2023 Anticipated Movies
This list comprises movies from all over the world that look promising on the basis of their trailers and are to be released in 2023. The list is updated on a weekly basis.
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- DirectorChad StahelskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneGeorge GeorgiouJohn Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonThe story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsDave BautistaJonathan GroffBen AldridgeWhile vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
- DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsNan GoldinDavid VelascoMegan KaplerFollows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
- DirectorVasilis KatsoupisStarsWillem DafoeGene BervoetsEliza StuyckNemo, a high-end art thief, is trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and ingenuity to survive.
- DirectorMark JenkinStarsMary WoodvineEdward RoweFlo CroweSet in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is a nightmare.
- DirectorNicholas D. JohnsonWill MerrickStarsTim GriffinAva Zaria LeeNia LongAfter her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online.
- DirectorKenya BarrisStarsJonah HillLauren LondonEddie MurphyFollows a new couple and their families, who find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
- DirectorFahad AlammariAyman SammanStarsFouz AbdullahZyad AlamriFahad AlbutairiHe who has a trick in their bag, they shall use it. An anthology of social deception and trickery in four unlikely places.
- DirectorColette CamdenStarsKai LawrenceJessob ReisbeckTerry WoodsThis shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the steep downward spiral that resulted in his imprisonment.
- DirectorAmudhavanan P.StarsEsther AnilPavana GowdaAadukalam NarenV3 is a fight for their rights and against an injustice on a gang rape-murder and encountered case, achieving a poetic justice with the help of the system which fails initially due to the undue pressure of representatives and thy people
- DirectorParesh MokashiStarsSwapnil JoshiAnita Date-KelkarNamrata Awate SambheraoAniket and Avani, a couple, decide to end their lives together. A foolproof plan is made, but by Aniket and his girlfriend Devika. So, is a suicide being executed or a murder being planned?
- DirectorRaaghav DarFrancis LonghurstStarsRavindra AngrePuja ChangoiwalaGurmeet KaurIn 1990s Mumbai, a crime boss and his network wield unchecked power over the city - until the rise of 'encounter cops' who brazenly kill their targets.
- DirectorShireesh KhemariyaStarsGaurav KambleRishika ChandaniMayank JadhavBased on the critically acclaimed novel KO aham By AshokJamnani, The story is set in a small town based on the banks of the river Narmada. Bhavitavya, a philosophy student who is currently living as a tenant at Jyoti's house, is also his girlfriend Aditi's mother. Though the two love each other, their way of life has always differed. While Bhavitva is a curious fellow filled with philosophical questions, Aditi is a cheerful girl who finds joy in even the little things in life. The story takes a turn when Bhavitavya's favourite philosophy professor, Vibhu Laxmi Narayan passes away. The turbulent mind of Bhavitavya starts questioning the existential questions of life. The questions like "Who am I?" or "Ko Aham?" heighten and soon his interaction with an old monk on Narmada Ghat compelled him to embark on a journey of self-discovery Narmada parikrama in the hope to find the answers to his many questions.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsJatin SarinAnirban AdhikaryAamir AliBased on the real-life terrorist attack that ravaged a Dhaka cafe, Faraaz is a tense hostage drama that unfolds over one claustrophobic night.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsJoaquin PhoenixPatti LuPoneAmy RyanFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
- DirectorBenjamin CaronStarsJulianne MooreSebastian StanJustice SmithMotivations are suspect and expectations are turned to chaos as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
- DirectorJohn HyamsStarsGideon AdlonBethlehem MillionDylan SprayberryDue to the pandemic, Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone - or so they think.
- DirectorKelly Fremon CraigStarsAbby Ryder FortsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhen her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
- DirectorBess WohlStarsNoémie MerlantKit HaringtonCamila Canó-FlaviáThe tightly scripted world of a vlogger and influencer unravels after she becomes a mother, in noted playwright Bess Wohl's feature debut.
- DirectorChristopher SmithStarsJena MaloneDanny HustonWill KeenAfter the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself.
- DirectorColin WestStarsJim GaffiganRhea SeehornKatelyn NaconWhen the host of a failing children's science show endeavors to achieve his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by constructing a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.
- DirectorCorey DeshonStarsCasper Van DienElyse DinhVivien NgôA young woman is inducted into a bizarre family as their new surrogate daughter.
- DirectorCarla SimónStarsJosep AbadJordi Pujol DolcetAnna OtinThe life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
- DirectorNida ManzoorStarsPriya KansaraRitu AryaRenu BrindleRia Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
- DirectorEric GravelStarsLaure CalamyAnne SuarezGeneviève MnichJust when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBirgir Dagur BjarkasonÁskell Einar PálmasonViktor Benóný BenediktssonAddi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.
- DirectorTeodora MihaiStarsArcelia RamírezÁlvaro GuerreroAyelén MuzoStory of Cielo, a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.
- DirectorTakeshi KushidaStarsToshiaki InomataToki KoinumaHideki NagaiA misogynistic photographer begins a twisted romance with a woman suffering from body dysmorphia.
- DirectorUluç BayraktarStarsNejat IslerNur FettahogluSenay GürlerA lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest.
- DirectorJohn TornbladStarsAmanda MalmbergIsak BrunoElisabeth Ehde TorbjörnsdotterThe film is inspired by a controversial experiment that took place in Sweden in 1948.
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJake GyllenhaalDar SalimSean SagarDuring the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
- DirectorLarry YangStarsJackie ChanHaocun LiuKevin GuoA washed-up stuntman and his stunt horse become an overnight social media sensation when their real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral.
- DirectorMichelle Garza CerveraStarsNatalia SoliánAlfonso DosalMayra BatallaValeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she's pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something's off.
- DirectorRyan WhiteStarsPamela AndersonFran DrescherYasmine BleethFollows the life of pop culture icon Pamela Anderson, including never-before-seen archival footage and personal journals.
- DirectorKristina BuozyteBruno SamperStarsRaffiella ChapmanEddie MarsanRosy McEwenStruggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
- DirectorJamie PayneStarsIdris ElbaCynthia ErivoAndy SerkisBrilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London.
- DirectorAyse PolatStarsKatja BürkleAhmet VarliÇagla YurgaA German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family's well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
- DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattChukwudi IwujiBradley CooperStill reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
- DirectorRahul V. ChittellaStarsSharmila TagoreManoj BajpayeeSimranFollows the final four days of the Batra family living in their 31-year-old family home as they move to a new city.
- DirectorAndy MittonStarsRaymond Anthony ThomasEmily DavisLaura HeislerMonique ventures out of quarantine to visit an old friend who's plagued by nightmares. She finds herself drawn into a hellish dreamscape where she must face her greatest fears - or risk never having existed at all.
- DirectorClement VirgoStarsLamar JohnsonAaron PierreMarsha Stephanie BlakeSons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene.
- DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalSaleh BakriAyoub MissiouiA middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsElliott Crosset HoveIngvar SigurdssonVic Carmen SonneAt the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. The deeper he travels into the Icelandic landscape, the more he loses a sense of his own reality, his mission and his sense of duty.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSong Kang-hoGang Dong-wonBae DoonaWhen a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiVahid MobasseriBakhtiyar PanjeeiTwo parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.
- DirectorPhilippe Le GuayStarsFrançois CluzetJérémie RenierBérénice BejoAfter a Jewish couple sells their basement to a former history teacher, they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naive teenage daughter.
- DirectorPraveen MorchhaleStarsSeema BiswasAjay ChoureyHemant DeolekarWhen the US-raised girl from India, Ana, attempts to start a Library in her ancestral hometown in central India, her commendable intentions ignite a storm in the village's politics and bureaucracy. Her journey, in absurd and satirical ways, unveils how books can be seen as dangerous for a prevailing system in India. Ana then stands for the Village Council elections to deal with this impasse and she encounters further absurdity in the political and social systems.
- DirectorMatt SmuklerStarsAlexandra DaddarioJean SmartKiernan ShipkaA girl navigates life with two intellectually-disabled parents and an extended family that can't quite agree on the best way to help.
- DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
- DirectorA.V. RockwellStarsTeyana TaylorAaron Kingsley AdetolaAven CourtneyAfter unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.
- DirectorJingyi ShaoStarsBloom LiBen WangZoe ReneeA young Asian-American teen and basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his mother.
- DirectorLaura TerrusoStarsRobert De NiroSebastian ManiscalcoLeslie BibbWhen Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents.
- DirectorAustin BraggMeredith BraggStarsMike FaistCrystal ReedDennis BoutsikarisThe story of Roger Sharpe, the young midwesterner who overturned New York City's 35 year-old ban on pinball machines.
- DirectorMercedes Bryce MorganStarsMorgan SaylorKat FosterDanilo CrovettiMillicent is taking a semester off from her studies to take care of Johnny, a sickly, mute child with severe allergies. His mother, Rebecca, is an author and his father, Jacob, is a carpenter.
- DirectorLise AkokaRomane GueretStarsMallory WanecqueTiméo MahautJohan HeldenberghA group of teenagers from the same neighborhood are selected to act in a feature film during the summer.
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsKristine Kujath ThorpEirik SætherFanny VaagerIncreasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.
- DirectorBenjamin MillepiedStarsMarina de TaviraMarina TamayoNico CortezBenjamin Millepied's complete reimagining of CARMEN tells a story through an experimental dreamscape featuring an original score and songs.
- DirectorAshley McKenzieStarsSarah WalkerZiyin ZhengXue YaoA suicidal teen develops a rapport with the student from Shanghai assigned to watch her in the hospital. A nightly exchange of secrets, text messages, and possessions expands the boundaries of the relationship and alters inner chemistry.
- DirectorColm BairéadStarsCarrie CrowleyAndrew BennettCatherine ClinchIn rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsKapil SharmaShahana GoswamiTushar AcharyaA man works as a food delivery rider, grappling with the world of ratings and incentives. To support the income, his homemaker wife begins to explore different work opportunities, with fear but also excitement of a new found independence.
- DirectorRay RomanoStarsRay RomanoLaurie MetcalfJacob WardLeo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son 'Sticks' finds success on his high-school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
- DirectorDaniel GoldhaberStarsAriela BarerKristine FrosethLukas GageA crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
- DirectorAlex HellerStarsSteve BuscemiJ. Smith-CameronDavid BrownClemence returns home after dropping out of college with a newly diagnosed mental illness.
- DirectorDaniel RoherStarsAlexei NavalnyYulia NavalnayaChristo GrozevFollows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
- DirectorSaim SadiqStarsAli JunejoRasti FarooqAlina KhanThe youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
- DirectorChandler LevackStarsIsaiah LehtinenPercy Hynes WhiteAnand RajaramLawrence Kweller, a socially inept 17-year old cinephile, gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
- DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsMia WasikowskaAlbert MwangiAriel DonoghueFollows Abby, a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When Abby realizes that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mum, Dora, and takes on poachers to save her friend.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsSophie MarceauAndré DussollierGéraldine PailhasWhen André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father's bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life. But how can you honor such a request when it's your own father?
- DirectorAnubhav SinhaStarsRajkummar RaoPankaj KapurBhumi PednekarThe toughest times people had to face just to reach their homes.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsPablo SchilsJoely MbunduAlban UkajFrom two-time Palme d'Or-winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Tori and Lokita is a heart-stopping thriller that casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.
- DirectorAnthony ShimStarsChoi Seung-yoonEthan HwangDohyun Noel HwangSet in the 90s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Canada determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.
- DirectorKrishandStarsAlexander PrasanthDarshana RajendranJagadishPurusha Pretham, Krishand's third feature, is a police procedural story that has never been seen before in Malayalam cinema; an investigative thriller with interesting twists and turns.
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsJay BaruchelGlenn HowertonMatt JohnsonThe story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
- DirectorLisa CortesStarsLittle RichardRalph HarperNewt CollierThe life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.
- DirectorJennifer PeedomJoseph NizetiStarsWillem DafoeA stunning exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers, in all their majesty and fragility.
- DirectorAndrea PallaoroStarsTrace LysetteVladimir John PerezAli AmineThe intimate portrait of a woman who returns home to care for her dying mother. A delicate and nuanced story of a fractured family, the story explores universal themes of abandonment, aging, acceptance, and redemption.
- DirectorBrando QuiliciStarsClaudia GeriniSunny PawarAmandeep SinghA live-action fantasy adventure film set in the tropical forests of Himalayas.
- DirectorKevin HeffernanStarsBrian CoxSteve LemmeJay ChandrasekharFollow a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.
- DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsAmber TamblynDavid CrossTobias MenziesA novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
- DirectorOliver StoneAn investigation into the possibility of addressing climate change with a move away from fossil fuels to nuclear power.
- DirectorGanesh RajStarsVijayaraghavanK.P.A.C. LeelaBasil JosephA nearly 100 year old man decides to divorce his nearly 100 year old wife after finding a secret love letter of hers from nearly 60 years ago.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanScarlett JohanssonTom HanksFollowing a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
- DirectorBrandon CronenbergStarsAlexander SkarsgårdMia GothCleopatra ColemanJames and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.
- DirectorMel EslynStarsSterling K. BrownMark DuplassIn the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsMarin GrigoreJudith StateMacrina BarladeanuA non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.
- DirectorPierre FöldesStarsAmaury de CrayencourMathilde AuneveuxArnaud MaillardA giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
- DirectorMark SlutskySarah WattsStarsAnwen O'DriscollJune LaporteLiane BalabanWhen lesbian teen Jaime is sent to live in a Jehovah's Witness community, she falls hard for a devout Witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.
- DirectorMark JenkinStarsEdward RoweGiles KingChloe EndeanMartin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsHong ChauAndré 3000A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.
- DirectorSarah Kambe HollandStarsLouis TomeoBryson JonSteeleCarlos BasilAfter coming out to her parents, an Asian American teenage girl takes off on a road trip to meet her online crush with the help of her nerdy best friend.
- DirectorLee CroninStarsMirabai PeaseRichard CrouchleyAnna-Maree ThomasA twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsMichael J. FoxDavis GuggenheimTracy PollanFollows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsTom Rhys HarriesFarhad BagheriGerard ButlerA CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
- DirectorManuela MartelliStarsAline KüppenheimNicolás SepúlvedaHugo MedinaChile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
- DirectorGeorgia OakleyStarsRosy McEwenKerrie HayesLucy HallidayIn 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.
- DirectorArif KhanGoswami Mahesh Gari TulsigiriStarsAlaya FPriyanshu PainyuliManu Rishi ChadhaMotorists who take an illegal U-turn on a flyover die mysteriously. Radhika, who is interning to be a journalist, is investigating it. However, she becomes the prime suspect by a twist of fate. What happens next?
- DirectorPrasobh VijayanStarsShine Tom ChackoAhaana KrishnaSreekanth DasanNandu, has been earning a living in Saudi and is engaged to Geethika. They get married but while returning from the church they get in a fight with two men on a bike.
- DirectorPeter ThorwarthStarsJördis TriebelRobert MaaserAlexander ScheerAt the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.