The Best & Worst Films of 2023

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

The fact they had to cut out two deaths from the final cut of the iron claw show how tragic the Von Erich curse was

[@BatCritic21]

I remember seeing the poster for Mafia Momma and it looked like a poster for a fake movie that would have been In Tropic Thunder

[@LilacSongx217x]

I’m grateful that you gave brief plot synopsis of the good movies since it’s likely people who haven’t seen it yet not the film spoiled, but still want to hear your input

[@markabboud4855]

Being a wrestling fan, I was overall very happy with The Iron Claw, especially how the British actor who portrayed David Von Erich, sounded and looked just like him. It was eerie. I went to their graves in Texas, and growing up watching them wrestle, and die, was heavy-hearted for sure. For years I told my friends their story would make a great Hollywood film. I'm glad it was.

[@Llyander]

Yaay! Always nice to see Sisu getting some love. That was such a great flick.

[@yoferpher]

As a fan of the source material, we don’t acknowledge the existence of the live action Saint Seiya movie aka Knights of the Zodiac

[@cinematicuniverseultimate6238]

My top 20: - John Wick 4 - The Iron Claw - Oppenheimer - Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning - Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse - Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret - The Holdovers - Killers of the Flower Moon - Godzilla: Minus One - Suzume - Nimona - The Creator - Air - Sisu - Anatomy of a Fall - Talk to Me - No One Will Save You - Still - How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Missing

[@jamesmoyner7499]

My favorite titles I watched in 2023 in order of viewing were: Keys of the Kingdom, The Court Jester, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Island at the Top of the World, Kino’s Journey (2003 anime), The Orville: New Horizons, and Pieces of April.

[@darkman060]

Also surprised that Iron Claw got shut out of Awards Season but definitely agree with your analysis. To me, my second favorite movie of the year

[@wespapes2054]

Holdovers is easily one of the best movies from last year.

[@governorboltz]

It's my best of last year.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@governorboltz It looks awesome and I hear that Paul Giamatti was great

[@TheMusicMan1012]

Personal Favorites 10 - Talk to Me 9 - Oppenheimer 8 - They Cloned Tyrone 7 - BlackBerry 6 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 5 - Godzilla Minus One 4 - Mission: Impossible 7 - Dead Reckoning Part 1 3 - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 2 - Renfield 1 - The Boy and the Heron Honorable Mentions The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Evil Dead Rise, Wonka, Suzume, Asteroid City, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sound of Freedom, Air, Iron Claw, Gran Turismo, Sympathy for the Devil, Leo, Organ Trail, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Tunnel to Summer the Exit of Goodbyes, Anatomy of a Fall, The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, The Killer

[@aidanlastname0187]

Puss in Boots 2 came out in 2022

[@TheMusicMan1012]

@@aidanlastname0187 Technically yes, but it was the last week of 2022, I didn’t get a chance to see it til 2023, and I didn’t get to put it on my ‘best of’ for that year, so I put it here

[@ACEtheNME]

"the most times the word bro was used" Let me tell you about this guy named Vince Russo......

[@miertheicon]

Fantastically done! Looking forward to next year

[@distinguishedflyer]

Happy new year Sir! Always fun to see your best/worst lists; though your long 'worst-of' discussions are a favorite, I understand that events can intervene. Haven't quite decided on my own #1 pick, but am leaning towards yours. I'm a big Payne fan and this could be his best movie since Sideways. Interesting to see a big-budget, somewhat-mainstream release take the booby prize; it's been a long time since that's happened (since the last Die Hard film, to be exact). Cheers & best wishes to you.

[@gilly25th]

"Killers of the Flower Moon" was personally my favorite film of the year. I'm a big Scorsese fan, and was interested in the story all the way thru. "Iron Claw" was very gripping. Good list, Brad!

[@chasehedges6775]

Killers Of The Flower Moon looks awesome and Brad is awesome

[@TheWarmotor]

Iron Claw was gripping? I see what you did there, sly devil :)

[@brademge6638]

Good list. My top 10 favorite movies of the year are pretty similar. 10. Saw X 9. Talk to Me 8. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 7. Spider-Man:Across the Spider-Verse 6. Poor Things 5. Godzilla Minus One 4. Oppenheimer 3. Air 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 1. The Holdovers As far as worst, the only truly terrible movie I saw was Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey

[@joshuaperrin3910]

On the one hand, it sucks that both of these aren't their own separate lists. On the other hand, it's still pretty entertaining!

[@PapaTaurean]

Chavo Guerrero Jr, the wrestler who worked with the cast of the Iron Claw for the wrestling scenes, said Zac Effron really gave it his all and did the wrestling spots well. This is definitely my favorite movie of the year as I do know the story of the Von Erich family and the movie covers a good majority of the life and trials.

[@Dim4323]

Ohhhh chavo

[@trevorstockwell8290]

Sisu means guts and it was a fantastic action. It was a movie you could simply turn off your brain and enjoy a movie with minimal plot. The actor said he would be willing to make a sequel it was also shocking because he is in his early to mid 60s

[@jamesbednar8625]

Good video!! Out of 20 movies mentioned, had seen ONLY 3 of them: "Oppenheimer", "Godzilla", "Expendables 4". "Godzilla was the B-E-S-T.

[@Moredread25]

While I enjoy the longer discussions of your earlier best/worst lists, I prefer this shorter presentation.

[@knightnday10]

Thanks for the lists. You reminded me to go back and see those reviews and seek out some of these movies both good and bad. Have a great day!

[@blakepatterson7332]

The Holdovers is my absolute favorite. The best movie I have seen so far this decade.

[@jongon0848]

My personal Top 10 1. Radical 2. Oppenheimer 3. The Iron Claw 4. Past Lives 5. The Holdovers 6. Killers of the Flower Moon 7. May December 8. Across the Spider-Verse 9. American Fiction 10. Barbie

[@TheLoverboyz901]

My personal Top 10 of the year and my personal Bottom 3 of the year: 1. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 3. Barbie 4. Sisu/RRR 5. Thanksgiving 6. Godzilla Minus One 7. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 9. John Wick: Chapter 4 10. Renfield Bottom 3: 3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2. Napoleon 1. Expend4bles

[@keychainere]

TMNT was sooooo good!

[@yankeesgirl521]

I didn’t watch enough bad movies to make a worst list so here’s my best of list- 10. The Holdovers 9. Past Lives 8. Killers of the Flower Moon 7. Pathaan 6. All of Us Strangers 5. Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse 4. Oppenheimer 3. Barbie 2. Jawan 1. Sisu Honorable Mentions: •Godzilla Minus One •John Wick: Chapter 4 •Mountains •The Boy & the Heron •Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 •Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

[@TheMusicMan1012]

Nice throwback! I've been watching for long enough to remember this used to be how you presented your worst of the year. Only disagreement I have was I didn't think Nefarious was THAT bad.

[@sidallen3822]

Glad Children of the Corn got some love (speaking as that one guy who is weirdly invested in this franchise) - the ending of that movie is just... wow.

[@maxtriess884]

Love your best movie lists❤

[@coolnerdlll6053]

My favorite movie of the year was Across the Spider-Verse, which sits with Into as one of my all-time favorite films. My least favorite was Marvels, the only movie of the year that I outright hated.

[@DeltaDemon1]

Wow, the list of best movies has many surprising entries. Not because I thought any of them would be bad but because I thought many of them would not be THAT good.

[@mitchlacasse361]

I was out of the country when the Holdovers was in theaters and it was already gone by the time I got back. I was a sad panda, I really wanted to see it

[@nicksoapdish157]

For some reason, just like the late great Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, I always enjoyed listening to the worst of movies of the year, way more than the best of movies of the year. Well done Cinema Snob.

[@SIGHBOY6]

lmao i skipped ahead toward the middle and thought the "worst of" movies were still in the "best of" section so I thought he was talking about Children of the Corn being one of the best of the year LOL

[@1997residente]

Dominic Sessa has a face that says "I worked with Robert Altman, William Friedkin, Paul Mazursky, Sidney Lumet and Hal Ashby" Like, it screams "New Hollywood"

[@heilzorak64]

He looks a little bit like Bud Court

[@JAFOpty]

I completely forgot about that Mission Impossible movie ... something about a key or something?

[@dudesk099]

Sisu definitely made the top 10 for me. I had not even realized that Blackberry movie existed, will definitely have to check it out

[@katashworth41]

Dead Reckoning was one of the most fun things I saw at the pictures last year. The time flew by.

[@MrKaywyn]

Truly wonderful.

[@julesrules7297]

The Boy and the Heron really moved me, but I have several more I want to see on your list.

[@polreamonn]

When Evil Lurks. I can't believe they went where they did in this film, but I'm really glad they did.

[@ToHoldNothing]

I'd vaguely heard about Knights of the Zodiac as a manga and anime, but the fact that it got a terrible live action adaptation may only be good in that it gives Viz Media more money to sell the original series

[@Brejan]

A bit of a shame you didn't do the worst films list with Doug this year, I really liked that format.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I'm glad he got kicked to the curb. His worst list being entirely made up of blockbusters was getting obnoxious, especially when most of them weren't that bad.

[@trevorstockwell8290]

Paul Is also a joy to watch

[@JOEMACHIN3030]

Holy shit, I litterally just asked about this!! Thanks Brad!!

[@britsaunders2151]

I would have to say Talk To Me and Meet Cute surprised me the most last year. For talk to me, I thought I was walking into another horror movie to put on on the background and for meet cute, I thought it was gonna be a silly rom-com. Both had a lot more depth and entertainment value than I expected.

[@nickr817]

I honestly would have done Sisu over mission impossible. The action was great but they did quite a bit of paint by numbers. I knew way in advance that **small spoiler alert** someone specific was going to die. Plus that train scene at the end? What a rip off of uncharted 2.

[@lisandro1983]

Thanks for putting in the work and watching movies I never even heard of. I can see why they all made your worst list. 😂

[@stephenatwood241]

Finally getting around to 'Godzilla Minus One' tomorrow as 'Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color' is finally leaving the movie theaters this week.

[@krisherdown]

I love how, even in a year where you were obviously occupied with real life, you still gave two lists with movies that no one else would find.

[@vanillabeans32087]

omg, please one day do jingle smells on the cinema snob 😄

[@EmberMcLain87]

apparently for 2023 i only saw 3 films in total. renfield, thanksgiving, and the strays. well worst easily went to the strays, and honestly forgot i even watched it till i looked up my letterbox account. positive was i watched it for free at my gym in the cinema room while working out. as for the other 2 well i loved the heck out of renfield, but heck if i remember a thing about it outside hammy nick cage. thanksgiving was a fun movie with some innovative deaths, but from when the killer gets revealed and his motive *seriously i was rolling my eyes on the reveal* to the end it just became so cheesy. still want to see the sequel to see if old Eli can one up himself.

[@JRsGAM]

Godzilla Minus One is best film of 2023.

[@SlaserX]

Jingle Smells sounds like an INCREDIBLE movie

[@johnrawten197]

Social media has ruined some movies that I would probably like BUT finding out what huge douchebags most of the "stars" are is rough. M.R. the biggest one of all.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Godzilla minus one was a delight

[@disconnected22]

Somebody gave Brad a coat for Christmas

[@DarkVaati13]

Best 10: 10: DnD Movie 9: Film: The Living Record of Our Memory 8: Oppenheimer 7: Anatomy of a Fall 6: Asteroid City 5: Eileen 4: Past Lives 3: Iron Claw 2: Blackberry 1: Godzilla Minus One Worst 10 10: Indy 5 9: Little Mermaid remake 8: Equalizer 3 7: Quicksand 6: Exorcist Believer 5: What's Love Got to do With It? 4: Dicks the Musical 3: Flash 2: Dream Scenario 1: Beau is Afraid

[@louisduarte8763]

3:24 It's a comedy? Doesn't the Academy usually snub those? Yeah, I saw OPPENHEIMER in IMAX. I was pinned to my sit by the sound of the Trinity test explosion! And I saw it less than a week before BARBIE. So Godzilla Minus One does something the Legendary ones don't: make the human characters interesting enough to care about!

[@graemeboast6765]

My top 10 favourite films uv 2023 #10 - The Super Mario Bros Movie #9 - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts #8 - Oppenheimer #7 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 #6 - Creed III #5 - The First Slam Dunk #4 - John Wick: Chapter 4 #3 - Godzilla Minus One #2 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse #1 - The Boy & the Heron

[@alcheman12]

I like the change of format for this year

[@bensneb360]

Nice list… My Top 10 Favorite Films of 2023 are… 10. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 9. The Iron Claw 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 7. Killers of the Flower Moon 6. The Holdovers 5. Godzilla Minus One 4. John Wick Chapter 4 3. Air 2. Bottoms 1. Oppenheimer Honorable mentions: Evil Dead Rises, Astroid City, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Scream VI, Still: A Michael J Fox Documentary, Thanksgiving, & The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

[@dalemcmillen5065]

I'm so glad that Brad does these on his own. We don't need Doug Walker and anyone else to review movies and stuff. I've watched Brad now for over 10 years. And to this day I love his comedic style And his personality he's a very humble dude that has made a lot of dark days a little brighter thank you brad and hope you know your humor and charisma is top notch . Being a 44 year old recovering addict rock musician that does Tarot readings online from ky..it was you that gave me an idea to start a tarot you tube channel. For my appreciation to you man, i wanna invite you to a personal Tarot and Oracle read on the house. Southpaw tarot and Oracle

[@Jadguy24]

I actually like Nefarious, not in my top 10 but definitely not in my bottom 10 either

[@davidl570]

Glad I'm not alone! I think it's a really good thriller! Don't get why Brad didn't like it.

[@torloni13]

Good to see Snob's love for Hercules.....

[@jasa4079]

It may just be me, but Suzume isn't talked about enough for last year.

[@nicksoapdish157]

I had a gut feeling Brad was going to have at least three religious movies as his worst movies and bonus points for at least one of them starring Kevin Sorbo. Another Bonus, I also hated "Knights of the Zodiac" too.

[@Jonas-lj8ul]

Christ! Cliff looks like Norm now?

[@Schneekardinal]

My best film of 2023: Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges)

[@akshaytrayner1960]

I love holdovers

[@darkcornersuk]

My favourite film of 2023 was saltburn

[@jimmyl324]

The Holdovers is a excellent

[@TheRaven361]

@Stoned Gremlin Productions just curious wats the theme song u use for your reviews with the lyrics i am watching my video ? i wanna find that song! been a fan since 2011 thank u for all your work

[@others1455]

Here's hoping some of the worst movies get made into Snob episodes, in particular, the Children of the Corn movie or the Left Behind one.

[@Gorgutsforcongress]

You know it's a bad year when milk toast efforts like The Holdovers is your favourite movie of the year.

[@thomaslynch5313]

LOL fuck it I'm in the mood to hear some dogshit takes from people that use made up words. So what made The Holdovers "milk-toast" according to you?

[@gstone8255]

I LOVED Poor Things ❤️❤️❤️❗️👏👏❤️

[@Gorgutsforcongress]

Snob's slow transformation into Chris Stuckman is almost complete. 😢

[@TheOneFreakservo]

Jeez this annual recap isn't the same without at least one of the Walkers on the couch...

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Hell with them. At least Brad sees enough movies in a year to make these lists. The Walkers just scrape the bottom of the barrel.

[@Real3doPlayer]

My wife and I have been getting into Indian films for the last 2 years. Pathan rules but did you see Jawan or Dunki? Some of SRK’s best work and this was his comeback year. Great time to be a fan

[@GenoX1987]

Surprised John Wick 4 was not on your list. It was definitely my favourite of the year.

[@KyleRobots]

Yeah, I started getting vague Force Tremors of Knights of the Zodiac like I did with Power Rangers a few years ago, but cranked up. Like the Power Rangers movie was 'A presence I haven't felt since...' vs Knights being 'Billions of voices crying out at once...' I wonder, do the Satanists in the movie realize that, really, in order to have it be the ULTIMATE sacrifice, you'd have to raise Jesus to be good and holy? Like it'd be funny, summon Satan, prepare the sacrifice, and clone Jesus is acting like Kevin Sorbo and Satan k!lls the cult like 'You wasted my time with THIS asshole?'

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

6:10 I just found out Paul Giamatti has a paranormal podcast.

[@sirhscorpio]

Blackberry 👌 Godzilla and AIR didn't see yet but I want and gonna do

[@darrenlaw1620]

Thanks. Just thanks.

[@bridgettelair370]

My favs this year (no particular order): Sisu Suzume Spiderverse Poor Things TMNT Mutant Mayhem The Holdovers Haunting in Venice Barbie Dungeons & Dragons Violent Night I really wanted to see Bottoms but missed it in theaters :( The worst movies I saw in theaters in 23 would be Magic Mike, The Little Mermaid, and Big Fat Greek 3, though to be fair I had no interest in seeing any of them to begin with but was dragged to see them by other people.

[@feeble_goblin3764]

If you got a letterbox that be pretty cool

[@TheWarmotor]

Killers of the Flower Moon wasn't released in 2023?

[@oklaclarinet]

On my list of over 100 movies from 2023 I saw, Infinity Pool is in my five worst list.

[@Mr_1Ballwhale]

I loved Mission Impossible sadly it didn't do great

[@BoshidoF7]

You got halfway thru the Knights of The Zodiac before I realized it’s supposed to be adapting Saint Seiya. What in the actual fuck

[@KingKool2099]

We have five things in common on our best list... and not a single movie in common on my worst list. I need to see worse movies.

[@crazedlink]

Wish was really bad.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

It wasn't that bad. The only real weak point was the writing, but even then it wasn't Home on the Range bad.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@coolnerdlll6053 Nah, it was bad, and Home On The Range sucked as well. Both movies are terrible

[@coolnerdlll6053]

​@@chasehedges6775 You're entitled to your opinion. I happen to disagree. Let's leave it at that.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@coolnerdlll6053 Fair enough

[@ToHoldNothing]

The Devil Conspiracy almost feels like it took some ideas from the final evil plot of the villain in a series that had at least 2 anime seasons, Qwaser of Stigmata. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ They want to, as I recall, take what is a copy of Jesus' soul that's in an artifact and put it into a clone they'll make and then, because Jesus' powers are essentially global scale manipulation of Iron, enhanced by a substance called Soma that is produced by women partnered with the Qwasers (manipulators of elements like Iron on the periodic table), who, no joke, drink it from their breasts like Jesus nursed on Mary as a baby. And the ultimate goal is to cause a polar shift and basically kill everyone on the planet

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

Fun lists! Best movie I saw in 2023: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Worst movie I saw in 2023: BEAU IS AFRAID 2023 movies I have extremely mixed feelings on: OPPENHEIMER and THE FLASH

[@tintinismybelgian]

The Flash was not as bad as some people made it out to be. I found it to be more enjoyable than Shazam 2.

[@egads3696]

I thought Beau was great.couldnt get thru flowers, read the wiki and depressed me too much

[@heilzorak64]

I liked Beau way more than Killers but both films were just sanctimonious.

[@egads3696]

@@heilzorak64 i couldn't say that about beau, i dont think it was trying to grab any awards.

[@crithon]

well, 2023 is in the books

[@chasehedges6775]

True.

[@chasehedges6775]

Definitely putting a check on that

[@danielvandersall6756]

"Somebody's going to fall off something! Someone's going to be seriously hurt!" Describes Tom Cruise in every one of these movies.

[@terryotoole3265]

I miss when you did these with another reviewer.I understand your current restraints, but I still miss the back & forth between you & another

[@gstone8255]

I hope Poor get a physical media release in my country.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Air was really good shame it went to Amazon prime

[@firefly4f4]

I actually saw three movies this year i thought were WORSE than Knights of the Zodiac, although I'm pretty sure you'll disagree with my pick for the worst. Yes, I did see KotZ, and the effects are so bad I honestly thought it was animated The Spirits Within style until I got home. Just this awful CG filter over everything. I just honestly was more pissed off by the following three. #3. Zombie Town Based on an RL Stine book, a plot point involves the lead being afraid to pee outside, and not because of the zombies. Has both Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, with a post credit bit where Dan says a quick thanks to the crew and just hightails it off set leaving Chevy just looking confused. 2. Meg 2: The Trench Shocked this wasn't on your list. Completely unbelievable, especially so shortly after Titan. The first was decent, but this was just awful and contrived. 1. 65 They not only made Kylo Ren fighting dinosaurs boring, but somehow made a worse version of After Earth by removing the colour and unintentional humour. What was the point of setting this in our past on Earth when it had absolutely no impact on the plot?