2022 movies

The 2022 movie rankings | Chris Lambert

This is a live list where I rank the movies of 2022. If something isn’t on the list, I haven’t seen it. Leave your comments and we’ll talk. I give a lot of weight to scope, scale, and depth. If a movie is higher than you expect, it probably did one or all of those things very well. If it’s lower, well, it probably frustrated me.

Rankings: updated 3/25/23

Colossal

  1. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish  
  2. All Quiet on the Western Front
  3. Avatar: The Way of Water  
  4. Triangle of Sadness  

Amazing 

  1. X  
  2. Barbarian  
  3. RRR  
  4. Fire of Love  

Impressive 

  1. Banshees of Inisherin  
  2. The Batman  
  3. Mad God  

Really Good 

  1. Bones and All  
  2. Elvis  
  3. The Black Phone  
  4. The Adam Project  
  5. Turning Red  
  6. Top Gun Maverick  
  7. TÁR
  8. Crimes of the Future  
  9. Beast  

Positives 

  1. The Northman  
  2. Nope  
  3. Babylon
  4. Bullet Train 
  5. The Whale 
  6. The Menu  
  7. Violent Night  
  8. Prey  
  9. Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.  
  10. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero  
  11. Vengeance  
  12. Everything Everywhere All at Once  
  13. The Lost City
  14. Hustle  
  15. Decision to Leave  
  16. Fresh  

Neutral 

  1. Three Thousand Years of Longing
  2. Death on the Nile  
  3. Thor: Love and Thunder  
  4. Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers  
  5. The Bob’s Burgers Movie  
  6. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever  
  7. Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio  
  8. White Noise  
  9. Troll  
  10. Pearl  
  11. Breaking  
  12. Terrifier 2
  13. Sonic the Hedgehog 2  

Almost

  1. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness  
  2. Uncharted  
  3. Smile  

Not Quite

  1. Do Revenge  
  2. Minions: Rise of Gru  

Not For Me 

  1. Fourth of July  
  2. Morbius  
  3. Black Adam  
  4. Bodies Bodies Bodies
  5. Jurassic World Dominion  
  6. Don’t Worry Darling  

Really Not For Me

  1. Goodnight Mommy  
  2. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery  
  3. Halloween Ends  
  4. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special  
Chris Lambert
Chris Lambert

Chris Lambert is the co-founder and lead writer of Film Colossus. He specializes in film interpretation, narrative structure, and explaining how movies use story, imagery, and technique to create meaning. His work on Film Colossus has reached millions of readers, with more than 500 articles covering films ranging from Fight Club and Black Swan to Perfect Blue and The Odyssey.

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Nice!
Definitely more my typ of list with The Batman on 1 but some movies like Doctor Strange, Thor, Everything Everywhere All at once and Top g** would be higher on my list

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Haha, Travis and I have joked that our lists are going to be so opposite that it will really divide people and you’ll have people that hate my takes and love Travis’s and vice versa. And yeah, there’s definitely a lot of fun in the movies you named. I do think, for my tastes, I’m extra tough on them. But I get why they would be higher on your list!

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How about RRR? Would like to know about your view on it

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Going to get to it sometime in August, I think! But definitely before the end of the year.

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Gotta get THE NORTHMAN and MEN on this list. The symbolism be dope. Kanye vibes with em both I bet.

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I’ll get to them! I’m sad I missed Northman in theaters.

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