Here are two dozen films that competed in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and their scores on Metacritic (the largest aggregator site that collects reviews of movies, games and series). This is not a top in the usual sense; rather, a cross-section that demonstrates the preferences not of individuals, but of global film critics as a whole.
How we've grouped data:
- all films are placed from top to bottom and left to right, from highest to lowest and in alphabetical order;
- the data is current as of early June 2023. As more reviews appear, the scores of movies and, as a result, their placement may change slightly;
- films that do not yet have a Metacritic score are listed in alphabetical order;
- we also recommend that you read the results Berlin Film Festival 2023.
The Zone of Interest — 98 points (dir. Jonathan Glazer)
Reward: Grand Prix
Genre: drama, history
What is remarkable: Rudolph Hess works hard to build a happy family life and simultaneously runs a concentration camp near Auschwitz.
La Chimera — 89 points (dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
Reward: -
Genre: fantasy, comedy, adventure
What is remarkable: a British archaeologist travels to Italy in the 1980s, where he gets acquainted with an underground market selling artifacts.
Anatomy of a Fall — 88 points (dir. Justine Triet)
Reward: Palme d'Or
Genre: thriller, drama
What is remarkable: a German writer is suspected of the death of her husband, who suddenly fell off a cliff. And the only witness in this case is their blind son.
The Taste of Things — 83 points (dir. Tran Anh Hung)
Reward: Best Director
Genre: drama, romance, history
What is remarkable: the relationship between the chef and the gourmet who hired her is rapidly going beyond gastronomic limits.
May December — 81 points (dir. Todd Haynes)
Reward: -
Genre: drama, romance
What is remarkable: the couple, who shocked the whole country with their relationship twenty years ago, is visited by an actress who is preparing to shoot a film about that scandal.
Monster — 80 points (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Reward: Best Screenplay
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: the friendship and abuse of young students by the rest of the class.
About Dry Grasses — 80 points (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Reward: Best Actress
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: teachers from eastern Anatolia are accused of sexually harassing a student.
Fallen Leaves — 79 points (dir. Aki Kaurismäki)
Reward: Jury Prize
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: a single girl without a permanent job and an equally lonely alcoholic start a romantic relationship.
Four Daughters — 78 points (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania)
Reward: -
Genre: documentary, drama
What is remarkable: a mix of documentary and fiction about a mother who hired two actresses to portray her daughters growing up and leaving their father's home.
Perfect Days — 75 points (dir. Wim Wenders)
Reward: Best Actor
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: a Tokyo toilet cleaner, quite happy with his position, spends his free time playing music, books and taking pictures of trees.
Asteroid City — 73 points (dir. Wes Anderson)
Reward: -
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: the bright everyday life of the town, which was formed at the edge of a meteor crater.
Youth: Spring — 72 points (dir. Wang Bing)
Reward: -
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: the story of a textile settlement that is located a hundred kilometers from Shanghai and provides jobs but not a decent life for young people from all over China.
Banel & Adama — 69 points (dir. Ramata Sy)
Reward: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: senegalese teenagers Banel and Adama fall in love and decide to leave their native village, far from big cities and modern morality.
The Old Oak — 65 points (dir. Ken Loach)
Reward: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: in an endangered English village, the owner of the last pub in the neighborhood is trying to preserve it.
Kidnapped — 64 points (dir. Marco Bellocchio)
Reward: -
Genre: drama, history
What is remarkable: in late 19th-century Italy, the Catholic Church forcibly takes a 6-year-old boy from his family to raise him to become a real priest.
Homecoming — 63 points (dir. Catherine Corsini)
Reward: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: a woman in the company of her daughters returns to long-abandoned Corsica to look after the children of wealthy Parisians throughout the summer.
Firebrand — 61 points (dir. Karim Aïnouz)
Reward: -
Genre: drama, history
What is remarkable: the biography of Catherine Parr, who was the last wife of King Henry VIII, who ruled England for almost four decades.
Last Summer — 61 points (dir. Catherine Breillat)
Reward: -
Genre: thriller, drama
What is remarkable: an adult lawyer from Paris enters into a relationship with her stepson, although she and her husband are allegedly happily raising two daughters.
Club Zero — 52 points (dir. Jessica Hausner)
Reward: -
Genre: thriller, drama
What is remarkable: a young teacher makes a dangerous relationship with five students at a prestigious school.
A Brighter Tomorrow — 45 points (dir. Nanni Moretti)
Reward: -
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: Giovanni is making a film about Rome in the 1950s and, in between, understands its modern appearance.
Asphalt City — 41 points (dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire)
Reward: -
Genre: thriller, drama
What is remarkable: the first day at work as a paramedic from New York who barely graduated from university.
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