Top Ten Movies of 2022 (must watches) 

Triangle of Sadness was number one for me personally, but I have not seen Aftersun. I'm now going to watch it based on your recommendation.

Oh man, please keep going, solid list! For me Everything Everywhere All At Once was a gem of this year - I was kinda confused after Swiss Army Man, but this one put everything in order (maybe because it's not about the relationship with a corpse).

Loved the authenticity of Aftersun, from the performances to the dialogue. The hints at her father's troubled past was interesting, felt unsettling. Honestly, I wanted it to go deeper but I feel that it might of clashed with the overall tone. Hot take: I wasn't fond of the "hanging out with the characters on a holiday" all the time, it definitely had it;s moments in that sense. I was just willing the film to escalate and for some conflict to ensue. Thanks for the list, will check out the ones I didn't see yet, nice analysis.

No real complaints at all with the top 10 you have, Aftersun, The Northman, Banshees of Inisherin, All Quiet on The Western Front, Top Gun Maverick all finished in my top 10. The Menu and The Batman were also in my top 10, really loved those film. I have to rewatch EVerything Everywhere all at Once again as I wasn't blown away by it with my first watch. 1. Banshees of Inisherin 2. The Northman 3. Aftersun 4. The Menu 5. All Quiet... 6. Tar 7.Top Gun 8. The Batman 9. Great Freedom (released here in 2022) 10. The Quiet Girl

Although I haven't seen a few of the titles mentioned, it seems to be a very spot-on list in my opinion. Even though the Banshees also left a prominent emotional impact on me, it was nowhere near the utter devastation wrecked on me by Aftersun. I was grateful I saw it on a Friday evening, because for days I could hardly think of anything else. So I can fully related to the 'infectious' effect you mentioned. On the overall, this seemed to be a close to perfect example how a great movie can be made without obscene amounts of money, just with a strong concept and a few actors (they do have to be brilliant though as it was the case here).

Ruben Östlund is one of my favorite filmmakers, but in my opinion "The Square" is his greatest achievement so far. "Triangle of Sadness" is good, but it sort off fell off the rails for me with its depiction of absurdity as it's sort of an expected depiction of what is absurd, even though brilliantly executed. Although a lot more subtle, I think even "Force Majeure" did a better job at showing the absurd.

Good list! I tried to make my own list but I am really far behind catching up with recent movies, even I am a movie maniac I missed a lot last year, but addition to ur list, I would like to mention few: - Athena (Romain Gavras) 9/10 - very experimental movie, just awesome ride - Medieval (Petr Jákl) 8/10 - Brutal Czech's Braveheart movie - Troll (Roar Uthaug) 8/10 - a bit cheesy but they balanced the myth and drama action well Rest are 7/10: - The Pale Blue Eye (Scott Cooper) - I just like Poe's work, especially his poems, good homage! - Hellraiser (David Bruckner) - again I just like Clive Barker's work and the director, especially his movie The Ritual - an as Barker's said not a remake but a good re-configuration, even the original Pinhead liked the movie... - Godzilla vs. Kong (Adam Wingard) - Just stupidly crazy, special effects to the plot, feels like a LSD trip - Carter (Byung-gil Jung) - just non-stop action, good entertainment - Metal Lords (Peter Sollett) - good take on metal music as a movie but I don't think hardcore Metal fans/gatekeepers will like it much.

Guess I know what I'm doing for the next 10 days. Thanks!

I agree with this list 100% haven't seen decision to leave or the house yet but I'll make sure I get to those soon. I would have also added Puss in Boots the last wish in there as well just for the villain arcs alone

Thank you for this excellent selection. I have a lot of films to catch up for 2022. For «The House» the directors had done a real gem with their previous film «This Magnificent Cake!» (2018). I have seen «All quiet...» but I can’t compare with the other adaptations of the novel. I read there was a few liberties made with this 2022 version. «Pearl» is for rent on itunes Canada for...$ 0.99, I don’t know if it’s a good sign or not. 🙂As for any selections I may agree or disagree once films are viewed but I never regretted a movie that I didn’t liked, there is always something to learn from a somewhat bad experience with cinema. Cheers!

I have EEAAO and Aftersun in my top 2 too :)

I found triangle of sadness could have used a bit more subtlety. Many points had me rolling my eyes. Very funny in parts, but for me it was very mid.

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Going to dive into The Northman in a minute. Slept on this one, excited to see what the fuss is a out.

Would love an essay about aftersun, definitely my favorite movie of the year

What was wrong with some of sequences of Everything Everywhere?????

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Does anything bad happen in Aftersun to the little girl? I have a daughter and I don't think I can deal with it.

Great list, in some ways similar to mine: **MOVIES (most enjoyable/touching)** 1 - Top Gun: Maverick 2 - The Quiet Girl 3 - The Fabelmans 4 - Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 5 - Everything Everywhere All at Once 6 - Bullet Train 7 - Prey 8 - Triangle of Sadness 9 - Aftersun 10 - RRR I loved everything in "Banshees" except the character (self-mutilating) motivation that I found just dumb. "Pearl" is very high on the runner-up list and "The House" added to my IMBd watchlist.

Why is H John Benjamin a movie critic all of a sudden?

Top Gun? Lol

Your subjective view is definetly wrong and should not be accepted in any way because I said so.

I don't understand the love for the Norseman. Interesting directing and abysmal everything else (bland plot, horrendous characters, cringe dialogue). A film that is a prime example of it's subject matter used merely as window dressing and on the inside filled with the usual Hollywood cynicism and repetitive garbage.

noooooooo why maverick, i dont get it, why don't i get it? it did nothing for me, bland, predictable, cheesy.. '"don't think, just do" - why is that crap on every list? wtf