The best documentaries of 2022
The top 3 according to 39 votes from people: Good Night Oppy (2022) · All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) · Moonage Daydream (2022). (Updated Jun 7, 2023.)
From Fire of Love to All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: the 2022 documentaries that topped critics' lists and the Critics Choice Documentary Awards (Screen Daily, POV Magazine, IndieWire).
Top 12
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1
Good Night Oppy (2022)
The Mars rover Opportunity's 15-year mission.
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2
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Laura Poitras on Nan Goldin; Golden Lion in Venice.
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3
Moonage Daydream (2022)
A kaleidoscopic David Bowie film by Brett Morgen.
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4
To Kill a Tiger (2022)
A father in rural India seeks justice for his daughter.
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5
The Janes (2022)
The underground abortion network in 1960s Chicago.
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6
Fire of Love (2022)
Volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, in their own footage.
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7
Navalny (2022)
The Russian opposition leader investigates his own poisoning; Oscar winner.
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8
Turn Every Page (2022)
Robert Caro and his editor Robert Gottlieb.
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9
Descendant (2022)
Descendants of the last slave ship to reach the US.
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10
All That Breathes (2022)
Two brothers in Delhi rescue injured kites.
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11
The Territory (2022)
The Uru-eu-wau-wau defend their land in the Amazon.
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12
A House Made of Splinters (2022)
Children in a shelter in eastern Ukraine.
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