Must See 2023 Films

Movies I'm looking forward to this year in no particular order. I will update them with a letter grade once I've seen them.

Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse
The Marvels
Antman: Quantamania (C)
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Oppenheimer
Next Goal Wins
When You Finish Saving The World (B-)
Barbie
Cocaine Bear
M3gan (B-)
Dune: Part 2
Beau is Afraid
Infinity Pool (B+)
MaXXXine
Kraven The Hunter
Asteroid City
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Killer
Past Lives
Magazine Dreams
Judy Blume Forever


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