Every Movie I Watched in 2022, Ranked
#206: The 5th annual tradition! Every 2022 release I saw this year
Edition 206:
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Previous year rankings: 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018
Programming notes:
Below is every movie released in 2022 that I saw, ranked in order of how likely I’d be to recommend them to someone. Every year I include some 2021 “wraparounds” I didn’t get to in the previous year.
Here’s a few 2022 releases I haven’t seen yet but may have been worthy of high ranking: Bardo, Women Talking, The Whale, Empire of Light, Decision to Leave, Crimes of the Future, Aftersun, The Pale Blue Eye, Pinocchio.
Entries below are linked to my full write-up from earlier this year. In parenthesis is where you can watch the movie, if you’re interested. “VOD” stands for “video on-demand,” meaning you can rent it on a service like Amazon Prime or Apple.
Every year I put the rankings list into “tiers,” which should make it easier to compare between years and help differentiate between movies that are probably just as good as something ranked a dozen spots higher.
Category 9: The So Bad They’re Offensive-s
86 - Blonde (Netflix)
85 - The Bubble (Netflix)
84 - Home Team (Netflix)
83 - Tangled (Passionflix)
Category 8: The Bad-Timers
82 - The Gray Man (Netflix)
81 - Deep Water (Hulu)
80 - Uncharted (Netflix)
79 - Amsterdam (HBO Max)
Category 7: The Participation Trophies
78 - Day Shift (Netflix)
77 - Like A Rolling Stone: The Life And Times of Ben Fong-Torres (Netflix)
76 - Death On The Nile (HBO Max)
75 - Men ($VOD)
74 - Don’t Worry Darling (HBO Max)
73 - When You Finish Saving The World (N/A)
72 - Love & Gelato (Netflix)
71 - Toscana (Netflix)
70 - Love In The Villa (Netflix)
69 - Armageddon Time (N/A)
68 - Lightyear (Disney+)
67 - Persuasion (Netflix)
66 - The Wonder (Netflix)
65 - Three Thousand Years Of Longing (N/A)
64 - Breaking ($VOD)
63 - Operation Mincemeat (Netflix)
62 - Emancipation (AppleTV+)
Category 6: The Lot to Likers
61 - Ticket To Paradise (Peacock)
60 - Elvis (HBO Max)
59 - Ambulance (Amazon Prime)
58 - The Good Nurse (Netflix)
57 - Confess, Fletch (Showtime)
56 - Under The Almalfi Sun (Netflix)
55 - Bros (Peacock)
54 - Sr. (Netflix)
53 - Devotion (N/A)
52 - See How They Run (HBO Max)
51 - Not Okay (Hulu)
50 - Call Jane ($VOD)
49 - After Yang (Showtime)
48 - Christmas With The Campbells ($VOD)
47 - The Woman King ($VOD)
Category 5: The Recommendations
46 - Causeway (AppleTV+)
45 - Jackass Forever (Paramount+)
44 - The Black Phone (Amazon Prime)
43 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Theaters)
42 - Rosaline (Hulu)
41 - Smile (Paramount+)
40 - Bullet Train (Netflix)
39 - Hustle (Netflix)
38 - The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent (Hulu, AppleTV+)
37 - Spiderhead (Netflix)
36 - Avatar: The Way Of Water (Theaters)
35 - Where The Crawdads Sing (Netflix)
34 - Windfall (Netflix)
33 - Something From Tiffany’s (Amazon Prime)
32 - White Noise (Netflix)
Category 4: The Pretty Darn Good Ones
31 - Petite Maman (Hulu, AppleTV+)
30 - The Menu (N/A)
29 - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
28 - Triangle Of Sadness ($VOD)
27 - Vengeance (Peacock)
26 - Moonage Daydream (Hulu)
25 - The Fallout (HBO Max)
24 - Kimi (HBO Max)
23 - Prey (Hulu)
22 - TÁR ($VOD)
21 - Turning Red (Disney+)
Category 3: The Almost Special Ones
20 - Nope (Peacock)
19 - Marcell The Shell With Shoes On ($VOD)
18 - The Northman (Amazon Prime)
17 - Cha Cha Real Smooth (AppleTV+)
16 - The Batman (HBO Max)
15 - All Quiet On The Western Front (Netflix)
14 - Fresh (Hulu)
13 - Babylon (Theaters)
12 - She Said (AppleTV+)
11 - Bones And All ($VOD)
10 - Emily The Criminal (Netflix)
9 - Bodies Bodies Bodies (HBO Max)
8 - The Fabelmans (Theaters)
7 - The Banshees Of Inisherin (HBO Max)
6 - Thirteen Lives (Amazon Prime)
Category 2: The Great Ones
5 - Barbarian (HBO Max)
4 - Navalny (HBO Max)
3 - Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount+)
2 - The Worst Person In The World (Hulu)
1 - Everything Everywhere All At Once (Showtime)
Category 1: The All-Timers
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