Year-End Lists

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

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