The end of 2023 is upon us and to celebrate a blockbuster year at the movies, we present the top 10 movies on IMDb worldwide, and across 10 different countries across the globe. Explore the lists to see which sequel got the most love, which animated film made it on nine countries’ top 10 list, and how big of an impact Barbenheimer had worldwide.
Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer
8.4/10
Christopher Nolan’s historical biopic brought J. Robert Oppenheimer’s controversial career into subatomic focus on screens worldwide this summer — an explosive companion to Barbie during a history-making weekend at the box office. The countdown on Nolan’s grand-scale project started in 2021, and its anticipated debut snatched up $82.4 million domestically on opening weekend, remaining the top title on IMDb for a full month and securing the #1 overall spot for 2023. While it didn’t spark the same joyful fanaticism of its hot-pink counterpart, murmurs of Oppenheimer’s awards potential began when the credits rolled, with expected entries for Best Picture, Best Director, and several more categories at the 2024 Oscars. Its first major win? A spot in IMDb’s Top 250 Movies of all time, according to IMDb user ratings.
Featuring
Cillian Murphy
Emily Blunt
Matt Damon
Robert Downey Jr.
Barbie
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Barbie
7/10
It’s hard to believe there was a time when Barbie seemed like a box-office gamble. Thanks to Greta Gerwig’s magic, the toy doll who came to life in the form of Margot Robbie boxed up $1.44 billion at the global box office, while dismantling the patriarchy in her native Barbie Land and in the real world. Rarely have the movies created a cultural conversation quite like the Barbenheimer era, where fans dressed up for opening weekend, men felt attacked, and the Mattel Cinematic Universe was born.
Featuring
Margot Robbie
Ryan Gosling
Issa Rae
Kate McKinnon
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7.9/10
James Gunn has officially closed out his tenure as guardian of the Guardians, delivering an emotionally satisfying box office success that concludes the fan-favorite trilogy. Spending three weeks in the top spot on MOVIEmeter, the series finale — which earned over $845 million worldwide and the title of the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2023 — may not mark the end of the Guardians, as a post-credit scene confirmed Star-Lord’s return.
Featuring
Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Dave Bautista
Karen Gillan
The Little Mermaid
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The Little Mermaid
7.2/10
In a case of the box office receipts not quite matching the buzz, Disney’s latest live-action reboot of an animated classic entered the year as one of the most anticipated movies of 2023, but struggled to meet worldwide revenue expectations (despite an impressive domestic opening of $95.6 million on Memorial Day weekend). Interest in The Little Mermaid put the film on top of IMDb’s MOVIEmeter for two weeks, as visitors flocked to the site to learn who would be bringing to life iconic characters Ariel (Halle Bailey, in a star-making performance), Ursula (Melissa McCarthy), King Triton (Javier Bardem), and more.
Featuring
Halle Bailey
Jonah Hauer-King
Melissa McCarthy
Javier Bardem
John Wick: Chapter 4
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John Wick: Chapter 4
7.7/10
Keanu Reeves is what a movie franchise needs to become increasingly successful with each new sequel. John Wick 4 earned a franchise-best $440 million at the worldwide box office, and saw the embattled assassin — who eschews dialogue for bone-breaking action — meet his maker (but, come on, not really). Hitting #1 on our MOVIEmeter chart during its release back in March, Wick’ll be back, it’s essentially guaranteed, for a fifth outing, but we hear any continuation will head in a new direction.
Featuring
Keanu Reeves
Donnie Yen
Bill Skarsgård
Laurence Fishburne
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
7.1/10
Mario the plumber returned to the screen in 2023 to smash the box office like a question mark block. Universal’s film raked in a whopping $1.36 billion worldwide, making it the second-highest grossing movie of the year and the most successful video game adaptation of all time — plus, it hatched a Billboard Top 100 hit with Bowser’s love song “Peaches,” performed by Jack Black. Critics were mixed on the animated feature’s story, but fans fell in love with the Mushroom Kingdom adventure, sending The Super Mario Bros. Movie to the top of MOVIEMeter during its release.
Featuring
Chris Pratt
Anya Taylor-Joy
Charlie Day
Jack Black
Five Nights at Freddy’s
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Five Nights at Freddy’s
5.5/10
The highest-grossing horror movie of 2023 welcomed back Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard to big-screen success, and it became the biggest theatrical release to date for Blumhouse, the production company cornering the worldwide horror market. While the first movie might not have been gory enough for ardent FNAF fans, its sheer number of Easter eggs set up a series of potential sequels, spin-offs, and perhaps even a prequel. Fazbear and Co. topped our MOVIEmeter chart for two weeks in October and the movie is still riding high as 2023 comes to a close.
Featuring
Josh Hutcherson
Elizabeth Lail
Piper Rubio
Matthew Lillard
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8.7/10
The Into the Spider-Verse sequel catapulted the franchise to new heights, swinging past its predecessor’s total gross of $384.5 million after 12 days, and becoming the sixth-highest grossing film of the year. Playing on the multiverse theme, two versions of the film were released in theaters with slight dialogue and animation differences which kept the fans guessing while trying to keep up with the 280 variations of Spider-Man that appeared in the film, including fan-favorite newcomers like Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya), Spider-Woman (Issa Rae), and Spider-Man India (Karan Soni).
Featuring
Shameik Moore
Hailee Steinfeld
Brian Tyree Henry
Luna Lauren Velez
Killers of the Flower Moon
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Killers of the Flower Moon
8/10
Box office numbers have been harder to read than tea leaves in 2023, and the returns for Martin Scorsese’s latest may have seemed middling at first glance. However, Hollywood has labeled the film a major hit. Killers of the Flower Moon is a 206-minute long period piece that opened against Taylor Swift’s first wide-release concert film and a guaranteed streaming release in its near future. And even with all of those cards stacked against it, the legendary director’s 27th feature took home $44 million worldwide opening weekend, received rave reviews from critics, and landed in the Best of 2023 at IMDb.
Featuring
Leonardo DiCaprio
Robert De Niro
Lily Gladstone
Jesse Plemons
The Flash
10
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The Flash
6.7/10
Even if it didn’t resonate with audiences at the box office, The Flash certainly brought fans to IMDb in 2023. Warner Bros. struggled to market the film, given star Ezra Miller’s controversies and the fact that it was common knowledge that this was officially the lame duck period of the DCEU (the DC universe is getting a full reboot under new studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran). Still, director Andy Muschietti cranked the gain on multiversal fan service with cameos from various incarnations of DC superheroes across movie and TV history. So while the movie struggled in theaters, IMDb became a tool for everyone wondering how many previous Batmen and Supermen they could expect to see on screen. The answer? All of them.
Featuring
Ezra Miller
Michael Keaton
Sasha Calle
Michael Shannon