Last year I published the list of shows and movies I watched or re-watched in 2022. Here is the list of 2023. I do not recommend them all; some of it was great, some was utterly forgettable.
First, the list with what I consider the outstanding, unforgettable, extraordinary, must-watch stuff. I seriously recommend all of these titles.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- A Man Called Otto
- Amadeus
- Argentina, 1985
- Barbie
- Bardot
- Barry Lyndon
- Beckham
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
- Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp
- David Bowie: Finding Fame
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- First Man
- For All Mankind
- Godard, seul le cinéma
- L’Homme de Rio
- Inventing Anna
- Maestro
- Miss Americana
- The Neighbors’ Window
- Oppenheimer
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Tár
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Trevor Noah: Where Was I
- Turn-On
Some stuff is just fine. I liked the following titles. There’s a bit of everything.
- Asteroid City
- Babylon
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Contact
- Crazy, Stupid, Love
- The Crown (season 6)
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Ghostbusters
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Grey’s Anatomy (season 19)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- He’s Just Not That Into You
- The Holiday
- Love Actually
- The Mandalorian (season 3)
- Nueve reinas
- Pamela, a Love Story
- The Parent Trap
- Pretty Woman
- The Princess Diaries
- Puss in Boots
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Ragnarok (season 3)
- Ratatouille
- Sial IV
- The Ugly Truth
And finally, some stuff is downright bad. Avoid if possible. (Yes, lots of trainwreck superhero movies fall in this category.)
- A Haunting in Venice
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Black Adam
- The Flash
- FUBAR
- Ghostbusters II
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- Heart of Stone
- Machos Alfa
- The Matrix Resurrections
- The Mummy
- Murder Mystery 2
- No Hard Feelings
- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
- Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
- Så var det jul igjen
- Secret Invasion
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods
- Your Place or Mine
- You People
- Vikingulven
- The Wheel of Time