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2022 Movies

Boston Globe: Odie Henderson: 10 Best Movies of 2022

09 December 2022

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Odie Henderson: 10 Best Movies of 2022, as published by The Boston Globe

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

  1. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells
  2. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
  3. Descendant
    Margaret Brown
  4. Women Talking
    Sarah Polley
  5. The Fabelmans
    Steven Spielberg
  6. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    Rian Johnson
  7. Benediction
    Terence Davies
  8. Nope
    Jordan Peele
  9. The Woman King
    Gina Prince-Bythewood
  10. Prey
    Dan Trachtenberg

Runners-up

  1. Till
    Chinonye Chukwu
  2. Riotsville, U.S.A.
    Sierra Pettengill
  3. Hold Your Fire
    Stefan Forbes
  4. All That Breathes
    Shaunak Sen
  5. Is That Black Enough for You?!?
    Elvis Mitchell
  6. Lightyear
    Angus MacLane
  7. Turning Red
    Domee Shi
  8. Devotion
    J.D. Dillard
  9. Decision to Leave
    Park Chan-wook
  10. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
    Anthony Fabian

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