The Top 50 Films of 2022 - Part Four

20 – Pearl (2022)

The X-traordinary origin story.

IMDb:

7.1

RT Users:

8.2

Letterboxd:

7.86

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.

19 – Triangle of Sadness (2022)

A Ruben Östlund Film

IMDb:

7.9

RT Users:

7.4

Letterboxd:

7.88

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.

18 – The Outfit (2022)

Everyone has something up their sleeve.

IMDb:

7.1

RT Users:

9.2

Letterboxd:

7.06

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.

17 – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

The world belongs to the weird.

IMDb:

7.2

RT Users:

8.8

Letterboxd:

7.40

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.

16 – Aftersun (2022)

Memory burns.

IMDb:

7.6

RT Users:

7.6

Letterboxd:

8.26

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.

15 – Werewolf by Night (2022)

There’s no escaping the night.

IMDb:

7.2

RT Users:

9.0

Letterboxd:

7.28

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.

14 – Jackass Forever (2022)

Some people never learn.

IMDb:

6.9

RT Users:

9.1

Letterboxd:

7.50

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.

13 – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

Follow your dream.

IMDb:

7.1

RT Users:

9.3

Letterboxd:

7.12

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.

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

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.

11 – Hustle (2022)

Are you obsessed with this game?

IMDb:

7.3

RT Users:

9.3

Letterboxd:

7.16

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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