IMDb shares the most popular movies releasing in summer 2023, according to fans worldwide.

IMDb Top 10 Most Anticipated Summer Movies

We're calling it now: Summer movie season peaks in mid-July when 'Barbie' steps into the real world. The film entered the year as IMDb's Most Anticipated Movie of 2023 and interest has only grown, thanks to a killer cast and a trailer that shows off the movie's playful style and joyful humor. Directed by [link=/name/nm1950086]Greta Gerwig[/link] ('[link=/title/tt4925292]Lady Bird[/link],' '[link=/title/tt3281548/]Little Women[/link]') from a script she co-wrote with partner [link=/name/nm0000876]Noah Baumbach[/link], the summer comedy boasts an insane cast of Barbies, Kens, and more. Joining [link=/name/nm3053338/]Margot Robbie[/link]’s Barbie are [link=/name/nm0331516]Ryan Gosling[/link], [link=/name/nm4855517]Simu Liu[/link], [link=/name/nm0148418]Michael Cera[/link], [link=/name/nm4793987]Issa Rae[/link], [link=/name/nm0571952]Kate McKinnon[/link], [link=/name/nm7645984/]Dua Lipa[/link], [link=/name/nm0002071]Will Ferrell[/link], and the list goes on.

Barbie

Disney looks to continue its success with live-action adaptations of its animated classics, and ‘The Little Mermaid’ is already delighting audiences, thanks in large part to a star-making turn by [link=/name/nm1782991]Halle Bailey[/link] as Ariel the mermaid. Director [link=/name/nm0551128]Rob Marshall[/link] is no slouch when it comes to musicals (see: ‘[link=/title/tt0299658/]Chicago[/link]’ and ‘[link=/title/tt5028340/]Mary Poppins Returns[/link]’), and we can expect some brand new numbers mixing it up with re-imagined classics, like "Under the Sea" and more.

The Little Mermaid

Most modern movie-goers weren't even born when theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led the charge in creating the first weapon of mass destruction. This summer, director [link=/name/nm0634240]Christopher Nolan[/link] will unleash the paranoid, high-stakes world of war into theaters with his first biopic, starring [link=/name/nm0614165]Cillian Murphy[/link] and a whole host of A-list talent. But it's not just the film genre that marks a Nolan first; 'Oppenheimer' will also feature black-and-white IMAX film, which Kodak invented especially for this summer blockbuster.

Oppenheimer

Sallah is back but Marion is MIA as Indiana Jones returns for his fifth and final adventure before the character most likely says farewell to the audiences who have loved him for more than 40 years. We're not sure yet what the Dial of Destiny actually does, but we remember going to the theater to see '[link=/title/tt0082971]Raiders of the Lost Ark[/link]' with only a vague idea of what to expect. All signs point to director [link=/name/nm0003506]James Mangold[/link] treating Indy with the same love and reverence as he did for Wolverine with '[link=/title/tt3315342]Logan[/link].'

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

'[link=/title/tt0439572]The Flash[/link]' has been in various states of development since the late '80s, and the movie nearly came together in the mid-2000s while [link=/name/nm0634240]Christopher Nolan[/link] was resurrecting Batman at Warner Bros. It's been four years since '[link=/title/tt1396484/]It[/link]' director [link=/name/nm0615592]Andy Muschietti[/link] began work on the project, and its ascent to the big screen has been hampered by star [link=/name/nm3009232]Ezra Miller[/link]'s mental health and legal issues, plus the sometimes uncertain state of the DC Universe. Still, the tantalizing prospect of watching [link=/name/nm0000474/]Michael Keaton[/link] don the cowl again has kept anticipation sky high.

The Flash

The seventh live-action 'Transformers' adaptation promises to dodge tired retreads with an infusion of new talent (hello, [link=/name/nm6588867]Anthony Ramos[/link]) and a change of venue to Brooklyn, NY. With "SNL" alum [link=/name/nm0203457]Pete Davidson[/link] and [link=/name/nm9434831/]Cristo Fernández[/link] ("[link=/title/tt10986410/]Ted Lasso[/link]") on the call sheet, we have to wonder if comedic chops will overtake explosions as the power source for this new trilogy.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

[link=/name/nm0000129]Tom Cruise[/link] returns for *checks notes* the seventh installment of the '[link=/title/tt0117060]Mission: Impossible[/link]' series, which probably should be renamed 'Mission: Possible' as Ethan Hunt and his team of spies have been taking down the baddies for more than 20 years now. 'Dead Reckoning Part One' also marks the third (and soon to be fourth) 'M:I' film for director [link=/name/nm0003160]Christopher McQuarrie[/link], who has written and directed the series since '[link=/title/tt2381249/]Rogue Nation[/link]' back in 2015.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Get the car ready, we're headed to 'Asteroid City.' Join [link=/name/nm0027572]Wes Anderson[/link] and some usual suspects, like [link=/name/nm0005403]Jason Schwartzman[/link], [link=/name/nm0001570]Edward Norton[/link], [link=/name/nm0842770]Tilda Swinton[/link], [link=/name/nm0004778]Adrien Brody[/link], [link=/name/nm0424060]Scarlett Johansson[/link], [link=/name/nm0000158]Tom Hanks[/link] and [link=/name/nm0186505]Bryan Cranston[/link], in the desert for the Junior Stargazer convention. One thing is for certain, the 11th film from the director will be full of the Wes Anderson-isms we know and love: post-modernist aesthetics, dry humor, and an ensemble cast. Did we mention [link=/name/nm0136797]Steve Carell[/link] makes his Wes Anderson film debut?

Asteroid City

Fans can look forward to plunging deeper into the Multiverse as writers [link=/name/nm0520488/]Phil Lord[/link] and [link=/name/nm0588087/]Christopher Miller[/link] return with a new story that takes Miles Morales ([link=/name/nm4271336/]Shameik Moore[/link]) and Gwen Stacy ([link=/name/nm2794962]Hailee Steinfeld[/link]) on a quest to save every universe of Spider-People from a new and formidable threat. Exciting new additions to the cast include [link=/name/nm4793987/]Issa Rae[/link], [link=/name/nm2257207]Daniel Kaluuya[/link], [link=/name/nm1676221/]Andy Samberg[/link], and [link=/name/nm3109964/]Brian Tyree Henry[/link], with [link=/name/nm1209966/]Oscar Isaac[/link] reprising his role as Spider-Man 2099.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Even with an impending reset under new DC Studios co-CEO [link=/name/nm0348181]James Gunn[/link], 2023's DC Universe films are no lame ducks. "[link=/title/tt7221388]Cobra Kai[/link]" star [link=/name/nm4927704]Xolo Maridueña[/link] steps into the role of Jaime Reyes, the third incarnation of Blue Beetle, in this hotly anticipated take on a lesser-known but beloved hero. The film also boasts an impressive milestone in representation, featuring the first Latino superhero to get a feature film and have a star, writer, and director that are all Latino too.

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