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The best non-2023 films I watched in 2023.

Honorable mentions:

The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Look Park (1974) Portrait (1977)

The best non-2016 movies I watched in 2016.

The best non-2017 movies I watched in 2017.

The best non-2018 movies I watched in 2018.

The best non-2019 movies I watched in 2019.

The best non-2020 movies I watched in 2020.