Year-End Lists

Erika Balsom: Best Films of 2023, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. The Human Surge 3
   Eduardo Williams
2. Trenque Lauquen
   Laura Citarella
3. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
   Radu Jude
4. Youth (Spring)
   Wang Bing
5. Orlando, My Political Biography
   Paul B. Preciado
6. The Shadowless Tower
   Zhang Lü
7. Last Summer
   Catherine Breillat
8. Allensworth
   James Benning
9. A Prince
   Pierre Creton
10. Mambar Pierrette
    Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2023

Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Window
   Ratboys
2. Maps
   Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
3. The Enduring Spirit
   Tomb Mold
4. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
   Armand Hammer
5. Javelin
   Sufjan Stevens
6. Cartwheel
   Hotline TNT
7. Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
   Yves Tumor
8. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
   Mitski
9. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
10. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
    Anohni and the Johnsons
11. Nature Morte
    Big Brave
12. Lucky for You
    Bully
13. I've Seen a Way
    Mandy, Indiana
14. Raven
    Kelela
15. That! Feels Good!
    Jessie Ware
16. Half Eaten By Dogs
    The Serfs
17. Good Luck
    Debby Friday
18. Voir Dire
    Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist
19. Vidrio
    Titanic
20. Only Constant
    Gel
21. Perfect Saviors
    The Armed
22. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
23. I Killed Your Dog
    L'Rain
24. With A Hammer
    yaeji
25. everything is alive
    Slowdive
26. Radical Romantics
    Fever Ray
27. Protect Your Light
    Irreversible Entanglements
28. Fuse
    Everything but the Girl
29. Good Living Is Coming For You
    Sweeping Promises
30. Life Under the Gun
    Militarie Gun
31. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
32. Post-American
    MSPAINT
33. The Lamb as Effigy
    Sprain
34. Weathervanes
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
35. Perspective
    Jlin
36. Gentle Confrontation
    Loraine James
37. Saved!
    Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter
38. One Day
    Fucked Up
39. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
40. This Stupid World
    Yo La Tengo
41. Desolation's Flower
    Ragana
42. Spiritual Cramp
    Spiritual Cramp
43. Shook
    Algiers
44. The Loveliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
45. Furling
    Meg Baird
46. This Is Why
    Paramore
47. Marzipan
    Charif Megarbane
48. Hellmode
    Jeff Rosenstock
49. Love in Exile
    Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily
50. Agriculture
    Agriculture

Dana Stevens: The 10 Best Movies of 2023, as published by Slate, in alphabetical order

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• Anatomy of a Fall
  Justine Triet
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  Kelly Fremon Craig
• Barbie
  Greta Gerwig
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
  Frederick Wiseman
• Theater Camp
  Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
• Tótem
  Lila Avilés
• You Hurt My Feelings
  Nicole Holofcener
• The Zone of Interest
  Jonathan Glazer

Runners-up

• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
  Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
• Fallen Leaves
  Aki Kaurismäki
• M3GAN
  Gerard Johnstone
• Reality
  Tina Satter
• Stop Making Sense
  Jonathan Demme

Mashable: The Best Podcasts of 2023

1. Ghosts In The Burbs
2. Maintenance Phase
3. Trump's Trials
4. Embedded: All The Only Ones
5. Heaven Bent
6. Infamous
7. Scamanda
8. Long Shadow: Rise of the American Far Right
9. Holy Week
10. Flipping the Bird: Elon vs. Twitter
11. High Strange

Inkoo Kang: The Best TV Shows of 2023, as published by The New Yorker in alphabetical order

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2015 • 2014]

• Barry
• Beef
• The Curse
• Dead Ringers
• Fellow Travelers
• Reservation Dogs
• Scavengers Reign
• Somebody Somewhere
• Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
• Succession

Honorable Mentions

• This Fool
• The Other Two
• The Last of Us
• Wrestlers
• Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets
• Dear Mama

Carl Wilson: The 12 Best Albums of 2023, as published by Slate, alphabetical by artist

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

• Love in Exile
  Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily
• the record
  boygenius
• Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
  Jaimie Branch
• Fuse
  Everything but the Girl
• Scaring the Hoes
  JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
• See That Girl 1979-2000
  Kirsty MacColl
• Lucky
  Megan Moroney
• All Of This Is Chance
  Lisa O'Neill
• Get Up
  NewJeans
• Rabbit Rabbit
  Speedy Ortiz
• Guts
  Olivia Rodrigo
• Rat Saw God
  Wednesday

Two Dozen Runners-Up (alphabetical by artist)

• Abstract Concrete
  Abstract Concrete
• Fountain Baby
  Amaarae
• Catching Ghosts
  Peter Brötzmann / Majid Bekkas / Hamid Drake
• Rare Birds: Hour of Song
  The Bug Club
• Crazymad, for Me
  CMAT
• Could Have Done Anything
  Charlotte Cornfield
• Workin' on a World
  Iris DeMent
• Echo the Diamond
  Margaret Glaspy
• Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
  Kara Jackson
• Madres
  Sofia Kourtesis
• Eye Of I
  James Brandon Lewis
• For Mahalia, With Love
  James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet
• The Devil I Know
  Ashley McBryde
• Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles
  Brad Mehldau
• Jenny from Thebes
  The Mountain Goats
• The Omnichord Real Book
  Meshell Ndegeocello
• Erotic Probiotic 2
  Nourished By Time
• Trouble On Big Beat Street
  Pere Ubu
• Mélusine
  Cécile McLorin Salvant
• Hood Hottest Princess
  Sexyy Red
• Live in Brooklyn 2011
  Sonic Youth
• SOS
  SZA
• Time Ain't Accidental
  Jess Williamson
• Heavy Heavy
  Young Fathers
• Maps
  Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

Mara Reinstein: Best Movies of 2023, as published by Us Weekly

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Barbie
   Greta Gerwig
2. Maestro
   Bradley Cooper
3. American Fiction
   Cord Jefferson
4. Air
   Ben Affleck
5. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
6. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
7. The Holdovers
   Alexander Payne
8. Past Lives
   Celine Song
9. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
10. May December
    Todd Haynes
11. Fair Play
    Chloe Domont
12. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
    Kelly Fremon Craig
13. The Burial
    Maggie Betts
14. Killers of the Flower Moon
    Martin Scorsese
15. Dream Scenario
    Kristoffer Borgli
16. You Hurt My Feelings
    Nicole Holofcener
17. Nyad
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
18. Priscilla
    Sofia Coppola
19. Dumb Money
    Craig Gillespie
20. M3GAN
    Gerard Johnstone

Slate: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

The Top 10

• Succession
• How To with John Wilson
• Reservation Dogs
• The Bear
• Poker Face
• The Righteous Gemstones
• I'm a Virgo
• Telemarketers
• The Last of Us
• Beef

Honorable Mentions

• Mask Girl
• The Curse
• Happy Valley
• Jury Duty
• The Other Two
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• Barry

Slant Magazine: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Barry
• The Bear
• Beef
• The Curse
• Dead Ringers
• Fleishman Is in Trouble
• The Great
• I'm a Virgo
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• The Last of Us
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Party Down
• Pluto
• Poker Face
• Reservation Dogs
• Scavengers Reign
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Succession
• Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
• Warrior

Owen Gleiberman: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by Variety

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

1. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
2. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
3. Ferrari
   Michael Mann
4. Maestro
   Bradley Cooper
5. Past Lives
   Celine Song
6. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
   Guy Ritchie
7. Little Richard: I Am Everything
   Lisa Cortés
8. May December
   Todd Haynes
9. Fair Play
   Chloe Domont
10. The Zone of Interest
    Jonathan Glazer