Best Movies of 2022 by Rank
734
1
Todd Field
Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover
Drama / Music
USA
English
816
2
Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
923
3
Steven Spielberg
Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Jeannie Berlin
Drama
USA
English
963
4
Martin McDonagh
Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan
Drama / Comedy
Ireland / UK / USA
English
1039
5
Joseph Kosinski
Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Bashir Salahuddin
Action / Drama / Adventure
China / USA
English
1136
6
James Cameron
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
USA
English
1192
7
Jerzy Skolimowski
Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Drama
Poland / Italy
Polish
1396
8
Edward Berger
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald
Action / Drama / War / Epic
Germany / USA / UK
German
1448
9
Santiago Mitre
Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Santiago Armas, Laura Paredes
Drama / Crime / Period Film
Argentina / USA
Spanish
1471
10
Lukas Dhont
Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands / France
Dutch
1481
11
Rian Johnson
Ethan Hawke, Daniel Craig, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Edward Norton
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
1560
12
Sarah Polley
Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil
Drama
USA
English
1595
13
Baz Luhrmann
Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh
Biography / Drama / Music
Australia / USA
English
1782
14
Park Chan-wook
Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-Pyo, Shin-Young Kim
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
1809
15
Alice Diop
Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit
Drama / Crime
France
French
1880
16
Ruben Östlund
Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Hanna Oldenburg
Comedy / Drama
Sweden / France / UK / Germany
English
2131
17
Chinonye Chukwu
Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Patrick Thomas
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
2225
18
S.S. Rajamouli
N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan Teja, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris
Action / Drama / Epic
India
Telugu
2265
19
Laura Poitras
Nan Goldin, Marina Berio, Robert Suarez
Biography / Documentary
USA
English
2288
20
Jordan Peele
Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Epic / Western
USA / Japan / Canada
English
2304
21
Colm Bairéad
Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric
Drama
Ireland
Irish
2318
22
Charlotte Wells
Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham, Ayse Parlak
Drama
UK / USA / Turkey / Philippines / Netherlands
English
2335
23
Darren Aronofsky
Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton
Drama
USA
English
2389
24
Ryan Coogler
Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett
Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic
USA
English
2457
25
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega
Action / Drama / History / Epic / War
USA
English
2458
26
Oliver Hermanus
Bill Nighy, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins, Hubert Burton, Oliver Chris
Drama
UK / Japan / Sweden
English
2458
26
Robert Eggers
Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy
Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / History / Thriller / Epic / War
USA
English
2461
27
Marie Kreutzer
Colin Morgan, Vicky Krieps, Finnegan Oldfield, Ivana Urban, Alma Hasun
Biography / Drama / History
Austria / Luxembourg / Germany / France
German
2502
28
Matt Reeves
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Comic / Thriller
USA
English
2519
29
Carla Simón
Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Josep Abad
Adventure / Drama
Spain / Italy
Catalan
2525
30
Mia Hansen-Løve
Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia
Drama / Romance
France / UK / Germany
French
2532
31
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani
Drama / Romance
Iran
Persian
2537
32
Luca Guadagnino
Taylor Russell, Timothé e Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland
Drama / Romance / Horror
Italy / USA
English
2537
32
Cooper Raiff
Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt, Leslie Mann
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2537
32
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro
Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
USA / Mexico / France
English
2564
33
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid
Drama / Comedy / Epic
Mexico
Spanish
2564
33
Christopher Storer, Duccio Fabbri, Janicza Bravo
Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliott
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2564
33
Anthony Fabian
Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo
Comedy / Drama
Hungary / UK / Canada / France / USA / Belgium
English
2566
34
Damien Chazelle
Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li
Comedy / Drama / History / Period Film / Epic
USA
English
2673
35
Claire Denis
Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley, John C. Reilly, Benny Safdie, Danny Ramirez
Drama / Romance / Thriller
France
English
2681
36
Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Surakshya Panta
Drama
Italy / Belgium / France
Italian
2692
37
David Cronenberg
Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Canada / France / Greece / UK
English
2692
37
Amy Poehler
Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Bette Midler, Norman Lear, Charo
Documentary / Biography / Comedy / Drama / History
USA
English
2692
37
Maria Schrader
Lola Petticrew, Katherine Laheen, Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Emma O'Connor
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
2692
37
Domee Shi
Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
2693
38
Hong Sang-soo
Lee Hye-yeong, Kim Min-hee, Seo Younghwa, Park Mi-so, Cho Yun-hee, Gi Ju-bong
Drama / Comedy
South Korea
Korean
2699
39
Romain Gavras
Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek, Alexis Manenti
Drama / Crime / Action / Thriller
France
French
2699
39
Vahid Jalilvand
Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee, Saeed Dakh, Danial Kheirikhah
Drama
Iran
Persian
2699
39
Andrew Dominik
Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson
Biography / Drama / Mystery / Romance
USA
English
2699
39
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Margherita Mazzucco, Andrea Carpenzano, Carlotta Natoli, Paola Tiziana Cruciani
Drama / Religion / Biography / History / Musical
Italy / Belgium
Italian
2699
39
Joanna Hogg
Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies
Drama / Mystery
UK / USA
English
2699
39
Gianni Amelio
Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco
Drama / Crime
Italy
Italian
2699
39
Emanuele Crialese
Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
2699
39
Kôji Fukada
Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Tetta Shimada, Atom Sunada, Hirona Yamazaki
Drama
Japan / France
Japanese
2699
39
Andrea Pallaoro
Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close
Drama
USA / Italy
English
2699
39
Rebecca Zlotowski
Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves
Drama / Comedy
France
French
2699
39
Roschdy Zem
Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei
Drama
France
French
2699
39
Davy Chou
Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer
Drama
France / Germany / Belgium / South Korea / Romania / Cambodia / Qatar
French
2699
39
Florian Zeller
Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins
Drama
UK / France
English
2699
39
Noah Baumbach
Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2702
40
Natalia López
Francisco Berdiales, Reina Carmona, Yaretzi Cazares, Yadira Cleto
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Mexico / Argentina / USA
Spanish
2705
41
Mary Nighy
Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, Wunmi Mosaku, Mark Winnick
Drama / Romance / Thriller
Canada / UK
English
2705
41
Sam Raimi
Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic
USA
English
2705
41
Jeremiah Zagar
Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez, Ben Foster, Kenny Smith
Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2705
41
Paul Schrader
Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai Morales, Eduardo Losan
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Crime
USA
English
2705
41
Mark Mylod
Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer
Comedy / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2705
41
Matthew Warchus
Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
UK / USA
English
2705
41
Michael Morris
Andrea Riseborough, Drew Youngblood, Tom Virtue, Lauren Letherer, Sewell Whitney
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2705
41
Tom Gormican
Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan, Paco León
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2710
42
Ali Abbasi
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Denmark / Germany / Sweden / France
Persian
2713
43
Peter Jackson
George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston
Documentary / Music
USA / UK / New Zealand
English
2719
44
James Gray
Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins
Drama / Period Film
USA / Brazil
English
2719
44
Stephen Williams
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronke Adekoluejo, Marton Csokas
Biography / Drama / History / Music / Epic
USA
English
2719
44
Antoine Fuqua
Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor, Ronnie Gene Blevins
Action / Thriller / History
USA
English
2719
44
Carey Williams
RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Nichols
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
2719
44
Daniel Raim
Robert F. Boyle, Jeff Goldblum, Rosalind Harris, Norman Jewison, Michele Marsh
Documentary
USA
English
2719
44
Basil Khalil
Stephen Mangan, Adam Bakri, Mouna Hawa, Maria Zreik, Samer Bisharat
Comedy
UK / Palestine
Arabic
2719
44
Sean Mullin
Yogi Berra, Billy Crystal, Nick Swisher, Derek Jeter, Bob Costas, Vin Scully
Documentary / Sports / Biography
USA
English
2719
44
David Frankel
Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, Rainn Wilson, Larry Wilmore, Michael McKean
Biography / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2719
44
Stephen Frears
Sally Hawkins, Shonagh Price, Helen Katamba, Lewis Macleod, Jenny Douglas
Comedy / Drama / History / Action / Adventure / Biography
UK
English
2719
44
Kathlyn Horan
Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2719
44
Anthony Shim
Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Hunter Dillon
Drama
Canada
English
2719
44
Ray Romano
Jennifer Esposito, Sebastian Maniscalco, Laurie Metcalf, Sadie Stanley, Ray Romano
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2719
44
Eric Appel
Diedrich Bader, Daniel Radcliffe, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Richard Aaron Anderson
Comedy / Crime / Music / Biography
USA
English
2719
44
Olivia Newman
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2722
45
Sophie Hyde
Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Les Mabaleka, Lennie Beare, Carina Lopes
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK
English
2729
46
Shawn Levy
Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2729
46
Stephanie Allynne, Tig Notaro
Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Kiersey Clemons, Molly Gordon
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2729
46
various
Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga
Drama / History
USA
English
2729
46
Anne Fletcher
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
2729
46
Angus MacLane
Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules
Animation / Action / Adventure / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2729
46
Aaron Nee, Adam Nee
Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2729
46
Gerard Johnstone
Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / New Zealand
English
2729
46
David Hollander
Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Pooch Hall, Kerris Dorsey
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2729
46
George Miller
Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Pia Thunderbolt, Berk Ozturk, Anthony Moisset
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Australia / USA
English
2730
47
Andrew Ahn
Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2755
48
Shaunak Sen
Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad
Documentary
UK / India / USA
Hindi
2755
48
Violet Columbus, Ben Klein
Christine Choy, Todd Phillips, Ronald Gray, Atno Smith
Documentary
USA
English
2755
48
Nikyatu Jusu
Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2755
48
Alejandro Loayza Grisi
José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe, Placide Ali
Drama
Bolivia / Uruguay / France
Quechua
2768
49
Jalmari Helander
Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo, Onni Tommila
Action / War / Adventure / History / Drama
Finland / UK
English
2768
49
Goran Stolevski
Noomi Rapace, Alice Englert, Anamaria Marinca, Sara Klimoska, Carloto Cotta
Drama / Horror
UK / Serbia / Australia
Macedonian
