The 23 Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

Get ready for a year filled with captivating and diverse films! We have put together a comprehensive list of the most highly anticipated productions of 2023. From late 2022 releases to standout films of the year, let's take a look at this impressive lineup together. Keep reading to discover what's in store for movie lovers this year...

1. Violent Night

Summary: When a group of mercenaries attacks a rich family's mansion, Santa Claus steps in to save the day.

Starring: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo

Director: Tommy Wirkola

2. Chatterley Lady's Lover

Summary: A passionate affair begins between an aristocratic woman who has an unhappy marriage and the guard of her provincial house.

Starring: Emma Corrin, Jack O'Connell, Matthew Duckett

Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

3. Darby and the Dead

Summary: The film is about Darby Harper, who gained the ability to see ghosts after having a fatal experience in his childhood.

Starring: Riele Downs, Auli'i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs

Director: Silas Howard

4. Emancipation

Summary: A slave embarks on a winding journey through the swamps of Louisiana to escape from the plantation owners, who almost killed him with tortures.

Starring: Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa

Director: Antoine Fuqua

5. The Whale

Summary: An English teacher struggling with obesity tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter, whom he has not met.

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins

Director: Darren Aronofsky

6. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Summary: The hope-filled wish of a father living in Italy magically gives life to a wooden puppet and adopts the puppet as his son.

Starring: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann

Director: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson

7. Matilda the Musical

Summary: In the adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl armed with a sharp wit and a vivid imagination.

Starring: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch

Director: Matthew Warchus

8. Avatar: The Way of Water

Summary: When a familiar threat returns to finish the job he started earlier, Jake has to work with the Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver

Director: James Cameron

9. Babylon

Summary: The film, which is the story of a gigantic ambition and extremism, traces the rise and fall of many characters during the period of unbridled collapse of Hollywood.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart

Director: Damien Chazelle

10. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Summary: A film that traces the journey of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female vocalists of all time, from unknown aspects to her music career.

Starring: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders

Director: Kasi Lemmons

11. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Summary: The famous detective Benoit Blanc goes to Greece for his last case.

Starring: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson

Director: Rian Johnson

12. A Man Called Otto

Summary: Otto is a grumpy person who is embittered in life after losing his wife and wants to put an end to everything. When a young family moves to the neighborhood where he lives, he meets the quick-witted Marisol and starts a friendship that will change his world.

Starring: Tom Hanks, John Higgins, Tony Bingham

Director: Marc Forster

13. Alice, Darling

Summary: A young woman trapped in a violent relationship wants to be saved by her two closest friends.

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick

Director: Mary Nighy

14. The Pale Blue Eye

Summary: A detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point military student, but one of the students is assigned to help solve the case, stunned by the other students' code of silence: a young man whom the world will know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Starring: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Simon McBurney

Director: Scott Cooper

15. The Old Way

Summary: An elderly gunman is forced to face the consequences of his past when the son of a man he killed many years ago arrives to take revenge.

Starring: Phillip Aguirre, Nicolas Cage, Dean Armstrong

Director: Brett Donowho

16. M3GAN

Summary: A robotics engineer working at a toy company designs a lifelike 'doll' for his nephew, but this toy leads to fearful moments over time.

Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng

Director: Gerard Johnstone

17. Sick

Summary: Due to the pandemic, Parker and his best friend decide to stay alone in his family's lake house during the quarantine days, but over time they realize that they are not alone in the lake house.

Starring: Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry

Director: John Hyams

18. There's Something Wrong with the Children

Summary: A family goes on a weekend trip with their friends and children, but after the children get lost in the forest one night, they start acting strangely. The family suspects the influence of a supernatural force on the children.

Starring: Amanda Crew, Zach Gilford, Briella Guiza

Director: Roxanne Benjamin

19. Missing

Summary: June's mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend. June's efforts to try to contact her mother are hampered by international bureaucracy.

Starring: Tim Griffin, Ava Zaria Lee, Nia Long

Director: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick

20. Kids etc. Aliens

Summary: Two brothers who are having a party at home when their parents leave home for a weekend vacation are forced to fight for their lives when aliens attack their party.

Starring: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald

Director: Jason Eisener

21. When You Finish Saving the World

Summary: The film follows the story of Ziggy and Evelyn and the difficulty of having a child and adapting to the deep complexities experienced at a young age.

Starring: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk

Director: Jesse Eisenberg

22. Return to Seoul

Summary: A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country where she was born before being adopted by a French family as a baby. She decides to track down her biological family, but her journey takes a surprising direction.

Starring: Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han

Director: Davy Chou

23. Teen Wolf: The Movie

Summary: When a dangerous threat arises, only a werewolf like Scott McCall can both recruit new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight against the threat that may be the strongest and deadliest enemy.

Starring: Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden

Director: Russell Mulcahy