Year-End Lists

Saige Walton: 2022 Top Film Picks, as posted to Twitter, "for those who list -- those who don't or those who are looking for great films to watch..."

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
3. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
4. Men
   Alex Garland
5. Talk to Me
   Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
6. Holy Spider
   Ali Abbasi
7. Hustle
   Jeremiah Zagar
8. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
9. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
10. Both Sides of the Blade
    Claire Denis

Anna Bogutskaya: Top 13 Films of 2022, as posted to Twitter, hand-written

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. Moonage Daydream
   Brett Morgen
4. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
6. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
7. Pleasure
   Ninja Thyberg
8. Nope
   Jordan Peele
9. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
10. Boiling Point
    Philip Barantini
11. Piggy
    Carlota Pereda
12. True Things
    Harry Wootliff
13. Huesera
    Michelle Garza Cervera

Jesse Hassenger: Top Ten Movies of 2022, as published by Paste Magazine

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

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. X
   Ti West
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
4. Kimi
   Steven Soderbergh
5. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
6. After Yang
   Kogonada
7. Nope
   Jordan Peele
8. Turning Red
   Domee Shi
9. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
10. Babylon
    Damien Chazelle

Jacob Oller: Top Ten Movies of 2022, as published by Paste Magazine

[see also 2023 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
2. Athena
   Romain Gavras
3. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
   Guillermo del Toro
4. A Hero
   Asghar Farhadi
5. A Love Song
   Max Walker-Silverman
6. Tár
   Todd Field
7. Dual
   Riley Stearns
8. RRR
   S.S. Rajamouli
9. Belle
   Mamoru Hosoda
10. Turning Red
    Domee Shi

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