Last year’s movie slate wasn’t high in quantity (a residual effect of the pandemic, I suspect) but it made up for that in quality. I saw 30 fewer films in 2023 than in the prior year, but had an even harder time cramming those titles into a year-end top ten list.

In order to shout out as many good movies as possible, I’m going to dedicate this week to the films in my 11-20 slots, before getting to my top ten in the weeks leading up to the Oscars. Seven of this year’s Best Picture nominees are in my top 20, which is a pretty decent showing by their standards (“you know the Academy, Charlie…“).

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