Year-End Lists

Todd McCarthy: Best Movies Of 2022, as published by Deadline Hollywood, listed alphabetically

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

• All Quiet on the Western Front
  Edward Berger
• Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
  Richard Linklater
• Avatar: The Way of Water
  James Cameron
• The Banshees of Inisherin
  Martin McDonagh
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• She Said
  Maria Schrader
• Tár
  Todd Field

Glenn Kenny: Notable Films Of 2022, which "is not ranked, and doesn't necessarily follow the chronological order of viewing"

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012]

Top Stuff

• The Cathedral
  Ricky D'Ambrose
• Compartment Number 6
  Juho Kuosmanen
• Kimi
  Steven Soderbergh
• Deception
  Arnaud Desplechin
• The Worst Person in the World
  Joachim Trier
• The Automat
  Lisa Hurwitz
• The Tale of King Crab
  Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis
• Petite Maman
  Céline Sciamma
• Both Sides of the Blade
  Claire Denis
• Vortex
  Gaspar Noé
• Lux Æterna
  Gaspar Noé
• Flux Gourmet
  Peter Strickland
• Crimes of the Future
  David Cronenberg
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
  John Rice and Albert Calleros
• Murina
  Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
• Mad God
  Phil Tippett
• Emily the Criminal
  John Patton Ford
• Saloum
  Jean Luc Herbulot
• Three Thousand Years of Longing
  George Miller
• A Couple
  Frederick Wiseman
• Pacifiction
  Albert Serra
• The Whale
  Darren Aronofsky
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Banshees of Inisherin
  Martin McDonagh
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Armageddon Time
  James Gray
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• Petrov's Flu
  Kirill Serebrennikov
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Utama
  Alejandro Loayza Grisi
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Causeway
  Lila Neugebauer
• One Fine Morning
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  Rian Johnson
• Sr.
  Chris Smith
• The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
  Bruce Weber
• Broker
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• No Bears
  Jafar Panahi

Honorable Mention

• The Duke
  Roger Michell
• The Torch
  Jim Farrell
• The Long Walk
  Mattie Do
• The Unknown Man of Shandigor
  Jean-Louis Roy
• Men
  Alex Garland
• Miracle
  Bogdan George Apetri
• Faith
  Valentina Pedicini
• Prey
  Dan Trachtenberg
• Hustle
  Jeremiah Zagar
• The Princess
  Ed Perkins
• Costa Brava, Lebanon
  Mounia Akl
• A Love Song
  Max Walker-Silverman
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Barbarian
  Zach Cregger
• Athena
  Romain Gavras
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Adopting Audrey
  M. Cahill
• Amsterdam
  David O. Russell
• White Noise
  Noah Baumbach
• Hold Me Tight
  Mathieu Amalric
• Avatar: The Way of Water
  James Cameron
• Come le tartarughe
  Monica Dugo
• Mountain Onion
  Eldar Shibanov
• Palimpsest
  Hanna Marjo Västinsalo
• Banu
  Tahmina Rafaella

Mark Hughes: The Top 20 Best Films Of The Year 2022, as published by Forbes

1. The Woman King
   Gina Prince-Bythewood
2. Till
   Chinonye Chukwu
3. Women Talking
   Sarah Polley
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
5. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
6. Avatar: The Way of Water
   James Cameron
7. Happening
   Audrey Diwan
8. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
9. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
10. The Batman
    Matt Reeves
11. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells
12. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    Ryan Coogler
13. All Quiet on the Western Front
    Edward Berger
14. Turning Red
    Domee Shi
15. No Bears
    Jafar Panahi
16. Prey
    Dan Trachtenberg
17. Saloum
    Jean Luc Herbulot
18. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
    Guillermo del Toro
19. Bones and All
    Luca Guadagnino
20. Emily the Criminal
    John Patton Ford

Honorable Mentions

• The Northman
  Robert Eggers
• Barbarian
  Zach Cregger
• Brian and Charles
  Jim Archer
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  Rian Johnson
• Thor: Love and Thunder
  Taika Waititi

the i: The 10 Best Films of 2022, compiled by Christina Newland and Geoffrey Macnab

1. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
2. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
3. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
4. Triangle of Sadness
   Ruben Östlund
5. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
6. Red Rocket
   Sean Baker
7. Vortex
   Gaspar Noé
8. Armageddon Time
   James Gray
9. Pleasure
   Ninja Thyberg
10. Nope
    Jordan Peele

Peter Labuza: Favorite Films of 2022, as posted to Twitter where they're intriguingly paired with thematically resonant first-time watches and accompanied by an extensive list of films of interest, old and new

[see also 2017 • 2016]

1. Benediction
   Terence Davies
2. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
3. Tár
   Todd Field
4. We're All Going to the World's Fair
   Jane Schoenbrun
5. Kimi
   Steven Soderbergh
6. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb
   Jon Bois
7. Nope
   Jordan Peele
8. Shin Ultraman
   Shinji Higuchi
9. France
   Bruno Dumont
10. Ambulance
    Michael Bay

Valerie Complex: Best Films of 2022, as published by Deadline Hollywood

• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  Joel Crawford
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• My Imaginary Country
  Patricio Guzmán
• Aftershock
  Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis
• Descendant
  Margaret Brown
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Prey
  Dan Trachtenberg
• The Woman King
  Gina Prince-Bythewood

Scott Renshaw: Best Movies of 2022, as published by Salt Lake City Weekly

[see also 2023]

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
3. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
3. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
4. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
5. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
   Dean Fleischer Camp
6. White Noise
   Noah Baumbach
7. After Yang
   Kogonada
8. Tár
   Todd Field
9. Navalny
   Daniel Roher
10. Decision to Leave
    Park Chan-wook

Steve Erickson: Top Films of 2022, as published by Gay City News

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• The Cathedral
  Ricky D'Ambrose
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Feast
  Tim Leyendekker
• Jackass Forever
  Jeff Tremaine
• Neptune Frost
  Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
• Resurrection
  Andrew Semans
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Something in the Dirt
  Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
• We're All Going to the World's Fair
  Jane Schoenbrun

Runners-up

• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• Benediction
  Terence Davies
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Fabian: Going to the Dogs
  Dominik Graf
• Great Freedom
  Sebastian Meise
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (episode "The Outside")
  Ana Lily Amirpour
• Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
  Dan Olson
• Mad God
  Phil Tippett
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Three Minutes: A Lengthening
  Bianca Stigter
• Vortex
  Gaspar Noé

Peter Travers: The 10 Best Movies of 2022, as aired on ABC News’s Good Morning America

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

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
5. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
6. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
7. Nope
   Jordan Peele
8. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
9. Women Talking
   Sarah Polley
10. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
10. Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron

Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Movies of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2015]

1. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
2. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
3. Athena
   Romain Gavras
4. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
5. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
   Guillermo del Toro
6. X
   Ti West
7. A Hero
   Asghar Farhadi
8. Nope
   Jordan Peele
9. Tár
   Todd Field
10. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
11. A Love Song
    Max Walker-Silverman
12. Turning Red
    Domee Shi
13. Kimi
    Steven Soderbergh
14. Dual
    Riley Stearns
15. Belle
    Mamoru Hosoda
16. Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron
17. The Banshees of Inisherin
    Martin McDonagh
18. The Sea Beast
    Chris Williams
19. After Yang
    Kogonada
20. Crimes of the Future
    David Cronenberg
21. Decision to Leave
    Park Chan-wook
22. Argentina, 1985
    Santiago Mitre
23. Babylon
    Damien Chazelle
24. Broker
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
25. The Menu
    Mark Mylod
26. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    Rian Johnson
27. The Northman
    Robert Eggers
28. Top Gun: Maverick
    Joseph Kosinski
29. Resurrection
    Andrew Semans
30. White Noise
    Noah Baumbach
31. Elvis
    Baz Luhrmann
32. Inspector Ike
    Graham Mason
33. Mad God
    Phil Tippett
34. EO
    Jerzy Skolimowski
35. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
36. Nitram
    Justin Kurzel
37. Hold Me Tight
    Mathieu Amalric
38. Watcher
    Chloe Okuno
39. Dos estaciones
    Juan Pablo González
40. We're All Going to the World's Fair
    Jane Schoenbrun
41. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    Laura Poitras
42. Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
43. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb
    Jon Bois
44. A Couple
    Frederick Wiseman
45. Prey
    Dan Trachtenberg
46. Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
    Alejandro G. Iñárritu
47. Girl Picture
    Alli Haapasalo
48. Children of the Mist
    Diem Ha Le
49. Neptune Frost
    Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
50. No Bears
    Jafar Panahi