The 50 Best Films of 2022
These are the fifty best movies I saw that had a UK release date in 2022, either via a theatrical release or VOD release.
50. Triangle of Sadness
49. The Wonder
48. Happening (L’événement)
47. Cyrano
46. Roal Dhal’s Matilda the Musical
45. Watcher
44. Avatar: The Way of Water
43. The Woman King
42. See How They Run
41. Luzzu
40. Scream
39. After Yang
38. All Quiet On the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)
37. The Northman
36. Official Selection (Competencia oficial)
35. Ambulance
34. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
33. The Outfit
32. Bodies Bodies Bodies
31. Three Thousand Years of Longing
30. The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske)
29. Elvis
28. Windfall
27. The Sea Beast
26. The Phantom of the Open
25. Benedetta
24. The Duke
23. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
22. Nitram
21. Prey
20. True Things
19. Red Rocket
18. Boiling Point
17. Licorice Pizza
16. Living
15. A Hero (Ghahreman)
14. Decision to Leave (Heojil kyolshim)
13. RRR
12. Kimi
11. Turning Red
10. The Menu
‘You have to try the mouthfeel of the mignonette.’
‘Please don’t say mouthfeel.’
09. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
‘It’s like putting a loaded gun on the table, and turning off the lights.’
08. Bones and All
‘You don’t think I’m a bad person?’
07. Barbarian
‘Nope.’
06. The Banshees of Inisherin
‘Do you think God gives a damn about miniature donkeys, Colm?’
‘I fear he doesn’t. And I fear that’s where it’s all gone wrong.’
05. Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas)
‘Actors are all left wing.’
‘And what are you?’
‘I’m apolitical, my job is to please everyone.’
04. Nope
‘What’s a bad miracle?’
03. Aftersun
‘I think it’s nice that we share the same sky.’
02. Top Gun: Maverick
‘The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.’
‘Maybe so, sir. But not today.’
01. Everything Everywhere All At Once
‘So, even though you have broken my heart yet again, I wanted to say, in another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.’
Other films watched, in alphabetical order
Ali & Ava
Armageddon Time
Belfast
Benediction
Black Adam
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Brian and Charles
Bullet Train
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Confess, Fletch
Don’t Worry Darling
Dog
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Hit the Road
Jackass Forever
Jurassic World: Dominion
Lightyear
Men
Memoria
Moonfall
Nightmare Alley
Operation Mincemeat
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Strange World
The Bad Guys
The Batman
The Black Phone
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
The Lost City
The Souvenir Part II
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Thirteen Lives
Ticket to Paradise
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