My favorite first time viewings of the year. I can only pick one movie per month. Here’s the 2023 list

Honorable mentions for each month:
• January: Godzilla (1954), Rope, 12 Years a Slave, Last Hurrah for Chivalry, Exiled, Drug War
• February: Eyes Wide Shut, The Blues Brothers
• March: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Heroes of the East, Snake Eyes, Love Letter
• April: The Crow, Hundreds of Beavers, I Saw the Devil
• May: Grindhouse, Opera, Gone Girl
• June: Drive (1997)
• July: Paris Texas, Tenebre, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Fresh, The Last Boy Scout
• August: Twin Peaks: The Return, Do the Right Thing, Perfect Days, Running Out of Time
• September: The Untouchables 
• October: —
• November: Look Back, Drishyam, The Handmaiden, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring, For a Few Dollars More
• December: Mystic River, Strangers on a Train, Muru, Evil Does Not Exist, Sing Sing