My Top 50 Movies of 2022

1. Nope (Jordan Peele)

2. Barbarian (Zach Cregger)

3. Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Ostlund)

4. The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)

5. Elvis (Baz Luhrmann)

6. Women Talking (Sarah Polley)

7. All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger)

8. The Menu (Mark Mylod)

9. Emily the Criminal (John Patton Ford)

10. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Eric Appel)

11. Bodies Bodies Bodies (Halina Reijn)

12. The Northman (Robert Eggers)

13. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)

14. Causeway (Lila Neugebauer)

15. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado)

16. RRR (S.S. Rajamouli)

17. Everything Everywhere All At Once (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert)

18. Tar (Todd Field)

19. Aftersun (Charlotte Wells)

20. The Invitation (Jessica M. Thompson)

21. Prey (Dan Trachtenberg)

22. Do Revenge (Jennifer Kaytin Robinson)

23. Talk To Me (Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou)

24. Kimi (Steven Soderbergh)

25. Men (Alex Garland)

26. Dual (Riley Stearns)

27. To Leslie (Michael Morris)

28. Windfall (Charlie McDowell)

29. Personality Crisis: One Night Only (Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi)

30. Day Shift (J.J. Perry)

31. Smile (Parker Finn)

32. The Woman King (Gina Prince-Blythewood)

33. Call Jane (Phyllis Nagy)

34. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi)

35. Turning Red (Domee Shi)

36. Cha Cha Real Smooth (Cooper Raiff)

37. Metal Lords (Peter Sollett)

38. Dog (Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin)

38. When You Finish Saving The World (Jesse Eisenberg)

39. Top Gun: Maverick (Joseph Kosinksi)

40. Hustle (Jeremiah Zagar)

41. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ryan Coogler)

42. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Tom Gormican)

43. Rosaline (Karen Maine)

44. M3GAN (Gerard Johnstone)

45. Don’t Worry Darling (Olivia Wilde)

46. All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)

47. Terrifier 2 (Damien Leone)

48. Thor: Love and Thunder (Taika Waititi)

49. Pearl (Ti West)

50. The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman)

As I've said previously, these lists are kind of one of my first attempts at really clarifying my taste in film, but I'm not really overthinking it and rewatching much, I'll reserve that for if I do decade-wide lists with blurbs. But 2022 was one of my heaviest years for dabbling in being a movie critic, as I reviewed a number of features for Consequence, including a few on this list (Elvis, Call Jane, Day Shift, Metal Lords).