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The Top 50 Films of 2022 - Part Four

Pearl (2022) starring Mia Goth backdrop
20 – Pearl (2022)
The X-traordinary origin story.
IMDb:
7.1
RT Users:
8.2
Letterboxd:
7.86
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7.72
Horror
Directed by:
Ti West
Popularity Ranking:
86th
Top Billed Cast:
Mia Goth, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, David Corenswet, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistair Sewell
SYNOPSIS:
Trapped on an isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the watch of her mother. Lusting for the glamorous life she’s seen in movies, Pearl’s temptations and repressions collide.
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Triangle of Sadness (2022) movie backdrop
19 – Triangle of Sadness (2022)
A Ruben Östlund Film
IMDb:
7.9
RT Users:
7.4
Letterboxd:
7.88
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7.73
Comedy, Drama
Directed by:
Ruben Östlund
Popularity Ranking:
113rd
Top Billed Cast:
Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić, Dolly de Leon, Vicki Berlin
SYNOPSIS:
Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain. What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
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The Outfit (2022) movie backdrop
18 – The Outfit (2022)
Everyone has something up their sleeve.
IMDb:
7.1
RT Users:
9.2
Letterboxd:
7.06
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7.79
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by:
Graham Moore
Popularity Ranking:
52nd
Top Billed Cast:
Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O’Brien, Simon Russell Beale
SYNOPSIS:
Leonard is an English tailor who makes suits on London’s famous Savile Row. He must outsmart a dangerous group of criminals to survive a fateful night.
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Weird- The Al Yankovic Story (2022) starring Daniel Radcliffe backdrop
17 – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
The world belongs to the weird.
IMDb:
7.2
RT Users:
8.8
Letterboxd:
7.40
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7.80
Comedy, Drama
Directed by:
Eric Appel
Popularity Ranking:
133rd
Top Billed Cast:
Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Jack Lancaster, Spencer Treat Clark
SYNOPSIS:
The unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, “Weird Al” Yankovic rebels and makes his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him.
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16 – Aftersun (2022)
Memory burns.
IMDb:
7.6
RT Users:
7.6
Letterboxd:
8.26
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7.82
Drama
Directed by:
Charlotte Wells
Popularity Ranking:
217th
Top Billed Cast:
Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham
SYNOPSIS:
Twenty years after their last holiday at a fading vacation resort, Sophie reflects on the rare time spent with her loving and idealistic father Calum. At 11-years-old, as the world of adolescence creeps into Sophie’s view, Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Sophie’s recollections become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
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Werewolf by Night (2022 TV Movie)
15 – Werewolf by Night (2022)
There’s no escaping the night.
IMDb:
7.2
RT Users:
9.0
Letterboxd:
7.28
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7.83
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Directed by:
Michael Giacchino
Popularity Ranking:
41st
Top Billed Cast:
Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris, Kirk R. Thatcher, Eugenie Bondurant, Leonardo Nam
SYNOPSIS:
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.
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Jackass Forever (2022) backdrop
14 – Jackass Forever (2022)
Some people never learn.
IMDb:
6.9
RT Users:
9.1
Letterboxd:
7.50
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7.83
Comedy
Directed by:
Jeff Tremaine
Popularity Ranking:
46th
Top Billed Cast:
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Jason Acuña
SYNOPSIS:
Celebrate the joy of a perfectly executed shot to the groin as Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and the rest of the gang return for another round of hilarious, wildly absurd and often dangerous displays of stunts and comedy.
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) movie backdrop
13 – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Follow your dream.
IMDb:
7.1
RT Users:
9.3
Letterboxd:
7.12
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7.84
Directed by:
Anthony Fabian
Popularity Ranking:
142nd
Top Billed Cast:
Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo
SYNOPSIS:
In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she must have one of her own. After working to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris that will change not only her own outlook — but the very future of the House of Dior.
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Tár (2022) movie backdrop
12 – Tár (2022)
If you want to dance the mask, you must service the composer.
IMDb:
8.2
RT Users:
7.1
Letterboxd:
8.36
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7.89
Directed by:
Todd Field
Popularity Ranking:
194th
Top Billed Cast:
Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Allan Corduner, Mark Strong
SYNOPSIS:
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
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Hustle (2022) movie backdrop
11 – Hustle (2022)
Are you obsessed with this game?
IMDb:
7.3
RT Users:
9.3
Letterboxd:
7.16
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7.92
Directed by:
Jeremiah Zagar
Popularity Ranking:
19th
Top Billed Cast:
Adam Sandler, Juancho Hernangómez, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall
SYNOPSIS:
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team’s approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
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