The 35 most anticipated movies of 2023

Toymaker Gemma (Allison Williams) gifts her lonely niece, Cady, with a realistic prototype doll, M3gan, to help fill a void after the death of her parents.

When M3gan's ordered to ensure no harm comes Cady's way, she takes the directive a bit too seriously.

If you haven't seen the memes yet of the dancing overprotective killer doll, you're missing out. Described as "Annabelle meets the Terminator" by producer James Wan ("Malignant"), we're expecting M3gan to be the next big horror icon after screening Universal and Blumhouse's satirical thriller last month. It's a riot.

Starring Anna Kendrick as a woman with a controlling boyfriend, the film looks like a compelling watch for anyone who has felt trapped in an unhealthy, toxic relationship.

Following the trial of a woman who left her child to die on the beach, the French film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.

The film is France's selection for the best international film category at the 2023 Oscars and will finally be released in the US this year.

Jonah Hill and "Black-ish" creator Kenya Barris teamed up to pen the script for this Netflix comedy, which follows a new couple and their families who have to navigate cultural clashes, generational differences, and societal expectations.

This also marks Barris' feature-directing debut.

Named the best film at last year's Cannes Film Festival by 75 critics, A24 is releasing the film about a friendship between two teen boys that slowly begins to disband when peers begin to comment and question their closeness.

The film has a good shot at winning best international feature film at the 2023 Oscars.

The National Board of Review named "Close" the best foreign language film of last year.

Marking the final chapter in the "Magic Mike" franchise, we follow Channing Tatum's Mike Lane as he embarks on a show in London thanks to the deep pockets of a socialite (Salma Hayek).

The third "Ant-Man" film follows Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), Hope (Evangeline Lily), and her parents, Hank (Michael Douglas) and Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) as they get sucked into the Quantum Realm and come face-to-face with a foreboding Kang (Jonathan Majors) who was first introduced in Disney+'s "Loki" show.

Kang's presence in the film's first footage at 2022's San Diego Comic-Con gave us — and the audience in attendance — chills when he casually asked Scott if he killed him before.

Bill Murray will join as a mysterious character from Janet's past.

Based on real events, we follow the antics of a large bear after it ingests a large amount of cocaine. Again, this really happened.

The comedy is directed by Elizabeth Banks and stars Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, Ray Liotta, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut and returns as Adonis Creed, who suddenly finds his greatest match yet when an old friend (Jonathan Majors) with a vendetta against him challenges Creed for the title.

The revitalization of the franchise with last year's fifth movie has us excited to see Ghostface heading to New York City to terrorize the subway stations.

The marketing for this one has been really clever, so we're hoping the film lives up to the hype, especially since Hayden Panettiere is reprising her role from the fourth movie.

The psychological thriller follows an art thief (Willem Dafoe) trapped in a penthouse after a heist goes wrong.

If this movie is solely footage of Dafoe in a small space, then it's still going to be a fascinating watch. He's one of the most captivating performers of our time.

Zachary Levi returns for the latest adventure of teen Billy Batson, better known as Shazam.

With the new DC Studios' heads, this could be the last time we see Levi in the role.

It's about time a movie other than Universal's "Jurassic" franchise gives us a thriller about dinos. Here, Mills (Adam Driver) goes up against dinosaurs when his futuristic ship accidentally crashes on Earth 65 million years ago.

The only thing more exciting than some good old Driver vs. dino action is receiving a score from Danny Elfman ("Batman," "Spider-Man").

Keanu Reeves once more puts on the black suit to play killer John Wick, who is still on a quest to gain back his freedom from the underworld that has a price on his head.

And like in the past, it forces him to face off with some intimidating foes.

From Illumination, the company behind the "Despicable Me" and "Sing" movies, comes a big-screen look at the Nintendo classic game.

You may have heard, Chris Pratt is the voice of Mario. The other stars lending their voices include Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Khary Payton as the Penguin King, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong.

Based on the 2016 best-seller of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the film follows Emma (Phillipa Soo, "Hamilton") who is preparing to remarry years after losing her husband (Simu Liu) in a crash.

When her husband turns up alive, Emma has to choose between the man she's fallen in love with and her high-school sweetheart.

Nicholas Hoult plays Renfield, the lackey of Count Dracula, played by Nicolas Cage.

Set in modern-day New Orleans, Renfield discovers there's more to life than the Count when he meets Rebecca, played by Awkwafina.

The culmination of director James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy may leave us in tears.

The first official trailer made it look like any and all of the Guardians are in danger as Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) leads the group against a threat while heartbroken over the loss of his love, Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), and simultaneously struggling to accept that a version of her who exists is a completely different person.

We expect the third movie to largely focus on Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) while introducing the long-teased Adam Warlock (Will Poulter) and the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji).

Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, and Vin Diesel all return. Maria Bakalova voices Cosmo the Spacedog.

The Fast Saga returns for the first of its two-part finale. "Fast 9" director Justin Lin surprisingly exited the franchise after it was expected he would conclude the series.

Louis Leterrier steps in to direct the next adventure with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and the extended Fast family comprised of Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese, Ludacris, Sung Kang, and more.

Brie Larson ("Captain Marvel") and Jason Momoa join the cast in the next film.

Nearly four years since Halle Bailey was cast, we'll finally get to see the singer take on the iconic role of Princess Ariel in Disney's live-action adaptation of the 1989 Oscar winner.

Following Ariel's quest for more than life under the sea once she meets and falls in love with a human, Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King), the remake also stars Awkwafina, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy.

It will include both classic and new songs from Alan Menken and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Bailey's vocals in the trailer debuted at D23 left us with chills. Summer can't come soon enough.

Following the Oscar-winning original that introduced us to the multiverse filled with different Spider-Man characters, including Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), the sequel has Miles coming across even more, including Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac), Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya), and Spider-Woman (Issa Rae).

Buried in controversy due to the off-screen behavior of its star Ezra Miller and release delays due to everything from director changes to COVID-19, we may finally see the standalone Barry Allen movie this year.

Here, The Flash goes back in time to try to prevent his mother's murder which leads to unpredictable developments including running into Michael Keaton's Batman.

Director Wes Anderson's ("The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Isle of Dogs") next film — a rom-com set in 1955 — debuts this summer.

If you appreciate Anderson's quirky style, it's tough to not be intrigued with a cast as rich and far-reaching as Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Ed Norton, Willem Dafoe, Jeffrey Wright, Maya Hawke, and more.

Harrison Ford dons the fedora once more for this latest adventure in the beloved "Indiana Jones" franchise with James Mangold ("Logan," "Ford v Ferrari") directing.

The movie also stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, and Toby Jones.

Coming off the box-office success of "Top Gun: Maverick" in 2022, Tom Cruise once again levels up on the stunts in the latest "M:I" movie.

Greta Gerwig directs this look at the iconic doll with Margot Robbie playing Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. We are expecting a really fun time with this one.

In complete contrast to "Barbie," which premieres the same day, Christopher Nolan's latest movie chronicles the birth of the atomic bomb with Cillian Murphy as its creator J. Robert Oppenheimer.

After "The Meg" became a surprise hit in 2018, we all figured a sequel was around the corner. Now, it's finally here.

Jason Statham returns as a rescue diver who fights a megalodon shark.

It's the only franchise Denzel Washington has ever been a part of. In the latest movie, he and director Antoine Fuqua team up for another vigilante action adventure.

Let's just call it what it was, Denis Villeneuve's 2021 "Dune" release was an appetizer to the epic story from the novel by Frank Herbert.

With part two coming out, the hope is that all the beauty and excitement that was showcased in the first movie will now be brought home with some major substance.

Villeneuve definitely has the talent and the cast to do it, with Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, and a promise of more Zendaya this time around.

There's also the addition of Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, and Christopher Walken.

Lionsgate's bringing "The Hunger Games" back this fall with a live-action adaptation of the prequel story to the hit franchise that was released digitally during the pandemic in 2020.

Taking place 64 years before the first book, the film follows a young Coriolanus Snow before he became the ruthless president played by Donald Sutherland, and shows his involvement in the games' evolution. Here, he'll be played by Tom Blyth.

After "Dune: Part Two," Chalamet will make another big-screen appearance this year as he takes on this musical prequel to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Here, he plays a young Willy Wonka before he creates his famous factory.

The sequel to the delightful "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" will see the return of Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, and Carrie Coon. Gil Kenan took over as director from Jason Reitman.

The long-awaited sequel has Jason Momoa once more playing the king of the seas.

Originally a Blue Sky Studios movie in production for years, Disney scrapped the animated feature after acquiring Fox's film assets in 2019 even though it was reportedly 75% finished.

Former Blue Sky Studios staffers previously told Insider they received pushback from Disney on LGBTQ+ themes in the film, including a same-sex kiss.

One of the most anticipated animated films of the year, Netflix saved "Nimona" from cancellation and reportedly preserved a majority of the original film.

Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed lend their voices to the cast.