Every year there are movies that I missed from the previous year or that I watched once the calendar switched from December to January. Those movies I do not consider for the 2023 year end lists even though I watched it in 2023.

This number has increased since I started doing the June Swoon, this year the second annual June Swoon included 30 unseen films from 2022.

Here are the top 12 films that I watched during 2023 that were actually listed as films from 2022.

#12. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. A fun, sexy romp with Emma Thompson working through some sexual satisfactions with a sex worker. Thompson is always fun and she is great here.

#11. The Pale Blue Eyes. I love Edgar Allan Poe and seeing this film provide one of the best versions of the author ever on screen. Plus, Christian Bale.

#10. Honor Society. One of the biggest surprises of the year. A film that I never thought I would enjoy turned out to be really funny and a bit of an unexpected shock at the end. Featured Angourie Rice and Gaten Matarazzo.

#9. On the Count of Three. Two friends decide that life is not worth living and they agreed to kill each other after a last day taking care of loose ends. Dark comedy at its best.

#8. Brian & Charles. Brian invents a robot named Charles out of a washing machine. This is a top notch British (Wales actually) comedy and it very funny.

#7. Decision to Leave. Epic Korean film where a detective investigating a man’s death ends up developing feelings for the man’s widow. Story is very smart and well designed.

#6. The Duke. Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren are an old couple whose marriage was strained by life. Broadbent ends up stealing a valuable painting, holding it for ransom.

#5. A Man Called Otto. Tom Hanks is a grumpy man who is preparing to commit suicide but a new neighbor throws a wrench into his plans and his life.

#4. Breaking. John Boyega is a Marine Corps veteran who holds a bank hostage. Based on a true story, Boyega does an amazing job in this portrayal.

#3. Women Talking. A film about women talking does not sound that compelling. It absolutely is. A religious community is shocked to find out the secret being kept by the men.

#2. To Leslie. Andrea Riseborough received an Oscar nomination out of nowhere for this role and, after watching the movie, I can see why. She was amazing and Marc Maron was very good too.

#1. Living. Bill Nighy is unbelievable in this movie as a man who receives some bad news and it changes his life and the lives of many people around him because of his choices. This was such a great film with an Oscar-worthy performance from Nighy.