The 15 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2023
The best sci-fi movies of 2023 were either fresh takes on age-old sci-fi concepts or fascinating pivots for recognizable names. The Hideaki Anno renaissance continues with a pair of navel-gazing, action-packed Shin movies, while a new Godzilla (though not Shin Godzilla) blew everyone out of the water late in the year. Quentin Dupieux also got in on the tokusatsu fun with his cigarette-pushing parody. A stunning Spider-Man sequel, a tear-jerking Marvel movie and a Hunger Games prequel deal deftly with their IP, while smaller original movies like Aporia, Biosphere, No One Will Save You and Asteroid City (yes, it counts as a smaller movie!) snuck under our skin with their odd, compelling imaginings of our current and future societies. Then there were the clones, resurrections and mutants that broke our bodies down and rebuilt them into something new, different and, perhaps, better for it. The best sci-fi movies of 2023 deconstructed themselves, and us, to find something that speaks more.
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