All the Movies I Watched in 2022
Welcome back to my annual exorcism! I watched 414 movies this year, just about the same as 2021. Again, this seems very high, but I do just get a lot of screeners now and a lot of my social life revolves around movies. So it’s fine. I will say, I was so busy in November that I only watched new releases, and while I did watch good stuff that was mostly an awful, eroding experience. This is why all critics are insane. I broke the spell with Bulworth and it felt like the best movie ever. I really can’t do that again. I need the flavor! The goal for 2023 is to just keep doing what I’m doing: chipping away at various directors, homing in on those I can finish off. I’ll be focusing on James Gray and Danny Boyle first, but I’m also planning to finally finish my Varda collection. But of course, who knows what will actually happen. They’re threatening to put out a Mario movie and that could derail my entire life.
Last year’s list is here, as usual.
2022 Top Ten
My top ten is on Hassle, but I will list it again here for completion’s sake.
10. Catherine Called Birdy dir. Lena Dunham
9. Armageddon Time dir. James Gray
8. The Eternal Daughter dir. Joanna Hogg
7. Crimes of the Future dir. David Cronenberg
6. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair dir. Jane Schoenbrun
5. Inu-oh dir. Masaaki Yuasa
4. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed dir. Laura Poitras
3. Strawberry Mansion dir. Albert Birney & Kentucker Audley
2. The Fabelmans dir. Steven Spielberg
1. TÁR dir. Todd Field
The Second Annual ‘Memoria’ Award for ‘Most Memoria’
This was mostly a joke but I think it has to go to Memoria again? I didn’t see anything else particularly Memoria-y this year. I guess TÁR kind of… I’ll come back to this.
Runners Up
20. Bones and All
19. The Banshees of Inisherin
18. Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe
17. Benediction
16. Saint Omer
15. Il Buco
14. Wendell & Wild
13. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
12. Elvis
11. Turning Red
Other 2022
I’ll say this: I do remember watching the majority of these! Remember when like only four movies came out this summer? They should have done something about that.
Rifkin’s Festival (Listen…)
Jackass Forever
Death on the Nile
Kimi
Marry Me
Deep Water
The Lost City
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Ambulance (Michael Bay knows gay guys can be wives too)
Aline
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Flux Gourmet
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Official Competition
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Nope
Murina
Not Okay
Girl Picture
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Look Both Ways
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Funny Pages (Awesome)
Do Revenge
Pinocchio (2022)
The Woman King
The Good Boss
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Saloum
Hocus Pocus 2
Bros
God’s Creatures
Till
Triangle of Sadness
Please Baby Please
Ticket to Paradise (Great plane movie)
Decision to Leave
Don’t Worry Darling
Aftersun
One Fine Morning
Corsage
Empire of Light
The Good Nurse
Cow
Causeway
Women Talking
See How They Run
The African Desperate
She Said
The Wonder
The Inspection
The Menu
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Beba
Confess, Fletch
The Whale
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
2021 Leftovers
I am so scared of getting Night House’d.
Nightmare Alley
Ron’s Gone Wrong
A Hero
The Night House
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Drive My Car
Nobody
The Scary of Sixty-First
Best Movies Ever
Movies rock!!!
To Be or Not to Be
A Brighter Summer Day
The Conformist
The Clock (1945)
Nashville
Where is the Friend’s House?
Ran
Wings of Desire
Superheroes
Holy shit! They HAVE to stop doing this!!!! The only one that’s actually a movie is The Batman, and who cares! I thought we hit the bottom of the barrel last year, but nope! There is always further to fall. All I want is for these things to stop making money. Is an Ant-Man movie going to make money in February? Where does this end? Thank god Dwayne beefed it so hard that the DCEU has totally collapsed, beyond a couple lame duck movies next year. And they still haven’t canceled The Flash???
The Batman
Morbius
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Thor: Love and Thunder
X-Men: Apocalypse
Black Adam
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Documentaries
As always I could stand to watch more docs and as always I fail to. But the ones I did watch were great! Except Claydream, that guy is crazy.
Fire of Love
We Met in Virtual Reality
Claydream
This Ain’t Normal
Crestone
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Dressed in Blue
Sundance 2022
Fairly mid selection at Sundance this year, but it’s still a fun way to start the year in film and get a head start on my 52 films by 52 women list, for feminism.
When You Finish Saving the World
A Love Song
Happening
Master
Watcher
Nanny
Call Jane
Dual
Sharp Stick
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
2nd Chance
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Resurrection
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
Hatching
Framing Agnes
Palm Trees and Power Lines
You Won’t Be Alone
After Yang
Alice
Three Minutes — A Lengthening
LAST FLIGHT HOME
My Old School
AM I OK?
Emily the Criminal
PIGGY
Sight and Sound Winner
I mean, I had to. And it rocks! You’re lulled into a sleepy sense of boredom then she’ll hit you with the saddest line you’ve ever heard. And what an ugly son!
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Franchises
James Bond
My 2022 project for the first couple months ended up being pretty fun despite half of the movies being boring or terrible. It is so funny they blew him the fuck up in the last one. Wonder what the plan is for the next guy. I think Brosnan will always be my guy but Craig really did something. He is so happy to be free, and I’m happy for him!
Dr. No
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View to a Kill
The Living Daylights
Licence to Kill
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Spectre
No Time to Die
Sonic the Hedgehog
This movie has Knuckles in it!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Friday the 13th
I basically hate all of these. Skimmed most. This is why I’m not doing any franchise catch-up next year.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th (2009)
Planet of the Apes
It is so crazy there are five of these and everyone in the late 60s/early 70s went nuts for them! And the recent ones were good too! I’ll keep watching them if they keep making them! Apes together strong!
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Escape Room
Like PG-13 Saw movies that are stupid in the good way.
Escape Room
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Other Horror
Evil Dead (2013)
The House of the Devil
The Velvet Vampire
The Howling
Phantasm
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Lost Boys
Fright Night
Eight Legged Freaks
Jug Face
Scream (2022)
X
Men
Prey
Beast (2022)
Barbarian
Hellraiser (2022)
Halloween Ends
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
The Invitation
Pearl
The Bride of Frankenstein
Hollow Man
Magic
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Def by Temptation
White Mike Summer
This was a summer project where I caught up on the filmographies of Mike Nichols, Mike Leigh, Mike White, and also one thing by Mike Judge. It was a great idea, no regrets, even when I had to watch some of the worst shit Nichols ever crapped out. I should have rewatched Angels in America to counteract it. Mr. Turner!
The Day of the Dolphin
Carnal Knowledge
Meantime
The Fortune
Heartburn
Regarding Henry
Postcards from the Edge
Career Girls
Gilda Live
Bleak Moments
Another Year
Life is Sweet
Primary Colors
What Planet Are You From?
Naked
Biloxi Blues
All or Nothing
Closer
Chuck & Buck
The Good Girl
Year of the Dog
Mr. Turner
Beatriz at Dinner
Brad’s Status
Topsy-Turvy
Wit
Extract
Charlie Wilson’s War
High Hopes
Peterloo
Isabelle Huppert
Oh she showed up in EO! That’s nice! Yeah I’ll get back to her filmography soon, I’m just busy.
EO
Hawke Cast
We finally recorded Before Sunset and Before Midnight. Hooray!
The Northman
The Black Phone
The Last Movie Stars
Raymond & Ray
Glass Onion
LGBTQ+
Bijou
Fucking Amal/Show Me Love
Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
Kinsey
The Long Day Closes
Fresh Kill
Love is Strange
To Die For
Fire Island
The Living End
Ladyworld
It’s Pat (Invented a lot of you)
Capote
Mala Noche
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing
Animated
I finished Dreamworks for some reason. Mostly because I could. I will not do such things next year.
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Coonskin
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
Home
The Bad Guys
Spirit Untamed
The Croods: A New Age
The Boss Baby: Family Business
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
Lightyear
Mad God
The Sea Beast
Luck
Minions: The Rise of Gru
My Father’s Dragon
Disenchanted
Strange World
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Anime
Don Glees actually one of the most embarrassing theatrical experiences of my life. Miyazaki was right.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge
Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
Goodbye, Don Glees!
One Piece Film: Red
Tom Cruise
I was thinking about finishing Tom’s filmography but never quite got there. It’s on the longlist. After watching Taps, I do understand why he never shuts up about making Taps.
Days of Thunder
Jack Reacher
Top Gun: Maverick
Knight & Day
Taps
Finishing Filmographies
Always nice to cross some more people off my list! I still haven’t finished Claire Denis but I got a lot of others done.
Noah Baumbach
Mr. Jealousy
Greenberg
White Noise
Jane Campion
Two Friends
David Cronenberg
I love David so much and finishing all his movies solidified him as one of my boys. Dudes rock!
Dead Ringers
Maps to the Stars
Crimes of the Future
Fast Company
M. Butterfly
Cosmopolis
Stereo
Rabid
Shivers
Spider
A Dangerous Method
eXistenZ
The Brood
Naked Lunch
Todd Field
Nick Nightingale makes some solid flicks.
In the Bedroom
Little Children
TÁR
Bob Fosse
Star 80
Sweet Charity
Lenny
Peter Jackson
Braindead/Dead Alive
Meet the Feebles
The Lovely Bones
Bad Taste
Mike Judge
Extract
Stanley Kubrick
Fear and Desire
Spartacus
Killer’s Kiss
The Killing
Paths of Glory
Lolita
Barry Lyndon
Mike Leigh
Meantime
Career Girls
Bleak Moments
Another Year
Life is Sweet
Naked
All or Nothing
Mr. Turner
Topsy-Turvy
Peterloo
Richard Linklater
Waking Life
A Scanner Darkly
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
SubUrbia
Me and Orson Welles
Last Flag Flying
Baz Lurhmann
Elvis
Strictly Ballroom
Australia
Lucrecia Martel
She is insane.
The Headless Woman
The Holy Girl
Zama
Mike Nichols
The Day of the Dolphin
Carnal Knowledge
The Fortune
Heartburn
Regarding Henry
Postcards from the Edge
Gilda Live
Primary Colors
What Planet Are You From?
Biloxi Blues
Closer
Wit
Charlie Wilson’s War
M. Night Shyamalan
Praying with Anger
After Earth (I only watched like 20 minutes of this but that’s all anyone can do.)
Lana and Lily Wachowski
Speed Racer
John Waters
Cry-Baby
Hairspray (1988)
Pecker
Mondo Trasho
Desperate Living
A Dirty Shame
Mike White
Year of the Dog
Brad’s Status
Wong Kar-Wai
My Blueberry Nights
Ashes of Time
The Grandmaster
2046
Dents in Filmographies
Warren Beatty
Bulworth
Heaven Can Wait
Wes Craven
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Vampire in Brooklyn
Cursed
Shocker
My Soul to Take
The Last House on the Left
Swamp Thing
Claire Denis
Both Sides of the Blade
Trouble Every Day
Stars at Noon
Spike Lee
I really need to catch up, I’m falling behind here. He just has so many movies!!
Girl 6
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Paul Schrader
I’d like to be caught up before he drops dead but who knows when that’ll be!
Master Gardener
Hardcore
American Gigolo
Steven Soderbergh
Bubble
Out of Sight
Agnes Varda
Kung-Fu Master!
Jane B. Par Agnés V.
Weird I Hadn’t Seen Them Yet
Eh nothing really this year. I’m doing well in this regard!
The Rest
Poison Ivy
Labyrinth of Cinema
Celtic Pride
Infernal Affairs
Bonnie and Clyde
Working Girls
Notting Hill
Jason and the Argonauts
Dick
Pollock
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Peggy Sue Got Married
Merrily We Go to Hell
Johnny Dangerously
Doctor Zhivago
Sneakers
Mickey and the Bear
Slap Shot
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Red Rock West
The Last Movie
Gosford Park
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Hancock
White Palace
Old Dogs
Walker
Flashdance
Enola Holmes
The Ascent
Common Wealth
La Dolce Vita
Executioners
Giant
Zardoz
Summer Hours
Mississippi Masala
Hud
Junebug
The Devil is a Woman
Boxing Helena
Project X
Hannah and Her Sisters
Cool Hand Luke
Bad Girls Go to Hell
The Fan
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2010
Berberian Sound Studio
Clemency
The Lion in Winter
The Sound of Silence
Four Christmases
Koyaanisqatsi
In conclusion?
So, I didn’t beat last year’s number for the first time since like 2015. Don’t know if that’ll be a trend but it’ll be interesting to chart! I feel like it’ll be lower since Friday the 13th is one of the last franchises I’d consider catching up on. The year will start promisingly with M3GAN (hopefully) and another Sundance festival. We’ll go from there. My Hassle writing is here. Letterboxd here. Have a great new year!
Full Stats
412 films
1930s — 3
1940s — 2
1950s — 5
1960s — 20
1970s — 35
1980s — 42
1990s — 48
2000s — 42
2010s — 37
2020s — 178
Directed by women — 80
LGBT — 26
Documentaries — 7
Ethan Hawke — 5
In theaters — 97
