The 10 best movies of 2023 so far, ranked (from'Spider-Verse' to 'John Wick 4')

10 . The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster After her brother is killed in a gang shooting and believing death is just a disease to be cured, teen “mad scientist” Vicaria (Laya DeLeon Hayes) experiments on his and other random body parts to bring him back to life. The result becomes a problem for everyone, from drug pushers to loved ones, in a thoughtful and extremely timely modernization of the “Frankenstein” story for a new generation of film fans and horror lovers. _________________________________________ 9 . A Thousand and One In A.V. Rockwell's poetic drama about parenthood and inequity, Teyana Taylor turns in a powerhouse portrayal of a Harlem ex-con in 1990s New York City who kidnaps her son from the foster care system. As years go by...