2022 Best Films
Actually it is still developing until for a date yet to be determined because i have not watched all the films from the data that I got (2022 Best Films Nominee - Final List), so this list will still be updated.
All movies metascore by Metacritic minimum 70 and have fresh Rotten Tomatoes minimum 80% with average rating 7.10/10, except for Wildcard.
Some Film not available not because is not great but listed on 2021 or 2023 best films - nominee, honorable mentions or on top.
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Rankings:
El Father Plays Himself 9.50
Please Hold 9.45
Stutz 9.45
A Night of Knowing Nothing 9.40
Le pupille 9.30
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 9.30
The Long Walk 9.30
Nude Tuesday 9.30
1970 9.25
Mad God 9.25
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 9.25
Vesper 9.25
Neptune Frost 9.15
Catherine Called Birdy 9.15
Lincoln's Dilemma 9.05
Athena 9.00
Jacinta 9.00
Iké Boys 9.00
Decision to Leave 8.95
Is This Black Enough for You?!? 8.90
Nostalgia 8.85
After Yang 8.85
Better Call Saul (Season 6.5) 8.85
La Mami 8.85
2nd Chance 8.80
The Fabelmans 8.80
The Story of Film: A New Generation 8.80
Last Film Show 8.80
Babi Yar. Context 8.75
RRR 8.75
The Banshees of Inisherin 8.70
Aftersun 8.65
Wild Men 8.65
The Wonder 8.65
Shin Ultraman 8.65
Irma Vep 8.60
Limbo 8.60
Better Call Saul (Season 6) 8.60
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes 8.60
The Boys (Season 3) 8.60
What We Do in the Shadows (Season 4) 8.60
On the Count of Three 8.55
Sick of Myself 8.55
Masking Threshold 8.55
Pebbles 8.55
Tár 8.55
Everything Everywhere All at Once 8.55
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 8.55
Who's Stopping Us 8.55
Acts of Love 8.55
Something in the Dirt 8.50
A Hero 8.50
Hit the Road 8.50
Marx Can Wait 8.50
The Hole 8.50
Tantura 8.50
Dos estaciones 8.50
Official Competition 8.45
Some Like It Rare 8.45
This Much I Know to be True 8.45
Emergency 8.45
To Kill the Beast 8.45
You Won't Believe Alone 8.45
Moon, 66 Questions 8.45
Atlanta (Season 3) 8.45
A Chiara 8.45
Islands 8.45
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story 8.45
Emily 8.45
All That Breathes 8.45
All movies metascore by Metacritic minimum 70 and have fresh Rotten Tomatoes minimum 80% with average rating 7.10/10, except for Wildcard.
Some Film not available not because is not great but listed on 2021 or 2023 best films - nominee, honorable mentions or on top.
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Rankings:
El Father Plays Himself 9.50
Please Hold 9.45
Stutz 9.45
A Night of Knowing Nothing 9.40
Le pupille 9.30
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 9.30
The Long Walk 9.30
Nude Tuesday 9.30
1970 9.25
Mad God 9.25
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 9.25
Vesper 9.25
Neptune Frost 9.15
Catherine Called Birdy 9.15
Lincoln's Dilemma 9.05
Athena 9.00
Jacinta 9.00
Iké Boys 9.00
Decision to Leave 8.95
Is This Black Enough for You?!? 8.90
Nostalgia 8.85
After Yang 8.85
Better Call Saul (Season 6.5) 8.85
La Mami 8.85
2nd Chance 8.80
The Fabelmans 8.80
The Story of Film: A New Generation 8.80
Last Film Show 8.80
Babi Yar. Context 8.75
RRR 8.75
The Banshees of Inisherin 8.70
Aftersun 8.65
Wild Men 8.65
The Wonder 8.65
Shin Ultraman 8.65
Irma Vep 8.60
Limbo 8.60
Better Call Saul (Season 6) 8.60
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes 8.60
The Boys (Season 3) 8.60
What We Do in the Shadows (Season 4) 8.60
On the Count of Three 8.55
Sick of Myself 8.55
Masking Threshold 8.55
Pebbles 8.55
Tár 8.55
Everything Everywhere All at Once 8.55
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 8.55
Who's Stopping Us 8.55
Acts of Love 8.55
Something in the Dirt 8.50
A Hero 8.50
Hit the Road 8.50
Marx Can Wait 8.50
The Hole 8.50
Tantura 8.50
Dos estaciones 8.50
Official Competition 8.45
Some Like It Rare 8.45
This Much I Know to be True 8.45
Emergency 8.45
To Kill the Beast 8.45
You Won't Believe Alone 8.45
Moon, 66 Questions 8.45
Atlanta (Season 3) 8.45
A Chiara 8.45
Islands 8.45
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story 8.45
Emily 8.45
All That Breathes 8.45
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- DirectorMo ScarpelliStarsJorge Thielen HedderichJorge Thielen ArmandA father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film. Fiction and reality clash as father plays himself.
- DirectorK.D. DávilaStarsErick LopezDoreen CalderonDaniel Edward MoraA young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."
- DirectorJonah HillStarsSharon FeldsteinJonah HillPhil StutzFollow Hill and his therapist as he has candid discussions of mental health and the progressively worsening anxiety attacks related to movie promotion that have turned his dream job into a nightmare.
- DirectorPayal KapadiaStarsBhumisuta DasL writes letters to her estranged lover. Through these letters, we get a glimpse into the drastic changes taking place around her. Merging reality with fiction, dreams, memories, fantasies and anxieties, an amorphous narrative unfolds.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsAlba RohrwacherGreta Zuccheri MontanariCarmen PommellaFollow the rebellious girls of a Catholic boarding school before Christmas, a time of war and scarcity.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonStarsEwan McGregorDavid BradleyGregory MannA father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
- DirectorMattie DoStarsYannawoutthi ChanthalungsyVilouna PhetmanyPor SilatsaAn old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother's painful death.
- DirectorArmagan BallantyneStarsJackie van BeekDamon HerrimanJemaine ClementA suburban couple goes to a new-age retreat as a last ditch attempt to save their marriage. Their path to reconnection is riddled with hilarity and humiliation as they seek to find themselves and each other.
- DirectorTomasz WolskiIn 1970, protests broke out in several coastal cities in Communist Poland. Workers went on strikes to object to price increases. Growing numbers of protesters walked out onto the streets. As the situation became tense, a crisis team gathered in the capital. With the help of animations combined with telephone recordings, we can peek behind the closed doors of dignitaries' offices. Hundreds of cigarettes are smoked. Conversations get cut off. Strategies to break up protesters and future repressions are planned. Propaganda activities are thought up. The protests get out of control.
- DirectorPhil TippettStarsAlex CoxNiketa RomanSatish RatakondaThe Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
- DirectorDean Fleischer CampStarsJenny SlateDean Fleischer CampIsabella RosselliniA cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends.
- DirectorKristina BuozyteBruno SamperStarsRaffiella ChapmanEddie MarsanRosy McEwenStruggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
- DirectorAnisia UzeymanSaul WilliamsStarsCheryl IshejaElvis NgaboDiogène NtarindwaAn intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.
- DirectorLena DunhamStarsBella RamseyBillie PiperAndrew ScottA 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.
- StarsJeff McNealBill CampJeffrey WrightFollows Abraham Lincoln's complex journey to end slavery with insights from journalists, educators and Lincoln scholars, including rare archival materials, that offer a more nuanced look.
- DirectorRomain GavrasStarsDali BenssalahSami SlimaneAnthony BajonHours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
- DirectorJessica EarnshawStarsJacintaRosemaryFilmed for over three years, JACINTA begins at the Maine Correctional Center where Jacinta, 26, and her mother Rosemary, 46, are incarcerated together, both recovering from drug addiction. As a child, Jacinta became entangled in her mother's world of drugs and crime and has followed her in and out of the system since she was a teenager. This time, as Jacinta is released from prison, she hopes to maintain her sobriety and reconnect with her own daughter, Caylynn, 10, who lives with her paternal grandparents. Despite her desire to rebuild her life for her daughter, Jacinta continually struggles against the forces that first led to her addiction. With unparalleled access and a gripping vérité approach, director Jessica Earnshaw paints a deeply intimate portrait of mothers and daughters and the effects of trauma over generations.
- DirectorEric McEverStarsQuinn LordRonak GandhiChristina HigaWhen a magical anime transforms two Japan-obsessed teenage friends and a shy foreign exchange student into its superpowered characters, the three underdogs must discover their inner heroes in time to save the world.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsPark Hae-ilTang WeiLee Jung-hyunA detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
- DirectorElvis MitchellStarsElvis MitchellMargaret AveryHarry BelafonteTracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
- DirectorMario MartoneStarsPierfrancesco FavinoFrancesco Di LevaTommaso RagnoAfter 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.
- DirectorKogonadaStarsColin FarrellJodie Turner-SmithMalea Emma TjandrawidjajaIn a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.
- CreatorVince GilliganPeter GouldStarsBob OdenkirkRhea SeehornJonathan BanksThe trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the years leading up to his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.(Season 6.5)
- DirectorLaura Herrero GarvínAt the Barba Azul cabaret in Mexico City, The women dance and drink with the men who can afford it. In the upstairs toilets, "Mami", in exchange for a trip looks after their bags and even tries to support them.
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsRichard DavisAn exploration of Richard Davis, the inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself at least 192 times to prove his product worked.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsMichelle WilliamsGabriel LaBellePaul DanoGrowing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
- DirectorMark CousinsStarsMark CousinsMark Cousins offers hope and optimism while he explores different movies and talks about how technology is changing the course of cinema in a new century and how Covid continues the process.
- DirectorPan NalinStarsBhavin RabariRicha MeenaBhavesh ShrimaliSamay fights heaven and earth to find light. He wants to catch, control, cut and project that light to tell stories. Now to pursue that dream he must leave everything he loves and take a flight to find the light.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsHans FrankDina PronichevaAnastasya OsmachkoNazi troops massacre 30,000 Jews over a three-day period in September 1941.
- DirectorS.S. RajamouliStarsN.T. Rama Rao Jr.Ram CharanAjay DevgnA fearless warrior on a perilous mission comes face to face with a steely cop serving British forces in this epic saga set in pre-independent India.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonKerry CondonTwo lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
- DirectorThomas DaneskovStarsRasmus BjergZaki YoussefBjørn SundquistIn a desperate attempt to cure his midlife crisis, Martin has fled his family to live high up in the Norwegian mountains. Hunting and gathering like his ancestors did thousands of years ago.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsFlorence PughTom BurkeKíla Lord CassidyA tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.
- DirectorShinji HiguchiIkki TodorokiStarsTakumi SaitôMasami NagasawaHidetoshi NishijimaAs the threat of giant unidentified lifeforms known as "S-Class Species" worsens in Japan, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth's atmosphere.
- CreatorOlivier AssayasStarsAlicia VikanderVincent MacaigneNora HamzawiMira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and recent breakup, who comes to France to star as Irma Vep in a remake of the French silent film classic, "Les Vampires."
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsKa-Tung LamYase LiuMason LeeRookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women.
- CreatorVince GilliganPeter GouldStarsBob OdenkirkRhea SeehornJonathan BanksThe trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the years leading up to his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.(Season 6)
- DirectorKevin KopackaStarsAnna PlatenJeff WilbuschFrederik von LüttichauA couple spend eternity in a castle until their reality starts to shift, as the unknown moves into their lives.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsKarl UrbanJack QuaidAntony StarrA group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.(Season 3)
- CreatorJemaine ClementStarsKayvan NovakMatt BerryNatasia DemetriouA look into the nightly lives of four vampires who have lived together on Staten Island for over a century.(Season 4)
- DirectorJerrod CarmichaelStarsJerrod CarmichaelChristopher AbbottTiffany HaddishJerrod Carmichael makes his directorial debut and stars in On the Count of Three, a darkly comic feature about two best friends, Val (Carmichael) and Kevin (Christopher Abbott), on the last day of their lives.
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsKristine Kujath ThorpEirik SætherFanny VaagerIncreasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.
- DirectorJohannes GrenzfurthnerStarsEthan HaslamJohannes GrenzfurthnerJason Scott SadofskyConducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment.
- DirectorP.S. VinothrajStarsChellapandiKaruththadaiyaanPhilip ArulodssA young boy travels with his violent and alcoholic father to bring back his mother, who has run away from home due to his abuse.
- DirectorTodd FieldStarsCate BlanchettNoémie MerlantNina HossSet in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsMichelle YeohStephanie HsuJamie Lee CurtisA middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
- DirectorJoel CrawfordJanuel MercadoStarsAntonio BanderasSalma HayekHarvey GuillénWhen Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic journey to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.
- DirectorJonás TruebaStarsAndrei MazgaPablo GaviraSancho JaviérezDirector Jonás Trueba captures the spirit of a group of teens in Spain in an empathic, compelling, and moving way. In 2016, Trueba asked the teens to participate in a five-year project, in which they recreated situations from their lives. They talk about their insecurities, wanting to be accepted, loneliness, and what they are supposed to do with their lives. They demonstrate against school privatisation, debate politics and, like many adults, worry about the planet's future.
- DirectorIsidore BethelFrancis LeplayStarsIsidore BethelWhen his older boyfriend loses interest in him, a filmmaker relocates to Chicago and uses dating apps to cast new lovers in an amorphous project about romantic attraction, compatibility, and attachment that his mother hates.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonSarah Adina SmithMaverick filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsAmir JadidiMohsen TanabandehSahar GoldoostRahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
- DirectorPanah PanahiStarsPantea PanahihaMohammad Hassan MadjooniRayan SarlakFollows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsAlberto BellocchioLetizia BellocchioMarco BellocchioA personal documentary centered around the suicide of the director's twin brother, Camillo Bellocchio, in 1968.
- DirectorMichelangelo FrammartinoStarsNicola LanzaAntonio LanzaLeonardo LaroccaThe extraordinary adventure of the young members of the Piedmont Speleological Group who, having already explored all the caves of Northern Italy, changed course in August 1961 and went South to explore other caves unknown to man.
- DirectorAlon SchwarzStarsAvigdor FeldmanYoav GelberTeddy KatzIn the war of 1948 hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it 'The War of Independence. Palestinians call it 'Nakba"'. The film examines one village- Tantura and why "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli society.
- DirectorJuan Pablo GonzálezStarsTeresa SánchezRafaela FuentesTatín VeraIn the bucolic hills of Mexico's Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsPenélope CruzAntonio BanderasOscar MartínezA wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- DirectorFabrice EbouéStarsMarina FoïsFabrice EbouéJean-François CayreyAfter accidentally killing a vegan activist, a struggling butcher chops up the body and sells the meat to his customers. With business now booming, he and his wife search for more victims to satisfy their clientele's growing demand.
- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsEarl CaveNick CaveAndrew DominikExplores the creative relationship and songs from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' last two studio albums, "Ghosteen" and "Carnage".
- DirectorCarey WilliamsStarsRJ CylerDonald Elise WatkinsSebastian ChaconReady for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.
- DirectorAgustina San MartínStarsTamara RoccaAna BrunJoão MiguelEmilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of different animals seems to be roaming around.
- DirectorGoran StolevskiStarsNoomi RapaceAnamaria MarincaAlice EnglertIn an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsLazaros GeorgakopoulosNikolas HanakoulasKaiti IbrohoriAfter years of distance, Artemis has to get back to Athens due to her father's frail state of health. Discovering her father's well-kept secret allows Artemis to understand her father in a way she was not able before.
- CreatorDonald GloverStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldEarn and his cousin, Alfred, try to make their way in the world through Atlanta's rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status and parenthood.(Season 3)
- DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsSwamy RotoloPio AmatoCarmelo CaccamoFollows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
- DirectorMartin EdralinStarsRogelio BalagtasSheila LotuacoEsteban ComilangJoshua, a shy middle-aged Filipino immigrant, has lived in the comfort of his parents' home his entire life. As their health declines he longs for a partner, terrified of being alone after they pass.
- DirectorFrank MarshallRyan SuffernStarsGlen David AndrewsPhilip BaileyTarriona BallA film that not only captures the signature annual music and cultural event that has been called America's greatest festival in all of its beauty and glory, but also delves deep into the rich culture of The Big Easy.
- DirectorFrances O'ConnorStarsEmma MackeyOliver Jackson-CohenFionn Whitehead"Emily" imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers, who died, too soon, at age 30.
- DirectorShaunak SenStarsSalik RehmanMohammad SaudNadeem ShehzadAmidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.