# The best movies of 2022

The 2022 films most cited in critics' top-ten lists aggregated by Metacritic, led by Everything Everywhere All at Once, plus the year's best-reviewed titles.

- 52 votes · 14 items
- Mar 14, 2023 · Travis Anderson
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## Top 12

1. **Everything Everywhere All at Once** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Daniels. A laundromat owner and the multiverse; seven Oscars including Best Picture.
2. **The Banshees of Inisherin** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson end a friendship on an Irish island; Metascore 87.
3. **TÁR** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Todd Field. Cate Blanchett as a celebrated conductor; Metascore 91.
4. **Aftersun** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Charlotte Wells. A father and daughter on holiday in Turkey; Metacritic's best-reviewed film of 2022 (95).
5. **Triangle of Sadness** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Ruben Östlund's 2022 satire on a luxury cruise; Palme d'Or at Cannes.
6. **Top Gun: Maverick** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Joseph Kosinski. Tom Cruise back in the cockpit; a huge box-office hit and critics' favourite.
7. **Decision to Leave** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Park Chan-wook. A detective falls for a suspect; Best Director at Cannes.
8. **All the Beauty and the Bloodshed** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Laura Poitras. Nan Goldin and the fight against the Sackler family; Golden Lion in Venice.
9. **EO** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Jerzy Skolimowski. A donkey's journey across Europe; Jury Prize at Cannes.
10. **Nope** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Jordan Peele. Horse wranglers and something in the clouds over a California ranch.
11. **Close** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Lukas Dhont's 2022 Belgian drama about two inseparable 13-year-olds; Grand Prix at Cannes.
12. **The Worst Person in the World** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Joachim Trier. Julie's twenties in Oslo in twelve chapters; Metascore 91.
13. **The Fabelmans** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Steven Spielberg. His own childhood and the birth of his love of cinema.
14. **RRR** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — S. S. Rajamouli. Two revolutionaries in 1920s India; 'Naatu Naatu' won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

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