2022 saw quite a variety of films shine and capture audiences imagination. Everything such as mainstream blockbusters, indie darlings, emerging international releases that caught the eye of the general audience and effective documentaries. In my view, each genre seemed to manage to give us a big success whether it was from a critical or financial perspective.
So if you feel films aren't giving enough variety these days, you clearly are not looking properly.
So my journey of getting to what I felt were the ten best films of the year was a very positive one as it made me realise how rich in content this industry is right now.
Below is my ranking of all 2022 films that I have seen along with a short review of each of my top 10:
194) The King's Daughter
193) Jurassic World: Dominion
192) Deep Water
191) No Bears
190) Flux Gourmet
189) Pinocchio
188) Pacifiction
187) Please Baby Please
186) Crimes Of The Future
185) Disenchanted
184) Morbius
183) All The Old Knives
182) Unwelcome
181) Halloween Ends
180) Slumberland
179) Against The Ice
10) Fast & Feel Love - An absolute hoot of an over-the-top comedy that involves the strange world of sport stacking.
9) Nothing Compares - An absolutely gripping and raw viewing experience of how one of the most talented singers of 1990's was rejected by the mainstream world.
8) RRR - A glorious Indian epic that managed to catch fire in America via Netflix, and deservedly so.
7) The Northman - A beautifully brutal action drama set in Viking times where a young prince is on a path to avenge his father's murder.
6) The Tinder Swindler - One of the first film documentaries that grabbed the attention of many people that reminded me of when I saw 'Catfish'.
5) Avatar: The Way Of Water - The first of hopefully multiple sequels to James Cameron's beautiful looking franchise that gives us pure escapism.
4) Elvis - Another vintage visual spectacle by director Baz Luhrmann about the most successful musician of all-time.
3) Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure - Another wonderful coming-of-age story by director Richard Linklater. This one could well be his most personal.
2) The Batman - When you thought we didn't need another Batman film, director Matt Reeves gives you another reason why.
1) Everything Everywhere All At Once - A film that truly lives up to its title.
178) The Lost City
177) Bardo
176) Watcher
175) Scream
174) Doctor Who Am I
173) White Noise
172) Rise
171) Hocus Pocus 2
170) Star Wars Kid: The Rise Of The Digital Shadows
169) Myanmar Diaries
168) Holy Spider
167) Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical
166) Ambulance
165) Uncharted
164) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore
163) Return To Seoul
162) The Railway Children Return
161) Ticket To Paradise
160) Tommy Guns
159) Sword Art Online The Movie: Progressive - Scherzo Of Deep Night
158) The Son
157) Monica
156) Strange World
155) Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.
154) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
153) The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
152) Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
151) The Bubble
150) Sonic The Hedgehog 2
149) Rodeo
148) My Father's Dragon
147) Bodies Bodies Bodies
146) Dual
145) Allelujah
144) Call Jane
143) EO
142) Emily The Criminal
141) The Sound Of 007
140) The Adam Project
139) Fireheart
138) Death On The Nile
137) Violent Night
136) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
135) Black Adam
134) The Swimmers
133) A Love Song
132) Loving Highsmith
131) I Wanna Dance With Somebody
130) Saint Omer
129) Good Night Oppy
128) Smoking Causes Coughing
127) Triangle Of Sadness
126) We Might As Well Be Dead
125) The Lost King
124) Men
123) Super Pets
122) The Gray Man
121) M3gan
120) Pearl
119) Corsage
118) Thunder
117) The Pale Blue Eye
116) See How They Run
115) Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
114) Fall
113) Don't Worry Darling
112) Decision To Leave
111) Wendell & Wild
110) The First Slam Dunk
109) Prey
108) Causeway
107) Enola Holmes 2
106) The Novelist's Film
105) McEnroe
104) Brian And Charles
103) Bullet Train
102) Thor: Love And Thunder
101) Name Me Lawand
100) Lightyear
99) Nope
98) America
97) Enys Men
96) Lady Chatterley's Lover
95) Matter Out Of Place
94) Sisu
93) The Eternal Daughter
92) Devotion
91) The Quiet Girl
90) Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymanda
89) A Man Called Otto
88) Love Life
87) Top Gun: Maverick
86) The Bad Guys
85) Dog
84) X
83) Turning Red
82) Bones And All
81) Empire Of Light
80) The Eight Mountains
79) How To Blow Up A Pipeline
78) All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
77) God's Creatures
76) Next Sohee
75) The Plains
74) Joyland
73) Incredible But True
72) The Wonder
71) Hatching
70) Emily
69) Viking
68) Karaoke
67) Barbarian
66) The Good Nurse
65) Hustle
64) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
63) Thirteen Lives
62) Amsterdam
61) Three Thousand Years Of Longing
60) You Won't Be Alone
59) Emancipation
58) Blue Jean
57) Till
56) The Sea Beast
55) The Outfit
54) Where The Crawdads Sing
53) Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
52) The Woman King
51) Unicorn Wars
50) The Inspection
48) Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
48) Aisha
47) Armageddon Time
46) Return To Dust
45) Tori And Lokita
44) Alcarras
43) Aftersun
42) Blonde
41) Navalny
40) Talk To Me
39) Hostile
38) Fire Of Love
37) That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond
36) Stutz
35) Pinocchio
34) Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
33) Tar
32) The Whale
31) Women Talking
30) To Leslie
29) Hundreds Of Beavers
28) The Fabelmans
27) The Banshees Of Inisherin
26) The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari
25) The Menu
24) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
23) My Imaginary Country
22) Sick Of Myself
21) Bros
20) Hello, Bookstore
19) Girl Picture
18) Living
17) Babylon
16) All Quiet On The Western Front
15) She Said
14) Broker
13) A Bunch Of Amateurs
12) Suzume
11) Close
The comedy is cleverly silly and there are a number of pop culture references which many will appreciate.
In the middle of all the silliness, there is also a solid heart to this story of learning how to come of age and become an adult. It didn't a big distribution. So I urge you to check this out and deservedly boost its coverage.
For those that remember the story will jump back into all that high-octane story of how people reacted to her actions.
If you are not aware of this moment in music history, prepare yourself.
This 3hr+ period action drama has so much going for it. The action has high-energy and imagination to it, the emotion is nicely over-the-top and it has its moments of vintage Bollywood music set-pieces.
Director Robert Eggers continues to make highly impactable films that are beautiful to look at, contains strange yet engrossing imagery and has an energy to it that is hard to resist.
The story is incredible and nicely cut, the interviewees present their side of the story very effectively that make it a highly satisfying viewing experience.
It's great to be back on Pandora, the visuals have moved on in such a way I never thought possible and the story and action gives us something highly entertaining. Cameron can still do it.
Lead by the amazing performance of Austin Butler, this was highly-satisfying wild ride that you can't help but want to watch again straight away.
Also some of the vintage modern touches to the soundtrack that Luhrmann always does works perfectly.
Linklater's always amazes me as to how to sucks me and many others in. It goes at a gentle pace and the strong family connection and sense of adventure just captures the imagination perfectly for the viewer.
His dirty and intimate style along with a cast list you wouldn't normally expect gives us a Batman story that while has those classic tropes is more of a detective story.
It also gives us a Batman at a very interesting point in his life. The complete package for me pretty close to competing with the Dark Knight trilogy.
Relentless pacing and energy, charismatic characters, consistent comedy and imagination of the highest order gives us something you have never seen before and that you won't be prepared for.
An absolute game-changer.
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