Ranking 2022
by daltonvalette | created - 31 Jan 2022 | updated - 11 Dec 2022 | PublicRanking the best to worst films of 2022
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1. Tár (2022)
R | 158 min | Drama, Music
Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.
Director: Todd Field | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer
Votes: 93,902
2. 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: 533,605 | Gross: $72.86M
3. Bones and All (2022)
R | 131 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Kendle Coffey
Votes: 58,143
4. 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: 167,406 | Gross: $14.50M
5. The Woman King (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Drama, History
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.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim
Votes: 73,203 | Gross: $67.33M
6. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt
Votes: 253,358
7. 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: 253,878 | Gross: $34.23M
8. 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: 392,891 | Gross: $38.50M
9. Elvis (2022)
PG-13 | 159 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson
Votes: 234,877 | Gross: $151.04M
10. Decision to Leave (2022)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo
Votes: 55,303
11. 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: 787,753 | Gross: $369.35M
12. Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.
Director: Cooper Raiff | Stars: Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt
Votes: 26,538
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: 698,096 | Gross: $718.73M
14. 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: 441,810
15. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt
Votes: 61,217
16. Scream (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 159,043 | Gross: $81.64M
17. She Said (2022)
R | 129 min | Drama, History
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Lola Petticrew
Votes: 39,810
18. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends.
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp | Stars: Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer Camp, Isabella Rossellini, Joe Gabler
Votes: 27,090 | Gross: $5.79M
19. Thirteen Lives (2022)
PG-13 | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman
Votes: 67,599
20. Do Revenge (2022)
TV-MA | 118 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Drea and Eleanor agree to go after one another's bullies.
Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson | Stars: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah
Votes: 50,292
21. Turning Red (2022)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.
Director: Domee Shi | Stars: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park
Votes: 152,806
22. Night of the Coconut (2022)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A movie about friendship, parallel universes, the internet, and genocidal coconuts.
Director: Patrick Willems | Stars: Chloe Holgate, Matt Torpey, Dave Wiskus, Patrick Willems
Votes: 140
23. Moonage Daydream (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.
Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: David Bowie, Trevor Bolder, Ken Fordham, Mike Garson
Votes: 14,462
24. The Fabelmans (2022)
PG-13 | 151 min | Drama
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch
Votes: 117,009
25. Bros (I) (2022)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Guy Branum, Miss Lawrence
Votes: 35,112
26. Men (2022)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young woman goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside following the death of her ex-husband.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin
Votes: 63,435
27. Prey (I) (2022)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp
Votes: 227,394
28. 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: 266,376 | Gross: $123.28M
29. 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: 178,419
30. Munich: The Edge of War (2021)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the German government.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Jeremy Irons, Liv Lisa Fries
Votes: 35,911
31. Brian and Charles (2022)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot.
Director: Jim Archer | Stars: David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, Jamie Michie
Votes: 8,292
32. The Princess (II) (2022)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Princess Diana's story is told exclusively through contemporaneous archive creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life and death. It also illuminates how the public's attitude to the monarchy was, and still is.
Director: Ed Perkins | Stars: Princess Diana, King Charles III, Queen Elizabeth II, Martin Bashir
Votes: 1,555
33. The Outfit (2022)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An expert cutter must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Director: Graham Moore | Stars: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, John Gumley-Mason, Stephen Knox
Votes: 69,514
34. 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: 151,763
35. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. And she has a plan, which involves hiring a young sex worker named Leo Grande.
Director: Sophie Hyde | Stars: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland, Les Mabaleka
Votes: 37,699
36. X (II) (2022)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.
Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi
Votes: 173,568
37. The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a sinkhole in front of Bob's Burgers threatens the Belchers' plans for a successful summer, Bob and Linda try to keep their business going, while the kids attempt to save the restaurant by solving a mystery.
Directors: Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, Dan Mintz, John Roberts
Votes: 21,408
38. Beast (I) (2022)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Liyabuya Gongo, Martin Munro, Daniel Hadebe, Thapelo Sebogodi
Votes: 40,943 | Gross: $31.85M
39. Crimes of the Future (2022)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman
Votes: 40,745
40. The Sea Beast (2022)
PG | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.
Director: Chris Williams | Stars: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Votes: 58,272
41. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 188,769 | Gross: $45.63M
42. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
PG-13 | 142 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Albus Dumbledore knows that Gellert Grindelwald is moving to take control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he asks Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team on a dangerous mission.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler
Votes: 170,563 | Gross: $95.85M
43. Falling for Christmas (2022)
TV-PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
In the days leading up to Christmas, a young and newly engaged heiress experiences a skiing accident. After being diagnosed with amnesia, she finds herself in the care of the handsome lodge owner and his daughter.
Director: Janeen Damian | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, Jack Wagner
Votes: 28,663
44. Moonshot (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
This romantic comedy with a twist follows two college students as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others, embarking on a lively journey that takes them wildly off course.
Director: Christopher Winterbauer | Stars: Cole Sprouse, Zach Braff, Peter Woodward, Henson Milam
Votes: 6,312
45. Fire Island (I) (2022)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of queer best friends gather in Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but a sudden change of events might make this their last summer in gay paradise.
Director: Andrew Ahn | Stars: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora
Votes: 13,634
46. Morbius (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris
Votes: 153,536 | Gross: $73.87M
47. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
After 48 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
Director: David Blue Garcia | Stars: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Jacob Latimore
Votes: 61,655
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