Top 7 most popular movies of 2023 according to IMDb

7. "Five Nights at Freddy's"

• 2023
• USA
• Horror, drama
• Director: Emma Tammi
• Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson
• IMDb Rating: 5.5

Security guard Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) works nights at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. To entertain visitors there are robots in animal costumes: a bear, a rabbit, a fox, a chicken. As night falls, they come to life and turn into crazed killers, playing cat and mouse with the locked Mike.

It's a movie adaptation of the popular horror game about a pizzeria security guard who must work five night shifts and not get caught by bloodthirsty animatronics.

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6. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"

• 2023
• USA, Japan
• Animation, fantasy, adventure, comedy
• Directors: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
• Starring: Chris Pett, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key
• IMDb Rating: 7.1

Brothers Mario (Chris Pett) and Luigi (Charlie Day) start working as plumbers in New York City. One day there is a flood in the city. The brothers head to the sewers to fix the cause of the accident — but instead find a mysterious green pipe. It sucks them into the magical Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi is captured by the treacherous Bowser (Jack Black). Mario will have to team up with the locals to rescue his brother.

"Like a breath of fresh air, amidst the latest trend of all sorts of novels, etc. Simple characters, understandable villain. All awesome!!!" — workglpr.

"Freaky cartoon! Lots of details, looks easy and interesting, no drawn out scenes, enough humor! Definitely one of the best game adaptations", — karaspunk.

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5. "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. Marquis (Bill Skarsgard) takes on the task of dealing with the fugitive. He hires a blind assassin named Caine (Donnie Yen), who was once a close friend of John's, to eliminate Wick. The assassin wants to turn down the job, but the 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". A sequel was announced back in the summer of 2020, but Chad Stahelski dropped the idea due to a request from Keanu Reeves, who had doubts about the need to continue the franchise.

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4. "The Little Mermaid"

• 2023
• USA
• Fantasy, melodrama, musical
• Director: Rob Marshall
• Starring: Holly Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Noma Dumezweni
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

The Little Mermaid Ariel (Holly Bailey) lives in an underwater kingdom with her sisters and her father Triton (Javier Bardem), the mighty lord of the oceans. One day, The Little Mermaid saves a prince (Jonah Hauer-King) from death and falls in love with him. The girl realizes that under the existing circumstances, they cannot be together. So she turns for help to the evil underwater sorceress Ursula (Melissa McCarthy), who promises to turn her into a human, but in return demands that she give up her extraordinary voice. Furthermore, if the prince doesn't fall in love with Ariel and kiss her within three days, she will fall under the witch's power forever.

This is a remake of the 1989 Disney animated movie "The Little Mermaid", based on the fairy tale by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Some viewers had questions about the casting of the lead role, causing the film to be bombarded with criticism. Nevertheless, movie critics praised the picture for the visual effects, quality work of the operator, and an excellent cast. Many especially liked the performance of Holly Bailey as Ariel and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.

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3. "Guardians of the Galaxy. Part 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

The Guardians are barely settled on the planet Oblivion when they are attacked by Adam Warlock (Will Poulter), the son of the Sovereign's ruler. They manage to defeat the villain, but Warlock manages to seriously wound Rocket (Bradley Cooper). The heroes cannot help the raccoon on their own because of his altered DNA: if they try, Rocket will die. The heroes then decide to go to the headquarters of the Orgocorp corporation. The guards hope to find there a code that can crack the DNA settings of a friend. There they will have to get acquainted with Rocket's past.

"I wonder if Marvel will ever have another movie of this quality? Just incredible emotions from watching it, two hours flew by like 15 minutes. Respect to Gunn, a worthy conclusion to the trilogy", — kiprian_zhurov.

"The movie is wonderful) gives a lot of different emotions. Deep plot, appropriate humor, gorgeous picture) and laugh, and cry, and think) the time for viewing flew by)", — Tesora.

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2. "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 Barbieland, the dolls have fun, dance, vacation and fall in love every day. One day, something strange starts happening to one Barbie (Margot Robbie): her body changes and thoughts of death pop up in her head. Eventually, it turns out that there is a gap between her world and the real one. To fix the situation, the doll needs to go to Los Angeles, to the world of real people. On the journey, Barbie is accompanied by Ken (Ryan Gosling), who doesn't want to let her go alone.

"Barbie" became the leader in the number of nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, thus overtaking "Oppenheimer". The comedy about the doll is up for nine prizes, while the drama about the creator of a nuclear bomb is up for eight.

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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

The movie depicts the life and work of the brilliant theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). During World War II, he headed the Manhattan Project and, along with a group of scientists, developed the atomic bomb for the United States. Members of the project took part in assembling the weapons of mass destruction that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"Oppenheimer" became the highest-grossing biography movie in history. It overtook Bryan Singer's "Bohemian Rhapsody" about Freddie Mercury and earned $912 million.

"Incredibly cool movie! What pleased me most of all was the rich cast in this movie. And Murphy is above and beyond praise. I think he did a very cool job with this role", — christiina_june.

"You know, it's that rare moment when you expect something big from a movie, but you get twice as much. Awesome movie, awesome cast and awesome soundtracks", — fearlesspotato.

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