At BLEX, our movie favorites aren’t just films; they’re transformative experiences that inspire, bring laughter, and reshape how we view the world. Dive into the best movies of 2023 with this eclectic collection, where “American Fiction” tickles your intellect with its thought-provoking comedy, while “Rye Lane” charms as a delightful rom-com.
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“Leave The World Behind” catapults us into an end-of-the-world cyber adventure, offering a thrilling ride through the realms of uncertainty. Meanwhile, “They Cloned Tyrone” propels us into a sci-fi odyssey, where government conspiracies knows no bounds.
These aren’t just movies; they’re unique encounters that resonate with our mission at BLEX—to celebrate diversity, inspire, and embrace the distinct narratives that shape our world. Join us in exploring our best movies of 2023 collection that goes beyond the ordinary, leaving an imprint of laughter, inspiration, and a fresh perspective.*
*Origin — it did a week run but since it won’t be out officially until 2024 we’re not going to include it.
Air
Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursue basketball rookie Michael Jordan, creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and contemporary culture.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
American Fiction
Film adaptation that stars Jeffrey Wright as Monk, a novelist who uses a pen name to write a book that exposes the hypocrisy of the establishment. The movie is a satire that explores the culture’s obsession with reducing people to stereotypes
Where to Watch: In theaters
A Million Miles Away
A Million Miles Away is a 2023 American biographical drama film. It tells the story of NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, from his childhood in a rural village in Michoacán, Mexico to his journey to the International Space Station. Michael Peña plays Hernández in the film.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
The Blackening
Seven friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay alive.
Where to Watch: Starz
The Holdovers
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school’s head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
Where to Watch: Peacock
They Cloned Tyrone
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Rye Lane
Following two youngsters reeling from bad break-ups who connect over a particularly eventful day in South London.
Where to Watch: Hulu
Rustin
Bayard Rustin, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., dedicates his life to the quest for racial equality, human rights and worldwide democracy. However, as an openly gay Black man, he is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Leave The World Behind
A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a blackout. As the threat grows, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Barbie
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Where to Watch: Max
The Burial
Willie E. Gary, an unconventional lawyer, helps Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe, a funeral home owner with financial troubles, save his family business from a corporate behemoth.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Killers of the Flower Moon
Real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries to save her community from a spree of murders fueled by oil and greed.
Where to Watch: VOD
Spider Man Across The Spider Verse
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. However, when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders. He must soon redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Where to Watch: Netflix
The Color Purple
Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in life, including an abusive husband. With support from a sultry singer named Shug Avery, as well as her stand-her-ground stepdaughter, Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Godzilla Minus One
Japan is already devastated by the war when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster.
Where to Watch: In theaters
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Where to Watch: VOD
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with a love affair and falling out with Marie Antoinette. Where to Watch: hulu Jodi Jackson, a gas station attendant, struggles and aspires to become a singer, but things start to get complicated when a robbery occurs at her work. Where to Watch: Tubi During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history. Where to Watch: VOD Unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. They set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance, a married couple buckle under the pressure when a Hollywood actress meets them to do research for a film about their past. Where to Watch: Netflix First, thank you so much for visiting BLEX. Building this brand is a labor of love and my way of celebrating the beauty and diversity of Black culture in Hollywood. While building this brand is a labor of love, I rely on the support of people like you to keep the site and social platforms running. If you believe in what Blex Media stands for and enjoy the content I produce, please consider donating a cup of coffee. Your contribution helps me keep the site running will enable me to expand my team and improve Blex’s platform. Thank you for being a part of the Blex community! -SharifaCinnamon
Oppenheimer
A Thousand and One
Where to Watch: Prime VideoMay December
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