Year-End Lists

Decider: Best Movies of 2022

[see also 2021]

1. Nope
   Jordan Peele
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
3. Bodies Bodies Bodies
   Halina Reijn
4. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
5. Fresh
   Mimi Cave
6. Cha Cha Real Smooth
   Cooper Raiff
7. I Want You Back
   Jason Orley
8. The Batman
   Matt Reeves
9. Barbarian
   Zach Cregger
10. Turning Red
    Domee Shi
11. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
12. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
    Sophie Hyde
13. Not Okay
    Quinn Shephard
14. Prey
    Dan Trachtenberg
15. A Love Song
    Max Walker-Silverman
16. Catherine Called Birdy
    Lena Dunham
17. Fire Island
    Andrew Ahn
18. After Yang
    Kogonada
19. Deadstream
    Vanessa and Joseph Winter
20. The Lost City
    Aaron Nee and Adam Nee
21. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
    Eric Appel

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2022, as chosen by the site's regular review staff

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
2. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
3. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
4. Tár
   Todd Field
5. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
6. Nope
   Jordan Peele
7. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
8. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
9. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
10. Babylon
    Damien Chazelle

Runner-ups

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Benediction
  Terence Davies
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  Guillermo del Toro
• Happening
  Audrey Diwan
• Hit the Road
  Panah Panahi
• Jackass Forever
  Jeff Tremaine
• Mad God
  Phil Tippett

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Christy Lemire: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Katie Rife: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Marya E. Gates: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Nandini Balial: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Peyton Robinson: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2022
• RogerEbert.com: Tomris Laffly: Top Ten Films of 2022
• Sarah Knight Adamson: Top 10 Movies of 2022

Screen Slate: Best Movies of 2022, as voted on by contributors, programmers, critics, artists and filmmakers. They also have a bunch of individual lists of first viewings and discoveries, very fun to browse.

[see also 2021 • 2020]

1. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
2. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
3. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
4. Tár
   Todd Field
5. Jackass Forever
   Jeff Tremaine
6. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
7. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
8. Nope
   Jordan Peele
9. Funny Pages
   Owen Kline
10. The Fabelmans
    Steven Spielberg
11. The Eternal Daughter
    Joanna Hogg
12. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
13. We're All Going to the World's Fair
    Jane Schoenbrun
14. The Novelist's Film
    Hong Sang-soo
15. In Front of Your Face
    Hong Sang-soo
16. The Cathedral
    Ricky D'Ambrose
17. Armageddon Time
    James Gray
18. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
19. Benediction
    Terence Davies
20. Ambulance
    Michael Bay

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Screen Slate: Chloe Lizotte: Best Movies of 2022
• Screen Slate: Molly Haskell: Best Movies of 2022

Mara Reinstein: Best Movies of 2022, as published by Us Weekly

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

1. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
2. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
3. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
5. Till
   Chinonye Chukwu
6. The Menu
   Mark Mylod
7. She Said
   Maria Schrader
8. Thirteen Lives
   Ron Howard
9. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
   Rian Johnson
10. Bros
    Nicholas Stoller

Vogue: The 29 Best Movies of 2022

[see also 2020 • 2019]

• The Worst Person in the World
  Joachim Trier
• After Yang
  Kogonada
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• Navalny
  Daniel Roher
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski
• Elvis
  Baz Luhrmann
• Fire of Love
  Sara Dosa
• Murina
  Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
• Barbarian
  Zach Cregger
• The Woman King
  Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Moonage Daydream
  Brett Morgen
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Nothing Compares
  Kathryn Ferguson
• Anaïs in Love
  Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
• Triangle of Sadness
  Ruben Östlund
• All That Breathes
  Shaunak Sen
• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• Armageddon Time
  James Gray
• The Wonder
  Sebastián Lelio
• She Said
  Maria Schrader
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino
• Nanny
  Nikyatu Jusu
• Holy Spider
  Ali Abbasi
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Living
  Oliver Hermanus
• Women Talking
  Sarah Polley
• Broker
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• White Noise
  Noah Baumbach

IndieWire: The Best Films of 2022, as voted by film critics from around the world

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

1. Tár
   Todd Field
2. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
5. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
6. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
7. Nope
   Jordan Peele
8. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
9. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
10. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    Laura Poitras

Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2022, as published by Associated Press

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

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. Women Talking
   Sarah Polley
4. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
5. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
6. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
   Anthony Fabian
7. Kimi
   Steven Soderbergh
8. Murina
   Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
9. Corsage
   Marie Kreutzer
10. White Noise
    Noah Baumbach

Also

• Happening
  Audrey Diwan
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Avatar: The Way of Water
  James Cameron
• Fire of Love
  Sara Dosa
• Catherine Called Birdy
  Lena Dunham
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• Bodies Bodies Bodies
  Halina Reijn
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Cyrano
  Joe Wright

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2022, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. Belle
   Mamoru Hosoda
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
4. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
5. Descendant
   Margaret Brown
6. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
8. Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
   Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
9. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
10. Kimi
    Steven Soderbergh

Also

• Compartment Number 6
  Juho Kuosmanen
• Till
  Chinonye Chukwu
• One Fine Morning
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• The Cathedral
  Ricky D'Ambrose
• The Woman King
  Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
  Richard Linklater
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  Rian Johnson
• Emily the Criminal
  John Patton Ford
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino

Noel Murray: The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022, as published by Polygon

[see also The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 • The Best Films of 2021 • The Best Films of 2020 • The Best Films of 2019 • Top 15 Films of 2018 • Best Films of 2017 • The Best Films of 2016 • The Best Films of 2015 • Top 15 Films of 2014 • 15 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. Moonage Daydream
   Brett Morgen
2. Riotsville, U.S.A.
   Sierra Pettengill
3. Descendant
   Margaret Brown
4. We Met in Virtual Reality
   Joe Hunting
5. Fire of Love
   Sara Dosa
6. 2nd Chance
   Ramin Bahrani
7. The Janes
   Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes
8. Is That Black Enough for You?!?
   Elvis Mitchell
9. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
10. The Princess
    Ed Perkins

Dana Stevens: The 10 Best Movies of 2022, as published by Slate, in alphabetical order

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

• All That Breathes
  Shaunak Sen
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• The Banshees of Inisherin
  Martin McDonagh
• EO
  Jerzy Skolimowski
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• Happening
  Audrey Diwan
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  Dean Fleischer Camp
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski

Runners-Up

• A Couple
  Frederick Wiseman
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Three Minutes: A Lengthening
  Bianca Stigter
• Women Talking
  Sarah Polley