31. The Iron Claw
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Durkin
Actors: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany, Lily James
32. 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.
33. Totally Killer
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Actors: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Liana Liberato
Plot: In 1987, the Sweet Sixteen Killer began a murder spree -- 35 years later, Jamie Hughes is about to become the next victim in his next spree but a bizarre twist winds up sending her back to 1987 - where she tries to stop the original killings before they can begin.
34. 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.
35. Saw X
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Greutert
Actors: Steven Brand, Synnøve Macody Lund, Michael Beach, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Paulette Hernandez
36. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Actors: Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith
Plot: A group of thieves take on a job to steal an incredibly powerful artifact
and realize too late they have unleashed a great evil upon the world.
Seeking to right their wrong, they recruit their own team of would-be
heroes and won't stop no matter what manner of creatures, magic or army
may stand in their way.
37. 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
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Actors: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen
Plot: Brothers Mario and Luigi, a pair of Brooklyn plumbers, find themselves whisked away to the Mushroom Kingdom where Mario joins forces with a feisty Princess Peach and the intrepid Toad in order to rescue Luigi from the clutches of the maniacal Bowser - a fire-breathing monster intent on making the Mushroom Kingdom his next conquest.
