31. Boy and the Heron, The ( Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Kô Shibasaki, Christian Bale, Luca Padovan
Plot: Young Mahito Maki struggles to adapt following the death of his mother - hearing her voice in the fire even after moving the countryside with his uncle. Upon discovering an abandoned tower - he finds a world between life and death.
32. Missing
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
Actors: Storm Reid, Nia Long, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Tim Griffin
Plot: June desperately searches for answers when her mother, Grace, goes missing while on vacation in Columbia with her new boyfriend. Stuck thousands of miles away and having little luck going through international red tape, June uses the latest technology to try to track down her mother. But her digital sleuthing unearths a lot more than she could imagine - and the mother she thought she knew turns out to be someone else entirely.
33. The Burial
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Maggie Betts
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed
Plot: Based on true events: when a small-town funeral home owner takes on a corporate behemoth in court, he relies on his long-time lawyer as well as a smooth-talking black lawyer and his team to undercover the depth of corruption and greed in the system - provided they can learn to work together.
34. Dream Scenario
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Lily Bird, Julianne Nicholson, Jessica Clement, Tim Meadows, Dylan Baker
Plot: Paul Matthews is perfectly ordinary, boring family man and tenured professor and, like many people, wonders if his life of anonymity has meaning. All that changes when he inexplicably begins to show up in other people's dreams - at an exponential rate. His newfound stardom seems to be just what he wanted - until dreams turn into nightmares and he must contend with the fallout.
35. Perfect Days
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Yumi Asô, Tokio Emoto, Sayuri Ishikawa, Tomokazu Miura, Arisa Nakano
36. Thanksgiving
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, Karen Cliche
Plot: Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Thanksgiving, becomes a
playground for a killer following a Black Friday riot.
37. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie, Elle Graham, Ethan McDowell
Plot: Based on the best-selling novel from Judy Blume, the film follows Margaret Simon as her family moves from the city to the suburbs and must navigate the rough waters of adolescence and contend with conflicting emotions with new friends and her family.
38. Evil Dead Rise
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Cronin
Actors: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher, Jayden Daniels
Plot: Two estranged sisters have their reunion abruptly interrupted by a fight for survival after unleashing the power of the Necronomicon - and inviting in the mother of all demons.
39. Dumb Money
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig Gillespie
Actors: Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Nick Offerman, Sebastian Stan, America Ferrera
Plot: Based on the true story of the Gamestop sage where Keith Gill harnesses the power of Reddit to turn rapidly failing Gamestop into the hottest meme-inspired stock. From Robin Hood to hedge funds to ordinary people - everyone finds a way to love or hate the outcome as it turns Wall Street on its head.
40. Creed III
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Selenis Leyva, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew
Plot: Adonis Creed finally have the life he wants, both in fame and family but his life is about to be upended when childhood friend and boxing prodigy Damian Anderson is released from prison. At first seeking help, it soon becomes apparent Anderson holds a long-time grudge against Creed and he goes from friend to opponent which can only be settled in the ring.
