What a great year for movies. There were a plethora of wonderful flicks released in the last 12 months across a mix of genres, making 2023 trips to the theater satisfying.
Like all years with a lot of top shelf movies, it can be hard to narrow a list down to 10. But the more good movies the better, and based on personal enjoyment and what I found most well made, I was able to put together 10 picks. However, like always, I will honor the movies that didn’t make the cut.
The past year was one where I didn’t see as many films as usual and that meant missing out on a few releases.
For better or for worse, these included pictures such as “The Flash” and “Indiana Jones: The Dial of Destiny,” among others. I still saw plenty of flicks, though, and as usual, some of them were a chore to sit through.
Here are the roughest films that were released in 2023 that I experienced.
Dec. 31 was well over a month ago but as always, there were a few films that didn’t become available until January.
Now, having seen the films that were watchable a bit later, I’m ready to set my top 10 list of 2022. It turned out to be a year with plenty of good movies, as the honorable mention list was pretty long this time around.
Here are those and the best 10 of the year.
So, we’ve wrapped up the year 2022, but not all of 2022 business.
As part of the process to say goodbye to 2022, I’m sharing the films that received the lowest ratings in the past 12 months. As usual, while most years have plenty of good movies, there are those that go in the opposite direction.
Here’s the ranking for 2022.
After playing some catch-up in the month of January, I now, finally, feel comfortable to rank the best that 2021 had to offer.
It was definitely good to get back to the theaters more often in the last year, and I’m happy to say that six of my top 10 were seen the big screen. The variety in 2021 was enjoyable, too, with a great mix of dramas, period pieces and more.
It felt really great to get back to the movie theaters in 2021, after having been away for most of 2020 because of the pandemic.
Like always, though, there were a good deal of bad movies in 2021, too. They weren’t confined to the theaters, either.
Here were my lowest rated movies from the last year.
The coronavirus pandemic delayed many things, including the release of several movies. Subsequently, my Top 10 list was also pushed way back to March.
This list does include a couple movies that were released in the last few weeks. However, like award organizations, I’m making an exception because of the pandemic. Plus, it’s not my fault that it took forever for “The Father” to come out.
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