2023 is almost done, and this year has proven itself to be an impressive one at the movies. We've already had blockbusters that pushed the boundaries of what we thought these franchises could do (Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse, Creed III, John Wick: Chapter 4), stunning independent films that introduced us to some incredible new filmmakers (Past Lives, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Rye Lane), horror stories that defied the conventions of the genre (Skinamarink, Huesera: The Bone Woman), and auteur filmmakers returning with incredible installments in their oeuvre (Asteroid City, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon.).