Welcome to our curated list of the 30 Best Films of 2022, part of an ongoing series celebrating the finest achievements in cinema each year. In 2022, the film industry continued its resurgence, overcoming the lingering challenges of the pandemic with a bold mix of visionary storytelling and fresh perspectives. This year offered a compelling balance of mainstream blockbusters and indie gems, with filmmakers captivating audiences through innovative narratives and striking visuals.
The dark, gritty reinvention of The Batman redefined the superhero genre with its noir-inspired aesthetic and deep psychological exploration. Pearl delivered a hauntingly personal and unsettling origin story. Meanwhile, Aftersun showcased emotional depth and sensitivity, highlighting the power of personal storytelling and the diversity of voices in film.
Our rankings combine average ratings, critical acclaim, and audience reception to present a comprehensive view of the year’s best. As we count down, you’ll discover films that excelled in storytelling, technical achievement, and cultural impact. Join us in celebrating the 30 Best Films of 2022, and stay tuned for future installments as we continue to explore each year’s finest cinematic offerings.
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Top10nerScore68.266 / 100
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DIRECTOR: James Cameron
WRITERS: James Cameron, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Russell Carpenter
STARRING: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion, Jamie Flatters, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Trinity Bliss
GENRE: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Epic, Drama, Fantasy
SUB-GENRE: Computer Animation, Family Drama
THEME: Extraterrestrial
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their planet.
The Way of Water is a fluid visual marvel, expanding Pandora’s mythos through breathtaking underwater sequences and richly tactile world-building. Cameron crafts a sweeping eco-epic that’s both intimate and colossal, blending family drama with bold spectacle in a luminous, bioluminescent dreamscape that feels both ancient and futuristic.
Top10nerScore68.446 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Robert Eggers
WRITERS: Sjón, Robert Eggers
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jarin Blaschke
STARRING: Alexander Skarsgård, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe
GENRE: Drama, Epic, Action, Adventure
SUB-GENRE: Tragedy, Period Drama
THEME: Medieval
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy’s mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who’s on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
The Northman plunges headfirst into Viking legend, fusing Shakespearean revenge with feral intensity and trance-like atmosphere. Eggers sculpts each frame with historical rigor and raw physicality, crafting a mythic epic that howls with fury while echoing ancient rhythms of fate, honor, and doom.
Top10nerScore68.628 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Cooper Raiff
WRITERS: Cooper Raiff
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Cristina Dunlap
STARRING: Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Vanessa Burghardt, Leslie Mann, Raúl Castillo, Evan Assante, Brad Garrett, Odeya Rush
GENRE: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs—where he strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom and her teenage daughter.
Cha Cha Real Smooth finds grace in awkwardness, turning bar mitzvahs into soul-searching arenas of identity and connection. Raiff crafts a film rich in empathy and emotional nuance, exploring intimacy without falling into cliché. With soft edges, aching honesty, and a quietly confident voice, it grooves gently through the mess of growing up.
Top10nerScore68.692 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Sarah Polley
WRITERS: Sarah Polley
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Luc Montpellier
STARRING: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand
GENRE: Drama
The women of an isolated religious colony reveal a shocking secret about the colony’s men. They gather in a barn to discuss how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. They present three choices: do nothing, stay and fight, or leave.
Women Talking transforms a cloistered setting into a crucible of fierce ideas, powered by searing performances and Polley’s empathetic yet urgent direction. With piercing intelligence and emotional weight, it turns conversation into confrontation, crafting a cinematic reckoning that feels both deeply intimate and thunderously resonant.
Top10nerScore69.275 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
WRITERS: William Nicholson
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
STARRING: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman, Paul Gleeson, Teeradon Supapunpinyo
GENRE: Thriller, Drama
SUB-GENRE: Biopic
A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.
Thirteen Lives is a masterclass in procedural tension, diving into the Thai cave crisis with claustrophobic realism and unshowy precision. Ron Howard sidesteps melodrama to spotlight collective ingenuity, while the sound design and cinematography submerge viewers in a rescue mission where every breath matters.
Top10nerScore69.386 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Gina Prince-Bythewood
WRITERS: Dana Stevens
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Polly Morgan
STARRING: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Jimmy Odukoya
GENRE: Drama, Epic, Action
SUB-GENRE: Period Drama
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Woman King roars with defiant spirit, resurrecting the Agojie warriors with visceral combat, rich West African culture, and Viola Davis in a towering, physical performance. It’s a sweeping epic that honors history while thrilling with modern fire, forging legacy from truth, pain, and unshakable strength.
Top10nerScore69.720 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Ruben Östlund
WRITERS: Ruben Östlund
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Fredrik Wenzel
STARRING: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Burić, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin
GENRE: Satire, Black Comedy
Carl and Yaya are influencer fashion models whose relationship is increasingly soured by money. Offered free places on a luxury cruise, they find themselves sharing a superyacht with arms dealers and an oligarch, while a cynical Marxist alcoholic captains the ship as things quickly turn upside-down.
Triangle of Sadness is a wickedly stylish satire that dismantles wealth and beauty with surgical absurdity. From high fashion to high seas, Östlund choreographs societal collapse with deadpan flair and grotesque spectacle, leaving audiences laughing, cringing, and questioning who’s really in control.
Top10nerScore70.115/ 100
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DIRECTOR: Ti West
WRITERS: Ti West, Mia Goth
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Eliot Rockett
STARRING: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland
GENRE: Horror, Drama
SUB-GENRE: Psychological Horror, Family Drama
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
Pearl reimagines horror through a golden-hued lens, fusing The Wizard of Oz’s visual innocence with simmering dread. As a twisted character study, it explores isolation, repression, and the rot beneath ambition. Mia Goth’s magnetic performance captures the tragedy of a starlet-to-be, haunting every sunlit frame with a smile that slowly decays.
Top10nerScore70.539 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Jordan Peele
WRITERS: Jordan Peele
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hoyte van Hoytema
STARRING: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Keith David
GENRE: Science Fiction, Horror
THEME: Giant Monster, Alien Invasion
Two siblings running a horse ranch in California discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, while the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
Nope reimagines sci-fi horror through a surreal and symbolic lens, turning skyward dread into a chilling meditation on spectacle, exploitation, and survival. With Peele’s hypnotic pacing, and a predator that mirrors our gaze-driven culture, it’s a visually stunning, slow-burn parable that lingers like a storm on the horizon.
Top10nerScore71.774 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Saim Sadiq
WRITERS: Saim Sadiq, Maggie Briggs
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joe Saade
STARRING: Ali Junejo, Alina Khan, Rasti Farooq, Sarwat Gilani, Salmaan Peerzada, Sohail Sameer, Sania Saeed, Ramiz Law
GENRE: Drama
THEME: LGBTQ+
As the patriarchs of the Rana family yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion.
Joyland is a tender rebellion wrapped in vibrant melancholy, exploring themes of gender, duty, and desire within a conservative Lahore household. Saim Sadiq’s debut is filled with visual poetry and emotional restraint, offering a bold and empathetic portrait of identity and the quiet revolution that comes with simply being seen.
Top10nerScore72.233 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITERS: Makoto Shinkai
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ryosuke Tsuda
STARRING: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shota Sometani, Sairi Ito, Kotone Hanase, Kana Hanazawa
GENRE: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
SUB-GENRE: Anime, Low Fantasy, Portal Fantasy
THEME: Road Movie, Disaster, Coming-of-Age
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
Suzume turns a post-disaster road trip into a mythic coming-of-age tale, weaving the supernatural into Japan’s historical and emotional landscape. Shinkai’s mastery of color, pacing, and symbol transforms talking chairs, celestial cats, and locked doors into potent elegies for trauma, memory, and the healing power of connection.
Top10nerScore73.025 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Santiago Mitre
WRITERS: Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Ignacio Seligra
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Javier Julia
STARRING: Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Paula Ransenberg, Carlos Portaluppi, Antonia Bengoechea, Laura Paredes
GENRE: Drama
SUB-GENRE: Legal Drama, Period Drama
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Argentina, 1985 transforms legal procedure into political rebellion, capturing the bravery behind prosecuting a dictatorship. With crisp pacing, biting dialogue, and emotional nuance, it becomes more than history retold. It is a stirring reminder that democracy must be defended with vigilance and courage.
Top10nerScore74.056 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Takehiko Inoue
WRITERS: Takehiko Inoue
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Shunsuke Nakamura
STARRING: Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Kenta Miyake, Shinichiro Kamio, Subaru Kimura, Katsuhisa Houki, Asami Seto
GENRE: Animation
SUB-GENRE: Anime
THEME: Sports, Coming-of-Age
The film follows Ryota Miyagi, the point guard of Shohoku high-school’s basketball team. He had a brother, Sota, who was three years older than him, and who inspired his love for basketball. Ryota and his teammates challenge the inter-high basketball champions, the Sannoh school.
The First Slam Dunk transforms a high-stakes game into a deeply personal journey, placing Ryota at the emotional center of a beautifully animated storm. Its seamless blend of stylized visuals, internal monologue, and tightly paced action crafts a powerful story about grief, growth, and the unrelenting will to keep pushing forward.
Top10nerScore74.493 / 100
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DIRECTORS: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
WRITERS: Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ruben Impens
STARRING: Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Lupo Barbiero, Cristiano Sassella
GENRE: Drama
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps that follows the profound, complex relationship between Pietro from Turin, and Bruno, who grew up in an isolated mountainside village, over four decades.
The Eight Mountains is a quiet epic of friendship and solitude, where alpine landscapes mirror the emotional peaks and valleys of two boys growing into men. With meditative pacing, stunning cinematography, and a soul-deep sincerity, it explores how roots and distance shape the meaning of home and connection.
Top10nerScore74.962 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
WRITERS: Matthew Robbins, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Frank Passingham
STARRING: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett
GENRE: Fantasy, Animation
SUB-GENRE: Fairy Tale, Stop-Motion, Puppet Animation, Dark Fantasy
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father’s expectations.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is far from a simple puppet story; it’s a poignant and handcrafted exploration of identity, defiance, and loss. Set against the backdrop of fascist Italy, its lush visuals and melancholic score enhance a daring reworking of the myth, illustrating that imperfection and love, not obedience, define a real boy.
Top10nerScore75.091 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Edward Berger
WRITERS: Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, Edward Berger
CINEMATOGRAPHY: James Friend
STARRING: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald, Daniel Brühl, Edin Hasanović
GENRE: Drama
SUB-GENRE: Period Drama
THEME: War
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
All Quiet on the Western Front delivers a harrowing, unflinching descent into the brutality of WWI, told through staggering visuals and a haunting score. With chilling realism and emotional gravity, it reframes Remarque’s anti-war classic for a modern audience, where silence often screams louder than bullets.
Top10nerScore75.448 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Park Chan-wook
WRITERS: Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kim Ji-yong
STARRING: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo, Park Yong-woo, Kim Shin-young, Yoo Seung-mok
GENRE: Crime, Romance, Mystery
SUB-GENRE: Neo-Noir
THEME: Police Procedural
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
Decision to Leave is a hypnotic noir where romance coils into mystery and obsession becomes a slow descent. Park Chan-wook crafts a sensual labyrinth of longing and suspicion, with lush visuals, elliptical editing, and a haunting emotional core. It’s less a murder mystery than a tragic love story dissolving like fog on a mountainside.
Top10nerScore75.477 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
WRITERS: Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isabel Peña
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Alejandro de Pablo
STARRING: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido, Marie Colomb
GENRE: Thriller, Drama
SUB-GENRE: Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama
An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of “hill people” families who have toiled on the land for generations, leading to tensions between locals and foreigners boiling over.
The Beasts is a searing slow-burn thriller that burrows into rural xenophobia, masculinity, and isolation. Rodrigo Sorogoyen crafts tension with surgical precision, capturing hostility simmering beneath pastoral silence. Denis Ménochet delivers a towering performance in a parable of dread and human fracture.
Top10nerScore75.507 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
WRITERS: Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Janusz Kamiński
STARRING: Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters
GENRE: Drama
SUB-GENRE: Family Drama, Period Drama
THEME: Coming-of-Age
Growing 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.
The Fabelmans is Spielberg’s most intimate film, a shimmering mosaic of memory, moviemaking, and maternal love. With Gabriel LaBelle’s tender lead and Michelle Williams’s luminous turn, it captures the magic and pain of growing up through the lens of a young artist discovering both cinema and self.
Top10nerScore75.630 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Matt Reeves
WRITERS: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Greig Fraser
STARRING: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, John Turturro, Andy Serkis
GENRE: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
SUB-GENRE: Neo-Noir
THEME: Superhero
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
The Batman is a brooding noir epic, peeling back Gotham’s rot through a detective lens and a haunted Bruce Wayne. With Greig Fraser’s rain-slicked cinematography, Nirvana’s echoing dread, and Pattinson’s inward rage, it’s a grim symphony of justice, obsession, and fear turned into shadow-soaked poetry.
Top10nerScore76.253 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Todd Field
WRITERS: Todd Field
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Florian Hoffmeister
STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong, Julian Glover
GENRE: Drama
SUB-GENRE: Psychological Drama
THEME: Music
Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. When all elements seem to conspire against her, Lydia’s adopted daughter Petra becomes an integral emotional support for her struggling mother.
TÁR is a mesmerizing exploration of power, ego, and ambition, anchored by Cate Blanchett’s captivating performance as Lydia Tár. Todd Field crafts a deliberate, layered narrative that probes the complex psyche of a renowned conductor, revealing the precarious balance between genius and moral compromise.
Top10nerScore76.263 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Mike Cheslik
WRITERS: Mike Cheslik, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Quinn Hester
STARRING: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Doug Mancheski
GENRE: Comedy, Adventure
SUB-GENRE: Slapstick, Absurdist Comedy, Live-Action Animation, Northern
THEME: Survival
In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
Hundreds of Beavers is a deliriously inventive slapstick epic, channeling silent-era chaos through snow-drenched absurdity. Shot in crisp black-and-white and packed with practical effects, it’s a Looney Tunes fever dream filtered through Buster Keaton and bootleg whiskey, reinventing low-budget comedy with wild, furry genius.
Top10nerScore77.051 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Colm Bairéad
WRITERS: Colm Bairéad
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kate McCullough
STARRING: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric
GENRE: Drama
SUB-GENRE: Family Drama, Period Drama
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
The Quiet Girl is a hushed marvel of Irish cinema, capturing childhood’s fragile silences with lyrical grace and emotional precision. Set against the soft, melancholic tones of 1980s rural Ireland, it tells a tender story of neglect, kindness, and the quiet revolution of being seen. It lingers like a memory you didn’t know you missed.
Top10nerScore77.477 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Lukas Dhont
WRITERS: Angelo Tijssens, Lukas Dhont
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Frank van den Eeden
STARRING: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
GENRE: Drama
THEME: Coming-of-Age
Thirteen year olds Leo and Remi have always been incredibly close but they are drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to confront why he distanced himself from his closest friend.
In Close, Dhont captures the fragile bond between two boys with aching precision and visual intimacy. Through gentle camerawork, restrained performances, and a keen emotional lens, it becomes a meditation on identity, innocence, and emotional repression. Every moment lingers like a bruise just beneath the surface, refusing to fade.
Top10nerScore78.922 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Joseph Kosinski
WRITERS: Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Claudio Miranda
STARRING: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Parnell, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez
GENRE: Action, Drama
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Top Gun: Maverick soars past nostalgia to deliver a breathtaking aerial spectacle grounded in human stakes and emotional payoff. With Tom Cruise pushing physical and cinematic limits, it’s a high-octane sequel that honors its 80s roots while redefining blockbuster craftsmanship for a new era of moviegoers seeking real thrills.
Top10nerScore79.631 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Joel Crawford
WRITERS: Tommy Swerdlow, Etan Cohen, Paul Fisher, Tom Wheeler
STARRING: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Harvey Guillén, Wagner Moura, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney
GENRE: Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
SUB-GENRE: Fairy Tale, Computer Animation
THEME: Family
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
The Last Wish surprises with more than charm, spinning a poignant tale about mortality, fear, and the courage to live fully, all within dazzling, painterly animation. With exhilarating action, storybook textures, and a soulful arc for the swashbuckling feline, it reinvents a beloved character while keeping both claws and heart fully intact.
Top10nerScore79.728 / 100
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DIRECTOR: S. S. Rajamouli
WRITERS: S. S. Rajamouli, Vijayendra Prasad, Sai Madhav Burra
CINEMATOGRAPHY: K.K. Senthil Kumar
STARRING: N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Olivia Morris, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Samuthirakani
GENRE: Action, Drama, Epic
SUB-GENRE: Period Drama
THEME: Buddy, Alternate History
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries’ journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
RRR charges forward with fearless energy, marrying maximalist action with a deep emotional core and infectious spirit. Ram and Bheem’s bond anchors a film bursting with color, rhythm, rebellion, and unshakable heart. From tiger wrestling to tearful ballads, it’s a triumph of style and soul that dares you not to cheer.
Top10nerScore80.005 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Martin McDonagh
WRITERS: Martin McDonagh
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ben Davis
STARRING: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt
GENRE: Drama, Black Comedy
SUB-GENRE: Period Drama
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
The Banshees of Inisherin is a hauntingly funny elegy to fractured friendship, set against the stark, windswept beauty of 1920s Ireland. Martin McDonagh crafts a tragicomic fable steeped in absurdism, melancholy, and metaphor, where every silence speaks volumes and every fiddle note echoes a deeper heartbreak.
Top10nerScore84.652 / 100
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DIRECTOR: Charlotte Wells
WRITERS: Charlotte Wells
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gregory Oke
STARRING: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Brooklyn Toulson
GENRE: Drama
SUB-GENRE: Family Drama
THEME: Slice of Life, Coming-of-Age
Sophie 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 miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
Aftersun quietly devastates with sun-drenched memories and aching silences, capturing the fragile father-daughter bond through the flicker of a camcorder and the slow erosion of time. Charlotte Wells crafts a tender mosaic of joy, absence, and unspoken sorrow, where every gesture lingers like a ghost just out of frame.
Top10nerScore86.538 / 100
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DIRECTORS: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
WRITERS: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Larkin Seiple
STARRING: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Tallie Medel, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr.
GENRE: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy
SUB-GENRE: Absurdist Comedy, Family Drama, Portal Fantasy
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what’s important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a kaleidoscopic burst of absurdity, heart, and kung fu, juggling metaphysics and taxes with dazzling precision. The Daniels craft a wild yet tender spectacle where infinite universes collide, but it’s the mother-daughter bond that anchors this cosmic chaos with breathtaking clarity, making it…
The Best Film of 2022
| Babylon | 2022 |
| Blue Jean | 2022 |
| Broker | 2022 |
| Elvis | 2022 |
| Entergalactic | 2022 |
| EO | 2022 |
| Glass Onion | 2022 |
| Godland | 2022 |
| Holy Spider | 2022 |
| How to Blow Up a Pipeline | 2022 |
| Hustle | 2022 |
| Leila’s Brothers | 2022 |
| No Bears | 2022 |
| Return to Seoul | 2022 |
| Riceboy Sleeps | 2022 |
| Sick of Myself | 2022 |
| Talk to Me | 2022 |
| The Menu | 2022 |
| The Whale | 2022 |
| Turning Red | 2022 |
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