The best movies and TV of 2023, picked for you by NPR critics

NPR | By Eric Deggans,

Aisha Harris, Linda Holmes, Bob Mondello, Bilal Qureshi, Glen Weldon

Published December 19, 2023 at 4:01 AM CST

Clockwise from top left: <em>Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One</em>, <em>Passages</em>,<em> Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</em>,<em> Four Daughters</em>,<em> Only Murders in the Building</em>,<em> Hijack</em> — Clockwise from top left: *Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One*, *Passages*, *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse*, *Four Daughters*, *Only Murders in the Building*, *Hijack*

Whether you plan to head out to the theater or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of 2023. You can search by genre and where you can see it. Have at it!

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Eric Deggans

Eric Deggans is NPR's first full-time TV critic.

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Aisha Harris

Aisha Harris is a host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

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Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello reviews movies and covers the arts for NPR and shares critiques and commentaries on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine All Things Considered.

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Bilal Qureshi

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Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk.

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