Killers of the Flower Moon | 2023 Movies RANKED - Episode 46

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Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list.

Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Beau Is Afraid
3. Infinity Pool
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
8. Tetris
9. Gran Turismo
10. Air
11. Creed III
12. Sound of Freedom
13. A Haunting In Venice
14. The Creator
15. The Flash
16. Fast X
17. Asteroid City
18. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
19. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
20. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
21. M3GAN
22. missing
23. The Machine
24. Barbie
25. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
26. The Exorcist: Believer
27. Scream VI
28. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
29. Dumb Money
30. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
31. Renfield
32. The Equalizer 3
33. Blue Beetle
34. Evil Dead Rise
35. The Pope’s Exorcist
36. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
37. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
38. Knock at the Cabin
39. Insidious: The Red Door
40. The Nun II
41. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
42. Plane
43. Haunted Mansion
44. Cocaine Bear
45. Knights of the Zodiac

Quentin Tarantino has said for years that he’ll make ten films and then retire because directors only make worse and worse films as they age. Somehow the old-timer Martin Scorsese is a rare exception to this general rule, of which Killers of the Flower Moon is further evidence.

Showcasing the lengths to which people will go to obtain money and power is certainly a central theme of Marty’s more iconic films, and here’s another for that list. Only this time it’s a significantly more subtle approach than the likes of Goodfellas, The Departed, or Wolf of Wall Street. Murder and death isn’t handled with style and flair set to a Rolling Stones soundtrack, but with deference and care and a cold objectivity because the victims aren’t gangsters, but members of the Osage Nation, bumped off one by one by white men looking to gain control of oil discovered on Osage tribal land. It’s hauntingly tragic, shockingly inhuman, and beautifully rendered.

Not so coincidentally, as Marty’s time on this Earth elongates, so too do the runtimes of his films, the last two being 3 and a half hours. I for one consider this a blessing from a master filmmaker with nothing left to prove. So if you have a problem with it, watch it on Apple TV+ so that every 20 minutes you can pause the movie to take your damn ADHD medication, sit back down, shut up, watch the movie and be thankful that Martin Scorsese still has plenty to give.

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