Year-End Lists

Clémence Polès: Top Ten Films of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2019]

• The Balcony Movie
  Paweł Łoziński
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Nobody's Hero
  Alain Guiraudie
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• De humani corporis fabrica
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Nope
  Jordan Peele
• The Worst Ones
  Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret
• The Batman
  Matt Reeves
• Leila's Brothers
  Saeed Roustayi
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Notable mentions

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• Ambulance
  Michael Bay
• Crimes of the Future
  David Cronenberg

Danny Leigh: Best Films of 2022, as published by Financial Times

• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• Playground
  Laura Wandel
• Nope
  Jordan Peele
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Pleasure
  Ninja Thyberg
• No Bears
  Jafar Panahi
• The Duke
  Roger Michell
• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• Navalny
  Daniel Roher
• Vortex
  Gaspar Noé

Uproxx: The Best Movies Of 2022

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

1. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
2. Nope
   Jordan Peele
3. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
5. The Menu
   Mark Mylod
6. Emily the Criminal
   John Patton Ford
7. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
8. Tár
   Todd Field
9. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
   Rian Johnson
10. Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron

honorable mentions

• Babylon
  Damien Chazelle
• Jackass Forever
  Jeff Tremaine
• Fresh
  Mimi Cave
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
  John Rice and Albert Calleros

Jessica Kiang: Top 50 Movies of 2022, as posted to Twitter in an epic thread with links to her (or others') reviews

[see also 2023]

1. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
2. Unrest
   Cyril Schäublin
3. Rimini
   Ulrich Seidl
4. Nope
   Jordan Peele
5. Corsage
   Marie Kreutzer
6. The Eight Mountains
   Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
7. Tár
   Todd Field
8. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
9. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
10. R.M.N.
    Cristian Mungiu
11. The Fabelmans
    Steven Spielberg
12. A Room of My Own
    Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze
13. Return to Seoul
    Davy Chou
14. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    Laura Poitras
15. Hole in the Head
    Dean Kavanagh
16. Godland
    Hlynur Pálmason
17. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells
18. The Plains
    David Easteal
19. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt
20. The Wonder
    Sebastián Lelio
21. Falcon Lake
    Charlotte Le Bon
22. Beautiful Beings
    Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
23. Crimes of the Future
    David Cronenberg
24. Walk Up
    Hong Sang-soo
25. Tommy Guns
    Carlos Conceição
26. You Have to Come and See It
    Jonás Trueba
27. Pamfir
    Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
28. Incredible But True
    Quentin Dupieux
29. Axiom
    Jöns Jönsson
30. Dos estaciones
    Juan Pablo González
31. EO
    Jerzy Skolimowski
32. Robe of Gems
    Natalia López
33. The Cathedral
    Ricky D'Ambrose
34. Lullaby
    Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
35. Neptune Frost
    Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
36. Stars at Noon
    Claire Denis
37. Watcher
    Chloe Okuno
38. The Damned Don't Cry
    Fyzal Boulifa
39. Jethica
    Pete Ohs
40. Utama
    Alejandro Loayza Grisi
41. Small, Slow But Steady
    Shô Miyake
42. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
43. Blue Jean
    Georgia Oakley
44. The Woman King
    Gina Prince-Bythewood
45. No Bears
    Jafar Panahi
46. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    Antonio Lukich
47. A Far Shore
    Masaaki Kudô
48. Catherine Called Birdy
    Lena Dunham
49. A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On
    Gentian Koçi
50. Moonfall
    Roland Emmerich

Kevin Slane: The Best Movies of 2022, as published by Boston.com

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
3. Nope
   Jordan Peele
4. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
5. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
6. After Yang
   Kogonada
7. Kimi
   Steven Soderbergh
8. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
   Rian Johnson
9. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
10. Prey
    Dan Trachtenberg

Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2022, noting about Descendant that "I'm biased - Higher Ground produced"

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

• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• The Woman King
  Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• Emily the Criminal
  John Patton Ford
• Petite Maman
  Céline Sciamma
• Descendant
  Margaret Brown
• Happening
  Audrey Diwan
• Till
  Chinonye Chukwu
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski
• The Good Boss
  Fernando León de Aranoa
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
  Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
• A Hero
  Asghar Farhadi
• Hit the Road
  Panah Panahi
• Tár
  Todd Field
• After Yang
  Kogonada

Josh Larsen: Top 10 Films of 2022, as posted at Larsen on Film and discussed on Filmspotting

[see also 2018]

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. After Yang
   Kogonada
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
4. Nope
   Jordan Peele
5. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
6. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
   Dean Fleischer Camp
7. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
8. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
   Guillermo del Toro
9. Don't Worry Darling
   Olivia Wilde
10. Saint Omer
    Alice Diop

Adam Kempenaar: Top 10 Films of 2022, as discussed on Filmspotting

[see also 2018]

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
5. After Yang
   Kogonada
6. Close
   Lukas Dhont
7. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
8. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
9. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
10. The Fabelmans
    Steven Spielberg

Caitlin Quinlan: Best Films of 2022, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
2. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
3. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
4. Alcarràs
   Carla Simón
5. Human Flowers of Flesh
   Helena Wittmann
6. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
7. This House
   Miryam Charles
8. The Eternal Daughter
   Joanna Hogg
9. Robe of Gems
   Natalia López
10. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    Laura Poitras
11. Nope
    Jordan Peele
12. Corsage
    Marie Kreutzer
13. Funny Pages
    Owen Kline
14. Stars at Noon
    Claire Denis
15. Crimes of the Future
    David Cronenberg
16. Dos estaciones
    Juan Pablo González

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2022

Michael Phillips: The Top 10 Best Movies of 2022, as published by The Chicago Tribune, in alphabetical order

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Compartment Number 6
  Juho Kuosmanen
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Dean Fleischer Camp
• Kimi
  Steven Soderbergh
• Let the Little Light Shine
  Kevin Shaw
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Turning Red
  Domee Shi
• The Woman King
  Gina Prince-Bythewood

Plus a few honorable mentions, in alphabetical order

• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• After Yang
  Kogonada
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• Nope
  Jordan Peele
• Prey
  Dan Trachtenberg
• She Said
  Maria Schrader
• Till
  Chinonye Chukwu
• Women Talking
  Sarah Polley