What Movies from 2022 Will Survive? 

CinemaWins brought me to you a few years ago. And I can never thank them enough. You have made my crappy days less crappy. Every time I’m feeling down, I go down the “Mikey Tunnel”, just listening why some movies are interesting / important, why they mattered, why should I rewatch them, etc… And when the day is especially a downer, I jump onto Deep Dive to laugh and have fun. Rambling summarized, thank you for existing. You have saved my life more than once.

Watched this thing on nebula a couple of weeks ago, but I still wanted to leave a comment since I enjoy your work so much

The sound editing in this is one of my favorite things this week. I love how the music glides in and drops out, the little clicks and breaths. So good.

I think I’ve watched more films made this year during this year than I have since maybe high school. Somewhere along the way I fell out of watching new stuff, growing comfortable in nostalgia, but video essays like yours have made me excited to see the art people are making right now. Thanks for encouraging me to think critically about media and to find something beautiful in everything I see.

EEAAO made me cry at least twice in the first viewing alone. I had Prey on my radar, but now I really need to watch it.

With Nope I kind of like that Emerald comes off as kind of...well, self-sabotaging, while OJ is a bit too unassuming and a bit of a doormat. They both change over the course of the movie - actual mini personality arcs! - with Emerald learning when to be aggressive and when to run the heck away, and OJ learning when to open his mouth and tell people to let him do his damn job.

Love this list, EEAAO truly is a masterpiece - and I'd never caught that bit about the googly eye and the bagel being visual inverses of each other before, so cool! I'd really like to hear your thoughts on Tar, if you've seen it!

Oh how I’ve missed Film Joy, without doubt my favourite movie channel on RU-vid!

I'm so happy that your top 3 are my top 3. They're such amazing films that demonstrate what a good director can do with good people.

- Fresh - EEAAO - Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - RRR - After Yang

Loved this. Have to say Glass Onion reminded me more of Vonnegut than Christie. Felt a bit Cat’s Cradle. Very much a murder in the karass. Also has an Ice-9 like element.

This was a great one, really enjoy silliness in your videos cause it always feels so genuine and heartfelt and not like it's reaching. Thanks Mikey! Looking forward to the next Deep Dive whenever that's planned for!

Damn... that chair swivel with the: 'Oh, Hello there.' Mikey that's one classy transition.

This video made me realize that the Googly Eye and the Everything Bagel really *are* the opposites of each other. A black void with a white center; a white void with a black center.

I’m so glad you loved Prey as much as I did. I had it listed as #8 on my list and sometimes think I should just put it higher because no one else seemed to.

I am super glad you ranked Prey so highly. I was watching the original predator on Disney+ and got it recommended. I had never heard of it before so going into it I wasn't even aware that it was part of the predator series. But it's just so good. The action and visuals are great and the story is good too. The bear scene is still burned into my mind. It was also one of the few recent movies where the protagonist just happens to be female instead of it feeling like the studio decided on it for attention.

Yes!!! Catawampas! Cuttlefish are so cool! Even this evil one 😜 Absolutely love EEAAO! It's bonkers creative and it deserves all the awards 🤗🏆 💗

I loved Glass Onion and people are mad because they have poopoo brains

the nebula deal seems to keep getting better

I should have checked nebula a month ago! RRR was astounding and it’s great to see it on your fav 5 even if it was produced under duress 😂

I probably cannot express how badly I needed this today without getting way too person so just thank you for making this video and healing me a little

Thanks for the recommendations.

always pleased to see a new video from you and your people. your movie specific vids always have me wanting you to talk more about the movies. so much joy and insight.

i like the squid. i'm so glad you're back! somehow i didn't realize you were on Nebula, i'll definitely be following you there. this video was great, as always :)

Great video! Reminded me of how many movies came out last year that were just... Straight up fun!

Great video, amazing audio as well. I'm looking forward to the next deep dive!

Awesome list!!

Been watching you for a lot of years now and I frankly love everything you produce, GREAT VIDEO MIKEY

Great list, looking forward to watching some of these that I haven’t seen

Always a pleasure seeing an upload from Movies With Mikey

RRR and Top Gun were my favs this past year. Seeing Top Gun in the Zoopalast in Berlin was an epic movie experience that I didn't think I could have in this time, I felt transported to the 80s, but more modern.

Always love these videos so I can track down films and things I'd missed. You and yours are wonderful!

Always happy to see your stuff! Saw it on nebula earlier but we comment for the engagement round these parts

Every time I watch your videos I feel so uplifted. I really love how positive and insightful you are, thank you

so happy that I have seen most of these. I have to find out where Nope and Fabelmans are streaming

I’ve been waiting for this!

Loved this. Awesome, dude. Miss the regular content so I was thrilled to see this pop up. Still waiting on your take on Streets of Fire.

Great list of some I didn’t see and some I am nonstop recommending!!

Any Mikey content is quality Mikey content.

I watched the Nebula video first, this explains the "day as night" revolution better. Thank you!

I always love your takes on movies and these types of videos and your other video essays are just amazing to watch and always keep me engaged

It's amazing how much having a kid has completely detached me from pop culture. Excited to add all of this stuff to my to-watch list!

Thanks for the definitive list of movies i need to catch up on.

Best MwM in a while! I'll be checking out Not Okay and Emily the Criminal. Thanks, Mikey!

Great as always.

I love your stuff. I always have. Your presence was missed in Borderlands 3. But you're doing such good work here. Thanks for keeping it going.

Liking, commenting, and already subscriiiiibed. Just added like four movies to my watch list, and... really, I'm not surprised.

Thank you Michael Movies for making amazing video essays

All the way out of the park with this one. Convinced me to check out some that I let slide. Loved it, no notes 🔥🔥🔥

Great video Mikey! I really enjoyed it and I'm going to check some of these out

Yay!! New filmjoy!!!

Why is it that whenever I see a new MwM video I immediately have to watch the whole thing? Know that your hard work is greatly appreciated and valued

Really loved the format of this year's Fave 5. Nailed it, Mikey

YOU'RE BACK ON MY FRONT PAGE!! I am so happy! I love MIKEY's content!

I am indeed commenting to fuel engagement! I'm incrediblly bad at leaving comments on RU-vid videos because I always stress about whether I can properly convey the throughts I feel online without being misconstrued and I feel like I should write an entire essay to communicate the depth of my emotions and then I get tired just thinking of the daunting task ahead of me. Anyway, all this to say that I've subscribed to this channel ever since CinemaWins recommended y'all and I have been a fan since. This channel is genuinely part of my top five favourite channels on RU-vid and I love your takes on everything and hearing your thoughts. You've changed my mind on a couple of movies and made me think deeper about the art of film and cinematography. Thank you for your videos! I was super happy to also see "Not Okay" on this list because I feel like not a lot of people have watched it despite it being so prescient and clever without being condescending. It's far better than other "oh, social media is the worst" "cancel culture blahblah" type movies. Zoey Deutch is amazing it in as the 'unlikeable protagonist' and it really made you think more of how the online community and the modern persona is fostered. I also loved Top Gun: Maverick, EEAAO, Glass Onion, RRR, The Banshees of Inisherin and will be sure to check out the other movies on this list. Also, do watch Avatar the blue people movie simply for the spectacle of CGI on screen - it's a blast. I hope you have a fantastic year up ahead! I can't wait to tune in to the other videos you have in store for us.

Leaving a comment for the algorithm, and to support Mikey, who’s done amazing for years. Keep it up, dude! 💚

I'm spurring engagement!!!! Also, plates release a 10 minute version of your theme song.

Great list, can't wait for 2023!

Lotta great movies in this one!

Prey was such a pleasant surprise for me. It was so carefully crafted and so well done, that I honestly hold it up against the original Predator as its equal if not it's superior.

I’m going to need to check some of these films out. I love this channel. I have a shirt that says no one knows what they are doing. I refer a bunch of people to this channel to have a different appreciation of these movies. Cheers!

Lovely stuff, Mikey!

You are still one of my favorite people and I don't even know you... Thank you for creating.

Thanks for the awesome video, commenting to feed the algorithm and show my love

I don't know what to say. This is just so interesting and I love it.

Interesting opinions on some interesting films, I don't always agree with you but I find your vids worth watching.

Great video! Although I'm a bit miffed about the omission of my 2nd and 3rd faves of last year - Three Thousand Years of Longing and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

No love for Tár? Worth it for Cate Blanchett alone. Easily the best me-too movie yet.

Very cool!

This was great, thanks Mikey I laughed and I was informed! Added a few movies to my list. Will you check out The Quiet Girl if you get a chance?

Unerringly insightful, funny, and beautifully produced.

Thank you so much, Mikey!

Mikey, your videos are the film studies equivalent to jazz. Cult! Art! And always a joy.

Last year was absolutely amazing for great quality and deep films, I need to watch the ones on this list that I haven't seen. I think honourable mentions should go to The Menu and Men as well.

I'm so happy to see Prey get some love =D

Yay! I loved NOPE so much. So much else going on as well, but I was blown away by its ability to show that feeling where an absolutely deadly wild animal, like a tiger or something, is just so beautiful there’s a really dumb part of my brain that wants to stand there and admire it, rather than do the whole “try not to get brutally killed” thing.

I'm super proud of myself for knowing all of these movies, even if I haven't actually seen them yet.

Saw a new FilmJoy video, clicked it, realised I'd already watched on Nebular, didn't care, and watched it again anyway. Also, I'm pretty certain the video quality on Nebular is much better so that's another reason to subscribe.

Dear filmjoy. Love you guys. That is all.

I like your content and would like to contribute to your metrics. Definitely my Film Yogurt of choice.

I think this is the first time ever where a film commentary person's fave five movies of a given year perfectly matched my own.

Great video as always. No Brian & Charles though?

This makes me happy. Simple as that. Thank you Mikey.

Doesn’t matter but it spurs engagement. Great vid my dude

I missed a whole year of Mikey because of YT algorithms apparently... (And short term memory/mental issues) THANK YOU FOR KNOWING WHAT IS BEST FOR ME :D:D:D:D:D:D

nice vid

I have the same best of 2022 but with Decision to Leave and Barbarian added.

Time to watch some movies

The beads get me every time….

This is good

Top Gun: Maverick was just so damn fun to watch in the theater since Mad Max: Fury Road

still best intro in whole youtube

Those pants are looking awesome, Mikey

Ok, you got me, I'm going to sub to Nebula ♥️.

Comment for engagement (because I have never not loved your content). Also, now that I know you're on that *other platform* (ahem), I have another thing to watch and love right away!

As per usual, I’m leaving with a new list of movies to watch.

banger video

This fav 5 is perfect. That is all. ❤️

Aww man now I have to watch all these films

can't believe Charl from the critically acclaimed movie Night of the Coconut has transformed in to a cuttlefish to bully our precious and beloved Mikey GET OUTTA HERE CHARL YA JERK LEAVE MIKEY ALONE (thank you for another good-ass video Mikey