BEST MOVIES of 2023

Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph rundown their favorite films of 2023.
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Keywords: ending explained, reaction video, trailer, Past Lives, Totem, RMN, The Zone of Interest, Bad Living, Earth Mama, Beau Is Afraid, The Passenger, May December, Monica, American Fiction, Last Summer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem, All of Us Strangers, Rotting In the Sun, Master Gardener, The Color Purple, Poor Things

[@sushi_donut]

A THOUSAND!?? Everyone over here blah blah'ing their lists 😅 and no one has mentioned how Nick has watched over A THOUSAND movies in 2023! 😮 Also, four hundred titles for Joseph is also no joke, that's more than a movie a day! Good lord, that's incredible. Hope it's still fun for the two of you!!

[@honeybuns945]

and Im sure they watch TV series too! INSANE!

[@mashenka6189]

Do you think that they still love it? Or it’s just a job?

[@sushi_donut]

@@mashenka6189 I think it can be both! Listen to their podcast, it's really great for random bursts of laughter when you're out buying groceries haha

[@honeybuns945]

@@mashenka6189 idk but I assume a little of both. lol … I have a small podcast and I try to keep up with every movie, (seen 124 so far) but after a while gets tiring especially if you know a movie is 💩. It’s dread and it feels like a job. But most movies are average so it’s not so bad. The tiring part is going back and forth to the movies, writing a review , recording the review. Editing your review. So yeah, probably feels like a job but a job you love for the most part.

[@sararose1711]

I believe he also tries or does read most books made to movies 😱

[@jonhinson5701]

I was stunned by "Past Lives" and could not stop thinking about it. I really want to see "Poor Things" "Anatomy of a Fall" "The Holdovers" and "American Fiction"

[@drs2328]

The Holdovers is a great movie!

[@robotempire]

“phantasmagorical feminist allegory Mary Shelley would be proud of” is such a fantastic summary /review of Poor Things. I’m stealing it to use when I recommend the movie to people

[@fi8urefilms959]

Past Lives was my #1. Thank you for all your reviews and videos this year, looking forward to them in 2024.

[@BenjaminBerryHoops]

You guys ranking Poor Things so highly is what convinced my boyfriend to go check it out with me 😭 thank youuu can't wait to see! Also added a bunch of these to my watchlist

[@lovewindycity]

😊 Once again you both are soooooo cute !!! Even though I haven't watched half of these movies yet I do enjoy listening to both of you guys reviews. Because of this channel I've checked out a lot of movies that y'all recommended. 😉

[@macebluemoon369]

This year turned out to be a good one for movies. There will be so many people snubbed at the Oscars. Because the competition is seriously fierce this time around. Thank you for your best films of the year review you guys...and all that you do.

[@amandarambler3351]

Been following you two for a few years now and wanted to just say thank you for the great and well thought out content ❤️

[@fishjellyfilmreviews]

Thank you!

[@caliban5505]

My goal was to hit 100 new release films this year 😂 that blurs in comparison to both of you! So impressive. Excellent lists, can’t wait for all of your 2024 reviews!

[@wellergurl]

OOOOOOOO....this was FANTASTIC !!!!! I screenshot ER' THANG ! Thanks sooo much for the reviews and the attention to the details. 💯❤️👍

[@kellyb7561]

Such a great list thanks for all the recommendations!!

[@addictstatic]

Hooray! Another year of cinema and an upper in a stale climate of offerings. Love you guys!!!!

[@katekack108]

Thanks guys. Love your reviews. Excited to watch these!

[@AMT_823]

I dragged my sister and my cousin to the movies to go see Poor Things solely based off of you guys' review of it and all 3 of us thought it was AMAZING!! I love the comparison to "if you've been driving a Honda and never sat in a Bently...go sit in a Bently." LOL so true!!

[@fishjellyfilmreviews]

Love this!

[@constancecampbell4610]

I am so happy you both loved Poor Things. I live in a film desert and am dying to see this on the big screen. Already in love with it. 👍

[@melodyh4731]

Third, I have spent a lot of time with you guys this year. You are great! I am going over to Patreon.

[@tigerlilly9038]

Joseph the only reason I am going to see this version of the color purple is because you said so. I am such a fan of the book and the original that respectfully I bought a ticket and gave it away Intentionally because I wanted to support it no matter what but I thought you do not mess with perfection... however because you have given it the green light and I trust you I'm going to go see this film now. Let me fully explain my copy of the color purple it has been read so much that the spine It's completely unbound and the pages fall like leaflet bound and the storage is inside of Tissue paper, a ziploc inside of another purse bag. so this is really really big for me to cave. LOVE YOU BOTH❤❤

[@JustinWilliams367]

TOP 10 FAVORITE FILMS OF 2023: 1. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse 2. Godzilla Minus One 3. Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I 4. John Wick Chapter 4 5. Oppenheimer 6. Killers Of The Flower Moon 7. The Killer 8. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3 9. Scream VI 10. Elemental

[@joanietails]

Favorite reviewers of all. Thank u for putting in the work.

[@seanrowe6973]

Thanks for sharing your lists. Lots of movies I haven't heard of, but think I will enjoy.

[@erinsrevo]

I really can’t wait to watch La Bête and your detailed review! Especially I wanna know your insights, Nicholas.

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Thanks for this. Your year end rankings are among the best on the web. Big Up! 🙂

[@joeyarnone5886]

Here's my top 10 for 2023: 1. Skinamarink 2. The Zone of Interest 3. Anatomy of a Fall 4. Of An Age 5. May December 6. Sick of Myself 7. All Eyes Off Me 8. Horseplay 9. in water 10. Fallen Leaves Thank you Nick and Joseph for another year of amazing and entertaining content! ❤❤❤

[@natemekis3959]

The most unique 2023 list I’ve seen and these guys are so funny

[@millsykooksy4863]

damn now I really want to see La Bete and all the other films y'all recommended...thanks for the list.

[@nicholaspruitt9032]

Happy Holidays Guys. Love you.❤

[@enochroot9438]

Thank you fro your top 10 recommendations, I shall endeavour to watch as many of these as I can

[@KW-vy1rf]

Nick, I made an effort to see La Bête at a festival here a few weeks ago after reading your glowing Venice review and I ADORED it. It's so inventive and intriguing and playful and fun. Léa Seydoux is tremendous. Thank you for recommending it! I can't wait to see it again. I have a list but my other two major favourites this year are Fallen Leaves and Houria. I also want to spotlight the Spanish film, Creatura, which is so intelligent and thoughtful. Were you able to catch that one at Cannes?

[@jay-dubb.dubb.68]

Shout out to the Turtles 🐢 for making Joseph's list!! I absolutely loved this movie. I was a bit surprised that the Holdovers didn't make the list, but then I remembered your ratings! I am also glad to see the Color Purple on J's list... I am looking forward to seeing this very soon!! Thank you, gents for all of your exceptional content, it is greatly appreciated!! 👏😄💕

[@Stefarooh]

Top 10 for 2023 for me are: 1. Anatomy of a Fall 2. Poor Things 3. The Holdovers 4. All of Us Strangers 5. Zone of Interest 6. May December 7. Barbie 8. The Color Purple 9. Oppenheimer 10. American Fiction

[@LynneJordan11]

Great list!

[@Stefarooh]

@@LynneJordan11 thank you dear

[@mashenka6189]

Loved The Passenger. I watched it based on your review..excellent .

[@shotsndocs]

2023 top 5 1. Oppenheimer 2. Anatomy of a Fall 3. The Holdovers 4. The Taste of Things 5. May December Love y'all shirts!!

[@pamschneider2568]

Thank you lovies!!!

[@kyleb8655]

Me and Joseph both had poor things as our favorite. I really want to see the beast but the only release date I see is February 2024 in France 😢

[@gutterbaby8382]

My top five that I've seen would be: 1). Anatomy of a Fall 2). Past Lives 3). Monster 4). Oppenheimer 5). NO IDEA so it's a five-way-tie between All Of Us Strangers, Passages, Poor Things, Saltburn and A Thousand And One

[@NewYorkPizza90]

Great lists as usual guys ! Here's mine : 1. Beau is Afraid, 2. Anatomy of a fall, 3. Boy and the heron, 4. Captain Volkogonov escaped, 5. Four daughters, 6. The Quiet Girl, 7. Past Lives, 8. About dry grasses, 9. Áma Gloria, 10. Killers of the Flower Moon

[@blkkatemoss]

Can’t wait to watch all of these

[@janw5354]

Interesting and diverse lists, I can't wait to see Zone of Interest, La Bête and All of Us Strangers. Keep up the good work, I'm excited for all your coming reviews. My top 10 are (as if anyone would care) 10. Mars Express 9. Reality 8. Afire 7. Dying in Ibiza (A film in three summers) 6. Lola 5. Yannick 4. Delegation 3. Unrest 2. Linoleum 1. Clementina

[@LynneJordan11]

Wish I could do more but hey! Every dollar adds up right? You two have brought me so much happiness and movie goodness! Inspiring you are. (In my Yoda voice) ❤😆

[@fishjellyfilmreviews]

Thank you!

[@anthonynewsome]

Thanks folks, love the diversity of your choices, wish people would go see independent films, I loved the beast, but my fave movie is All of us strangers,

[@veganpeace7890]

Wow, I am so impressed. A thousand for Nick and four hundred for Joseph? I'm super impressed!

[@THEONEKNIGHT2011]

I respect both of your opinion. Every time they say it's great, they are always right. Thank you!

[@AceZachrocks123]

Haven't had the chance to see everything i want this year but im still gonna see as much as i can before making my video. Top 5 now are 5. Guardians vol 3 4. Bottoms 3. The Iron Claw 2. The Holdovers 1. Poor Things

[@rogerbell8429]

My favorites - Blue Jean, Oppenheimer, Joyland (Pak), 20,000 species of bees (Sp), Housekeeping for Beginners (Maced), The Beasts (Sp/Fr), Lakelands, Paris Memories (Fr), Full time (Fr), Rodeo (Fr). I haven't yet seen American Fiction, The Zone of Interest, All of us Strangers, The Color Purple and Poor Things which all might feature. Tar, Till, The Whale, Marcel the Shell with shoes on and Drunken Birds(Can/Fr) I watched for the first time in 2023 even though they were first released in 2022 and are among my favorites.

[@leeshaolivier9298]

Many of these are on my list!

[@NeeksRus]

Did you record a review of Anatomy of a Fall? If so, I’m having a hard time finding it. Would love to watch if it exists. 💜

[@fishjellyfilmreviews]

We didn't make a video.

[@NeeksRus]

@@fishjellyfilmreviews well thank you so much for the many you did make. Your channel and podcast are both incredible. 💜

[@apocalypse_frau]

I put a placeholder in because I know that The Beast will shake up my rankings, and perhaps a few others (like Barbie) will fall off as we have yet to see a few more must watch films of 2023. 10. Barbie 9. (Placeholder) 8. Dream Scenario 7. American Fiction 6. Beau is Afraid 5. Zone of Interest 4. May December 3. Boy and the Heron 2. All of Us Strangers 1. Poor Things

[@haydengarinduchesne9269]

I do love top 10 lists always find some great movies that I may have missed in the lists of others

[@haydengarinduchesne9269]

For the longest time my favorite movie of the year was are you there god it’s me Margret . My new list is as follows 1) monster 2) are there god it’s me Margret 3) The holdovers 4) past lives 5) Oppenheimer 6)bottoms 7) Godzilla. Minus one 8) Barbie 9) killers of the flower moon 10) scrapper 11) killer 12) Eileen 13) May December 14) fair play 15) Royal hotel A lot more that I want to see so this list could obviously change but that is my top 15 for year based on what I’ve seen , really want to see , iron claw American fiction ,poor things and several others all in all not a bad year for film despite what people would have you believe, there are very good movies out there just have to know where to look . Great work guys hope you had a great Xmas and wishing you and your families the happiest of new years .

[@haydengarinduchesne9269]

Shout out for a movie I just recently saw on amazon august at 22 simple but delightful I also much preferred Priscilla over the entertaining but far too glossy Elvis

[@masoncook3602]

Great lists! My top 10 so far is: 10. Dream Scenario 9. Tokyo Cowboy 8. All of Us Strangers 7. Hundreds of Beavers 6. Simón 5. Oppenheimer 4. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 3. Killers of the Flower Moon 2. Asteroid City 1. Godzilla Minus One

[@FlypSyde1111]

My Personal Top 15 :) 1. First Slam Dunk 2. Godzilla Minus One 3. Silent Night 4. Sound of Freedom 5. MI: Dead Reckoning 6. John Wick Chapter 4 7. Fast X 8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 9. The Iron Claw 10. Spiderman: Across the Spider-verse 11. Flash 12. Little Mermaid 13. Gran Turismo 14. Missing 15. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

[@blackpanthro]

I felt that bentley honda comparison....

[@LynneJordan11]

I actually wrote a review about The White Ribbon. It impressed me so…

[@turnipss]

LETS GOOOOO! 1. Boy & the Heron 2. Zone of Interest 3. Flower Moon 4. Renaissance - a film by Béyonce 5. Evil Does Not Exist

[@erikchristensen822]

My top 10 so far is 1. Killers of the flower moon 2. Past lives 3. Zone of interest 4. American fiction 5. Barbie 6. Oppenheimer 7. AIR 8. Dream Scenario 9. Axiom 10. SISU

[@CovidandCultFilm-ro1lt]

Top 10 for me... so far... 10. Oppenheimer 9. John Wick: Chapter 4 8. Infinity Pool 7. The Killer 6. Anatomy of a Fall 5. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. American Fiction 3. Derelict (to be released next year) 2. The Zone of Interest 1. Poor Things

[@LynneJordan11]

Beau is Afraid is so overlooked and I’m happy you mentioned it!

[@wanya_telborn]

Hell yes!!! It was great!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@shanekajohnson1320]

Top 10 best for me: 1. They Cloned Tyrone 2. A Thousand and One 3. Marsh King’s Daughter 4. Leave the World Behind 5. A Million Miles Away 6. AIR 7. The Strays 8. The Color Purple 9. The Covenant 10. Dumb Money

[@djdarkosd]

Just watched ALL OF US STRANGERS the other day. Overall, it was very good. It's the ending I take issue with!

[@MrOiManDudeGuy]

I’ve seen around 70 new releases and there’s many on here I want to check out but my top 10 would be: 1. Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 2. Oppenheimer 3. Barbie 4. Beau is Afraid 5. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 6. Wonka 7. Priscilla 8. Mission Impossible 7 9. Godzilla Minu one 10. Poor things

[@user-ip3fy1to2z]

I loved Poor things

[@abdulrosyida236]

my top 5 of this year would be 01. All Of Us Strangers 02. Red, White and Royal Blue 03. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt. 1 04. Barbie 05. The Passenger

[@lrod2004]

1. Poor Things 2. Across the Spider-Verse 3. Godzilla Minus 1 4. Color Purple 5. Past Lives 6. A Thousand and One 7. Oppenheimer 8. Killer of the Flower Moon 9. Barbie 10. Guardians Vol. III Great year for cinema! Still need to see a few. Love watching movies in the theater!

[@JScottGaribay]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem on the Best of List! YEAH! I came for the Full Spoiler Content - I stayed for the awesome!

[@CharlieTredwayMUA]

Not the caca 😂

[@puspavelai8353]

Though no Godzilla Minus One and no animation is 'surprising,' yet,😍your personal choices! Just wow! All your story picks feel 'unique' and especially pushing the envelope is...Nick's choices😊

[@user-xl9xw5of3x]

This year is was easily Godzilla minus one. Have seen it 3 times and going to do some traveling to see it again but in IMAX.

[@bmck-8400]

Godzilla minus one was probably my favorite film of the year….close The Holdovers

[@mananimal3644]

The Marvels was my favorite film. Girl Power!

[@sosenabekele4694]

Can you please review leave the world behind

[@fishjellyfilmreviews]

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[@melodyh4731]

Second, is your music the backing up of a truck...beep, beep, beep.

[@mjgerleman]

Why are they called Fish Jelly?

[@sushi_donut]

Because I don't think you're ready for Fish Jelly.

[@melodyh4731]

Ok, first someone needs to update their tomato pic and it isn't Joseph.

[@2120musiclover]

Turtles over the Spiderverse? I know, i know, subjective. And I dug the turtles too. But Spiderverse wins. I do like that Turtles kept in tune with the original comic; keeping April Black.

[@rodriguezkuba]

FINALLYYYYYY 🤜🤜🤜

[@millsykooksy4863]

I loved Beau is Afraid.

[@noodlen.9779]

😂 lol a lot of kaka

[@chillbobaggins4632]

Top 5: 1) Beau is Afraid 2) Oppenheimer 3) The Holdovers 4) Talk to Me 5) Killers of the Flower Moon

[@spartan_a1176]

These movies are more political and boring to watch you cant be serious

[@LondonLabs]

Social justice warriors of course what did you expect! Sometimes these two are funny to watch but most of the times it feels so off so melancholy especially Joseph like he doesn't really want to be doing this. They've been doing this for so long and still very few subscribers compared to many others doing the same thing I wonder why.

[@spartan_a1176]

@LondonLabs exactly!! These guys still get hate in the comments, and I've nodice they have only been getting rid of the bad comments

[@LondonLabs]

@@spartan_a1176 I think Nick tries really hard and actually does have potential and shows leadership skills. Joseph is just eye candy but it's not enough. Nick needs to collaborate with others to develop the channel further and have Joseph on sometimes as a guest because he doesn't want to be there anyway does he.

[@zethraelofteldrassil3149]

@@LondonLabs I am choking on my cup of coffee over your comment: "Nick tries really hard and actually does have potential and shows leadership skills." This sounds like a quote from a job interview. Nick is no dilettante, far from it. Nick is a cinema scholar, and could easily present a Master Class in Cinema Studies. ~Nick, if you read this comment, we are waiting for an online class.~

[@LondonLabs]

@@zethraelofteldrassil3149 well it seems we are in agreement

[@kylecampbell7141]

Past lives is the most overrated movie of the year. It may be good but it is being pushed as a perfect movie. I thought there 15 great minutes in it being surrounded by 100 mediocre minutes. This should have been a short film.(and would have been a shoe in for short film of the year. The cinematography was also amazing in to so I see the praise but that doesn’t make it great)

[@user-lf6cf2ro4i]

😐Most of movies in contention for any of the major awards are overrated so Past Lives is no exception.