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:
197) The King's Daughter
196) Jurassic World: Dominion
195) Deep Water
194) No Bears
193) Flux Gourmet
192) Pinocchio
191) Pacifiction
190) Please Baby Please
189) Crimes Of The Future
188) Disenchanted
187) Morbius
186) All The Old Knives
185) Unwelcome
184) Halloween Ends
183) Slumberland
182) 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.
181) The Lost City
180) Bardo
179) Watcher
178) Scream
177) Doctor Who Am I
176) White Noise
175) Rise
174) Hocus Pocus 2
173) Star Wars Kid: The Rise Of The Digital Shadows
172) Myanmar Diaries
171) Holy Spider
170) Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical
169) Ambulance
168) Uncharted
167) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore
166) Return To Seoul
165) The Railway Children Return
164) Ticket To Paradise
163) Tommy Guns
162) Sword Art Online The Movie: Progressive - Scherzo Of Deep Night
161) The Son
160) Monica
159) Strange World
158) Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.
157) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
156) The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
155) Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
154) The Bubble
153) Sonic The Hedgehog 2
152) Rodeo
151) My Father's Dragon
150) Bodies Bodies Bodies
149) Spirited
148) Dual
147) Allelujah
146) Call Jane
145) EO
144) Emily The Criminal
143) The Sound Of 007
142) The Adam Project
141) Fireheart
140) Death On The Nile
139) Violent Night
138) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
137) Black Adam
136) The Swimmers
135) A Love Song
134) Loving Highsmith
133) I Wanna Dance With Somebody
132) Saint Omer
131) Good Night Oppy
130) Smoking Causes Coughing
129) Triangle Of Sadness
128) We Might As Well Be Dead
127) The Lost King
126) Men
125) Super Pets
124) The Gray Man
123) M3gan
122) Pearl
121) Corsage
120) Thunder
119) The Pale Blue Eye
118) See How They Run
117) Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
116) Fall
115) Don't Worry Darling
114) Decision To Leave
113) Wendell & Wild
112) The First Slam Dunk
111) Prey
110) Causeway
109) Enola Holmes 2
108) The Novelist's Film
107) McEnroe
106) Brian And Charles
105) Bullet Train
104) Thor: Love And Thunder
103) Name Me Lawand
102) Lightyear
101) Nope
100) America
99) Enys Men
98) Lady Chatterley's Lover
97) Matter Out Of Place
96) Sisu
95) The Eternal Daughter
94) Devotion
93) The Quiet Girl
92) Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymanda
91) Speak No Evil
90) A Man Called Otto
89) Love Life
88) Top Gun: Maverick
87) The Bad Guys
86) Dog
85) X
84) Turning Red
83) Bones And All
82) Empire Of Light
81) The Eight Mountains
80) How To Blow Up A Pipeline
79) All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
78) God's Creatures
77) Next Sohee
76) The Plains
75) Joyland
74) Incredible But True
73) The Wonder
72) Hatching
71) Emily
70) Viking
69) Karaoke
68) Barbarian
67) The Good Nurse
66) Hustle
65) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
64) Thirteen Lives
63) Amsterdam
62) Three Thousand Years Of Longing
61) You Won't Be Alone
60) Emancipation
59) Blue Jean
58) Till
57) The Sea Beast
56) The Outfit
55) Where The Crawdads Sing
54) Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
53) The Woman King
52) Unicorn Wars
51) The Inspection
50) Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
49) Aisha
48) Armageddon Time
47) Return To Dust
46) Tori And Lokita
45) Alcarras
44) Aftersun
43) Blonde
42) Argentina, 1985
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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