Year-End Lists

Michael J. Anderson: Ten Best Films of 2022, and click through to see his archive of lists going back decades. It's fun to browse.

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2017]

1. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
2. The Novelist's Film
   Hong Sang-soo
3. Walk Up
   Hong Sang-soo
4. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
5. Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
   Richard Linklater
6. Coma
   Bertrand Bonello
7. De humani corporis fabrica
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
8. Unrest
   Cyril Schäublin
9. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
10. A Couple
    Frederick Wiseman

Mark Kermode: 10 Best Films of 2022, as published by The Observer

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

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
4. Gangubai Kathiawadi
   Sanjay Leela Bhansali
5. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
   Guillermo del Toro
6. The Quiet Girl
   Colm Bairéad
7. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
8. Moonage Daydream
   Brett Morgen
9. Ali & Ava
   Clio Barnard
10. Catherine Called Birdy
    Lena Dunham

Ty Burr: Top 20 Films of 2022, in alphabetical order

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

• After Yang
  Kogonada
• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• All That Breathes
  Shaunak Sen
• Athena
  Romain Gavras
• Avatar: The Way of Water
  James Cameron
• The Banshees of Inisherin
  Martin McDonagh
• Descendant
  Margaret Brown
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• Men
  Alex Garland
• No Bears
  Jafar Panahi
• Nope
  Jordan Peele
• The Northman
  Robert Eggers
• Return to Seoul
  Davy Chou
• RRR
  S.S. Rajamouli
• Tár
  Todd Field
• The Woman King
  Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Women Talking
  Sarah Polley

Runners-up (meaning they’re really good and you should see them too.)

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Barbarian
  Zach Cregger
• Crimes of the Future
  David Cronenberg
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• Dos estaciones
  Juan Pablo González
• Fire of Love
  Sara Dosa
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  Rian Johnson
• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
  Sophie Hyde
• Happening
  Audrey Diwan
• Hold Me Tight
  Mathieu Amalric
• Holy Spider
  Ali Abbasi
• The Janes
  Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes
• Kimi
  Steven Soderbergh
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
  Sacha Jenkins
• A Love Song
  Max Walker-Silverman
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Dean Fleischer Camp
• Sr.
  Chris Smith
• Till
  Chinonye Chukwu
• We're All Going to the World's Fair
  Jane Schoenbrun
• The Wonder
  Sebastián Lelio

Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2022, as published by The Washington Post

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

1. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
   Sophie Hyde
4. She Said
   Maria Schrader
5. Armageddon Time
   James Gray
6. The Woman King
   Gina Prince-Bythewood
7. Triangle of Sadness
   Ruben Östlund
8. Three Minutes: A Lengthening
   Bianca Stigter
9. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
10. The Martha Mitchell Effect
    Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy

Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2022, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
2. Turning Red
   Domee Shi
3. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
4. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
5. Return to Seoul
   Davy Chou
6. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
7. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
8. Tár
   Todd Field
9. Jackass Forever
   Jeff Tremaine
10. Nope
    Jordan Peele
11. The Banshees of Inisherin
    Martin McDonagh
12. Confess, Fletch
    Greg Mottola
13. All That Breathes
    Shaunak Sen
14. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    Rian Johnson
15. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells
16. Funny Pages
    Owen Kline
17. Kimi
    Steven Soderbergh
18. Descendant
    Margaret Brown
19. The Northman
    Robert Eggers
20. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Randy Myers: Top 10 Movies of 2022, as published by San Jose Mercury News

[see also 2020]

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
2. Women Talking
   Sarah Polley
3. Close
   Lukas Dhont
4. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
5. Tár
   Todd Field
6. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
   James Cameron
8. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
9. Babylon
   Damien Chazelle
10. Barbarian
    Zach Cregger

The runners up

• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• The Inspection
  Elegance Bratton
• You Won't Be Alone
  Goran Stolevski
• Living
  Oliver Hermanus

Tomris Laffly: Top Ten Films of 2022, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2018]

• Avatar: The Way of Water
  James Cameron
• Babylon
  Damien Chazelle
• The Banshees of Inisherin
  Martin McDonagh
• Bitterbrush
  Emelie Mahdavian
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• Murina
  Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
• No Bears
  Jafar Panahi
• Tár
  Todd Field

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2022

Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2022, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• Benediction
  Terence Davies
• Corsage
  Marie Kreutzer
• Dinner in America
  Adam Rehmeier
• Elvis
  Baz Luhrmann
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Jackass Forever
  Jeff Tremaine
• Moonage Daydream
  Brett Morgen
• No Bears
  Jafar Panahi
• RRR
  S.S. Rajamouli

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2022

Sarah Knight Adamson: Top 10 Movies of 2022

[see also 2021]

1. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
2. The Woman King
   Gina Prince-Bythewood
3. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
4. She Said
   Maria Schrader
5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
   Rian Johnson
6. Women Talking
   Sarah Polley
7. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
   Ryan Coogler
9. Corsage
   Marie Kreutzer
10. Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron

Runners Up

• Turning Red
  Domee Shi
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Causeway
  Lila Neugebauer
• The Batman
  Matt Reeves
• Babylon
  Damien Chazelle
• Thor: Love and Thunder
  Taika Waititi
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
  Tom Gormican
• DC League of Super-Pets
  Jared Stern
• The Inspection
  Elegance Bratton

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2022

Peyton Robinson: Top Ten Films of 2022, as published by RogerEbert.com

1. Nope
   Jordan Peele
2. Pleasure
   Ninja Thyberg
3. X
   Ti West
4. Bones and All
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The African Desperate
   Martine Syms
6. Cha Cha Real Smooth
   Cooper Raiff
7. God's Country
   Julian Higgins
8. Causeway
   Lila Neugebauer
9. Resurrection
   Andrew Semans
10. Bodies Bodies Bodies
    Halina Reijn

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2022