2022 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out with myself and the Skandies crew again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released (or "released") in 2022, and the last two columns for films seen
in 2022. Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2021 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2022.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2022
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2022 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2022 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than two years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
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*The Banshees of Inisherin
(McDonagh) 83 |
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B+/A- Near Great
| In Front of Your Face
(Hong) 81 |
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B+ Must See
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*Decision to Leave
(Park) 75 |
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B/B+ Warmly Recommended
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White Noise
(Baumbach) 70 |
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→ De humani corporis fabrica
(Paravel, Castaing-Taylor) 69 |
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Hit the Road
(P. Panahi) 69 |
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B Recommended
| Paris, 13th District
(Audiard) 68 |
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*All That Breathes
(Sen) 66 |
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Speak No Evil
(Tafdrup) 64 |
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B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
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Top Gun: Maverick
(Kosinski) 63 |
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Trenque Lauquen
(Citarella) 63 |
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Dear Mr. Brody
(Maitland) 62 |
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| The Girl and the Spider
(Zürchers) 62 |
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Confess, Fletch
(Mottola) 60 |
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| Compartment No. 6
(Kuosmanen) 60 |
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B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
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Pinocchio
(Del Toro, Gustafson) 59 |
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Anaïs in Love
(Bourgeois-Tacquet) 59 |
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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
(Linklater) 59 |
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*All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
(Poitras) 58 |
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Jackass Forever
(Tremaine) 58 |
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*Crimes of the Future
(Cronenberg) 58 |
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*Three Thousand Years of Longing
(Miller) 57 |
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*The Bob's Burgers Movie
(Bouchard, Derriman) 57 |
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→ The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
(Machoian) 57 |
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*The Northman
(Eggers) 56 |
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
(Hyde) 56 |
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Hold Me Tight
(Amalric) 56 |
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| Montana Story
(McGehee, Siegel) 55 |
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*The Kingdom Exodus
(Von Trier) 55 |
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
(Kwan, Scheinert) 55 |
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C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
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Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
(Kennedy) 54 |
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Babi Yar. Context
(Loznitsa) 54 |
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*There There (Bujalski)
53 |
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*Cha Cha Real Smooth (Raiff)
53 |
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A Chiara (Carpiganano)
53 |
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Pretty Problems (Pantera)
53 |
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| Neptune Frost (Williams,
Uzeyman) 53 |
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Secret Headquarters
(Joost, Schulman) 52 |
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| The Other Tom.
(Plá, Santullo) 52 |
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*Both Sides of the Blade
(Denis) 52 |
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Operation Mincemeat
(Madden) 52 |
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| Donbass {2018} (Loznitsa) 52 |
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The Woman King
(Prince-Bythewood) 52 |
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Flux Gourmet (Strickland) 51 |
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Moonage Daydream (Morgen)
51 |
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*Petrov's Flu (Serebrennikov)
51 |
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Atarrabi and Mikelats (Green)
51 |
C+ Take It or Leave It
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of
Madness (Raimi) 50 |
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*Triangle of Sadness
(Östlund) 50 |
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This Much I Know to Be True
(Dominik) 50 |
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*Uncharted
(Fleischer) 50 |
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| Futura
(Marcello, Munzi, Rohrwacher) 50 |
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| The Tsugua Diaries
(Fazendeiro, Gomes) 50 |
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Ultrasound
(Schroeder) 49 |
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The Forgiven
(McDonagh) 49 |
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| Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
(Haroun) 49 |
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*The Novelist's Film
(Hong) 48 |
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*Huda's Salon
(Abu-Assad) 48 |
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We're All Going to the World's Fair
(Schoenbrun) 48 |
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*The Eternal Daughter
(Hogg) 47 |
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Something in the Dirt
(Benson, Moorhead) 47 |
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C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
| Saturday Fiction {2019} (Lou) 42 |
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*Armageddon Time
(Gray) 42 |
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*Metal Lords
(Sollett) 42 |
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C Pass
| Earwig
(Hadžihalilović) 40 |
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Emergency Declaration
(Han) 39 |
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| Casablanca Beats
(Ayouch) 39 |
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The Black Phone
(Derrickson) 39 |
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You Won't Be Alone
(Stolevski) 37 |
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C- Ugh
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The Fabelmans
(Spielberg) 34 |
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D+ Double-Ugh
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*Stars at Noon
(Denis) 23 |
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D Bomb
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Out of the Blue
(LaBute) 14 |
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F Burn the Negative
Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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*The African Desperate
(Syms) |
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Album for the Youth
(Solarz) |
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The Cathedral
(D'Ambrose) |
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Catherine Called Birdy
(Dunham) |
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Children of the Mist
(Diễm) |
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The City and the City
(Passalis, Tzoumerkas) |
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Destello bravío
(Rodríguez) |
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Dos estaciones
(González) |
| El gran movimiento
(Russo) |
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Emily the Criminal
(Ford) |
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| Friends and Strangers
(Vaughan) |
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| The Good House (Forbes,
Wolodarsky) |
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Hot in Day, Cold at Night
(Park) |
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Manta Ray {2018}
(Aroonpheng) |
| Medusa
(Rocha da Silveira) |
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| Mr. Bachmann and His Class
(Speth) |
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| Moon, 66 Questions
(Lentzou) |
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On the Count of Three
(Carmichael) |
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Once Upon a Time in Calcutta
(Sengupta) |
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Riotsville, U.S.A.
(Pettengill) |
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| Rock Bottom Riser
(Silva) |
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| The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
(Singh) |
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Singing in the Wilderness
(Chen) |
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The Tale of King Crab
(Rigo de Righi, Zoppis) |
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
(Gormican) |
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
(Appel) |
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| You Are Not My Mother
(Dolan) |
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Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
