Year-End Lists

Ryan Swen: Best Films of 2022, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023]

1. The Novelist's Film
   Hong Sang-soo
2. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
3. Il Buco
   Michelangelo Frammartino
4. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
5. A New Old Play
   Qiu Jiongjiong
6. One Fine Morning
   Mia Hansen-Løve
7. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
8. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
9. The Girl and the Spider
   Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher
10. Crimes of the Future
    David Cronenberg
11. In Front of Your Face
    Hong Sang-soo
12. Tár
    Todd Field
13. Introduction
    Hong Sang-soo
14. White Noise
    Noah Baumbach
15. The Great Movement
    Kiro Russo
16. Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron
17. The Cathedral
    Ricky D'Ambrose
18. Nope
    Jordan Peele
19. Fabian: Going to the Dogs
    Dominik Graf
20. Benediction
    Terence Davies

This list contributes to:

• Best Films of 2022 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll