The Best Movies, TV—and Everything Else—of 2023

What a long, strange year it’s been—filled with art that made us laugh, cry, think, and keep pressing play. Look below for our very favorites in film, TV, books, and more.

We Come to This Place for Magic

Vanity Fair’s chief critic lists the best movies of 2023, from Past Livesand May December to Poor Things.

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It’s Show Time

From The Bear to Survivor, these are VF critics’ picks for 2023’s best TV shows.

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8 Perfect Episodes

These were the Emmy season’s most brilliant stand-alone chapters, exemplary episodes from Succession, The Last of Us, and more.

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Good Reads

Hypnotic poetry collections, page-turner novels, incisive biographies—these are the books the staff of Vanity Fair couldn’t stop thinking about this year, some of the best of 2023.

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Great Performances

From films to live concert experiences to real life—yes, Gwyneth Paltrow at her ski accident trial counts—here are the 25 performers we couldn’t stop watching this year.

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