Julian’s ninth annual video tribute to the Top 25 Films of 2022
The best films of 2022 weren’t just visually stunning or emotionally moving. For the first time in a long while, many of these films turned their introspective eye on their own medium as much as they did to the inner lives of their audience members. With many moviegoers returning to theaters for the first time in years, the creatives behind these films realized there was an opportunity to reckon with and reshape how and why films were made. These filmmakers made ambitious leaps in terms of thematic resonance and bold thematic execution. They depicted moments of triumph and tragedy in equal measure, recognizing how much darkness the world was capable of–while also championing our ability to endure and persevere together. All of these films had a profound impact on me, and I hope this 9th yearly montage does them all justice.
The 25:
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
- Nope (Jordan Peele)
- Babylon (Damien Chazelle)
- The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg)
- RRR (S.S. Rajamouli)
- Top Gun: Maverick (Joseph Kosinski)
- Tár (Todd Field)
- Decision to Leave (Park Chan-Wook)
- Glass Onion (Rian Johnson)
- The Northman (Robert Eggers)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron)
- Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino)
- Inu-Oh (Masaaki Yuasa)
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)
- Women Talking (Sarah Polley)
- The Menu (Mark Mylod)
- Athena (Romain Gavras)
- Resurrection (Andrew Semans)
- Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson)
- Aftersun (Charlotte Wells)
- Happening (Audrey Diwan)
- Living (Oliver Hermanus)
- The Whale (Darren Aronofsky)
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Dean Fleischer Camp)
- The Batman (Matt Reeves)
Honorable Mention: Hunt (Lee Jung-Jae), Medusa Deluxe (Thomas Hardiman), The Five Devils (Léa Mysius), Pearl (Ti West), Hit the Road (Panah Panahi)
The Music:
“Manny & Nellie Theme (Reprise),” Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
“Miracle,” Felix Erskine & Orphan (The Fabelmans)
The Full List: https://letterboxd.com/gambit1138/list/2022-ranked/
