The author’s considered Best and Worst of 2023 for films released in the science-fiction, horror and fantasy genre. Those listed in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.
The 10 Best Films
- Flow
- Dune Part Two
- Heretic
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Civil War
- Sasquatch Sunset
- My Old Ass
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Watchmen: Chapter 1
- The Watchers
Worst Films
Best Director
Francis Ford Coppola – Megalopolis
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu (*)
Damian McCarthy – Oddity
George Miller – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Ishana Night Shyamalan – The Watchers
Denis Villeneuve – Dune Part Two
Best Original Screenplay
Civil War
The Exorcism
Heretic (*)
My Old Ass
Best Adapted Screenplay
Dune Part Two
Hellboy: The Crooked Man
Nightbitch
The Watchers
Watchmen: Chapter I and Watchmen: Chapter II (*)
Best Actor
Russell Crowe – The Exorcism
Jesse Eisenberg – Sasquatch Sunset
Hugh Grant – Heretic (*)
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker: Folie a Deux
Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Best Actress
Amy Adams – Nightbitch
Kirsten Dunst – Civil War (*)
Riley Keough – Sasquatch Sunset
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Sophie Thatcher – Heretic
Best Supporting Actor
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Civil War
Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (*)
Jesse Plemmons – Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell – Twisters
Best Supporting Actress
Glenn Close – The Deliverance (*)
Chloe East – Heretic
Libby Letlow – V/H/S/Beyond
Aubrey Plaza – My Old Ass
Cailee Spaeny – Civil War
Best Cinematography
The First Omen
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu (*)
Sasquatch Sunset
Tarot
Best Special Effects
Better Man
Dune Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (*)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Paddington in Peru
Best Production Design
Dune Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Megalopolis
Memoir of a Snail
Nosferatu
Wicked: Part 1 (*)