Year-End Lists

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

USA Today: The 10 Best Albums of 2022, compiled by Melissa Ruggieri and Patrick Ryan

1. Harry's House
   Harry Styles
2. Hold the Girl
   Rina Sawayama
3. Midnights
   Taylor Swift
4. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
5. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
6. Muna
   Muna
7. Dance Fever
   Florence + The Machine
8. Chloë and the Next 20th Century
   Father John Misty
9. The Tipping Point
   Tears for Fears
10. Life Is Yours
    Foals

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

Jordan Cronk: The Top 30 Albums of 2022

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

1. Angel in Realtime
   Gang of Youths
2. ILYSM
   Wild Pink
3. God Save the Animals
   Alex G
4. Boat Songs
   MJ Lenderman
5. Glitch Princess
   yeule
6. Topical Dancer
   Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
7. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
8. Shebang
   Oren Ambarchi
9. God's Country
   Chat Pile
10. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
11. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
12. New Preoccupations
    Caracara
13. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
14. Labyrinthitis
    Destroyer
15. Heaven Come Crashing
    Rachika Nayar
16. Music For Four Guitars
    Bill Orcutt
17. Plonk
    Huerco S.
18. Florist
    Florist
19. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
20. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
21. Endure
    Special Interest
22. Running with the Hurricane
    Camp Cope
23. Pool Kids
    Pool Kids
24. sore thumb
    Oso Oso
25. Icons
    Two Shell
26. Time Skiffs
    Animal Collective
27. Sons Of
    Sam Prekop and John McEntire
28. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
29. Reset
    Panda Bear and Sonic Boom
30. Bummer Year
    Good Looks

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

The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2022

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. Blue Rev
   Alvvays
2. Hallelujah Hell Yeah
   String Machine
3. Pool Kids
   Pool Kids
4. Boat Songs
   MJ Lenderman
5. Preacher's Daughter
   Ethel Cain
6. Cave World
   Viagra Boys
7. Ants From Up There
   Black Country, New Road
8. Muna
   Muna
9. The Hum Goes on Forever
   The Wonder Years
10. New Preoccupations
    Caracara
11. Hygiene
    Drug Church
12. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
13. Little Green House
    Anxious
14. Aethiopes
    Billy Woods
15. Prince Daddy & The Hyena
    Prince Daddy & the Hyena
16. MTV
    Mo Troper
17. Sweet Tooth
    Mom Jeans.
18. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
19. Emotional Creature
    Beach Bunny
20. OUTOFBODY
    Dazy
21. Love Me Forever
    Pinkshift
22. A Place For Owls
    A Place For Owls
23. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
24. Get In Losers, We’re Going to Eternal Damnation
    Forests
25. Angel in Realtime
    Gang of Youths
26. Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
27. Havasu
    Pedro the Lion
28. Heal My Head
    Valleyheart
29. ILYSM
    Wild Pink
30. Stew
    A Will Away
31. Suckerpunch
    Chloe Moriondo
32. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
33. Please Have a Seat
    Nnamdï
34. I'm Scared That's All There Is
    Ben Quad
35. In My Car
    Rat Tally
36. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
37. Unaltered Perspective
    Inclination
38. Then the Lightness Leaves and I Become Heavy Again
    Mt. Oriander
39. Expert in a Dying Field
    The Beths
40. New Low
    Greet Death
41. Please Don't Take Me Back
    Martha
42. Giving the World Away
    Hatchie
43. The Long Way, The Slow Way
    Camp Trash
44. Lucifer on the Sofa
    Spoon
45. 40 oz. to Fresno
    Joyce Manor
46. Farm to Table
    Bartees Strange
47. Glory Days
    snow ellet
48. Cleanse
    Joywave
49. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
50. For Nasal Use Only
    Carpool

The Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

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

1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Dawn FM
   The Weeknd
4. Crash
   Charli XCX
5. Motomami
   Rosalía
6. The Car
   Arctic Monkeys
7. I Love You Jennifer B
   Jockstrap
8. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
9. Skinty Fia
   Fontaines D.C.
10. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
11. Nymph
    Shygirl
12. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
13. Most Normal
    Gilla Band
14. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
15. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
16. Cool It Down
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
17. Midnights
    Taylor Swift
18. Gemini Rights
    Steve Lacy
19. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
20. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
21. Laurel Hell
    Mitski
22. Pompeii
    Cate Le Bon
23. Preacher's Daughter
    Ethel Cain
24. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    Big Thief
25. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
26. Being Funny in a Foreign Language
    The 1975
27. Angels & Queens – Part I
    Gabriels
28. Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval
29. Two Ribbons
    Let’s Eat Grandma
30. Muna
    Muna
31. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
32. Remember Your North Star
    yaya bey
33. Ghosted
    Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
34. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
35. Fossora
    Björk
36. We've Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten
37. Loggerhead
    Wu-Lu
38. Un Verano Sin Ti
    Bad Bunny
39. How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars
    The Weather Station
40. Gold
    Alabaster DePlume
41. Hideous Bastard
    Oliver Sim
42. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
43. Autofiction
    Suede
44. Pre Pleasure
    Julia Jacklin
45. Endure
    Special Interest
46. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
47. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
48. Reason to Smile
    Kojey Radical
49. Dirt Femme
    Tove Lo
50. Alpha Zulu
    Phoenix

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