Year-End Lists

In Review Online: Top 25 Films of 2022

1. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
2. Benediction
   Terence Davies
3. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
4. Tár
   Todd Field
5. Stars at Noon
   Claire Denis
6. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
   James Cameron
8. In Front of Your Face
   Hong Sang-soo
8. The Novelist's Film
   Hong Sang-soo
9. Jackass Forever
   Jeff Tremaine
10. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
11. We're All Going to the World's Fair
    Jane Schoenbrun
12. Decision to Leave
    Park Chan-wook
13. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
14. Saint Omer
    Alice Diop
15. The Girl and the Spider
    Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher
16. Ambulance
    Michael Bay
17. The Tsugua Diaries
    Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
18. Fabian: Going to the Dogs
    Dominik Graf
19. Il Buco
    Michelangelo Frammartino
20. Nope
    Jordan Peele
21. The Metamorphosis of Birds
    Catarina Vasconcelos
22. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells
23. Fire of Love
    Sara Dosa
24. The Cathedral
    Ricky D'Ambrose
25. The Banshees of Inisherin
    Martin McDonagh

Honorable Mentions

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• A New Old Play
  Qiu Jiongjiong
• One Fine Morning
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• After Yang
  Kogonada
• Elvis
  Baz Luhrmann
• Mr. Bachmann and His Class
  Maria Speth
• The Great Movement
  Kiro Russo
• Outside Noise
  Ted Fendt
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski
• Both Sides of the Blade
  Claire Denis
• Mad God
  Phil Tippett
• Detective vs Sleuths
  Wai Ka-fai
• This Much I Know to Be True
  Andrew Dominik
• The Munsters
  Rob Zombie
• Armageddon Time
  James Gray