# The Guardian's best films of 2023

The top 15 of the Guardian's 50 best films of 2023 (US release list), led by Celine Song's Past Lives.

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## Top 15

1. **Past Lives** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — No. 1. Directed by Celine Song.
2. **The Holdovers** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — No. 4. Directed by Alexander Payne.
3. **Killers of the Flower Moon** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — No. 2. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
4. **The Zone of Interest** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — No. 3. Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
5. **All of Us Strangers** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — No. 5. Directed by Andrew Haigh.
6. **Maestro** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — No. 13. Directed by Bradley Cooper.
7. **20 Days in Mariupol** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No. 6. Directed by Mstyslav Chernov.
8. **Poor Things** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No. 7. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
9. **Amanda** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — No. 15. Directed by Carolina Cavalli.
10. **The Eight Mountains** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 12. Directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch.
11. **Alcarràs** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 14. Directed by Carla Simón.
12. **The Boy and the Heron** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 8. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
13. **Anatomy of a Fall** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 10. Directed by Justine Triet.
14. **Showing Up** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 11. Directed by Kelly Reichardt.
15. **Godland** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — No. 9. Directed by Hlynur Pálmason.

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