With the year approaching its half, we have not been left without the best new movies. 2023 is generous with interesting premieres, and I will tell you about films already released in many countries’ distribution with the highest ratings on IMDb (of course, there will be trailers).

Most of these films can already be viewed in high quality in popular online cinemas. Such viewing will be inexpensive, if not completely free, if you look for promotional codes for new users.

24. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Mania

Genre : Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Movie Search Rating : 6.1
IMDb Rating : 6.3

A selection of the best new movies of 2023 opens with a superhero action movie with characters from Marvel Comics. This time, Scott Lang will have to thoroughly explore the Quantum Realm, sometimes unwillingly. After all, he, along with his daughter, wife, mother-in-law and father-in-law, was dragged into a wonderful and mysterious place, which turned out to be very densely populated!

23. Shazam! Fury of the gods

Genre : Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Comedy,
Movie Search Rating : 6.1
IMDb Rating : 6.1

Teenager Billy Batson (Asher Angel) and his half-brothers and sisters, who also have superpowers, have to defeat the new villains – the daughters of Atlanta. They accuse Shazam of stealing the power of the gods.

22. Creed 3

Genre : Drama, Sports
Movie Search Rating : 6.4
IMDb Rating : 7

Adonis Creed is facing the toughest fight of his career. After all, his former friend Damian “The Lady” Anderson will come out against him, who has nothing to lose. He wants to prove to everyone that he is the best fighter and thus return to the big sport.

21. What men talk about. simple pleasures

Genre : Comedy
Movie Search Rating : 6.5
IMDb Rating : 5.9

Spectators are waiting for funny and philosophical reflections on friendship, first love, female friendship and other important and not so important things performed by the actors of the Quartet I. The main characters – inseparable friends Lesha, Sasha, Kamil and Slava – joke, and often lie, keep silent, but only out of good intentions.

20. Kill Pok-sun

Genre : Action, Drama, Crime
Movie Search Rating : 6.6
IMDb Rating : 6.6

South Korean thriller about a good mother and, concurrently, a hired killer. It is very difficult to combine such work and raising a teenager, and here, because of the refusal of the contract, the killer is in big trouble.

19. Scream 6

Genre : Thriller, Horror, Detective
Movie Search Rating : 6.6
IMDb Rating : 7.1

I think the Scream franchise will continue to flicker in the cinematic sky for a long time to come, no longer a bright, but also not quite a dead star. So in the review of new foreign films in 2023, she was not in the top ten, but not the last on the list. The plot revolves around four young men who survived a string of murders in Woodsboro. They left the city and live a peaceful life in New York. But if the victims do not go to the Ghostface, then the Ghostface itself goes to the victims …

18. The power of dreams

Genre : Drama, Adventure, Family, Biography
Movie Search Rating : 6.7
IMDb Rating : 6.8

This is a film adaptation of the story of a teenage girl who traveled around the world. The script was written based on the diaries of Jessica Watson herself. By the way, according to the same memoirs, the documentary “210 days” was filmed. So, if you like the movie The Power of Dreams, I recommend watching 210 Days to get a comprehensive impression of Jessica’s circumnavigation of the world.

17. Renfield

Genre : horror, comedy
Kinopoisk Rating : 6.7
IMDb Rating : 6.7

Comedy horror film with two Nicholas – Holt and Cage – in the lead roles. Holt plays Renfield, Count Dracula’s servant who wishes to free himself from vampire power. But good servants are so rare these days that Dracula isn’t ready to let Renfield go.

16. Misanthrope

Genre : Thriller
Kinopoisk rating : 6.9
IMDb rating : no

On New Year’s Eve, a series of crimes are committed in Baltimore. Under cover of fireworks explosions, a mysterious shooter shoots several people in cold blood. FBI Chief Investigator Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) and brilliant cop Eleanor (Shailene Woodley) are on the trail of the

15. A Good person

Genre : Drama
Movie Search Rating : 6.9
IMDb Rating : 7

After being the culprit of a car accident that killed a man, Allison became depressed and began to sink. But help came from where they did not expect – from the future father-in-law (played by Morgan Freeman), who managed to find an approach to a desperate girl.

14. The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan

Genre : Adventure, Action, History
Movie Search Rating : 7
IMDb Rating : 7

This film should be praised already for the fact that the skin color of the main characters corresponds to historical realities. The cast of the film is stellar: Francois Civil (d’Artagnan), Vincent Cassel (Athos), Pio Marmai (Porthos), Romain Duris (Aramis) and Eva Green as Milady.

13. Prince of the Desert

Genre : Adventure, Family
Movie Search Rating : 7.1
IMDb Rating : 7.7

The friendship of 12-year-old desert dweller Zodi (Assir Drif) with a camel turns into big problems. A poacher who is eager to make money on camel races is hunting for a nimble animal. To save his friend, the boy goes on a dangerous journey across the entire Sahara. The final point of the journey is Abu Dhabi, where the prestigious camel race is held. “Prince of the Desert” is a sweet family movie that will not disappoint young viewers or their parents. No love lines, politics, religion or dark humor. Just a good film about friendship.

12. Missing

Genre : Detective, Thriller, Drama
Movie Search Rating : 7.1
IMDb Rating : 7.1

The mother of 18-year-old June goes to Colombia with her new boyfriend Kevin and disappears without a trace. An alarmed daughter hacks into Kevin’s mail, and it turns out that he is a swindler. The American consulate can do nothing to help, and June has to rely only on her own ingenuity.

11. Tetris

Genre : Biography, Drama, Thriller
Movie Search Rating : 7.1
IMDb Rating : 7.4

What could be more harmless than Tetris? A lot of things, if you are going not to play, but to license this game. On the way of the main characters Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov (the game developer) there are people who want to take the contract for Tetris. Get ready for “cranberries” and stereotypes about the USSR, there will not be many, but a lot!

10. Operation Fortune: The Art of Winning

Genre : Action, Comedy
Movie Search Rating : 7.1
IMDb Rating : 6.3

This film is already available for free on the Kinopoisk HD website (if you have a Yandex.Plus subscription). It was directed by Guy Ritchie, which means that viewers will not have to suffer from boredom. MI6 superspy Oscar Fortune decides to use the cover of Hollywood star Danny Francesco to thwart a secret weapons deal. The fact is that the buyer of weapons is crazy about famous actors.

9. Pathan

Genre : Action, Thriller, Adventure
Movie Search Rating : 7.2
IMDb Rating : 6

The top ten best films of 2023 with a high rating are opened by an Indian action movie about special agent Pathan, who must stop a villain who is planning a large-scale terrorist attack. The film was filmed in various locations: India, Afghanistan, Spain, UAE, Turkey, Italy, France and even Russia.

8. Super Mario Bros. in movies

Genre : Animation, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Movie Search Rating : 7.3
IMDb Rating : 7.4

The best movie of 2023 for those who were fans of Mario as a child. The plot is simple to the limit: Mario and Luigi go to the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Peach and fight the monstrous Bowser. According to the audience, the picture is pleasing to the eye, the musical accompaniment is excellent, the action does not “sag” and moves forward cheerfully, and this cartoon does exactly what you expect – it provides high-quality entertainment for one evening.

7. Cheburashka

Genre : Family, Comedy
Movie Search Rating : 7.3
IMDb Rating : 5.8

A cute children’s comedy that hit the big screen exactly on the first day of the new year 2023. And this date turned out to be successful, because this family movie became the highest-grossing movie in the history of domestic film distribution, according to the Cinema Fund. At the box office, it collected over 3.5 billion rubles. The main character was a furry animal of an unknown breed from a distant orange country, and instead of Gena the crocodile, an elderly gardener (Sergei Garmash). By the way, in this film, Cheburashka is not a toy, but a living animal, and was created using live shooting, CG graphics and motion capture technology.

6. Air: Big jump

Genre : Drama, Sports
Movie Search Rating : 7.4
IMDb Rating : 7.7

The film directed by Ben Affleck, with Matt Damon and Jason Bateman, Viola Davis and, suddenly, Ben Affleck in the lead roles, got into the top 10 films of 2023 according to the Kinopoisk rating. She talks about Nike’s attempt in the 1980s to sign Michael Jordan.

5. The Challenge

Genre : Drama
Movie Search Rating : 7.4
IMDb Rating : 6.5

One of the most scandalous new films of 2023 already released. It was partly filmed on the International Space Station, where actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko spent almost 12 days. Peresild plays a surgeon who went to the ISS to treat a sick astronaut. Not all real astronauts accepted the idea of ​​filming The Challenge with a bang. Here is what cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin said about this: “

Starting in 2021, I made several comments about this project, because I believed and still believe that it harmed our astronautics. I have always emphasized that it is necessary to popularize cosmonautics, including good films. But these projects should be organized differently. They should not violate the flight schedule, break the program of scientific experiments, distract professional astronauts from hard work in orbit!

For the sake of projects, it is impossible to remove professionals from the crews, for the preparation of which state money has been spent. Now show me in which of my comments I spoke out against the project participants?! I am ready to answer for my every word. At the same time, I do not accept slander – neither in relation to my friends, nor in relation to myself .

Be that as it may, The Challenge was accepted by the audience, and received well, judging by the reviews and ratings on Kinopoisk. So it’s worth watching the movie, if only to find out what all this hype was for.

4. The Wandering Earth 2

Genre : Science Fiction, Action
Movie Search Rating : 7
IMDb Rating : 7.5

The history of human civilization is nearing its end – the sun is fading. But the earthlings do not despair. They decide to build powerful engines that will take the Earth to new, uncharted places outside the solar system. The Wandering Earth 2 is a prequel to the first part, which was released in 2019.

3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Genre : Fantasy, Action, Comedy
Movie Search Rating : 7.6
IMDb Rating : 7.6

This is a gem among the best films of 2023 for those who are fans of the Dungeons & Dragons genre. The movie was warmly received by the audience and critics. The film is set in the Forgotten Realms universe. The protagonist Edgin Darvis dreams of resurrecting his wife, but for this he needs an artifact of great power.

2. The Righteous

Genre : Drama, War, History
Movie Search Rating : 7.6
IMDb Rating : 6.4

The film is based on a real story about the Soviet officer Nikolai Kiselev, who was instructed to bring Jews from the Dolginovsky ghetto to the front line. Exhausted by hunger and deprivation, people had to walk almost 1,500 kilometers through the forests, being pursued by the Germans. For this feat, Kiselev received the title of Righteous Among the Nations. In the film, his role was played by Alexander Yatsenko.

1. John Wick 4

Genre : Action, Thriller, Crime
Movie Search Rating : 7.7
IMDb Rating : 8.2

Baba Yaga is also among the best films of 2023 that you can already watch – this is the slogan chosen by the creators of the fourth saga about John Wick. This time, on the heels of the sad killer, who loves dogs, is the young and ambitious Marquis de Gramont, who has received unlimited powers from the Board of Clans. In his opinion, only a true friend can handle John.