What are the Best Movies of the Year? Here are the 10 Best Movie Seasons of All Time

Tara Bedford
The BU
Published in
4 min readSep 26, 2022

Tired of scrolling the Internet endlessly for a good movie to watch?

We’ve got you covered!

In this article, we’re sharing some of the best movies of all time in almost all genres.

Pick some that sound interesting — and don’t forget to let us know what you think.

What are the Best Movies of the Year?

Before we get started on the best movies of all time, let’s cover some top contenders of the year. These 2022 releases definitely deserve some attention, and the year isn’t even over yet.

  • The Batman
  • Bodies Bodies Bodies
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Northman
  • Top Gun: Maverick

What are the 10 Best Movie Seasons of All Time?

Now to get into the best movies of all time. Below, you will find our favorites separated out by genre and style. These are the 10 best movies of all time.

  • The Godfather (1972)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Modern Times (1936)
  • Alien (1979)
  • City Lights (1931)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)

What are the 10 Best Comedies?

  • Raising Arizona (1987)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Duck Soup (1933)
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Airplane! (1980)
  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • The General (1926)
  • Some Like it Hot (1959)

What are the Top 10 Best Action Movies?

  • Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
  • Die Hard (1988)
  • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Enter the Dragon (1973)
  • The Killer (1989)
  • Oldboy (2003)
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • Star Wars (1977)

What are the Top 10 Best Horror Movies?

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  • Nosferatu (1922)
  • A Quiet Place (2018)
  • Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • The Babadook (2014)
  • Frankenstein ‘(1931)
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
  • It Follows (2014)

What are the Best Sci-Fi Movies?

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • The Matrix (1999)

What are the Best Thrillers?

  • Chinatown (1974)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • Zodiac (2007)
  • Se7en (1995)
  • Blue Velvet (1986)

What are the Top 10 Best Action Thrillers?

  • Heat (1995)
  • The Bourne Identity (2002)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • John Wick (2014)
  • Die Hard (1988)
  • Kill Bill: Vol 1 (2003)
  • Dirty Harry (1971)
  • Man on Fire (2004)
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990)
  • The Raid (2011)

What are the Best Documentaries?

  • Shoah (1985)
  • Hoop Dreams (1994)
  • Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised) (2021)
  • Virunga (2014)
  • Collective (2019)

What are the Top 10 Best Horror Thrillers?

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  • Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  • Candyman (1992)
  • The Exorcist
  • Hellraiser (1987)
  • 28 Days Later… (2002)
  • The Ring (2002)
  • The Evil Dead (1981)

What are the Best Comedy Documentaries?

  • American Movie (1999)
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
  • The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
  • The Aristocrats (2005)
  • Crumb (1994)

What are the Top 10 Best Romantic Comedies?

  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Roman Holiday (1953)
  • It Happened One Night (1934)
  • Amelie (2001)
  • His Girl Friday (1940)
  • Some Like it Hot (1959)
  • Groundhog Day (1993)

Well, that’s our list of the best movies of all time. What do you think? Did your favorite make the cut? Are there any we missed? Let us know in the comments below! And while you’re here, don’t forget to share this post with your friends and followers — they might just want to see how their favorite movie stacks up against the rest.

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