Over 350 lists were gathered for our annual readers’ poll. I want thank everyone who participated. This was a lot of fun to work on.
I’m not surprised by the top two (Nolan and Scorsese), which might mirror my own list, but you’re all major ‘Holdovers’ fans. You also have massive love for Ari Aster’s polarizing “Beau is Afraid.” Check out “Dream Scenario” at #14 — I didn’t expect that.
Obviously, some films have only been in theaters for a few weeks, so titles like “Poor Things” (#6) and “The Iron Claw” (#15) would have most likely fared better if I had waited a few weeks to conduct the poll.
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” did not do as well as I expected, it finished 23rd. When compared to the critics’ tally — it’s currently the fifth most listed film of 2023 — it’s quite clear that our readers don’t share the same amount of love for Gerwig’s film as critics do.
Results —
1) Oppenheimer (81 votes)
2) Killers of the Flower Moon (68)
3) The Holdovers (58)
4) Anatomy of A Fall (53)
5) May December (49)
6) Poor Things (48)
7) Past Lives (47)
8) The Boy and the Heron (42)
9) Beau is Afraid (41)
10) The Zone of Interest (39)
11) The Killer (31)
12) Asteroid City (30)
13) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (29)
14) Dream Scenario (27)
15) The Iron Claw (23)
16) Maestro (23)
17) How to Blowup A Pipeline (21)
18) Fallen Leaves (21)
19) All Of Us Strangers (19)
20) Saltburn (19)
21) Godzilla Minus One (18)
22) As Bestas (16)
23) Barbie (16)
24) Passages (16)
25) Pacifiction (15)
26) Perfect Days (14)
27) Blackberry (14)
28) Talk to Me (14)
29) John Wick 4 (12)
30) The Taste of Things (11)