Ranking of Movies of 2022
by Lidocaine86 | created - 14 Apr 2022 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicList ranking the movies released in 2022 that I've seen, ordered from best to worst.
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1. The Beasts (2022)
137 min | Drama, Thriller
An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Stars: Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido
Votes: 18,364
2. Aftersun (II) (2022)
R | 102 min | Drama
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 as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
Director: Charlotte Wells | Stars: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham
Votes: 93,959
3. The Northman (2022)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke
Votes: 253,952 | Gross: $34.23M
4. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
Directors: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson | Stars: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman
Votes: 113,220
5. The Whale (2022)
R | 117 min | Drama
A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau
Votes: 211,514
6. Close (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
Votes: 34,892
7. Triangle of Sadness (2022)
R | 147 min | Comedy, Drama
A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Thobias Thorwid, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Jiannis Moustos
Votes: 178,592
8. The Batman (2022)
PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell
Votes: 787,912 | Gross: $369.35M
9. On the Fringe (2022)
105 min | Drama
Interwoven stories told over the course of one day.
Director: Juan Diego Botto | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Christian Checa, Aixa Villagrán
Votes: 2,207
10. Glass Onion (2022)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista
Votes: 441,970
11. The Menu (2022)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau
Votes: 393,061 | Gross: $38.50M
12. Lullaby (2022)
104 min | Drama
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return for guidance after her partner is temporarily away, to her parents' house along the Basque coast.
Director: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Stars: Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez, Ramón Barea, Mikel Bustamante
Votes: 3,668
13. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer
Votes: 698,376 | Gross: $718.73M
14. God's Crooked Lines (2022)
TV-MA | 154 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Follows a woman checking into a psychiatric ward to investigate a homicide.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, Loreto Mauleón, Javier Beltrán
Votes: 22,829
15. Hustle (2022)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A basketball scout discovers a phenomenal street ball player while in Spain and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA.
Director: Jeremiah Zagar | Stars: Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez, Ben Foster
Votes: 144,483
16. The Wonder (I) (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar
Votes: 44,310
17. The Good Nurse (2022)
R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain, Denise Pillott, Dartel McRae
Votes: 79,638
18. Metal Lords (2022)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Music
Two friends try to form a heavy metal band with a cellist for a Battle of the Bands.
Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Jaeden Martell, Adrian Greensmith, Isis Hainsworth, Noah Urrea
Votes: 32,910
19. The House (III) (2022)
TV-MA | 97 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Directors: Paloma Baeza, Emma De Swaef, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Marc James Roels | Stars: Mia Goth, Matthew Goode, Claudie Blakley, Eleanor De Swaef-Roels
Votes: 22,637
20. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan
Votes: 533,796 | Gross: $72.86M
21. The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
R | 128 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall
Votes: 124,806
22. Bullet Train (2022)
R | 127 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry
Votes: 429,217 | Gross: $103.37M
23. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Moviestar Nick Cage is channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan and a CIA agent.
Director: Tom Gormican | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 151,837
24. Slumberland (2022)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O'Dowd, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 33,061
25. The Adam Project (2022)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner
Votes: 231,780
26. Code Name Emperor (2022)
106 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows Juan, an agent working for the intelligence services, who also reports to a parallel unit involved in illegal activities.
Director: Jorge Coira | Stars: Luis Tosar, Alexandra Masangkay, Georgina Amorós, Denis Gómez
Votes: 3,010
27. Nope (2022)
R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott
Votes: 266,490 | Gross: $123.28M
28. The Gray Man (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller
When the CIA's most skilled operative, whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.
Directors: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton
Votes: 238,973
29. No Limit (2022)
TV-MA | 118 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Roxana Aubrey decides to drop her studies and escape her life in Paris for a free diving course in the south of France. She is quickly pulled into a life that reaches new depths brought by the weight of an ocean's descent.
Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Camille Rowe, Sofiane Zermani, César Domboy, Laurent Fernandez
Votes: 3,873
30. RRR (2022)
Not Rated | 187 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A fearless warrior on a perilous mission comes face to face with a steely cop serving British forces in this epic saga set in pre-independent India.
Director: S.S. Rajamouli | Stars: N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt
Votes: 167,432 | Gross: $14.50M
31. Blonde (2022)
NC-17 | 167 min | Drama, History
The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson, Tygh Runyan
Votes: 72,033
32. Venicephrenia (2021)
R | 100 min | Horror
A group of Spanish tourists in Venecia will find themselves fighting for their lives against locals that are not too keen on foreigners.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Ingrid García Jonsson, Silvia Alonso, Goize Blanco, Nicolás Illoro
Votes: 3,183
33. The Chalk Line (2022)
106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A couple temporarily adopts a young girl that they found wandering around alone in the high road.
Director: Ignacio Tatay | Stars: Elena Anaya, Pablo Molinero, Eva Tennear, Eva Llorach
Votes: 10,319
34. Mirror, Mirror (2022)
79 min | Comedy
4 staffers at a cosmetics firm in its 50th year: the marketing director who is almost as old himself, a 25 year old ambitious female assistant, her sister being pushed to "come out," and an insecure chubby 40 year old administrator.
Director: Marc Crehuet | Stars: Malena Alterio, Santi Millán, Natalia de Molina, Carlos Areces
Votes: 585
35. Big Bug (2022)
TV-MA | 111 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A group of bickering suburbanites find themselves stuck together when an android uprising causes their well intentioned household robots to lock them in for their own safety.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Isabelle Nanty, Elsa Zylberstein, Claude Perron, Stéphane De Groodt
Votes: 10,464
36. The Taming of the Shrewd (II) (2022)
TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
When a heartbroken scientist moves back home to start over, her scheming brother hires a handsome stranger to convince her to sell their land.
Director: Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz | Stars: Magdalena Lamparska, Mikolaj Roznerski, Piotr Cyrwus, Tomasz Sapryk
Votes: 1,316
37. Interceptor (2022)
TV-MA | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
One Army captain must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.
Director: Matthew Reilly | Stars: Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane, Mayen Mehta
Votes: 27,440
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