Netflix has a bunch of biopics on the way in 2023 and plenty more in development. Here’s a preview of Netflix’s upcoming slate of biopic movies.

We’ve been previewing Netflix’s slate all throughout 2023 and will continue to do so throughout the rest of the year. If you’re into your biopics, you may also be interested to see some of Netflix’s upcoming book adaptations .

Believe it or not, only one biopic has been released on Netflix so far in 2023, with that being True Spirit . The family movie is based on 16-year-old Jessica Watson, who dreamt of becoming the youngest person to sail worldwide.

Biopics Confirmed for Release on Netflix in 2023

Chakda ‘xpress.

Director : Prosit Roy Cast : Anushka Sharma, Renuka Shahane, Anshul Chauhan, Kaushik Sen, Mahesh Thakur

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The Indian production is inspired by the true story of one of the fastest female pacers in the history of world cricket, Jhulan Goswami. It charts her career as she moves up the ladder, despite the countless hindrances, to fulfill her only dream: to play cricket.

Director: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Cast: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero, Luke Cosgrove, Jeena Yi, Eric T. Miller

First look at Nyad on Netflix

This new biopic is based on the marathon swimmer Diana Nyad who became the first person at the age of 60 to do what’s dubbed the Everest of Swims.

At the time of publishing, the movie was rumored to be released on Netflix on November 3rd, following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Keep an eye on our Fall 2023 movie preview list for the latest .

Society of the Snow

Director: J.A. Bayona Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt, Agustín Pardella, Esteban Kukuriczka, Tomas Wolf

Retelling the true events of a rugby team that was left stranded after their passenger flight crashed in the heart of the Andes, this Spanish movie is one of Netflix’s hopefuls for the upcoming awards season.

The movie is confirmed for a 2023 release following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Director: Bradley Cooper Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke, Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, John Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor

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One of the biggest hopes Netflix has at the Oscars in 2024 is Maestro starring and directed by Bradley Cooper.

The biopic, set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, sets out to tell us the life story of Leonard Bernstein, an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian.

Director: George C. Wolfe Cast: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Bill Irwin

Another big movie Netflix hopes to scoop awards is Rustin , a highly-anticipated new movie from Higher Ground Productions recounting the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin who organized the 1963 March on Washington.

The movie is confirmed to hit Netflix on November 17th, following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Director: Philip Martin Cast: Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes

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More a biographical film than a biopic, this upcoming British-produced movie based on a screenplay by Peter Moffat looks at Prince Andrew and his interactions with the BBC that led to the stunning Newsnight interview that’s lived on in infamy.

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Ghost in the machine / sheer crazy nerve.

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First announced in August 2020 (with no significant updates since), this biopic would tell the story of Tanya Smith, who rose to become one of the single biggest threats to the US banking system in the late 20th century.

It’s based on the memoir that was renamed to Sheer Crazy Nerve and looked to be released in bookshops this summer (although we couldn’t quite find evidence of that happening).

Issa Rae and David Heyman are producing.

Director : John Ridley Cast: Regina King, Lucas Hedges, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie, Dorian Missick, Amirah Vann, W. Earl Brown, with André Holland and Terrence Howard

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Shirley Chisholm is the central figure that’s the focus of this new biopic starring Regina King, who also serves as a producer on the project.

Here’s the official synopsis:

“Shirley is the intimate portrayal of trailblazing political icon Shirley Chisholm, the first Black Congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for President of the U.S, and the cost of accomplishment for Shirley herself. This film will tell the story of Chisholm’s boundary-breaking and historic presidential campaign, based on exclusive and extensive conversations with family, friends and those who knew her best.”

Shout It Out Loud

Director: Joachim Rønning

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Music biopics have exploded in recent years, with the biggest of the bunch being Rocketman about Elton John and Bohemian Rhapsody documenting Queen. Netflix’s biggest swing in the genre has been their 2019 movie The Dirt , looking into the history of Motley Crue.

This biopic (expected to release in 2024) will focus on Gene and Paul, the two kids from Queens who formed KISS and a life-long friendship after enlisting guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss.

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From Korea, this movie tells the story of Cho Hun-hyun, a former Go champion who discovers a gifted but untrained young boy Lee Chang-ho in an amateur contest.

The movie was originally stated to be released on Netflix in 2023 , but we’ve yet to have confirmation that’s the case given that the release looks to be held off because of the involvement of Yoo Ah-in, who has been arrested on drug charges . It could be the case the movie never sees the light of day.

The Thanksgiving Text

Announced in early 2022 , this new movie is based on the real story of a grandma who accidentally invited a stranger to Thanksgiving, which soon became a heart-warming annual tradition.

State Street Pictures is producing the title with Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr. with Abdul Williams writing.

Untitled Hulk Hogan Biopic

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First announced in February 2019 , Chris Hemsworth was being lined up for a biopic where he’d play WWE superstar Hulk Hogan with Todd Phillips set to direct.

The latest we heard about the project was in 2022, when Chris Hemsworth provided a disappointing update about the project, saying he didn’t know where it was in development.

White Mountains

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Still yet to be confirmed by Netflix itself is White Mountains, a new production from Higher Ground Productions (the production company founded and helmed by Barack and Michelle Obama).

Netflix picked up the script after it featured on The Blacklist with the movie retelling the story of Barney and Betty Hill who claim they were abducted by a UFO in the 1960s.

Rounding out the preview, here are a few more announced projects in the past, but we’ve had little to no information since:

Janet – From Janet Mock, this feature film was announced back in 2020 and would tell the story of a young black woman at the Washington Post and her ambitious and complicated quest to make the front page.
Tenzing – A feature film from Higher Ground Productions based on the life of Tenzing Norgay, the first man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.
The Ice Bucket Challenge – Produced by Casey Affleck, this biopic would’ve looked into the activist behind the viral sensation.

What biopics are you most excited to watch on Netflix in the years to come? Let us know in the comments.

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Whether you’re racing to finish the book before the movie comes out or you’re a longtime fan anxiously waiting to see if they get it right, book adaptations can be some of the most thrilling movie releases of the year. It can be hard to keep track of them all, particularly given how many streaming movies are out there—yes, everything from You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah to Extraction 2 are based on books. But we’ve got a pretty extensive list of the highlights of this year’s book-to-screen transitions, including hits from earlier in the year as well as highly anticipated adaptations yet to come.

Killers of the Flower Moon

Any new Martin Scorsese film is cause for anticipation, but his latest is based on a compelling bestseller, telling a particularly dark chapter of recent American history. Adapted from David Grann ’s nonfiction masterwork, the film details the vicious murders of Oklahoma’s Osage people roughly a century ago, an organized bid at the native population’s oil wealth. This is perhaps the year’s most prestigious book adaptation, with Scorsese reteaming with his frequent collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro as well as Lily Gladstone in a star-making performance.

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan ’s biopic about the father of the atomic bomb (and all of the moral questions that resulted) is already one of the year’s most successful and praised films. Taken from the doorstop of a biography American Prometheus, the film has been celebrated for breaking familiar biopic formats while remaining incredibly faithful to the book, right down to the apple poisoned by a young Oppenheimer . Nolan’s screenplay recounts the story of the Oppenheimer-led Manhattan Project and his later, politically motivated ouster with typically time-hopping daring.

American Fiction

Cord Jefferson makes the leap to film with his adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, which already has serious awards-season bragging rights after winning the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a writer whose best works go ignored and in frustration turns out a work of Black exploitation that gets effusive praise from white tastemakers. All the while, family tragedy and a new romance disrupt his center of gravity. Jefferson’s screenplay broadens the comedy while maintaining the novel’s far-reaching satire on the way Black writers are placed in a creative box for the consumption of white readers.

All of Us Strangers

Weekend and 45 Years filmmaker Andrew Haigh returns with this otherworldly romance that casts Fleabag ’s Andrew Scott as a lonely man falling in love with a neighbor ( Paul Mescal ) and returning to his childhood home—only to discover it occupied by the ghosts of his parents ( Claire Foy and Jamie Bell ). Adapted loosely from Taichi Yamada ’s novel, the film reflects on the heartbreak of what we never said to the loved ones we’ve lost, with Haigh lending a specific eye on a particular queer generation. The novel has been out-of-print Stateside lately, so this film might offer a bit of discovery for both the film and the author’s work.

Poor Things

A reunion between director Yorgos Lanthimos and The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara, this bizarre sexual fable about a reanimated woman finding liberation sources from a novel that might be more obscure to American audiences. Written by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, the novel is a riff on Frankenstein and features odd, Vonnegut-esque devices that make perfect fodder for Lanthimos’s trademark strangeness. It has already won the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival, so be prepared to hear quite a bit about this in the awards season ahead.

The Color Purple

Alice Walker ’s enduring classic was already adapted by Steven Spielberg in 1985, but this year’s Christmas season release takes the stage musical as its primary source. With a screenplay by Marcus Gardley from the musical written by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and fellow Pultizer winner Marsha Norman, this musical is a new but similarly powerful approach to the story of Walker’s indelible heroine, Celie, played in this version by American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Released in theaters in April and now available to rent, this screen version of Judy Blume ’s beloved young adult novel proved that the power of this teenage coming-of-age story has not diminished in the 50 years since its publication. Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, the film’s titular Margaret ( Abby Ryder Fortson ) grapples unexamined family discord, young femininity, religion and Jewish identity, and fitting in with her classmates. Fremon Craig’s work reminds us why Blume’s book was the prototype for these kinds of stories and does justice to the generations of love that it has earned.

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer ’s film premiered at Cannes earlier this year, on the same day as Amis’s death, and eschews much of Amis’s novel beyond its title and its setting at Auschwitz. Abandoning the book’s fictional approach, triptych structure, and largely satiric tone, Glazer opts instead to depict the real-life concentration camp commandant who Amis satirized, Rudolf Höss . But the adaptation disquietingly preserves Amis’s disturbing themes of how evil lies in our everyday self-interest.

Writer-director Ava DuVernay takes on the year’s most ambitious adaptation , intertwining Isabel Wilkerson ’s nonfiction book with a narrative detailing Wilkerson’s personal life while she was writing the celebrated nonfiction book. Origin examines caste systems around the world (including India, Nazi Germany, and America’s Jim Crow) from Wilkerson’s research and depicts her struggle to unpack it amid personal tragedy, with her life experience informing her access into her investigation. DuVernay’s film, with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor portraying Wilkerson, is both academic and deeply personal—and as expansive as the work that inspired it.

Memoir is given the Sofia Coppola treatment in Priscilla , an adaptation of Priscilla Presley ’s memoir published almost 10 years after the death of her extremely famous ex-husband. The film centers on Priscilla and her relationship with the music icon, including their meeting when she was 14; her years isolated within Elvis’s fame bubble and life in Graceland; and their eventual divorce. It’s not the first time Sofia Coppola has taken on real-life subjects, and this time she brings her distinct stamp to material based on iconic American lives.

If an Enzo Ferrari biopic sounds like a more traditional biopic compared to something like Priscilla or Oppenheimer, allow the presence of director Michael Mann to dissuade you. With a screenplay from writer Troy Kennedy Martin based on Brock Yates’s biography, Mann’s film finds the auto innovator (played by Adam Driver ) at both a personal and professional crisis point. Expect the director to zero in on the midcentury melancholy amid the technical wizardry of vroom vroom.

A more traditional kind of sports biography comes from Nyad, adapted by screenwriter Julia Cox from Diana Nyad ’s memoir, recounting the multiple setbacks and failed attempts she faced before completing an open swim from Cuba to Florida in her early 60s. With Annette Bening ’s buzzy lead performance as the swimmer as well as a well-regarded supporting turn from Jodie Foster, it ought to find an audience embrace when it arrives on Netflix in November.

The Boys in the Boat

And because there are seemingly never enough sports movies or World War II movies, there is also The Boys in the Boat, a Christmas release from director George Clooney and The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith. Using Daniel James Brown ’s nonfiction book, both the film tells the true story of the University of Washington rowing team and coaches on their journey to defeat the Nazis at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

A long-in-development passion project for director David Fincher, this adaptation of the French graphic novel is a bit of a return to form for the director of Seven and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Casting Michael Fassbender as an assassin on an globe-trotting mission, it’s a violent depiction of revenge and meticulousness, with Tilda Swinton and Arliss Howard returning to the Fincher supporting player stable. Reuniting Fincher with his Seven screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, the film is among the year’s most prestigious in Netflix’s hefty lineup of fall season headliners.

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Nimona arrived on Netflix this summer and earned passionate support from its admirers. Praised for its queer themes and its unique visual identity, the animated film follows framed knight Ballister Boldheart ( Riz Ahmed ) and the shape-shifting Nimona ( Chloë Grace Moretz ) on a quest to exonerate the former, earning the latter their rightful place as a hero. Screenwriters Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor (along with five credited story writers) lovingly adapt trans nonbinary author N D Stevenson ’s visual style and uplifting queer story.

Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival as a surprise heartbreaker. Brought to the screen by Spanish director and screenwriter Pablo Berger, the animated film follows a lonely Manhattanite dog who creates a robot for companionship, only to be devastated to lose him one day at the beach. Neon will be releasing this melancholy import later this year.

Orange Is the New Black writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo fictionalize this telling of the 2021 GameStop short squeeze. With Paul Dano at the center as YouTube personality and financial analyst Keith Gill, the adaptation brings humor and outrage to its telling of fraught recent American history between the haves and have-nots. If this description is giving you flashes of The Social Network, no shocker there: It comes from author Ben Mezrich ’s cheekily titled The Antisocial Network, a title riffing on David Fincher ’s *The Social Network—*also adapted from a Mezrich book.

A Haunting in Venice

Retitled from the original Agatha Christie, this is the third of Kenneth Branagh ’s films bringing the iconic detective Hercule Poirot to the screen. Once again working with the writer of the previous adaptations, Michael Green, A Haunting in Venice showcases Branagh’s ability to shift tones and genres in his screen iterations as smoothly as Christie did in her many mystery novels.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Adapted from the 2012 young adult novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer-director Aitch Alberto ’s queer romance follows two titular Mexican American teenagers who connect one summer, only to find their understanding of their relationship challenged by a school year apart, leading to personal and familial revelations. After playing the festival circuit in the past year, the tender independent film had its theatrical release this summer.

The Bikeriders

Here is one of the year’s most unique book adaptations: writer-director Jeff Nichols brings the tale of an outcast band of motorcyclists with The Bikeriders. The film comes from the 1968 photo book by famous American photographer Danny Lyon, weaving together a narrative of masculinity and loyalty from Lyon’s arresting imagery. Though drawing rich inspiration from Lyon’s work, the film has nevertheless been confirmed to be campaigning for the best-original-screenplay nomination.

Making her first foray into movies by writing a faithful (and therefore, quite twisted) adaptation of her own debut 2015 novel , Moshfegh works with cowriter Luke Goebel and director William Oldroyd to paint a brooding portrait of curdled small-town life. Thomasin McKenzie stars as the eponymous youth prison worker who becomes enamored by a newly arrived counselor ( Anne Hathaway ), a relationship with shocking consequences that already divided audiences during its Sundance Film Festival premiere.

Shortcomings

Adrian Tomine adapted his own graphic novel into this Sundance crowd-pleaser. With actor Randall Park making his directorial debut, the film comedically examines the romantic entanglements and racial politics among three Asian Americans living in the Bay Area. Sony Pictures Classics released the film in late summer.

Landscape With Invisible Hand

The Sundance-to-late-summer-release trajectory also delivered Cory Finley ’s big-screen take on M.T. Anderson ’s science fiction novel. A genre comedy about a future planet Earth inhabited by aliens and two teens who sell their romance to said aliens as entertainment, the film was released by MGM for a brief theatrical run this summer.

Blending elements of science fiction, horror, and relationship drama, Iain Reid ’s novel Foe imagines a married couple on a remote farm; one day they receive a visit from a corporate representative who tells them that the husband will be temporarily shipped to a space station and replaced by artificial intelligence. Adapted into a film by Reid and director Garth Davis, the story is transformed into a twisty movie much like Reid’s previous book-to-screen brain bender, I’m Thinking of Ending Things.

Knock at the Cabin

This winter release finds a family tied up by violent intruders in their home who claim they can prevent the apocalypse if one member of the family sacrifices themselves. M. Night Shyamalan took the film’s reins (along with co-screenwriters Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman ) and made some significant adjustments to the film’s finale, with a slightly less bleak take on this high-stakes scenario.

Leave the World Behind

Catastrophe is also ahead in Leave the World Behind, Sam Esmail ’s star-studded take on the popular National Book Award finalist and COVID-era success. A wooded Long Island home provides both refuge and tension for two families (led by Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Mahershala Ali ) as a blackout marks the first sign of apocalypse, surfacing their prejudices of race and class as they attempt to survive what is to come. The film hits limited theaters in November and drops on Netflix in December.

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Another unconventional feat of adaptation, How to Blow Up a Pipeline (written by Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, and director David Goldhaber ) is the story of a group of young adults attempting to, well, blow up a pipeline. The film is frank about both the logistical challenges and moral complexities of their mission, reconstructing the book’s ideas and arguments within a fictional thriller premise.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

This mouthful of a title brings us to Panem long before the arrival of the messianic Katniss, showing us the early days of Coriolanus Snow, the young man who would eventually become the evil president, during the 10th Hunger Games. Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie take on the adaptation duties, bringing Suzanne Collins ’s 2020 prequel to audiences with hopefully none of its franchise glory diminished, even as it focuses on a darker character.

Red, White & Royal Blue

Readers were clamoring for a screen version of Casey McQuiston ’s debut bestseller about an American president’s son and a British prince whose relationship goes from rivalry to romance. The film arrived on Amazon Prime in August and stayed at the top of the Prime charts for three weeks—who says the rom-com is dead!

Society of the Snow

J.A. Bayona (along with co-screenwriters Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, and Nicolás Casariego ) uses Pablo Vierci ’s book Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World’s Greatest Survival Story to recount the Miracle of the Andes, the 1972 plane crash that stranded passengers in the Andes for 72 days. Viewers are likely familiar with this story from the Frank Marshall film Alive, but they can find this new, more modern iteration once the film arrives on Netflix and competes as Spain’s submission for the best-international-feature Oscar.

Pain Hustlers

Netflix has a different kind of true tale on deck with Pain Hustlers, an accounting of the myriad ethics violations by pharmaceutical companies that led to the opioid epidemic. The story is told through the eyes of a new pharmaceutical rep, played by Emily Blunt, as she enters the industry in the early 2000s. While the film takes a fictionalized approach to Evan Hughes ’s nonfiction book, it still focuses on the real horrors inflicted by Big Pharma.

Those Social Network vibes given off by Dumb Money are perhaps even stronger with BlackBerry, adapted by Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller from the nonfiction book Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. But the film largely trades fact for comedic fiction when depicting the smartphone company’s trajectory, and it earned strong reviews earlier this year, particularly for star Glenn Howerton .

Flamin’ Hot

Richard Montañez ’s 2013 memoir charted how he rose out of blue-collar work thanks to his creation of the spicy flavor that would end up being used for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, though his claim to the invention has since been refuted. However, screenwriters Linda Yvette Chávez and Lewis Colick expanded the narrative with further stories from the Montañez family for the film directed by Eva Longoria, which was released on Hulu earlier this year.

The End We Start From

Megan Hunter ’s 2017 debut novel follows a UK mother as an ecological disaster strikes, forcing her to flee with her infant child as flooding overtakes their community. Jodie Comer headlines the film, while Succession ’s Alice Birch takes on screenwriting duties, after previously adapting The Wonder, Lady Macbeth, and Normal People.

The Eight Mountains

This holdover from last year’s Cannes festival, where it won the Jury Prize, arrived on US screens this year. The Eight Mountains is an epic but intimate story of spirituality and male friendship, with two boyhood companions growing up and working together to build a mountainside home to honor one of their deceased fathers.

This Canadian import had a very limited release this summer but contains big feelings. Looking back to Toronto’s Scarborough neighborhood in the 1990s, Clement Virgo ’s script tracks a younger brother’s memories of the tragedy that befell his older brother in a community suffering under the weight of economic insecurity and police brutality. It’s a faithful adaptation worth seeking out.

The Pope’s Exorcist

Yes, if you can believe it, that early-in-the-year release that plopped Russell Crowe on a Vespa to go chase demons was based on the writings of a real exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth published both An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories, which gave the backbone to Michael Petroni and Evan Spiliotopoulos ’s script about an exorcist who uncovers a Vatican secret during the exorcism of a child.

Old-fashioned noir came to the screen this year thanks to Oscar winners William Monahan and Neil Jordan. Based on Irish author John Banville ’s pseudonymously written novel, Marlowe casts Liam Neeson as the iconic private investigator originally created by Raymond Chandler, still investigating Los Angeles–area murders in this new story.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar …and more!

Wes Anderson took a unique approach in adapting Roald Dahl’s short story collection for adults, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. Anderson delivered four of these stories as individual short films on Netflix, starting with the most lengthy Henry Sugar installment and then delivering The Swan, The Rat Catcher, and Poison in succession. But no one would blame you for consuming or considering them all as one delightful whole.

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Swatantra Veer Savarkar (UA)
Hindi | 2h 58min | 22 Mar 2024
Randeep Hooda, Ankita Lokhande, Amit Sial, Rajesh Khera
Biography, Drama
Yatra 2 (UA)
Telugu | 2h | 08 Feb 2024
Jiiva, Mammootty, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Suzanne Bernert
Biography, Drama, History
Virata Parvam, Son of India
Oppenheimer (UA)
English | 3h 1min | 22 Nov 2023 (OTT)
Politics | Based On Novel Or Book
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Sam Bahadur (UA)
Hindi | 2h 30min | 26 Jan 2024 (OTT)
1970s | Based On True Story
Vicky Kaushal, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
12th Fail (U)
Hindi | 2h 26min | 29 Dec 2023 (OTT)
Based On Novel Or Book
Vikrant Massey, Medha Shankar, Anant Joshi, Anshumaan Pushkar
Tamil | 2h 38min | 02 Dec 2023 (OTT)
Cricket | Sports Drama
Madhur Mittal, Nassar, Mahima Nambiar, King Ratnam
Biography, Drama, Sports
Hidden Figures
English | 2h 7min | 24 Feb 2017
Discrimination | Nasa
Andre Pushkin, William Walker, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer
Hacksaw Ridge
English | 2h 19min | 16 Dec 2016
Gore | Japan
Robert Morgan, John Cannon, Andrew Garfield, Thomas Unger
The Big Short
English | 2h 10min | 22 Jan 2016
Financial Crisis | Bank
Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt
Biography, Comedy, Drama
The Wolf of Wall Street
English | 3h | 25 Dec 2013
Con Artist | Corruption
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Biography, Crime, Drama
The Pursuit of Happyness (UA)
English | 1h 57min | 14 Mar 2008
Biography | San Francisco, California
Martin Andris, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Michael Lonsdale, Alexis Texas
Biography, Drama, Documentary
Schindler's List (R)
English | 3h 15min | 13 Jun 1994
Kraków, Poland | Based On Novel Or Book
Michael Schneider, Paweł Deląg, Jeremy Flynn, Edward Linde Lubaszenko
Hindi | 2h 30min | 14 Jun 2024
Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chaudhry
Biography, Action, Drama
Maidaan (UA)
Hindi | 2h 20min | 10 Apr 2024
Sports | Based On True Story
Ajay Devgn, Priyamani, Raaj Vishwakarma, Gajraj Rao
Aadujeevitham - The Goat Life (UA)
Malayalam | 2h 30min | 28 Mar 2024
Based On Novel Or Book | Based On True Story
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Amala Paul, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aparna Balamurali
Biography, Drama, Adventure
Nyad (UA-13+)
English | 2h 1min | 03 Nov 2023 (OTT)
World Record | Based On Memoir Or Autobiography
Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero
Sly (UA-16+)
English | 1h 36min | 03 Nov 2023 (OTT)
Underdog | Movie Star
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino, Frank Stallone
Biography, Documentary
Hindi | 2h 7min | 07 Jul 2023 (OTT)
Huma Qureshi, Sharib Hashmi, Bharati Achrekar, Amarjeet Singh
Biography, Drama, Comedy
Stan Lee (UA-13+)
English | 1h 26min | 16 Jun 2023 (OTT)
Archival Footage | Comic Book Industry
Stan Lee, Joan Lee, Flo Steinberg, Warren Storab
Chevalier (UA-16+)
English | 1h 48min | 16 Jun 2023 (OTT)
Biography | Violinist
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Alex Fitzalan
Maharashtra Shahir (U)
Marathi | 2h 27min | 02 Jun 2023 (OTT)
Movies | Limited Series
Ankush Chaudhari, Sana Kedar Shinde, Mrinmayee Deshpande
Me Vasantrao (U)
Marathi | 2h 55min | 21 May 2023 (OTT)
Rahul Deshpande, Anita Date, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Ashutosh Gokhale
Biography, Drama, Musical
Nayika Devi - The Warrior Queen (UA-13+)
Gujarati | 2h 22min | 04 Mar 2023 (OTT)
Khushi Shah, Manoj Joshi, Chunky Pandey, Jayesh More
Head Bush (UA)
Kannada | 2h 18min | 13 Jan 2023 (OTT)
Biography | Politics
Dhananjay, Devaraj, Yogesh, Vasishta N. Simha
Biography, Crime, Thriller
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Archie: US release date, cast, plot and everything we know about the Cary Grant biopic
Archie will see Jason Isaacs star as Hollywood icon Cary Grant.
Archie is a four-part drama that explores the life of Hollywood legend Cary Grant.
The series sees Jason Isaacs take the role of the effortlessly suave film star.
He says: "I had a notion of him and initially that made me not want the job because he was the epitome of sophistication, cool and suavity and I’m not that!
"Then I read the script and every biography and thought, ‘That I can play, that's a very complicated, troubled, damaged and damaging human being.’ I was terrified because there's only one Cary Grant, but Cary Grant was a character he created and even he struggled to play him, so that made it easier."
He adds: "He battled dark things but he also was funny and charming. When he arrived in Hollywood, he wanted to climb that greasy pole and stay there as long as he could, and he built a persona from scratch to succeed in the career he’d chosen, but also to build himself a wall of protection."
Here’s everything we know about Archie …
Archie release date
Archie will be available on BritBox in the US from Thursday December 7.
Archie is now available on ITVX in the UK. The drama will also air at a later date on ITV1.
- How to watch Archie online from anywhere
Archie — what is the plot?
The drama explores the private life of Cary Grant, who was born Archibald Leach in Bristol in 1904 to Elsie and Elias. It explores his difficult childhood in which he experienced poverty, the consequences of his father’s adultery and the fallout from the loss of his older brother John, which led his beloved mother to become depressed.
It looks at how a 14-year-old Archie auditioned for the music hall act and became an expert stilt walker. As the troupe went on tour to the US, teenage Archie stayed there and tried to make his way in show business. Veteran comic George Burns helped him get his first break as an actor and he was soon contracted to a movie studio, where he changed his name to Cary Grant.
The drama also examines Cary’s later life in 1961, when he is living in LA and his career has gone stratospheric after starring in hit films such as The Philadelphia Story, North by Northwest and To Catch A Thief .
Cary’s private life starts falling apart after two failed marriages, but a young TV actress, Dyan Cannon, catches his eye. She initially rejects him, but Cary is determined to make her his wife and introduces her to his Hollywood pals Alfred Hitchcock and Doris Day before eventually marrying her in 1965.
The series is penned by award-winning writer Jeff Pope, whose credits including Mrs Biggs , Cilla and A Confession .
“As with many of my projects, I started at the end and worked backwards. I discovered that, at the height of his fame, Cary Grant retired to look after his young daughter," says Jeff. "Intrigued, I started to dig into why he had become a single father. What had happened? My journey led me to Bristol, and a young boy called Archie Leach. Cary Grant became one of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century, beloved by presidents and paupers. The key to everything lay in his childhood.”
Archie — who is in the cast?
The series sees Harry Potter and Good Sam star Jason Isaacs take on the role of Cary Grant.
"There was only one Cary Grant and I'd never be foolish enough to try to step into his iconic shoes," says Jason. "Archie Leach, on the other hand, couldn't be further from the character he invented to save himself. Jeff's brilliant scripts bring to life his relentless struggle to escape the demons that plagued him, his obsessive need for control, his fears, his weaknesses, his loves and his losses. It's the story of a man, not a legend, and those are shoes I can’t wait to walk in."
Meanwhile Gavin & Stacey and Waterloo Road star Laura Aikman plays Dyan Cannon and Harriet Walter ( Killing Eve , This Is Going to Hurt , Succession ) portrays Archie/Cary's mother Elsie.
In flashbacks, former EastEnders , Mr Selfridge and Strictly star Kara Tointon plays the young Elsie and Dainton Anderson ( Patrick Melrose ), Calam Lynch ( Bridgerton ) and Oaklee Pendergast ( Home ) play younger versions of Archie Leach.
What else do we know?
The drama was made with the blessing of Cary Grant’s daughter, Jennifer Grant, and his ex-wife Dyan Cannon, who were both executive producers on the drama, and were interviewed by writer Jeff Pope as part of his research.
“My father was an extremely private man, so naturally, when Jeff Pope approached me with the idea to write Dad’s life story, I was trepidatious at best," says Jennifer.
"Jeff’s thoughtfully intelligent understanding of Dad’s boyhood won me over. My father’s formative years as Archie Leach in Bristol, England, and the extraordinary challenges he faced, lie at the heart of ‘Archie’. Cary Grant is emblematic of charm, wit and grace, but unknown to most are the enormous challenges he overcame to create himself.”
“Cary Grant touched the world with his charm, his grace and enduring vivacity, but few knew Archie Leach, the man I was fortunate to know intimately and marry,” adds Dyan. “I’m so grateful Jeff Pope has captured him so brilliantly on the page, and that Jason Isaacs will do the same on screen!”
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Over the years, she has spent many a day in a muddy field or an on-set catering bus chatting to numerous stars on location including the likes of Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Suranne Jones, Jamie Dornan, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Derek Jacobi as well as Hollywood actors such as Glenn Close and Kiefer Sutherland.
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ALL 2023-2024 MOVIES (In release order)
A list of major movies released in 2023-2024, in release order!
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Creed III (2023)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.
Director: Michael B. Jordan | Stars: Michael B. Jordan , Tessa Thompson , Jonathan Majors , Wood Harris
Votes: 91,960
Release date - March 3rd 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
2. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
R | 169 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Director: Chad Stahelski | Stars: Keanu Reeves , Laurence Fishburne , George Georgiou , Lance Reddick
Votes: 329,656 | Gross: $187.13M
Release date - March 24th 2023 Studio - Lionsgate
3. 65 (2023)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he's not alone.
Directors: Scott Beck , Bryan Woods | Stars: Adam Driver , Ariana Greenblatt , Chloe Coleman , Nika King
Votes: 87,001
Release date - March 10th 2023 Studio - Sony Pictures
4. Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Zachary Levi , Asher Angel , Jack Dylan Grazer , Rachel Zegler
Votes: 123,573
Release date - March 17th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers / New Line
5. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Directors: John Francis Daley , Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Chris Pine , Michelle Rodriguez , Regé-Jean Page , Justice Smith
Votes: 221,986
Release date - March 31st 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictures
6. Big George Foreman (2023)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Khris Davis , Jasmine Mathews , Sullivan Jones , Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Votes: 8,447
Release date - April 28th 2023
7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
Directors: Aaron Horvath , Michael Jelenic , Pierre Leduc , Fabien Polack | Stars: Chris Pratt , Anya Taylor-Joy , Charlie Day , Jack Black
Votes: 233,764 | Gross: $574.93M
Release date - April 7th 2023 Studio - Universal / Illumination Animation
8. Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family | Completed
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life.
Director: Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Zachary Levi , Lil Rel Howery , Benjamin Bottani , Zooey Deschanel
Release date - June 30th 2023 Studio - Sony Pictures
9. The Last Train to New York
Action, Horror, Thriller | Post-production
Remake of the 2016 Korean film Train to Busan about a father traveling with his daughter on a train during a zombie outbreak.
Director: Timo Tjahjanto
Release date - April 21st 2023
10. Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Follow the adventures of Peter Pan, a boy who does not want to grow up, and how he recruits three siblings in London, and together they embark on a magical adventure on the enchanted island of Neverland.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Alexander Molony , Ever Anderson , Jude Law , Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Votes: 27,749
Release date - March 2022 (Disney+) Studio - Walt Disney Pictures
11. Fast X (2023)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.
Directors: Louis Leterrier , Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel , Michelle Rodriguez , Jason Statham , Jordana Brewster
Votes: 117,580 | Gross: $146.13M
Release date - May 19th 2023 Studio - Universal Pictures
12. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig | Stars: Abby Ryder Fortson , Rachel McAdams , Kathy Bates , Benny Safdie
Votes: 26,351
13. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
PG | 140 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos , Kemp Powers , Justin K. Thompson | Stars: Shameik Moore , Hailee Steinfeld , Brian Tyree Henry , Luna Lauren Velez
Votes: 360,835 | Gross: $381.31M
Release date - June 2nd 2023 Studio - Sony Animation
14. Scream VI (2023)
R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin , Tyler Gillett | Stars: Courteney Cox , Melissa Barrera , Jenna Ortega , Jasmin Savoy Brown
Votes: 118,077
Release date - March 10th 2023
15. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
R | 96 min | Horror
A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Director: Lee Cronin | Stars: Mirabai Pease , Richard Crouchley , Anna-Maree Thomas , Lily Sullivan
Votes: 135,016
Release date - April 21st 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
16. The Flash (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Ezra Miller , Michael Keaton , Sasha Calle , Michael Shannon
Votes: 207,160
Release date - June 23rd 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
17. Next Goal Wins (2023)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Michael Fassbender , Oscar Kightley , Kaimana , David Fane
Votes: 17,778
Release date - September 22nd 2023 Studio - Disney / Searchlight Pictures
18. The Little Mermaid (I) (2023)
PG | 135 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Halle Bailey , Jonah Hauer-King , Melissa McCarthy , Javier Bardem
Votes: 154,586 | Gross: $298.17M
Release date - May 26th 2023 Studio - Walt Disney Pictures
19. Strays (2023)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy
An abandoned dog teams up with other strays to get revenge on his former owner.
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Will Ferrell , Jamie Foxx , Isla Fisher , Randall Park
Votes: 27,983
Release date - June 9th 2023
20. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt , Chukwudi Iwuji , Bradley Cooper , Pom Klementieff
Votes: 376,379 | Gross: $359.00M
Release date - May 5th 2023 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
21. Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A research team encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Jason Statham , Jing Wu , Shuya Sophia Cai , Cliff Curtis
Votes: 76,784 | Gross: $82.60M
Release date - August 4th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
22. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Harrison Ford , Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Antonio Banderas , Karen Allen
Votes: 195,402
Release date - June 30th 2023 Studio - Disney / Lucasfilm
23. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise , Hayley Atwell , Ving Rhames , Simon Pegg
Votes: 241,904 | Gross: $172.14M
Release date - July 14th 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictures
24. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Anthony Ramos , Dominique Fishback , Luna Lauren Velez , Dean Scott Vazquez
Votes: 102,109 | Gross: $157.07M
Release date - June 9th 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictyres
25. Elemental (2023)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.
Director: Peter Sohn | Stars: Leah Lewis , Mamoudou Athie , Ronnie Del Carmen , Shila Ommi
Votes: 123,153 | Gross: $154.43M
Release date - June 16th 2023 Studio - Disney / Pixar Animation
26. Barbie (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Margot Robbie , Ryan Gosling , Issa Rae , Kate McKinnon
Votes: 521,602 | Gross: $636.24M
Release date - July 21st 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
27. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy , Emily Blunt , Matt Damon , Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 696,866 | Gross: $326.11M
Release date - July 21st 2023 Studio - Universal Pictures
28. Blue Beetle (2023)
An alien scarab chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.
Director: Angel Manuel Soto | Stars: Xolo Maridueña , Bruna Marquezine , Becky G , Damián Alcázar
Votes: 92,552
Release date - August 18th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
29. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
R | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror
A crew sailing from Varna (Bulgaria) by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Corey Hawkins , Aisling Franciosi , Liam Cunningham , David Dastmalchian
Votes: 46,871
Release date - August 11th 2023
30. The Marvels (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Brie Larson , Teyonah Parris , Iman Vellani , Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 119,951
Release date - July 28th 2023 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
31. The Creator (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: John David Washington , Madeleine Yuna Voyles , Gemma Chan , Allison Janney
Votes: 154,445
Release date - October 6th 2023 Studio - Disney / 20th Century Studios
32. The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
R | 111 min | Horror
When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Lafortune Joseph , Leslie Odom Jr. , Gastner Legerme , Tracey Graves
Votes: 37,321
Release date - October 13th 2023 Studio - Universal Pictures
33. The Shrinking of Treehorn (2024)
82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Post-production
This follows a young man who begins shrinking in size after playing a strange board game, which goes largely unnoticed by his parents.
Director: Ron Howard
Release date - November 10th 2023
34. Gran Turismo (2023)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs - a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec - who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: David Harbour , Orlando Bloom , Archie Madekwe , Takehiro Hira
Votes: 95,060
35. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
PG | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Turtle brothers work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
Directors: Jeff Rowe , Kyler Spears | Stars: Micah Abbey , Shamon Brown Jr. , Nicolas Cantu , Brady Noon
Votes: 62,190
Release date - August 4th 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictures
36. Haunted Mansion (2023)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.
Director: Justin Simien | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield , Rosario Dawson , Owen Wilson , Tiffany Haddish
Votes: 42,159
Release date - August 11th 2023 Studio - Walt Disney Pictures
37. Trolls Band Together (2023)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band 'BroZone' with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd.
Directors: Walt Dohrn , Tim Heitz | Stars: Anna Kendrick , Justin Timberlake , Kenan Thompson , Walt Dohrn
Votes: 12,548
Release date - November 17th 2023 Studio - Universal / Dreamworks Animation
38. The Nun II (2023)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
1956 - France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.
Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Taissa Farmiga , Jonas Bloquet , Storm Reid , Anna Popplewell
Votes: 57,397
Release date - September 8th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
39. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups
Director: Cal Brunker | Stars: Dan Duran , Kristen Bell , James Marsden , Finn Lee-Epp
Votes: 4,762
Release date - October 13th 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictures
40. Wonka (2023)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet , Gustave Die , Murray McArthur , Paul G. Raymond
Votes: 126,103
Release date - December 15th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
41. Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Completed
Russian immigrant Sergei Kravinoff is on a mission to prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Christopher Abbott , Russell Crowe , Ariana DeBose
Release date - October 6th 2023 Studio - Sony Pictures
42. Dune: Part Two (2024)
PG-13 | 166 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet , Zendaya , Rebecca Ferguson , Javier Bardem
Votes: 280,918
Release date - November 3rd 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers / Legendary
43. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
PG-13 | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.
Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Paul Rudd , Carrie Coon , Finn Wolfhard , Mckenna Grace
Votes: 12,263
Release date - December 20th 2023 Studio - Sony Pictures
44. The Equalizer 3 (2023)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington , Dakota Fanning , Eugenio Mastrandrea , David Denman
Votes: 108,414
Release date - September 1st 2023 Studio - Sony Pictures
45. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa , Patrick Wilson , Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , Amber Heard
Votes: 76,128
Release date - December 25th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
46. Chang Can Dunk (2023)
PG | 109 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A young Asian-American teen and basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his mother.
Director: Jingyi Shao | Stars: Bloom Li , Ben Wang , Zoe Renee , Mardy Ma
Votes: 1,558
Release date - Early 2023 (Disney+) Studio - Walt Disney Pictures
47. The Color Purple (2023)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama, Musical
A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Director: Blitz Bazawule | Stars: Fantasia Barrino , Taraji P. Henson , Danielle Brooks , Colman Domingo
Votes: 13,801
Release date - December 20th 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
48. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
PG-13 | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Rachel Zegler , Tom Blyth , Viola Davis , Dexter Sol Ansell
Votes: 109,498
Release date - November 17th 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictures
49. Untitled Star Trek: Beyond Sequel
Action, Adventure, Mystery | Pre-production
Plot kept under wraps. The follow-up to Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Stars: Karl Urban , Chris Pine , Zoe Saldana , Simon Pegg
Release date - December 22nd 2023 Studio - Paramount Pictures
50. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Rebecca Hall , Brian Tyree Henry , Dan Stevens , Kaylee Hottle
Votes: 1,356
Release date - March 15th 2024. Studio - Warner Brothers / Legendary
51. Madame Web (2024)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed.
Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Dakota Johnson , Sydney Sweeney , Isabela Merced , Celeste O'Connor
Votes: 46,576
Release date - February 16th 2024 Studio - Sony Pictures
52. Coyote vs. Acme
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
A story set in the ACME warehouse, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters.
Director: Dave Green | Stars: John Cena , Lana Condor , Will Forte , P.J. Byrne
Release date - TBA 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers Animation
53. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Animation, Action, Adventure | Filming
After leaving off from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the story continues.
Release date - March 29th 2024 Studio - Sony Animation
54. Wish (II) (2023)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
Directors: Chris Buck , Fawn Veerasunthorn | Stars: Ariana DeBose , Chris Pine , Alan Tudyk , Angelique Cabral
Votes: 23,016 | Gross: $0.00M
Release date - November 24th 2023 Studio - Walt Disney Animation
55. Salem's Lot (2024)
R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller | Completed
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
Director: Gary Dauberman | Stars: Spencer Treat Clark , Lewis Pullman , Pilou Asbæk , Alfre Woodard
Release date - TBA 2023 Studio - Warner Brothers
56. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
130 min | Animation, Action, Adventure | Post-production
The untold story behind Helm's Deep, hundreds of years before the fateful war, telling the life and bloodsoaked times of its founder, Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan.
Director: Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Brian Cox , Miranda Otto , Shaun Dooley , Bilal Hasna
Release date - April 12th 2024 Studio - Warner Brothers Animation
57. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | Post-production
Experience the day the world went quiet.
Director: Michael Sarnoski | Stars: Joseph Quinn , Alex Wolff , Djimon Hounsou , Lupita Nyong'o
Release date - March 8th 2024 Studio - Paramount Pictures
58. The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)
PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, after the death of his grandmother, has to be apprenticed to the talking tiger Mr. Hu and learn ancient magic to become the new guardian of an ancient phoenix.
Directors: Raman Hui , Yong Duk Jhun , Paul Watling | Stars: Henry Golding , Brandon Soo Hoo , Lucy Liu , Sandra Oh
Votes: 1,277
Release date - January 19th 2024
59. Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz
Animation, Musical | Pre-production
The story of The Wizard of Oz from the point of view of Dorothy's loyal companion.
Director: Alex Timbers
Release date - February 2nd 2024 Studio - Warner Brothers Animation
60. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Post-production
The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy , Chris Hemsworth , Charlee Fraser , Nathan Jones
Release date - May 24th 2024 Studio - Warner Brothers
61. Elio (2025)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Post-production
Elio struggles to fit in until he is transported by aliens and becomes the chosen one to be Earth's galactic ambassador while his mother Olga works on the top secret project to decode alien messages.
Director: Adrian Molina | Stars: America Ferrera , Brad Garrett , Jameela Jamil , Yonas Kibreab
Release date - March 1st 2024 Studio - Disney / Pixar Animation
62. Snow White (2025)
Adventure, Drama, Family | Post-production
Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Rachel Zegler , Gal Gadot , Andrew Burnap , Ansu Kabia
Release date - March 22nd 2024 Studio - Walt Disney Pictures
63. Inside Out 2 (2024)
Follow Riley, in her teenage years, encountering new emotions.
Director: Kelsey Mann | Stars: Amy Poehler , Phyllis Smith , Lewis Black , Tony Hale
Release date - June 14th 2024 Studio - Disney / Pixar Animation
64. Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Plot kept under wraps. Fourth movie in the Captain America franchise.
Director: Julius Onah | Stars: Harrison Ford , Liv Tyler , Rosa Salazar , Anthony Mackie
Release date - May 3rd 2024 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
65. The Garfield Movie (2024)
PG | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
Garfield is about to go on a wild outdoor adventure. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father - the cat Vic - Garfield and Odie are forced to abandon their pampered life to join Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Director: Mark Dindal | Stars: Chris Pratt , Samuel L. Jackson , Hannah Waddingham , Ving Rhames
Release date - May 24th 2024 Studio - Sony Animation
66. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
PG-13 | Action, Sci-Fi | Post-production
Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Director: Wes Ball | Stars: Freya Allan , William H. Macy , Dichen Lachman , Kevin Durand
Release date - May 24th 2024 Studio - Disney / 20th Century Studios
67. Despicable Me 4 (2024)
Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
Directors: Chris Renaud , Patrick Delage | Stars: Steve Carell , Kristen Wiig , Joey King , Will Ferrell
Release date - July 3rd 2024 Studio - Universal / Illumination Animation
68. Untitled Karate Kid Movie (2024)
Action, Drama, Family | Pre-production
Plot under wraps.
Director: Jonathan Entwistle | Stars: Jackie Chan , Ming-Na Wen , Joshua Jackson , Ralph Macchio
Release date - June 7th 2024 Studio - Sony Pictures A new movie not a sequel
69. IF (2024)
Comedy, Drama, Family | Completed
A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Ryan Reynolds , John Krasinski , Cailey Fleming , Steve Carell
Release date - May 24th 2024
70. Transformers One (2024)
An origin story set on Cybertron, home of both the Autobots and the Decepticons. The film is said to focus on the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron
Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Scarlett Johansson , Chris Hemsworth , Keegan-Michael Key , Jon Hamm
Release date - July 19th 2024 Studio - Paramount Animation
71. Avatar 3 (2025)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Post-production
Sequel of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). The plot is unknown.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: David Thewlis , Sigourney Weaver , Michelle Yeoh , Zoe Saldana
Release date - December 20th 2024 Studio - Disney / 20th Century Studios
72. Thunderbolts (2025)
Action, Adventure, Crime | Filming
A group of supervillains are recruited to go on missions for the government.
Director: Jake Schreier | Stars: Florence Pugh , Rachel Weisz , Geraldine Viswanathan , Wyatt Russell
Release date - July 26th 2024 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
73. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two (2025)
Action, Adventure, Thriller | Post-production
The 8th entry in the long running Mission Impossible franchise.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Rebecca Ferguson , Katy O'Brian , Vanessa Kirby , Tom Cruise
Release date - June 28th 2024 Studio - Paramount Pictures
74. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Post-production
Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth, Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Josh Brolin , Morena Baccarin , Ryan Reynolds , Hugh Jackman
Release date - November 8th 2024 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios / 20th Century
75. Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film (2026)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced
The plot is unknown.
Director: Taika Waititi
Release date - December 19th 2025 Studio - Disney / Lucasfilm
76. Untitled Sony/Marvel Project
Sci-Fi | Announced
Plot kept under wraps. Described as a female-centric Marvel film.
Director: Olivia Wilde
Release date - July 12th 2024 Studio - Sony Pictures
77. Blade (2025)
Action, Fantasy, Horror | Pre-production
Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Mia Goth , Mahershala Ali , Delroy Lindo
Release date - September 6th 2024 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
78. Wicked (2024)
Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Post-production
After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Cynthia Erivo , Ariana Grande , Jonathan Bailey , Marissa Bode
Release date - December 25th 2024 Studio - Universal Pictures
79. Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Animation, Adventure, Drama | Filming
Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Seth Rogen , Aaron Pierre , Billy Eichner , Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Release date - July 5th 2024 Studio - Walt Disney Pictures
80. The Smurfs Musical (2025)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Pre-production
Plot kept under wraps.
Director: Chris Miller | Star: Rihanna
Release date - February 14th 2025
81. Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Crime, Drama, Musical | Post-production
Sequel to the film "Joker" from 2019.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix , Zazie Beetz , Ken Leung , Brendan Gleeson
Release date - October 4th 2024. Studio - Warner Brothers
82. The Fantastic Four (2025)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Pre-production
One of Marvel's most iconic families makes it back to the big screen, the Fantastic Four.
Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Vanessa Kirby , Pedro Pascal , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Joseph Quinn
Release date - February 14th 2025 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
83. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2026)
Stars: Jeremy Renner , Anthony Mackie , Tenoch Huerta
Release date - May 2nd 2025 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
84. Wicked: Part Two (2025)
Family, Fantasy, Musical | Pre-production
Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Jonathan Bailey , Ariana Grande , Jeff Goldblum , Cynthia Erivo
Release date - December 25th 2025 Studio - Universal Pictures
85. Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Announced
Stars: Benedict Wong , Anthony Mackie , Iman Vellani , Xochitl Gomez
Release date - May 1st 2026 Studio - Disney / Marvel Studios
86. The Batman Part II (2026)
Action, Crime, Drama | Filming
Plot under wraps
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Jeffrey Wright , Robert Pattinson , Andy Serkis
Release date - October 3rd 2025 Studios - Warner Brothers
87. Superman (2025)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Filming
Follows the titular superhero as he reconciles his heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and a brighter tomorrow in a world that views kindness as old-fashioned.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Isabela Merced , Nathan Fillion , Milly Alcock , Nicholas Hoult
Release date - July 11th 2025 Studio - Warner Brothers
88. Swamp Thing
Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced
It centers on the dark origins of the Swamp Thing monster.
Director: James Mangold
89. Gladiator 2 (2024)
Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production
Follows Lucius, the son of Maximus's love Lucilla, after Maximus's death.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Pedro Pascal , Denzel Washington , Paul Mescal , Connie Nielsen
Release date - November 22nd 2024 Studio - Paramount Pictures
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After an explosive run in theaters, including generating over $900 million worldwide and a revitalizing IMAX engagement, Universal’s creative gamble pays off as critics crown director Christopher Nolan and star Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer .
Oppenheimer (2023) 93%
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) 96%
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 93%
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 95%
Barbie (2023) 88%
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) 94%
Air (2023) 93%
Past Lives (2023) 95%
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) 99%
The Holdovers (2023) 97%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) 95%
M3GAN (2022) 93%
BlackBerry (2023) 98%
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) 91%
Talk to Me (2023) 95%
The Boy and the Heron (2023) 97%
Poor Things (2023) 92%
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 96%
Creed III (2023) 88%
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) 99%
Godzilla Minus One (2023) 98%
May December (2023) 90%
You Hurt My Feelings (2023) 94%
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) 82%
Fallen Leaves (2023) 98%
All of Us Strangers (2023) 96%
When Evil Lurks (2023) 97%
Passages (2023) 94%
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023) 99%
A Thousand and One (2023) 97%
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It was a terrific year for film, whether art house or mainstream, even if the main subject the movies wrestled with was deeply pessimistic.
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A Thrilling Bounty
I had a terrific movie year — you? I saw hundreds of new films with a variety of plots and styles made on every imaginable scale and budget. Some were from newcomers like A.V. Rockwell and others from the ever-new Martin Scorsese. Some you’ve heard of or will, while others scarcely made a ripple. Some were released by independents like A24 and the tiny KimStim; others came from tech companies and still others from what are now often called legacy studios, a vaguely eulogistic term that suggests influence but also obsolescence.
The movies have ostensibly been at death’s door at least since the shift to sync sound, which isn’t to undersell the industry’s business woes. When the year began, it was still recovering from pandemic-forced shutdowns and slowdowns. “As 2023 Begins, Worry and Fear Linger After a Topsy-Turvy Year,” The Hollywood Reporter fretted , calling the ups and downs of the 2022 box office “dramatic.” Yet some Wall Street analysts were bullish on moviegoing. “We’re seeing a resurgence of interest back in the theaters,” one analyst told Yahoo in late January. I had just returned from the bounty at the Sundance Film Festival and was feeling bullish, too.
As winter gave way to spring and summer, several of my favorite movies had been released in theaters and I had previewed several others at Cannes, where I had again been buoyed by what I had seen. At the same time, the drumbeat of worrying industry news continued when the Writers Guild went on strike on May 2 and several sure-bet blockbusters failed to charm audiences into theaters. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was “ cursed ,” read one headline; “‘Mission: Impossible 7’ falls short of expectations ,” ran another. The moaning in the trades gave way to klaxon horns when much of SAG-AFTRA went on strike on July 14. Two days later Barry Diller, who once ran Paramount, warned that the strikes could lead to the industry’s “absolute collapse.” Five days later, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” opened.
That phenom dubbed Barbenheimer buoyed the box office, the strikes ended, and here we are. It’s tempting to repeat William Goldman’s axiom that “nobody knows anything” and leave it at that. Except that this year also reminded us of some things that we have known for a while, including that women directors can make any kind of movie, from the intimately scaled to larger-than-life productions that become monster hits. This year also reminded us that a mass audience will happily get out of the house for movies without superheroes. And, on occasion, it won’t show up for movies with them, which was evident after disappointments from both the DC and Marvel studios as “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash,” “Blue Beetle” and “ The Marvels ” sputtered in theaters.
Two other words that popped up regularly in the news this year were “superhero fatigue,” which should have surprised absolutely no one. Old Hollywood embraced genre films but it also banked on variety, churning out musicals, westerns, dramas, comedies, historical epics, detective and gangster tales and genre hybrids. Some were interchangeable; others had fresh stories, distinctive visual styles and authorial flourishes. Now, though, the big studios are largely in the business of action-adventure franchises and serials; they bank on similarity, not variety. As of Nov. 30, half of this year’s top 20 grossing domestic releases fall in the action-adventure category, including a clutch of superhero flicks.
The mass turnout for both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” has been credited to everything from timing to originality, their meme-ability and people’s fear of missing out. Whatever the reasons for their success — and talent played a part, too — they proved that those Wall Street analysts bullish on moviegoing were onto something. That’s what else this year reminded us, and what I’m reminded of each week: Films can be great! They can embrace genre, play with it, transcend it. Their stories and their telling can be diverse, their quality thrilling, their art transporting. There’s more to movies than the industry, its crises and convulsions. In 1951, David O. Selznick, the producer of “Gone With the Wind,” rued that “there might have been good movies if there had been no movie industry.” The thing is, there have always been good movies despite the industry but, then, I’m a shameless optimist — I’m a film critic.
Here are my favorite movies of the year, all of which opened (or will open) theatrically in the United States.
1. ‘ Killers of the Flower Moon ’ (Martin Scorsese)
In this harrowing epic, Scorsese revisits a murderous crime spree perpetrated by white Americans — lovers and friends, ranchers and bankers, local lawmen and federally appointed guardians — against oil-rich members of the Osage Nation. The emotional center is an unspeakably cruel story of love and betrayal, a baroque conspiracy fueled by greed and an unshakable belief in white superiority. Manifest Destiny makes a hell of a gangster movie. ( In theaters )
2. ‘ Oppenheimer ’ (Christopher Nolan)
With his customary pointillist detail and monumental sweep, Nolan tracks J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called father of the atomic bomb, from his tortured youth to later anguished years. Much of the film involves Oppenheimer’s role in researching and developing the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, world-defining catastrophes that eventually killed an estimated 100,000 to upward of 200,000 souls and helped usher in our self-annihilating, human-dominated age. (In theaters)
3. ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ (Frederick Wiseman)
In this deeply pleasurable movie, Wiseman focuses on the Troisgros family, a dynasty of French chefs. Much of the film takes place in their celebrated restaurant-hotel in the Loire where the paterfamilias oversees a team that with love, ingenuity, choreography, sublime technique and a regard for the larger world create one astonishment after another for the delight and delectation of others — much like the genius behind the camera. (In theaters)
4. ‘ Occupied City ’ (Steve McQueen)
In his startling and formally rigorous four-and-a-half-hour documentary, this British director (“Twelve Years a Slave”) uses everyday scenes from contemporary Amsterdam to map — street by street, address by address — the disastrous fate of the city’s Jewish population during World War II. The movie was written by Bianca Stigter, McQueen’s wife, and informed by her book “Atlas of an Occupied City: Amsterdam 1940-1945.” (Opening Dec. 25 in theaters)
5. ‘ A Thousand and One ’ (A.V. Rockwell)
In her knockout feature debut, Rockwell follows a young woman (a wonderful Teyana Taylor ) across the years — it opens in the mid-1990s — as she raises her son in a rapidly gentrifying New York. Rockwell was born and raised in Queens, and she has a deep feeling for the city and the people who, far from the corridors of power and despite the onslaughts of power’s rapacious mercenaries, have always given New York its lifeblood. (Stream it on Prime Video )
6. ‘ Asteroid City ’ (Wes Anderson)
In the small fictional Southwest town where much of this movie takes place, worlds collide, a love story (or maybe two) blooms and fades, children outwit adults and an extraterrestrial makes a surprising touchdown. With dexterity and complexity, tenderness and deadpan delivery, meticulous technique and mesmerizing colors, Anderson plays with different media and performing arts for a story about storytelling that’s wry, comic and tragic. (Stream it on Peacock )
7. ‘ May December ’ (Todd Haynes)
In this unsettling, perverse movie about that performance called life, an actress, Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), visits the inspiration for her next movie. That would be Gracie (Julianne Moore), a homemaker who likes to bake cakes and happens to be an ex-con, having been imprisoned for having sex with an underage boy she later wed. (A terrific Charles Melton plays her tragic husband.) Things get very complicated, and then crushingly sad. (Stream it on Netflix )
8. ‘ Showing Up ’ (Kelly Reichardt)
Reichardt’s latest follows Lizzy (a delicately restrained and revelatory Michelle Williams), a sculptor in Portland, Ore., as she prepares a new gallery show while contending with friends, family, her very bad cat and a wounded pigeon. For Lizzy, making art is an act of self-creation and a way of being, which I suspect means that this lovely, modestly scaled movie is also somewhat of a directorial self-portrait. (Available for rent on most major platforms )
9. ‘Orlando: My Political Biography’ (Paul B. Preciado)
In this essayistic documentary, Preciado — a Spanish-born transgender philosopher and activist making his directing debut — uses Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando: A Biography” as a springboard to explore the complexities and many cages of identity. Drawing on a wide range of sources and aided by 20 trans and nonbinary performers, Preciado has made a movie that’s playful, urgent and as intellectually inspiring as it is emotionally exhilarating. (In theaters)
10. ‘ Stonewalling ’ (Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka)
It’s 2019 when this understated, formally rigorous heartbreaker opens and the painfully young Lynn (Yao Honggui) is facing a series of daunting hurdles, including her rotten boyfriend, bickering parents, no job and an uncertain future. By the time the story ends it’s early 2020, everyone is wearing surgical masks and Lynn is exhausted, having tried every imaginable gig and hustle. She is also pregnant, and now has something of exchange value. (Streaming on Criterion )
Ten more: “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” “Earth Mama,” “Fallen Leaves,” “Ferrari,” “John Wick: Chapter 4,” “Past Lives” “R.M.N.,” “Scarlet,” “Will-O’-the-Wisp,” “Youth (Spring).”
Alissa Wilkinson
Where Evil Lies
This was the year of evil at the movies: gut-wrenching, bone-chilling, ordinary evil. It didn’t wear villainous capes, nor did it often arrive in the expected horror movie package. That’s why it was so terrifying.
The movies this year posited that evil’s opposite isn’t goodness; it’s reality. Evil was something for men of science, like J. Robert Oppenheimer , to wrestle with, realizing that when the physical universe intersects with human ethics, no decision can really be neutral. Evil was discussed at Cannes in the news conference after “ Killers of the Flower Moon ,” a film about how barbarous civilization can be. In “ The Zone of Interest ,” unspeakable evil is obscured, willingly, by people who are just going about their everyday business. Bureaucratic language and euphemism keep them from having to acknowledge the horrors they’re perpetuating.
In fact, the way language can mask and produce evil — especially the banal sort that stems from self-delusion — was all over the movies this year. Todd Haynes’s juicy “May December” is loaded with willful blindness on the part of characters who can’t even form the words to tell the truth about their lives. Justine Triet’s “ Anatomy of a Fall ” takes a marriage built on linguistic compromise — the partners communicate in English, a second language for both — as the jumping-off point for a story about the everyday violence that careless words incur, whether in the courtroom or the living room. And perhaps the strongest and most daring of these was “Reality,” which uses a real interrogation transcript to show the bendiness of words, the way power and justice can be warped to manipulate, well, reality.
When the great novelist Cormac McCarthy , no stranger to the movies himself, died this year, I found myself thinking about him because his vision of evil was far more in line with these depictions than the cartoon villains Hollywood typically serves up. To McCarthy, evil was a force or a being that stalked humanity, the basic fact of the human condition, nearly impossible to resist and embedded somehow in language. In his 1994 novel “The Crossing,” a character says that “the wicked know that if the ill they do be of sufficient horror men will not speak against it.” In fact, “men have just enough stomach for small evils and only these will they oppose.”
If he’s right, that may be why the antidote to cinematic evil could be found in people speaking words of healing to one another, facing truth together. The couples at the center of “The Eternal Memory” and “American Symphony,” the chaplains of “A Still Small Voice,” the family of “You Hurt My Feelings” — all are people who have found that in the midst of an impossible world, communicating with one another is what lets us go on.
Any form of art is capable of exploring the nature of evil. But there’s something about cinema — immersive, time-bound, hitting several senses at once — that feels uniquely suited for the task, since evil is something more readily identified in the gut than in the conscious mind. In a world increasingly unmoored from reality, where we can barely trust what we see with our own eyes, evil floats freely. Maybe cinema can give us language to face it courageously.
1. ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (Martin Scorsese)
From the start of his career, Scorsese has been obsessed with guilt: What does it mean to be guilty? Is anyone really innocent? Is forgiveness possible, or just a convenient fantasy? The many-layered “Killers of the Flower Moon” offers perhaps his broadest take on the topic yet — proceeding from the firm belief that guilt is generational, just like grief, and that telling the story (in this case, of the systematic murder of Osage members) is both fraught and impossible to avoid. ( In theaters )
2. ‘Past Lives’ (Celine Song)
Once in a while, an understated stunner from a debut director (in this case, the playwright Celine Song) arrives early in the year, grabs you by the heart and won’t let go. For me that happened all the way back at Sundance in January with “Past Lives,” about a woman (Greta Lee) contemplating the lives she could have led and thus the choices that created the one she does lead. With magnificent co-stars in Teo Yoo and John Magaro, it’s brilliant and moving, an examination of destiny, chance, love and the invisible thread that binds one soul to the next. (For rent on most major platforms )
3. ‘The Zone of Interest’ (Jonathan Glazer)
Based loosely on a Martin Amis novel, “The Zone of Interest” bone-chills by omission, its meaning contained in what’s not onscreen. The story concerns the family of Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), commandant of Auschwitz, who lives an idyllic life with his family just outside the walls of the notorious extermination camp. His wife (Sandra Hüller) runs a peaceful household, proudly showing her life to her mother when she visits. But you can hear, and almost smell, what’s going on over the wall. It’s a nauseatingly and formally bold inquiry into the extent to which humans can, and do, willfully blind themselves to evil. (Opens in theaters on Dec. 15 )
4. ‘Reality’ (Tina Satter)
“Reality” stars Sydney Sweeney as Reality Winner, the former N.S.A. translator imprisoned for leaking information about Russian interference into the 2016 elections. Adapted from a play also written and directed by Satter, the dialogue is a verbatim (and sometimes redacted) transcription of the F.B.I.’s interrogation of Winner at her home before her arrest. Sweeney is incredible in the role, the anchor of a furious, true thriller. But what stands out is the way “Reality” forces us to question what’s real on several levels — not just whether and when a government is trustworthy, but also when language deliberately obscures reality, and whether the movie itself is fiction, documentary or something uncomfortably in the gray area between. (Streaming on Max )
5. ‘A Still Small Voice’ (Luke Lorentzen)
Early in the pandemic, at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, a group of chaplaincy residents are caring for patients and their families while dealing with their own grief and fear. Lorentzen’s observational documentary (which he largely shot himself) follows one resident, Mati, and her supervisor. Mati’s idealism is challenged as she ministers to people of all faiths and none in particular while simultaneously experiencing her own crisis of faith. The nature of mercy, mortality and belief in the face of unimaginable pain makes this, somehow, a hopeful film, though it’s a hard-won hope. (In theaters)
6. ‘Oppenheimer’ (Christopher Nolan)
One-half of the year’s biggest moviegoing event, “Oppenheimer” is at its core an examination of power, both in the geopolitical and the atomic sense. Nolan’s choice to split the film along two power-generating acts, fission and fusion, underscores the point: While the film is largely about the Manhattan Project and the moral compromise Oppenheimer wrestles with, it’s also about man’s petty battles to gain power without regard for the future. Nolan is obsessed with the interplay between the scientific and the humanist, and thus it’s a perfect match. (For rent on most major platforms )
7. ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ (Anna Hints)
A number of good and much buzzier films from this year — “Barbie,” “Poor Things” — chronicled women’s journeys toward becoming their own heroes in a world still tilted toward patriarchy. But the Estonian documentary “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” is the one that’s stuck with me most. Women gather in a smoke sauna (we see their tightly framed nude bodies, shot from the neck down, for most of the film) repeatedly throughout a calendar year. They discuss the painful and joyful realities of their lives: fears and hopes, romances and abuses, weaknesses and strengths. Visually striking and uncommonly frank, it gets at an authenticity that few fiction films can fully capture. ( In theaters )
8. ‘Godland’ (Hlynur Palmason)
It’s the 19th century, and a young Danish priest with plenty of self-regard has decided to lead a church in remote Iceland (at that time a Danish colony). What he discovers on the frigid shores is a beguiling landscape that’s wholly indifferent to his existence. Watching him disintegrate when confronted with the reality of his calling is both tragic and darkly funny, but the deeper meaning is what remains: We can plan all we want to change the world, but the world usually gets the best of us. (Streaming on the Criterion Channel )
9. ‘The Eternal Memory’ (Maite Alberdi)
Alberdi’s haunting documentary centers on Augusto Góngora, one of the most famous cultural journalists in Chile, and his wife, Paulina Urrutia. Góngora is living with Alzheimer’s, and Alberdi parallels his slowly deteriorating mental state with his lifelong fight to preserve Chile’s history and collective memory. Without memory, Góngora says, we are lost. What anchors him is Urrutia’s fervent love, a bond so strong that it can withstand tragedy — and there are lessons there for nations that wish to wipe away their own memories. (Streaming on Paramount+ )
10. ‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ (Frederick Wiseman)
Wiseman, America’s greatest chronicler of institutions, turns his observational documentary eye toward La Maison Troisgros , a three-star Michelin restaurant in Roanne, France, run by several generations of the Troisgros family. While the food looks delectable and the diners are often very funny, the true joy of Wiseman’s film is his subtle weaving of a point into it all. Future generations of artists and chefs, diners and growers depend upon balancing profit with careful cultivation today, whether it’s in the way a kitchen runs, the way grapes are grown or the way a family plans its business. That balance is evident throughout the film, which is a sensory delight and at times almost balletic in its touch. (In theaters)
And don’t miss: “Afire” (Christian Petzold), “American Fiction” (Cord Jefferson), “American Symphony” (Matthew Heineman), “Anatomy of a Fall” (Justine Triet), “Anselm” (Wim Wenders), “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Kelly Fremon Craig), “Barbie” (Greta Gerwig), “BlackBerry” (Matt Johnson), “Eileen” (William Oldroyd), “Fallen Leaves” (Aki Kaurismaki), “Four Daughters” (Kaouther Ben Hania), “The Holdovers” (Alexander Payne), “May December” (Todd Haynes), “Poor Things” (Yorgos Lanthimos), “Priscilla” (Sofia Coppola), “The Royal Hotel” (Kitty Green), “Showing Up” (Kelly Reichardt), “The Starling Girl” (Laurel Parmet), “The Taste of Things” (Tran Anh Hung), “You Hurt My Feelings” (Nicole Holofcener)
Manohla Dargis is the chief film critic of The Times, which she joined in 2004. She has an M.A. in cinema studies from New York University, and her work has been anthologized in several books. More about Manohla Dargis
Alissa Wilkinson is a Times movie critic. She’s been writing about movies since 2005. More about Alissa Wilkinson
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Read on to discover nine of the best biographies published within the last year. Included are life stories of singular people, including celebrated artists and significant historical figures, as well as collective biographies.
The books included in this list have all been released as of writing, but biography lovers still have plenty to look forward to before the year is out. A few to keep your eye out for in the coming months:
- The World According to Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell (HarperOne, September 26)
- Einstein in Time and Space by Samuel Graydon (Scribner, November 14)
- Overlooked: A Celebration of Remarkable, Underappreciated People Who Broke the Rules and Changed the World by Amisha Padnani (Penguin Random House, November 14).
Without further ado, here are the best biographies of 2023 so far!
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
Ellen and William Craft were a Black married couple who freed themselves from slavery in 1848 by disguising themselves as a traveling white man and an enslaved person. Author Ilyon Woo recounts their thousand-mile journey to seek safety in the North and their escape from the United States in the months following the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
Written over a period of 11 years with exclusive journalistic access to the subject, author Michael Finkel explores the motivations, heists, and repercussions faced by the notorious and prolific art thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Of special focus is his relationship with his girlfriend and accomplice, Anne-Catherine Kleinklaus.
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
While recently published, King: A Life is already considered to be the most well-researched biography of Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. published in decades. New York Times bestselling journalist Jonathan Eig explores the life and legacy of Dr. King through thousands of historical records, including recently declassified FBI documents.
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters by Lynnée Denise
This biography is part of the Why Music Matters series from the University of Texas. It reflects on the legendary blues singer’s life through an essay collection in which the author (also an accomplished musician) seeks to recreate the feeling of browsing through a box of records.
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
Historian Leah Redmond Chang’s latest book release focuses on three aristocratic women in Renaissance Europe: Catherine de’ Medici, Elizabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots. As a specific focus, she examines the juxtaposition between the immense power they wielded and yet the ways they remained vulnerable to the patriarchal, misogynistic societies in which they existed.
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
Anna May Wong was a 20th-century actress who found great acclaim while still facing discrimination and typecasting as a Chinese woman. University of California professor Yunte Huang explores her life and impact on the American film industry and challenges racist depictions of her in accounts of Hollywood history in this thought-provoking biography.
Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century by Jasmine Brown
Written by Rhodes Scholar and University of Pennsylvania medical student Jasmine Brown, this collective biography shares the experiences and accomplishments of nine Black women physicians in U.S. history — including Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black American woman to earn a medical degree in the 1860s, and Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders.
Larry McMurtry: A Life by Tracy Daugherty
Two years after the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s death, this biography presents a comprehensive history of Larry McMurtry’s life and legacy as one of the most acclaimed Western writers of all time.
The Kneeling Man: My Father’s Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by Leta McCollough Seletzky
Journalist Leta McCollough Seletzky examines her father, Marrell “Mac” McCollough’s complicated legacy as a Black undercover cop and later a member of the CIA. In particular, she shares his account as a witness of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel.
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Put bluntly, picking the best movies of 2023 was tough. The double-whammy of Barbie and Oppenheimer gave the box office a long-overdue, post-Covid-19 jolt, only to be followed by a pair of months-long strikes in Hollywood that shut down production on nearly all the films in the works for 2024 and beyond. Even now, with the strikes over, the industry is scratching its head at what happened and what’s to come.
Still, amidst all the noise, 2023 provided a wealth of quietly beautiful films. Even as Hollywood fretted over the possibility of artificial intelligence upending filmmaking and giving writing and acting gigs to bots, it’s impossible to watch the movies on this list and not feel such a possibility is faintly ridiculous. This year’s best releases were full of so much ambition and emotional intelligence it’s hard to argue that the value of human input in filmmaking is heading toward obsolescence. Packed with highly accomplished debuts from younger directors, and full of brilliant ideas, the best movies of 2023 were compelled by art’s old chestnut: humans struggling to understand their place in the world.
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In 2017, David Grann published Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI , a true-crime yarn set in 1920s Oklahoma, a period when members of the Osage Nation were being killed for their oil money. Grann’s central character, Mollie Burkhart, was an Osage woman desperate to understand the deaths in her family; a twist reveals that her beloved husband, Ernest, is complicit. Martin Scorsese made a bold decision while adapting Grann’s work: He removed the whodunit aspect, instead letting the audience see exactly how Ernest came to menace his wife, anchoring the movie in the dim-witted villain’s perspective. It shouldn’t work, but in zeroing in on Ernest (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), Scorsese creates an almost unbearably harrowing portrait of all-American evil. A feel-bad masterpiece.
Sandra (Sandra Hüller) is a successful writer married to Samuel (Samuel Theis), a failed writer. When Samuel is found dead outside their home one snowy day, Sandra quickly goes from grieving widow to prime suspect and is forced to reveal the most intimate details of her complicated marriage, including the resentment she had toward her husband for an incident that left their son Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner) partially blind. Ultimately, it’s Daniel who serves as the final word in what happened on that tragic day—and what will happen to his mother. This twisty, impeccably acted courtroom drama won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and was a hit when it was released in its native France in August, but it made just a modest art-house splash in the US. But its success in the earliest days of the awards season—including accolades from the European Film Awards, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle, and the Gotham Awards, as well as four Golden Globe nominations—indicates that splash will have a ripple effect.
It would be remiss not to include Oppenheimer , which divided the WIRED office and the internet. Some saw it as misogynist and shallow; some saw it as a blockbuster auteur’s return to form. Whatever your opinion, director Christopher Nolan took an esoteric biography about a scientist trying to get security clearance and turned it into more than $950 million at the box office .
Kelly Reichhardt and Michelle Williams—the indie world’s Scorsese and DiCaprio—collaborate here for the fourth time, and the result is a deeply layered and subtly poignant gem. We follow Lizzy (Williams), a doggedly persistent artist, as she preps for an upcoming show. Her artistic endeavor, small clay women molded into evocative poses, is obstructed by family, work, and life in general. Showing Up captures the universally recognizable seesaw between the anxiety that life is slipping through your fingers, happening to you, and the joy—evidenced in moments of Lizzy’s contented sculpting—that things are going just as they should.
Perhaps no one expected a film based on Mattel’s iconic doll to become a feminist lightning rod, but here we are. What made director Greta Gerwig’s Barbie , which she wrote with her partner Noah Baumbach, such a cultural flashpoint is that it walks such a fine line. It is both so progressive it had conservatives lighting dolls on fire and also not feminist enough . For those in the middle, though, it was a washed-in-pink sendup of patriarchy full of Indigo Girls sing-alongs and Zack Snyder jabs that really took hold. It also took home nearly $1.5 billion at the box office and started talk of a Mattel Cinematic Universe. Welcome to the Mojo Dojo Casa House, I guess.
Raven Jackson’s directorial debut is a feast for the senses. Over the span of 92 minutes, the award-winning poet and photographer channels her artistic talents to create this breathtakingly shot recounting of one Mississippi woman’s life, from the seemingly mundane (adolescent adventures) to the moments you never forget (the death of a loved one). Though Jackson is spare with her dialog, the result is a lyrical movie that is reminiscent of Terrence Malick’s earliest work. The film—which was produced by Moonlight ’s Barry Jenkins—was a hit at Sundance earlier this year and was named one of 2023’s best indie films by the National Board of Review, but it managed to stay firmly under the radar during its brief theatrical run in November.
Filmmaker Tomas (Franz Rogowski) and his husband, Martin (Ben Whishaw), are living a comfortable life in Paris, though possibly too comfortable. At the wrap party for his latest film, Tomas meets a young woman named Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and the two begin an intense affair, creating a complex love triangle. Though Tomas and Martin split, they continually find themselves coming back together. The film is a painfully human exploration of the complexities of love, with impeccable performances all around—most notably from Rogowski, who has landed on some critics’ lists as a possible Oscar contender.
In 2018, when Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse hit theaters, it changed perception about what Spider-Man movies, and animated films, could be. No longer led by Peter Parker, a kid from Queens who gets bit by a radioactive spider, it was led by Miles Morales, a kid from Brooklyn who met a similar fate in another part of the multiverse. Across the Spider-Verse continues Miles’ story and his quest to be his own kind of hero and save the multiverse, and his timeline, from a terrible fate. Fun, heartbreaking, and a thrill to watch, it’s one of the best Spider-Man movies ever and is so beautifully animated it’s breathtaking.
Never before in the history of cinema has the phrase “I don’t think we have enough hot dogs” felt so ominous or so perfect. The latest from director Todd Haynes ( Carol ) centers on Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), an actress who travels to Savannah, Georgia, to shadow Gracie, the woman she’s about to play in an upcoming film. Loosely based on Mary Kay Letourneau , Gracie is a middle-aged woman married to a younger man whom she first met when he was 13 and she was in her thirties. Their twins are about to graduate high school, and during the week before the ceremony that Elizabeth spends with the family all sorts of complex and unsettling details emerge—some of the most unnerving about Elizabeth herself. Wicked and chilling, right down to its score, May December is full of surprises and two impeccable performances from Portman and Moore.
With its pastel hues, A-list ensemble cast, and a plot that’s like going for a meandering stroll with someone who tells long, pointless stories, Asteroid City is—depending on your viewpoint—either quintessentially Wes Anderson or unbearably Wes Anderson. On the surface, it’s about an alien spaceship landing in a retro-futurist version of small-town America. But it’s layered and intricate: a movie about a documentary about a play, with Jason Schwartzman as war photographer Augie Steenbeck (and the actor playing him), and Scarlett Johansson as Hollywood star Midge Campbell (and the actor playing her). The overall effect is like some fine work of French patisserie—a macaron, maybe: sweet, pretty, gone.
Director Savanah Leaf’s latest centers on Gia, a 24-year-old mother and recovering addict caught up in San Francisco’s foster care system. Gia has two kids she can see only sporadically; she is pregnant with a third. She must decide whether agreeing to adoption will help her case of increasing contact with her other two. Leaf’s achievement is to capture the inhumane pressure that leads people to act self-destructively. The viewer feels that pressure throughout and faces no choice but to understand what Gia must do.
Horny teen-sex comedies have been around for at least a half-century—which makes director Emma Seligman’s reinvention of the genre all the more impressive. In Bottoms , queer pals PJ (Rachel Sennott, who cowrote the script with Seligman) and Josie ( The Bear ’s Ayo Edebiri) decide to start a fight club at their high school as part of an elaborate scheme to hook up with hot cheerleaders. What the teens don’t count on is the plan actually working and that the best course of action is to try to undo the revolution they ignite. Real-life friends Sennott and Edebiri are an onscreen duo to be reckoned with and get a huge assist from retired running back Marshawn Lynch, who gets to spread his wings as a comedic actor (after his hilarious performance in an episode of Netflix’s Murderville ).
This is Jonathan Glazer’s long-awaited return to film following 2013’s critically-beloved Under the Skin . Here he takes on an Everest: the Holocaust. This story is based on the novel by Martin Amis, who passed away this year, and follows Rudolf Höss and his family as they live an idyllic life on the edge of Auschwitz. In the tradition of films like Shoah , Glazer never quite looks the horror in the eye. There are merely visions of smoke and barbed wire, and a deeply unsettling chorus of muffled screaming. Much of the most starkly vicious moments come from the script: At one point, Höss cannot concentrate at a party; he is too busy sizing up how the high ceilings would make it challenging to gas the guests.
The first feature of Australian YouTubers Danny and Michael Philippou is an intelligent, brilliantly realized, nasty little shock of a horror film . The central threat is an embalmed severed hand, which, when you hold it and say the film’s title, lets you converse with the dead. The kids treat it like a designer drug, filming their hallucinatory freak-outs on their phones. If that makes it sound like there’s a lot that could go wrong, be sure—it all does.
After years of brilliant films, Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli landed at the top of the North American box office with The Boy and the Heron . Reportedly the final film from studio cofunder Hayao Miyazaki, it brought in $12.8 million in its opening weekend, a first for an original anime film. It’s deserved. Telling the story of a boy, struggling to cope with his mother’s death, who meets a heron who shows him a magical world, it’s everything fans have come to expect from Ghibli. Lush, gut-wrenching, and full of just the right balance of fantasy and reality, it’s classic Miyazaki.
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Bee Gees movie: Release date, plot and who will play Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
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After Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, there's a new wave of music biopics on the way.
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The massive success of music movies about the likes of Elton John and Freddie Mercury has helped pave the way for some new biopics.
Baz Lurhmann's Elvis hits screens later this year, and also in production is a new film about the Bee Gees .
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The band have already been the subject of a number of high-profile documentaries, including 2014's The Joy of the Bee Gees and 2020's The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.
But there's nothing quite like the drama of a proper music biopic.
The film is in its earliest stages at the moment so there's not an awful lot known about it.
But there have already been some big changes behind the scenes to update you with, and you can bookmark this page to keep up to date on everything you need to know about the Bee Gees film.
What is the new Bee Gees film called?
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The Bee Gees film is as-yet untitled, but we're going to hazard a guess that they'll go with one of the group's many excellent song titles or lyrics, while avoiding anything that's been used before.
So probably not [Saturday] 'Night Fever', 'Stayin' Alive' or 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart'.
'Tragedy' would be a bit much, wouldn't it? We're having an early guess at 'How Deep Is Your Love', but we'll let you know as soon as we do.
What is the release date of the new Bee Gees film?
Again, it's a bit too soon to know the release date of the film. But given that it has a (new) director in the chair, we're going to take a punt on 2024.
Who is writing and directing the Bee Gees biopic?
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Here's where things are already very interesting.
The first director bagged for the project in March 2021 was Oscar-winning thespian Kenneth Branagh , who won the 2022 screenwriting Academy Award for Belfast.
And the writer of the project was first announced as Ben Elton, who moved from stand-up to novel writing in the late 1980s before going on to write the book for stage musicals including Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Beautiful Game, Queen's We Will Rock You and Rod Stewart jukebox musical Tonight's The Night .
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But a year later, it was all change.
In Branagh's place was John Carney , who has great musical experience with Once and Sing Street .
And Ben Elton is out, Tony Award-winning John Logan – who has three Oscars nods for Gladiator, Hugo and The Aviator – is in.
Then in February 2024, things changed again , and in a very significant direction.
Deadline reported that none other than Ridley Scott – who has made films as massive and diverse as Alien , Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise . Gladiator , Black Hawk Down and Napoleon – was in talks to direct the film.
Assuming this appointment sticks, it will have been built on Scott's relationship with longtime Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood, and will also see a reunion with screenwriter Logan after their successful work on Gladiator .
What is the Bee Gees biopic about?
Details are light on this one. We don't yet know if the film will cover the whole Bee Gees story, their rise to fame, or just their disco heyday.
What we do know is that the sole surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb is "very involved" in the project, and will be an executive producer on the movie.
Who will play brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb – and Andy Gibb – in the Bee Gees film?
Again, we don't yet know who will be be cast in the film, or if the actors will have to be able to sing all those Bee Gees classics (like Taron Egerton in Rocketman ) or mime along to the original recordings (like Jessica Lange in Patsy Cline film Sweet Dreams ), lip synch to new versions of the classic songs (like Marion Cotillard did in La Vie en Rose) , or a mixture of all those methods (like Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody ).
At one stage, Bradley Cooper was linked to play Barry Gibb , which would be amazing.
What songs will feature in the Bee Gees film?
Still TBA, but we're hoping that most of our own Smooth top 20 will be in there.
Is there a trailer or poster for the Bee Gees movie yet?
Not yet, but as soon as there is we'll put it right here.
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20 Big-Name Directors With Movies Out in 2023
2023 is a promising year for big movies from big directors.
Some of these names put themselves on the map as actors long before they ventured into more behind-the-scenes roles of filmmaking like screenwriting and directing. Others entries herein are established directors (and sometimes tandem screenwriters) who have been putting out Hollywood hits for the past several years — and in some cases, even the past several decades.
This list will be omitting popular franchise films like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Dune: Part II (2023), and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (2023). Those franchises almost inarguably transcend the recognition of their respective directors: James Mangold, Denis Villeneuve, and James Gunn. Those are big-name directors, make no mistake. Just not quite as big as the franchises they’re helming. At least not with regard to general household value.
But all of that said: bring out your calendars, save up some money, and prepare to frequent your closest movie theater throughout this promising year. These are twenty big-name directors with films in 2023.
19 Jesse Eisenberg – When You Finish Saving the World
In his feature debut, Jesse Eisenberg wrote and directed When You Finish Saving the World (2023). It released on January 20th by A24, which is usually a good sign. However, while it did receive decent-enough reviews from critics, it didn’t at all make waves at the box office.
This could be one of those projects that propels itself into the mainstream headspace once it releases on a given streaming site like Netflix or Hulu. For now, though, the first project under Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial belt is among the more underwhelming releases of 2023, especially for such a big name. Here’s hoping for more success in his next outing.
18 M. Night Shyamalan – Knock at the Cabin
In his first film since Old (2021), M. Night Shyamalan is teaming up with former-wrestler and current movie star Dave Bautista to release Knock at the Cabin (2023). It’s adapted from a horror novel from 2019 called The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul G. Tremblay.
And like the book, the film follows a family of three who spend a vacation in a remote cabin. Out of nowhere, though, they’re held hostage by four strangers and are forced to sacrifice one of their own. The reason? The strangers insist it’s the only way to avoid the apocalypse. It’s a typical off-the-wall premise for a Shyamalan film, but it received great public attention just before release.
17 Elizabeth Banks – Cocaine Bear
Shockingly based on events that legitimately took place in Blairsville, Georgia, this film by movie star Elizabeth Banks marks one of the most bizarre premises in recent years. It follows a bear who, as woodland creatures often do, ingests 75 pounds of cocaine, which was later valued at $2 million. For obvious reasons, the volume of drugs has been reduced in the film to the size of a single duffel bag.
This is the third directorial effort from Banks following Pitch Perfect 2 (2016) and Charlie’s Angels (2019), and while neither film particularly resonated with critics, the former did perform well at the box office. It will be interesting to see the success that such an absurd horror-comedy as Cocaine Bear (2023) can reach.
16 Ben Affleck – Air
For some audiences, Ben Affleck films can be hit or miss. Perhaps the most important contribution he’s made to cinema from behind the camera was his script for Good Will Hunting (1997) over twenty-five years ago. But he does have some solid films under his belt nonetheless, such as The Town (2010) and Argo (2012).
And now, he’s releasing Air (2023) — in which he is also costarring with his longtime friend and frequent on-screen collaborator Matt Damon. It will be the pair’s eighth official appearance alongside one another since showing up in School Ties (1992) over thirty years ago. If you’re a fan of their previous works such as Good Will Hunting (1997), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), and The Last Duel (2021), then keep your eye on their upcoming Air .
15 Guy Ritchie – The Covenant
One of the biggest English filmmakers of modern times, Guy Ritchie is known for his early works like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). But pretty much every film under his belt was significant to some extent or another, like Sherlock Holmes (2009) at the box office. Now, Ritchie is releasing an action-thriller called The Covenant (2023).
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Sergeant John Kinley, other cast members from Ritchie’s latest production include actor and country singer Alexander Ludwig, along with Antony Starr — Homelander from the television show The Boys (2019 – present). If anything, that cast should be a sign of positivity for this one.
14 Greta Gerwig – Barbie
It may be a tad jarring for film fans to see a director of such renown as Greta Gerwig attach her name to a children’s property like this. But something about Barbie (2023) sort of feels necessary. It stars Margot Robbie as the titular Barbie, with Ryan Gosling playing her love interest Ken. And perhaps this is why it seems so perfect.
As odd as it sounds: those two pretty much personify the dolls from which their characters are based. And while this may seem like a strange premise for a movie, it’s worth noting for those unfamiliar with Gerwig’s work that she’s a three-time Oscar nominee. If anyone is fit to make a Barbie film of actual quality, it’s likely they’re already attached to the project.
13 Kenneth Branagh – A Haunting in Venice
As one of the more credentialed filmmakers on the list, Kenneth Branagh has been nominated for the most diverse set of categories in the history of the Academy Awards, from Best Live Action Short Film and Best Actor to Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
And he’s coming off perhaps the most important film of his career. Though widely known for his Shakespeare adaptations like Henry V (1989) and Hamlet (1996), Branagh’s most recent outing Belfast (2021) was nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director, while also garnering him the first win of his career: one for Best Original Screenplay. Now, he’s releasing A Haunting in Venice (2023), based on Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party . And it’s set to hit theaters in September .
12 Dave Franco – Somebody I Used to Know
Following his directorial debut The Rental (2020), Dave Franco is set to release his second feature Somebody I Used to Know (2023) exclusively on Amazon Prime. The Rental received adequate review scores from critics as a horror project with Dan Stevens and Alison Brie.
However, while Somebody I Used to Know also features Alison Brie in a leading role , this upcoming film will be of the romantic comedy variety in lieu of horror. It chronicles Brie’s character Ally as she reunites with her ex-boyfriend after returning to her hometown. The verdict is still out with regard to critical reception, but its release is just around the corner. Not much longer now.
11 Zack Snyder – Rebel Moon
Co-written with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, Rebel Moon (2023) is the upcoming film from blockbuster director Zack Snyder . An original science fiction property, it stars Sofia Boutella as a young woman named Kora who is chosen to save the galaxy from a despotic force called Balisarius. It also features many other talented names among the cast, none more important than Sir Anthony Hopkins.
But perhaps what’s most interesting about Rebel Moon is that its sequel has already been announced — the crew actually filmed both projects back-to-back. So, not only has the sequel been revealed, but it also already exists. This first entry better not miss.
10 F. Gary Gray – Lift
Releasing exclusively on Netflix come August 25th, Lift (2023) by F. Gary Gray was written by Dank Kunka and Jeremy Doner as an action-comedy heist thriller. General audiences may or may not recognize Gray for his prior works such as Friday (1995), The Italian Job (2003), and Straight Outta Compton (2015). And there’s almost no way that anyone has heard of the screenwriting duo unless you recognize Doner from his script for the biopic Elvis (2022).
However, nearly every film fan in today’s climate would undoubtedly recognize the lead actor: Kevin Hart. He stars here in Lift as a professional thief, and given F. Gary Gray’s past penchant for heist films , this one should be something to keep your eye on.
9 Eva Longoria – Flamin’ Hot
Up there with Cocaine Bear as the film with perhaps the most off-the-wall premise of the year, Flamin’ Hot (2023) marks the directorial debut of famous television actress Eva Longoria . She’s helmed several episodes of television shows such as The Mick (2017 – 2018) and Grand Hotel (2019), but again: she’s mostly known for her acting roles in other programs like The Young and the Restless (2001 – 2003) and Desperate Housewives (2004 – 2012).
However, she of course returns to the big screen here with Flamin’ Hot . Now, back to its premise . The film chronicles a janitor who worked at Frito-Lay, the PepsiCo subsidiary known for its production of corn and potato chips. The janitor’s name is Richard Montañez, and as the name suggests, he claimed to have invented the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto. If that doesn't intrigue you for a debut, perhaps nothing will.
8 Steven Soderbergh – Magic Mike’s Last Dance
As the name suggests for those familiar with the two previous movies, Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) will serve as the final outing in Steven Soderbergh ’s Magic Mike franchise. Aside from the Ocean’s Trilogy (2001 – 2007), this is the only series of Soderbergh’s career. And while it isn’t quite as popular as the George Clooney-led heists, this Channing Tatum project still features tremendous name value.
Soderbergh’s last three projects — Let Them All Talk (2020), No Sudden Move (2021), and Kimi (2022) — were all tremendous successes with critics. However, theatergoers may have been disappointed, as they all released on HBO Max. Magic Mike’s Last Dance will thankfully be a return to theatrical form.
7 Ari Aster – Beau is Afraid
With another A24 production, Ari Aster is once again releasing a horror film — this time, it’s in the form Beau is Afraid (2023). It blends surrealist comedy with elements of horror in a tale that chronicles a man — played by Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role — who travels home after learning of his mother’s death.
It will be Aster’s third collaboration with production company A24 , an independent entertainment company. And for what it’s worth: Aster has only directed three films, which means they were all produced by A24. Hereditary (2018) was one of the biggest horror releases in recent years, and his 2019 follow-up Midsommar (2019) impressed critics to a similar degree. Here’s hoping Beau is Afraid will continue Aster’s string of high-quality horror.
6 Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
In another directorial debut, Michael B. Jordan will be taking over the realms in this third entry of the Rocky spinoff series. Picking up directly after its predecessor, Creed III (2023) follows the titular Donny as he rides the high of his most recent victory in the ring, when his childhood friend and fellow boxer Damian “Dame” Anderson gets released from prison. As one might expect, they must engage in battle.
It will be the first film in the entire franchise — six Rocky movies and three Creed entries for nine projects total — that won’t feature Sylvester Stallone . However, along with Jordan as the lead character, Creed III will also feature Tessa Thompson reprising her role as Bianca Taylor, along with Jonathan Majors as the aforementioned antagonist. The film is set to release in March.
5 Wes Anderson – Asteroid City
Coming off one of the more so-so releases of his career with The French Dispatch (2021), acclaimed American auteur Wes Anderson is looking to rebound with Asteroid City (2023). It’s said to feature a larger ensemble cast than any Anderson film that came before. And if you’re familiar at all with his filmography like The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021), you know how grand of a statement that is.
Asteroid City will feature frequent Anderson collaborators such as Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, and Edward Norton, along with newcomers like Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Steve Carrell, and Matt Dillon. Those are some huge names, and it’s not even half of the cast. Be sure to tune in come June to relish in the rapport of the rest.
4 David Fincher – The Killer
In his first film since chronicling the life of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz — Mank (2021) — David Fincher is set to release The Killer (2023) later this year in November. Starring Michael Fassbender, the film is adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from a French graphic novel series of the same name.
Fassbender will be playing an assassin, the film will co-star Tilda Swinton, and Andrew Kevin Walker is said to have penned the script. And for those unfamiliar with Walker’s previous works: he also wrote the script for famous 90s movies like Se7en (1995) and Sleepy Hollow (1999). The former of which was also directed by David Fincher, and went down as one of the most lauded thrillers of its decade. Here’s hoping The Killer can reach similar praise.
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3 Taika Waititi – Next Goal Wins
A sports comedy drama, this marks the second film on the list that’s led by Michael Fassbender. But here with Taika Waititi’s upcoming project Next Goal Wins (2023), he’ll be in a greatly different role. While he portrays a hitman in David Fincher's film, he’ll be playing real-life coach of the American Samoa national team Thomas Rongen here for Waititi.
And if that athletic group doesn’t exactly ring any bells, don’t be deterred from seeing the film: it’s a fairly interesting premise, as during the time in which it’s set, the team is considered the worst in the football world — or soccer, for American audiences. Fassbender’s character Rongen miraculously leads them to qualify in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A chronicle of true underdogs.
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2 Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Based off the biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, this upcoming Christopher Nolan film will star Cillian Murphy in the titular role. Known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist who led the Manhattan Project during World War II. And the film will chronicle his life at the Los Alamos Laboratory during the stages of said Project.
Although he’s coming off one of the more modestly-received films of his career , Christopher Nolan is hoping for an explosive rebound with Oppenheimer (2023). This will be the director’s sixth collaboration with actor Cillian Murphy following their work in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012), Inception (2010), and Dunkirk (2017). Their technical rapport will undoubtedly be a highlight of the film.
1 Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
There’s one, slight issue with the upcoming biopic from Martin Scorsese : it still doesn’t have a release date. Odds are that it will release this year, as it was actually slated at one point to release in 2022.
Based off a book of the same name (subtitled The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI ) by David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) will feature Scorsese’s two most famous collaborators: Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. It will be the former’s tenth collaboration with the director , and the latter’s seventh. But what’s also worth noting is that it will be the trio’s first time all working together. That should be a milestone in itself.
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Threats, debt and Trump's advances: 'Stormy' doc examines the life of Stormy Daniels
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The new documentary Stormy begins in 2023 — around the time former President Donald Trump was indicted over hush-money payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Stormy Daniels, who was paid by Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen to keep quiet about their alleged previous affair, watches the news unfold on TV and then says, "Let's go," before she walks off screen.
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Stormy chronicles Daniels' life from her childhood in Baton Rouge, La., to her rise as an adult film actor and then, in the opinion of some, a feminist hero. It also gives viewers a glimpse into how she went from friend to foe of a celebrity businessman who became president of the United States.
"I am here today to tell my story and even if I just change a few people's minds, it's fine. If not, at least my daughter can look back on this and know the truth," she said in the film.
Trump's criminal trial over the hush-money payments has been delayed until mid-April. He faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified New York business records to conceal damaging information before the 2016 presidential election. Trump denies the allegations that he had an affair with Daniels and has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
On Monday, a judge rejected Trump's bid to block Cohen and Daniels — whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford — from testifying. The trial date will be set at a hearing on March 25.
The film, released Monday on Peacock, mainly captures Daniels' life between 2018 and 2023. Here are the main takeaways from the documentary:
1. Daniels explains why she didn't say no to Trump's advances back in 2006
Daniels alleged that she was abused by a neighbor in Louisiana when she was 9 years old. She did not go into further detail except to say that the man, whom she did not name, had abused other young girls and has since died.
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Later in the film, as Daniels explained why she did not refuse Trump's advances when the two met in 2006, she said, "I didn't say no because I just, I was 9 years old again." At the time, Daniels was in her 20s and Trump was 60.
Though she described the alleged affair as consensual, Daniels said she did not want to have sex with Trump.
"To this day, I blame myself and I have not forgiven myself because I didn't shut his a** down in that moment, so maybe make him pause before he tried it with someone else," she said. "The hardest part about all of this is I feel like I am partially responsible for every woman that could have come after me."
2. Threats against Daniels have become more disturbing
Throughout the film, Daniels is forced to navigate insults and threats hurled at her and her family.
But she described herself as having thick skin. In one scene from 2018, Daniels joked that she was disappointed she could not find any hate comments on Twitter after she had received a key to West Hollywood from the city's mayor.
Fast forward to this past year, after Trump's indictment, Daniels said the hate comments had become more intense and disturbing.
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"Back in 2018, there was stuff like 'liar, s***, gold digger,' " she said. "This time around, it is very different. It is direct threats. It is 'I'm going to come to your house and slit your throat.' "
Daniels added that she did not feel protected by the justice system, and accused it of ignoring her concerns about her safety.
3. Daniels says her 'soul is so tired' but she is willing to testify against Trump
Amid the six-year conflict with Trump, Daniels' marriage ended, her relationship with her daughter became strained, and she felt her safety was constantly jeopardized.
But with Trump about to go on trial, Daniels said she's willing to testify in court against the former president.
"I'm more prepared with my legal knowledge but I'm also tired. Like, my soul is so tired," she said. "I won't give up because I'm telling the truth. And I kind of don't even know if it matters anymore."
4. Daniels owes Trump over $600,000 in attorney fees
Near the end of the documentary, it's clear that Daniels also suffered financially as a result of her years-long legal battle against Trump.
In 2018, Daniels sued Trump for defamation. The suit was based on a tweet Trump wrote that year, which suggested Daniels had lied about being threatened in 2011 to not speak out about her alleged previous affair with Trump.
A federal judge later dismissed the suit and ordered Daniels to pay the then-president's legal fees.
Stormy Daniels Ordered To Pay Trump $293,000 In Fees In Defamation Lawsuit
Daniels appealed but lost. She now owes Trump over $600,000 in attorney fees. The film asserts that Daniels is afraid she may lose her home.
5. Seth Rogen and Jimmy Kimmel speak on Daniels' behalf
Among the people who appeared in the documentary were actor Seth Rogen and late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel.
Rogen, who worked with Daniels on the 2007 film Knocked Up , recalled talking with her about Trump. At the time, Daniels said she was communicating with Trump about possibly being on his former reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice .
"She didn't realize she would one day be at the center of this giant thing as she was messing around with some game show host," Rogen said. "She's someone who made an enemy of the most powerful guy on the planet and didn't, like, cower."
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Kimmel invited Daniels to his show in 2018, when Daniels' nondisclosure agreement about her previous affair with Trump was still in effect.
Kimmel described Daniels as having a good sense of humor but also afraid of violating her NDA. He nodded to this during their interview, in which he brought out puppets to reenact her interactions with Trump.
"She told the truth and she paid a price for that," Kimmel said in the film. "It's not something that just goes away."
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The 30 Best Movies of 2023
Posted: March 27, 2024 | Last updated: March 27, 2024
2023 has been an amazing year for cinema, whether you’re watching at the theater or streaming from the couch. While last year’s film offerings focused on thoughtful takes on the world and society, this is the year for billion-dollar blockbusters and talented ensemble pieces, like Barbie , Oppenheimer , The Little Mermaid , and more. Ahead, here are 30 of the best movies this year.
Timothée Chalameet as a young Willy Wonka? Sign me up. The film chronicles how Wonka met the Oompa-Loompas ahead of his time at the chocolate factory and should be quite the nostalgic ride when it’s officially released on December 15.
C’mon, Barbie, let’s go party—but Greta Gerwig style. With Gerwig behind the lens and a cast consisting of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, alongside Will Ferrell, Emma Mackey , Hari Nef, Issa Rae, and America Ferrera, among many others, Barbie turned out to be the defining film of 2023. It’s a feminist take on girlhood, dreams, and gender roles that will surely be a sleepover classic for years to come.
3) Anyone but You
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell made headlines earlier this year for reasons separate from their new rom-com, Anyone but You . Still, the tabloid firestorm worked as legitimate marketing for the film, which tells the story of a failed first date and an unexpected reunion at a destination wedding in … Australia?
4) Dicks: The Musical
Did you know Megan Thee Stallion was in a musical movie this year? A24’s first movie musical, Dicks , is a bizarre take on the classic Parent Trap story, in which two businessmen discover they’re long-lost twins and set out to reunite their parents. Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, Bowen Yang, Nick Offerman, D’Arcy Carden— Dicks stars everyone!
Just a few years after the Academy Award–nominated Ford v Ferrari comes Ferrari , based on the 1991 biography of car titan Enzo Ferrari and the story of a fateful race along Italy’s Mille Miglia. Beyond the incredibly cool cars, though, is an equally cool cast: Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley—even Hugh Jackman and Noomi Rapace!
We’ll do just about anything to see both Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan onscreen together, and Foe is no exception. This haunting sci-fi drama sees a young couple in an alternate America torn apart when they meet a stranger who offers them a life-changing opportunity, which calls into question the very nature of humanity itself.
This Leonard Bernstein biopic has been a long time in the making, with Bradley Cooper attached as early as 2018, when Martin Scorsese was still set to direct. Instead, Cooper took the directorial reins, as well as the starring role as Bernstein. It will focus almost exclusively on the legendary composer’s relationship with wife, Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan.
8) Past Lives
Writer-director Celine Song’s Past Lives opened to much acclaim (and more than a few tears) at this year’s Sundance festival, and has had audiences and critics talking ever since. (It opened in theaters across the country in June and is now available via video on demand.) You can chalk up its enduring appeal to Song’s ability to tap into a universal experience of love, longing, and wondering what could have been—all nestled in an intimate story about a Korean-American woman (Greta Lee) who rekindles a connection with her childhood crush (Teo Yoo) back in Korea.
9) May December
Todd Haynes’s latest flick will surely cause quite the splash when it lands on Netflix on December 1, after a limited theatrical run at the end of November. Natalie Portman stars opposite Julianne Moore, whose character is based on Mary Kay Letourneau, the high school teacher who caused a nationwide scandal for her exploitative sexual relationship with a sixth-grade student in the ’90s. The film is 20 years later, when the loosely inspired couple find themselves at odds over Portman’s character, an actor set to play the former teacher in an upcoming biopic about their lives.
10) Passages
Passages has lingered with me since I saw it. A startling work by director Ira Sachs, it is an odd tale of a gay couple whose marriage is torn apart by an affair with a woman. Adèle Exarchopoulos shines as Agathe, whose onscreen chemistry with Ben Whishaw and Franz Rogowski is the stuff of legend.
11) Priscilla
Sofia Coppola’s autobiographical film based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me is an interesting foil to Baz Lurhmann’s own 2022 biopic Elvis , which famously featured that Austin Butler accent. Whereas Elvis was an almost mythological retelling of the King of Rock and Roll’s life story, Priscilla sticks much closer to the actual source material, and is sure to leave viewers questioning everything they knew about one of America’s most divisive rock stars.
12) Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce
The Renaissance World Tour changed my life—and about a million other lives—this year. As Taylor Swift’s own concert documentary did in October, Renaissance will land in theaters for a limited run this December. Featuring footage of the history-making world tour, and behind-the-scenes footage, this is the certifiable can’t-miss movie event of the year.
13) Saltburn
Saltburn is Jacob Elordi’s second appearance on this list, and for good reason. Critics have already issued rave reviews about this Alice in Wonderland –style romp through the world of a secretive, mysterious English family, which also stars Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, and Barry Keoghan.
14) You Hurt My Feelings
Nicole Holofcener made one of my favorite rom-coms of the last 10 years, Enough Said , so it’s no surprise she and muse Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit it out of the park again with You Hurt My Feelings . When Louis-Dreyfus’s Beth, a novelist, overhears her husband’s critical opinion of her latest book by accident, the two begin to question all the little lies couples tell themselves, and others.
The French coming-of-age film that follows two 13-year-old best friends has been described as heartbreaking and tremendous. Its intimate portrayal of young male friendship is simply moving to witness.
16) Knock at the Cabin
M. Night Shyamalan, the filmmaker known for his twist endings, is back with a thriller about an existential threat that falls on a happy family of three when four strangers appear at their remote cabin. Based on author Paul Tremblay’s 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World , the nature of the threat and the decision the family—Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, and Kristen Cui—have to make remains a mystery as the strangers, played by Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Abby Quinn, upheave their vacation.
17) Killers of the Flower Moon
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book of the same name, this American western crime drama is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, and Brendan Fraser. The plot revolves around a series of murders that took place in 1920s Oklahoma after oil was discovered on Indian land.
18) Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s first biopic is based on the life of the father of the atomic bomb, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). Even if you know very little about the history of nuclear science, the cast is enough to want to tune in, with Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Josh Peck, and Alex Wolff.
19) Cat Person
Based on the viral New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian, Cat Person premiered at Sundance ahead of its wide release in October. Starring Emilia Jones from CODA as Margot, the young college student who embarks on a relationship with Robert (Nicholas Braun), a 34-year-old who frequents the movie theater she works at, the story caused such a response based on its subtle accounting of power imbalances in relationships ahead of #MeToo.
20) Magic Mike’s Last Dance
The third and final Channing Tatum stripper movie arrived just in time for Valentine’s Day. Grab your people and watch the self-proclaimed “Super Bowl of Stripping” unfold.
21) Cocaine Bear
If you have questions (as did I) about why a movie called Cocaine Bear came out this year, you are not alone . About a bear that goes on a cocaine-induced killing rampage, this thriller—based loosely on the real story of a 175-pound black bear nicknamed “Pablo Eskobear,” who died after snorting a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985—is an absurdly fun time.
Whether you saw the dancing killer doll that went viral on TikTok or the eight look-alikes that performed at the premiere, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the horror film M3GAN was a 2023 standout. M3GAN is an artificially intelligent, lifelike doll designed by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams), who gifts her young niece with the prototype after becoming the girl’s primary caretaker. What follows is the stuff out of a Chucky movie, but with a little more flair.
23) When You Finish Saving the World
The first A24 film of the year focused on the complicated mother-son relationship between Evelyn (Julianne Moore) and Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), set against the backdrop of the modern age and all the issues it entails, like streaming and social media. While the two struggle to connect, Ziggy pursues a politically active girl from his school and Evelyn connects with a young boy at the shelter where she works, making Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut an amusing and emotional film.
24) Asteroid City
Wes Anderson’s latest film is set to bring all his notable storytelling skills to the table, but this time at a Junior Stargazer convention in the desert. As with most of his movies, you don’t really know what Asteroid City is about until you’re done watching, which makes it beyond fun; and his ensemble casts only seem to get better and better, with this film starring Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Maya Hawke, Liev Schreiber, Jeff Goldblum, Rita Wilson, and Steve Carell.
25) The Color Purple
The musical adaption of Alice Walker’s classic novel, which premiered on Broadway in 2005, is coming to the big screen (again) and features an amazing cast at the hands of the director who helped with Beyoncé’s visual album Black Is King and Oprah Winfrey as one of the producers. Following protagonist Cellie (Fantasia) as she deals with growing up as a Black woman in the rural South in the early 1900s, the story introduces us to the many different women she encounters, like Sophia (Danielle Brooks), Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson), Mary “Squeak” Agnes (H.E.R.), and her sister Nettie (Halle Bailey/Ciara).
26) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Judy Blume’s amazing middle-school novel finally received a proper film adaption this year. Known for its frank discussion of religion, sex, and pondering female adolescence, the nostalgic film is an emotional ride. With Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, the movie rounds out its cast with Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie playing her parents.
27) Scream VI
With the tagline “In a city of millions, no one hears you scream,” the latest Scream installment had thrills and frights in store that no one could be ready for. The film shows the survivors of the last movie—Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mason Gooding—on a subway train in the city, where the next Ghostface runs rampant.
28) The Little Mermaid
The live-action adaption of The Little Mermaid far exceeded expectations. Halle Bailey soars as the beloved Ariel and effortlessly performs alongside a standout cast that includes Javier Bardem, Awkwafina, Melissa McCarthy, and more stars. It will make you believe mermaids really exist.
29) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird & Snakes
As someone who went to every midnight premiere of every original Hunger Games movie, I am beyond excited for the prequel to hit the big screens. Following a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) who mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute (Rachel Zegler) during the 10th Hunger Games, it will be a nostalgic venture back into the world created by Suzanne Collins. Plus, the cast also features Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, and Hunter Schafer.
30) Bottoms
After Emma Seligman’s knockout directorial debut, Shiva Baby , she returned to the big screen with a movie about two unpopular queer girls in their senior year of high school, who start a fight club to try to impress and hook up with cheerleaders. Starring Rachel Sennott, Kaia Gerber, and Ayo Edebiri, Bottoms is the Gen Z comedy of the year.
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Every Allegation in the Explosive New Docuseries About the Dark Side of Children’s TV
Horrific revelations surrounding child actor drake bell, producer dan schneider, and more..
Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV —the four-part docuseries, streaming on Max, about the insidious climate perpetuated by Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider during the network’s golden years in the late 1990s and early 2000s—has brought to light shocking revelations about the alleged abuse and misconduct behind the scenes of some of the era’s biggest children’s shows. The allegations presented in Quiet on Set , which have rocked the millennials and zoomers who grew up watching these shows, have spread like wildfire in headlines and on social media this past week. Not only has the information prompted a response from Schneider himself, but there has been further controversy with the names of other famous actors, like James Marsden and additional Nickelodeon stars, being confusingly thrown into the mix.
Below is a summary of the main allegations in Quiet on Set and the responses to them thus far.
Inappropriate Jokes
Schneider’s habit of putting child actors in subtextually sexual sketches was established on his first main Nickelodeon series All That , of which he became the head writer and showrunner. For example, child actor Leon Frierson was placed in a skintight superhero costume with phallic-looking prosthetic noses on the shoulders. The punchline of the sketch resulted in the nose-y superhero shooting snot at someone else in a move described by journalist Scaachi Koul as “a cumshot joke for children.”
This trend continued on The Amanda Show , Schneider’s next production, which included having lead actress Amanda Bynes portray a character called “Penelope Taint.” According to Amanda Show writers, they were told to lie about the anatomical meaning of the word “taint” to Nickelodeon executives. Quiet on Set also cites a sketch in which a fully clothed Schneider sits in a hot tub with a young, swimsuit-clad Bynes as indicative of Schneider’s inappropriate humor and the close relationship between Schneider and the young star.
Bryan Hearne, the only Black male actor during his tenure on All That ’s later seasons, also details a racially discomfiting environment. For instance, he recounts being cast as a Girl Scout Cookie dealer in a sketch which mimicked a drug dealing scenario, and being told that his skin tone was “charcoal” when getting fitted for a costume.
Some All That cast members also describe difficult working conditions, unsafe or exploitative sketches modeled after the adult show Fear Factor , and long workdays that purportedly violated child labor laws. Their parents were incentivized to be quiet in order to not ruin their child’s career, alleges Hearne’s mother, who believes that Hearne was kicked off All That because of her consistent attempts to protect him by questioning the goings-on of the set.
At the peak of Schneider’s career, after his track record of having created juggernaut shows like Drake & Josh , iCarly , Zoey101 , and Victorious , the producer’s power at Nickelodeon purportedly allowed him to push the envelope. As Koul puts it, Schneider’s “style had a little bit of edge in it. It also really pushed the boundaries of sexualizing young girls.” This included jokes about girls being slapped by sausages and wanting to be “on the wood,” and zoomed-in shots of feet or tongues licking something. This was taken to a much deeper level with Victorious , which had extra content made for the web that, in Koul’s words, “the network didn’t know how to deal with.” These online extras included clips of Ariana Grande, an actress on the show, putting tomatoes in her bra, sucking on her own toes, massaging a potato, and pouring water on herself in a sexually suggestive manner.
The Amanda Show ’s Writers Room
Christy Stratton, one of two female writers on staff at The Amanda Show , states that “working for Dan was like being in an abusive relationship.” Stratton and her fellow writer Jenny Kilgen allege that they, as the female writers on staff, were forced to split their salary, and were threatened by Schneider for reporting the matter to the Writers Guild. Additionally, Kilgen claims that when she returned as a writer for Season 2, she was offered a contract that forced her to work for 11 weeks unpaid. (According to Quiet on Set , Schneider denies Kilgen’s claims, stating that he “had no control over salaries.”)
The writers also claim to have been coerced into a sexually exploitative and misogynistic work culture of Schneider’s creation. According to Stratton and Kilgen, Schneider openly stated that women are not funny, showed pornography on his computer screen, and even asked Kilgen to massage him, behavior he would become known for on all of his sets. According to Kilgen, Schneider would present it as a joking quid pro quo—”Can you please give me a massage? I’ll put one of your sketches in the show”—even though the power imbalance made it a request she was scared to deny. Per Kilgen, “you always felt like disagreeing with Dan or standing up for yourself could result in you getting fired.”
Perhaps the most disturbing allegation, per Kilgen, was that Schneider allegedly told Stratton, who was discussing the topic of high school, that it would be funnier if she “leaned over the table and acted like [she was] being sodomized and told that story about high school.” Though Stratton declines discussing it in detail for the documentary, according to Kilgen, Stratton turned Schneider down until he begged to the point where Stratton “couldn’t get out of it.”
Kilgen, with the support of Stratton, filed a suit against Schneider and the production company for gender discrimination, creating a hostile work environment, and harassment. The suit was settled out of court, though allegations of Schneider’s behavior continue beyond his time on The Amanda Show . (In a statement that was given to the Quiet on Set producers and shown at the end of every episode, Nickelodeon states that the network “investigates all formal complaints as part of our commitment to fostering a safe and professional workplace” and has “adopted numerous safeguards over the years to help ensure we are living up to our own high standards.”)
Amanda Bynes
One of the through lines from talking-head interviews with actors on Schneider’s sets revolves around the showrunner’s purported tendency to play favorites. Many interviewees cite Bynes’ and Schneider’s intensely close relationship. According to journalist Kate Taylor, when Bynes’ star power rose beyond children’s media, beginning with the WB sitcom What I Like About You , it appeared that Schneider thought “he should be the one to … usher Amanda into adulthood.” At one point, when Bynes’ relationship with her parents soured, she turned to Schneider, who tried to aid Bynes’ failed attempt at legal emancipation. As Taylor puts it, “Dan inserting himself into Amanda’s life like this is really ethically fraught,” and resulted in an alleged rift between Schneider and Bynes’ parents, and a cooling of his relationship with Bynes.
Volatile Behavior on Set
Schneider was said to be known for his erratic behavior on set, with The Amanda Show actress Raquel Lee Bolleau likening him to “a tornado.” Karyn Finley Thompson, a longtime editor of Schneider’s many shows, says that Schneider’s behavior in the editing bay was dismissive; he allegedly would not talk to her directly, instead making comments to his producer, some of them “degrading.” Per Thompson, he would also badger her into abstaining from eating or using the restroom while maintaining time pressure for the team to finish their work. Thompson alleges that she was passed over for a job she was promised in favor of a younger man with no experience. (Schneider denies ever considering gender while hiring.)
Quiet on Set also touches on iCarly and Sam and Cat actress Jennette McCurdy’s experiences on Schneider’s sets, as presented in her tell-all 2022 memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died . After an investigation following McCurdy’s allegedly negative experiences on set, Schneider was reportedly no longer allowed to interact with casts on the set of Sam and Cat . (Schneider refutes this, saying he “chose to give notes from his office.”)
Sex Offenders on Set
According to the mother of a young girl who acted as an extra on The Amanda Show , the parents weren’t allowed on set as their children were ushered around by production assistant Jason Handy. Handy, who began an email correspondence with the young girl and sent a nude photo of himself masturbating to her mother, was busted in 2003 for his inappropriate behavior toward children. Law enforcement raided his home and, according to Taylor, found “an enormous trove of child pornography,” including “over 10,000 images of children.” Additionally, he had Ziploc bags with “tokens” of his relationships with children he knew, including the underwear of a 7-year-old girl. After testimony that accused Handy of engaging in sexual activity with a minor, he was eventually sentenced on two felony counts and one misdemeanor.
Four months after Handy’s arrest, Brian Peck—an actor turned dialogue coach who portrayed the character Pickle Boy in All That —was arrested. Peck, who was pen pals with the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, was arrested on 11 charges of child sexual abuse related to a child actor.
In 2009, another worker at the Nickelodeon lot, Ezel Channel, was convicted of abusing a boy on the lot in 2005. He also had prior convictions as a sex offender.
The most shocking part of Quiet on Set is the revelation that Brian Peck’s victim was Drake & Josh star Drake Bell. According to Bell, who provides a rare talking-head interview in Quiet on Set , he and Peck (no relation to Drake & Josh co-star Josh Peck) became close. Bell’s father, who appears in the docuseries, says that the relationship started with Peck always being around Bell and finding ways to make physical contact. When Bell’s father voiced his concerns to producers, he was accused of being homophobic against Peck.
Bell’s father says he tried to prevent Peck from being around his son until Peck successfully drove a wedge between Bell’s parents. After Bell’s father stepped back as his manager, Peck convinced Bell’s mother, who became the main guardian, that it made sense for Bell to stay at Peck’s home for easier access to auditions. “He had pretty much worked his way into every aspect of my life,” Bell says in the documentary. On one of those occasions, Bell, 15, woke up to Peck, 41, sexually assaulting him.
This kickstarted a pattern of abuse, continuing over a six-month period , that increased in severity. Bell says he realized he was “trapped” with “no way out.” Bell describes the abuse as “extensive” and “pretty brutal,” concluding by saying: “Why don’t you think of the worst stuff that someone can do to somebody as a sexual assault, and that’ll answer your question.” Though the actor does not elaborate further, the implication, coupled with known details of Peck’s arrest , suggests various traumatizing acts of sexual assault.
It wasn’t until Peck reportedly tried to convince Bell to get Schneider to cast Peck as Bell’s father on Drake & Josh that Bell told his mother what had happened. This resulted in the 2003 arrest and investigation, which involved Bell having to recount every excruciating detail, as well as getting a recorded confession from Peck via a tapped phone line. Though Bell says he was not provided with therapy or clinical help following the abuse, he does state that Schneider was actually “the one person” that he remembers “being there for” him.
The stress of the abuse, which took place at the height of Bell’s career, impacted him physically and mentally. Bell struggled with on-and-off alcohol and substance abuse for decades. In 2021, Bell was convicted and sentenced for child endangerment, pleading guilty to charges related to sending “inappropriate text messages” to a minor. In the docuseries, Bell admits responsibility for the incident, but alleges that the “misinformation” regarding his charges in the press “absolutely destroyed” him, causing him to “spin out of control.” (Bell has since sought treatment.)
Brian Peck’s Industry Support
When recalling testifying against Peck in court, Bell remembers Peck’s side of the courtroom being full of notable figures in the industry, some of whom wrote letters of support for Peck. Quiet on Set names some well-known letter writers, including actors James Marsden, Taran Killam, Alan Thicke, Ron Melendez, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle. On top of asking for leniency for Peck, some letter writers also appear to have used victim-blaming language. (However, some of the letter writers have since said that they were fed misinformation when they wrote their letters of support, stating that they would not have written them now that they know the full story.)
Though Peck pleaded no contest to two charges of child sexual abuse, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, and was ordered to register as a sex offender, he still ended up working again on the Disney series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody before his past was brought to light.
Schneider’s Response
In 2017, after the growing #MeToo movement resurfaced rumors about Schneider, Nickelodeon launched another investigation into his behavior on set. Subsequently, in 2018, Schneider was dropped by Nickelodeon with a reported $7 million payout . As Taylor reports, the investigation didn’t find evidence of inappropriate sexual behavior or relationships with children, but it did find “evidence of being abusive to others in the workplace.” In a statement from Schneider presented in the docuseries, Schneider calls this description of why his relationship with Nickelodeon ended inaccurate, but he admits that today, he “would absolutely do some things differently,” adding, “I’ve learned a lot over the years about how to be a better boss.”
At the end of Quiet on Set , a statement from Schneider denies the assumption that he had total control over the production of his shows, stating that everything that happened “was carefully scrutinized by dozens of involved adults.” Schneider maintains that “all stories, dialogue, costumes, and makeup were fully approved by network executives on two coasts.” He also remains adamant that parents and caregivers were always on set.
On Tuesday, Schneider responded to the docuseries in a nearly 20-minute YouTube video moderated by an iCarly actor who goes by the name of “BooG!e.” In the video, Schneider apologizes for “anybody that I ever put in that situation” of being asked for massages, as well as to those who witnessed it happening and found it uncomfortable. He also says that being a participant in the inappropriate jokes, “especially when I was leading the room,” “embarrasses” him. Schneider expresses regret for the claims surrounding both his volatile behavior on set and the more exploitative, Fear Factor –like sketches on All That . He notes that he would be much more willing to cut segments of his shows that were “upsetting,” but maintains that adults are looking at the jokes on his shows “through their lens,” when they were intended for children.

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Welcome to the best new movies of 2023, where you can discover the latest films championed by the critics community! Every movie on the list is Certified Fresh, meaning they held on to a Tomatometer score of at least 75% after a minimum number of critics review — 40 for limited or streaming releases, 80 for wide theatrical releases, with five ...
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The Exorcist: Believer (2023). Directed by: David Gordon Green Starring: Leslie Odom Jr., Ellen Burstyn, Ann Dowd Opening on: October 6, 2023 After capping off his trio of Halloween films, director David Gordon Green jumps right into another beloved horror franchise. As with his tackling of the Michael Myers story, The Exorcist is a follow-up to the original — and the 1973 original only ...
Biography Movies 2022 List
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. #20. Poignant and profound, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie offers a captivating inside look at the life and career of a beloved entertainer. Starring: Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan, Andrew Barber, David Diamond.
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Einstein in Time and Space by Samuel Graydon (Scribner, November 14) Overlooked: A Celebration of Remarkable, Underappreciated People Who Broke the Rules and Changed the World by Amisha Padnani (Penguin Random House, November 14). Without further ado, here are the best biographies of 2023 so far!
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Flamin' Hot

True Spirit

The Iron Claw

A Million Miles Away

Gran Turismo

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Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

American Fiction

All of Us Strangers

Poor Things

The Color Purple

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

The Zone of Interest

The Boys in the Boat

Robot Dreams

A Haunting in Venice

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The Bikeriders

Shortcomings

Landscape With Invisible Hand

Knock at the Cabin

Leave the World Behind

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Red, White & Royal Blue

Society of the Snow

Pain Hustlers

Flamin’ Hot

The End We Start From

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Swatantra Veer Savarkar (UA)

Yatra 2 (UA)

Oppenheimer (UA)

Sam Bahadur (UA)

12th Fail (U)

Hidden Figures

Hacksaw Ridge

The Big Short

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Pursuit of Happyness (UA)

Schindler's List (R)

Maidaan (UA)

Aadujeevitham - The Goat Life (UA)

Nyad (UA-13+)

Sly (UA-16+)

Stan Lee (UA-13+)

Chevalier (UA-16+)

Maharashtra Shahir (U)

Me Vasantrao (U)

Nayika Devi - The Warrior Queen (UA-13+)