Top 7 most popular movies of 2023

7. "Jeanne du Barry"

• 2023
• France
• History, biography, drama
• Director: Maïwenn
• Starring: Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavergne, Melvil Poupaud, Robin Renucci
• IMDb Rating: 6.7

Courtesan Jeanne Vaubernier (Maïwenn) lives in mid-18th century France. The girl's regular client Count Guillaume (Melvil Poupaud) takes her as his wife. Thanks to her marriage, she enters the highest aristocratic circle and meets French King Louis XV (Johnny Depp). Their passionate affair leads to the fact that the former courtesan becomes the official favorite of the monarch and receives almost unlimited political influence.

The movie is largely based on real historical events. It was the opening film of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Louis XV is Johnny Depp's first big role in three years since his scandalous trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard.

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6. "Barbie"

• 2023
• USA, UK
• Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
• Director: Greta Gerwig
• Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Kate McKinnon
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

In the doll town of Barbieland, dolls lead perfect lives. One day everything changes in the life of one of them. Barbie (Margot Robbie) begins to have thoughts of death, cellulite on her thighs and bad breath. The doll figures out that it has to do with her real world mistress. Barbie goes there, along with her suitor Ken (Ryan Gosling), to set things right.

"Barbie" was released in the world box office on July 21, 2023 and in just three weeks managed to collect more than a billion dollars, thus setting a new movie record. The picture could have become the highest-grossing movie of the year, if not for "Oppenheimer", which was released on the same day.

"The movie is gorgeous, met all expectations and even more. I had time to laugh and cry, to feel joy and pride in being a woman and to feel female unity. We all have common problems and if we don't fight with each other, don't quarrel over trifles and don't let ourselves be pushed around, we can overcome everything", — adeline666.

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5. "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves"

• 2023
• USA, Canada
• Fantasy, action, comedy
• Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein
• Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Chloe Coleman
• IMDb Rating: 7.3

The widowed bard Elgin (Chris Pine) together with the barbarian Holga (Michelle Rodriguez) escape from prison, where they have been for two years. On the outside the hero has a daughter Kira (Chloe Coleman), who all this time was under the care of Elgin's former accomplice named Fudge (Hugh Grant). The latter has already managed to become Lord Neverwinter and is in no hurry to return his daughter to her father, as he has feelings for her. Elgin needs to gather a team to rescue Kira, and at the same time to rob the treasury of the city. After all, as the robbers know, there is an artifact that can resurrect the dead.

The movie was based on the legendary board game Dungeons & Dragons. Critics and viewers (and even fans) met the film very warmly, noting the quality of humor in the film.

"A good light adventure movie ala New Jumanji. Feels like really playing a board game. In places good and appropriate situational jokes. At the same time there is a childlike naivety and no vulgarity", — Abror_X.

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4. "Guy Ritchie's The Covenant"

• 2023
• UK, Spain, USA
• Action, Thriller, Military, History, Drama
• Director: Guy Ritchie
• Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Jonny Lee Miller, Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

2018, Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) leads a team searching for clandestine weapons factories. On another mission, almost the entire team is killed, with only interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim) and a badly wounded Kinley surviving. Risking his life, the interpreter brings the commander to the camp, after which he is sent home. Ahmed remains in Afghanistan, where he faces death. Kinley decides to do his duty: he goes back into the middle of nowhere to get the interpreter out.

This is the most atypical picture of Guy Ritchie's career. In the film there is no trademark black humor, long witty dialogues, and crazy crimes.

"It was easy to watch and interesting. Although admittedly, I expected a little different from Guy Ritchie, his style, still loved it on criminal and funny movies. But I recommend this picture", — LUXEON.

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3. "John Wick: Chapter 4"

• 2023
• USA, Germany
• Action, Thriller, Crime
• Director: Chad Stahelski
• Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Shamir Anderson, Ian McShane
• IMDb Rating: 7.7

After the events of the previous installments, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is still being hunted by the High Table. A member of the apparatus, Marquis (Bill Skarsgard), decides to eliminate the fugitive. He hires a blind assassin named Cain (Donnie Yen), who was once a close friend of John's, to eliminate Wick. The guy wants to turn down the job, but High Table threatens his daughter.

The ending of the movie has been left open, it is also still unknown if there will be a fifth installment of "John Wick". The sequel was announced back in the summer of 2020 and was planned to be shot at the same time as the fourth film, but the idea was abandoned by Chad Stahelski due to a request from Keanu Reeves, who had doubts about the need to continue the franchise.

"'John Wick 4' was certainly the most outstanding of all the versions. The movie is similar to the previous versions, it also has a little bit of dialog and various chatter, more action, action, dynamics if you want - in general, all three hours of viewing is a particular "mess" in this he probably became the most distinguished from its previous versions. Fans should definitely watch it", — DenisMikheev.

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2. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"

• 2023
• USA, New Zealand, France, Canada
• Fantasy, action, comedy, adventure
• Director: James Gunn
• Starring: Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Batista, Zoe Saldana, Will Poulter, Chukwudi Iwuji
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

On the planet Oblivion, where the Guardians have settled, Adam Warlock (Will Poulter), a super-strong humanoid from the Sovereign race, attacks. He severely injures Rocket (Bradley Cooper). The heroes try to save their friend, but they can't because the raccoon has a chip hidden inside him that prevents medical manipulation. To save Rocket, the Guardians will have to steal the codes to the chip from a genetic scientist nicknamed the Superior Evolutionist (Chukwudi Iwuji).

This is the latest installment of Guardians of the Galaxy to be directed by James Gunn: he now runs the DC movie studio. The director managed to come up with the perfect ending for the characters: somewhere it is very touching, and somewhere — even sad.

"James Gunn should direct all Marvel movies, because this turned out gorgeous. Not a movie, but an emotional swing, appropriate humor, great action, musical accompaniment - everything is on the level. A worthy conclusion to the trilogy. One of the few Marvel movies in 4-5 phases that one wants to revisit", — gkalian.

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1. "Oppenheimer"

• 2023
• USA, UK
• Biography, Drama, History
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh
• IMDb Rating: 8.5

During World War II, when the U.S. received information about Germany's nuclear developments, physicist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) headed the U.S. program to develop the atomic bomb. In the summer of 1945 he supervised the first test of the most terrible weapon, which was soon used twice on the territory of Japan. The movie shows some important moments of the biography of the great Robert Oppenheimer: becoming a physicist and teacher, work on nuclear weapons, family life, political hearings, because of which he was deprived of the opportunity to work on classified projects for the rest of his life.

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