22 Best Movies of 2022, Ranked!
From 'Avatar: The Way of Water' to 'Top Gun: Maverick,' Moviefone counts down the 22 best movies of 2022.
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Coming out of the pandemic, 2022 turned out to be a great year for cinema!
It began with a new take on the Dark Knight from James Cameron's long-awaited 'Avatar: The Way of Water,' its truly been an amazing year for movies.
With the year quickly coming to a close, Moviefone has assembled its list of the 22 best movies of 2022.
Let's begin and Happy New Year!
22. 'Babylon' (2022)
Paramount Pictures
From Jean Smart. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
21. 'A Man Called Otto' (2023)
Sony Pictures
Actually opening in limited release on December 30th, 2022 and directed by Mariana Treviño) leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down.
A Man Called Otto
20. 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' (2022)
Netflix
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
19. 'Elvis' (2022)
Warner Bros.
Directed by Austin Butler) as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).
Elvis
18. 'Causeway' (2022)
Apple TV+
A US soldier (Brian Tyree Henry), the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
17. 'The Fabelmans' (2022)
Universal Pictures
Directed by Judd Hirsch.
16. 'The Woman King' (2022)
Sony Pictures
Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, 'The Woman King' tells the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Inspired by true events, the film follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca (Oscar-winner Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for!
15. 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' (2022)
Netflix
Directed by Dave Bautista).
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
14. 'The Batman' (2022)
Warner Bros.
Directed by Matt Reeves, 'The Batman,' stars Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon.
13. 'Living' (2022)
Lionsgate UK
'Living' is the story of an ordinary man (Bill Nighy), reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful – into one he can say has been lived to the full.
12. 'Prey' (2022)
20th Century Studios
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and part of the 'Amber Midthunder) sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.
11. 'Avatar: The Way of Water' (2022)
20th Century Studios
Directed by Oscar-winning director James Cameron and set more than a decade after the events of 'Zoe Saldaña), and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
10. 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' (2022)
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
Directed by Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past, and eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
Three Thousand Years of Longing
9. 'Emily the Criminal' (2022)
Roadside Attractions
Emily (Theo Rossi).
Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.
Emily the Criminal
8. 'Top Gun: Maverick' (2022)
Paramount Pictures
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
Top Gun: Maverick
7. 'The Northman' (2022)
Focus Features
Directed by Alexander Skarsgård) is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
6. 'The Menu' (2022)
20th Century Studios
A couple travels (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
The Menu
5. 'Empire of Light' (2022)
20th Century Studios
Directed by Oscar-winner Micheal Ward.
4. 'She Said' (2022)
Universal Studios
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey (Zoe Kazan) break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
3. 'Bones and All' (2022)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Directed by Timothée Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter. What follows is a liberating road odyssey of two young people coming into their own, searching for identity and chasing beauty in a perilous world that cannot abide who they are.
2. 'The Banshees of Inisherin' (2022)
20th Century Studios
Directed by Brendan Gleeson), who find themselves at an ime when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship.
A stunned Pádraic, aided by his sister Siobhán (Barry Keoghan), endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Pádraic's repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.
The Banshees of Inisherin
1. 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' (2022)
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Directed by James Hong.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
