Top 2023: the best films from the editorial team according to Première
From Anatomy of a Fall to Suzume via Oppenheimer or Les Filles d’Olfa, the editorial staff was amazed by these ten works. And you ? What are your favorites?
The winter holidays have started, it’s time for the best of 2023! This year again, First liked lots of films (and series). Here are 10 that we particularly liked, for various reasons.
10. SUZUME by Makoto Shinkai
Putting a speed ahead of all the competition, in terms of inventiveness, rhythm and generosity… This is what being the “best animated film of the year” means.
Our full review of Suzume can be read here
9. THE FABELMANS by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg looks back on his childhood in a phantasmagorical biopic where all his concerns as a man and a filmmaker come together. An instant classic!
Our full review of The Fabelmans can be read here
8. MISANTHROPE by Damián Szifrón
Shailene Woodley leads the hunt for the mad sniper. The codes of the 90s thriller reformulated for the contemporary world, with great style and humanity.
Our full review of Misanthrope can be read here
7. ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Did a writer kill her husband or not? Playing with ambiguity as a weapon of precision, Triet reinvents the codes of the legal thriller and makes Sandra Hüller a potential Oscar winner.
Our full review ofAnatomy of a fall can be read here
6. LIMBO by Soi Cheang
A serial killer, two cops, a junkie. Seven in the mire of Honk Kong. Unbreathable. The great thriller of 2023 is nightmarishly perfect.
Our full review of Limbo can be read here
5. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by Martin Scorsese
Crazy epilogue to the conquest of the West, shot through with a breath of terror. Artistically, Scorsese is at the top. Politically? More revered than ever.
Our full review of Killers of the Flower Moon can be read here
4. THE GIRLS OF OLFA by Kaouther Ben Hania
In an impressive balance between documentary and fiction, a great cathartic, intimate and political film on the condition of women and radical Islamism.
Our full review of Daughters of Olfa can be read here
3. OPPENHEIMER by Christopher Nolan
Construction and deconstruction of an unattainable man, Oppie aka “the father of the atomic bomb”. Nolan embarks on a journey that is both mental and realistic. Dizzy.
Our full review ofOppenheimer can be read here
2. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM by Thomas Cailley
Mutant masterpiece. A giant leap for the endless debate on “genre cinema in France”, with an unexpected helping hand from Pierre Bachelet.
Our full review of the Animal Kingdom can be read here
1. BABYLON by Damien Chazelle
If there was only one film left at the end, it would be this one, which wants to contain them all, from Griffith to Avatar via Gene Kelly… Everything we love, to the point of overdose.
Our full review of Babylon can be read here
