Favourite Films of 2022

My list reflects the films I’ve most enjoyed, been moved by and remembered. To give my selection context and relevance, I’ve limited myself to films that received a full theatrical, online or home entertainment release in Australia in 2022. Films that only screened at festivals or other limited events (especially films with confirmed 2023 Australian release dates) are not included.

Top ten films

My favourite films released in Australia in 2022:

**1. *Everything Everywhere All at Once* (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, 2022)**
Released April

**2. *An Cailín Ciúin* (*The Quiet Girl*, Colm Bairéad, 2022)**
Released September

**3. *Ali & Ava* (Clio Barnard, 2021)**
Released June

**4. *De uskyldige* (*The Innocents*, Eskil Vogt, 2021)**
Released May

**5. *C’mon C’mon* (Mike Mills, 2021)**
Released February

**6. *Moonage Daydream* (Brett Morgen, 2022)**
Released September

**7. *Good Luck to You, Leo Grande* (Sophie Hyde, 2022)**
Released August

**8. *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (Jasmila Zbanic, 2020)**
Released February

**9. *The Stranger* (Thomas M Wright, 2022)**
Released October

**10. *Memoria* (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021)**
Released April

Honourable mentions

Twenty more films I loved this year, listed alphabetically:

*Ambulance* (Michael Bay, 2022)
Released April

*Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood* (Richard Linklater, 2022)
Released April

*Armageddon Time* (James Gray, 2022)
Released November

*Doraibu mai kâ* (*Drive My Car*, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)
Released February

*Emily the Criminal* (John Patton Ford, 2022)
Released November

*Flugt* (*Flee*, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021)
Released February

*Hytti nro 6* (*Compartment No. 6*, Juho Kuosmanen, 2021)
Released July

*Kimi* (Steven Soderbergh, 2022)
Released February

*Petite maman* (Céline Sciamma, 2021)
Released May

*Red Rocket* (Sean Baker, 2021)
Released January

*RRR* (SS Rajamouli, 2022)
Released March

*Sissy* (Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, 2022)
Released November

*Stars at Noon* (Claire Denis, 2022)
Released December

*Sundown* (Michel Franco, 2021)
Released July

*The Banshees of Inisherin* (Martin McDonagh, 2022)
Released December

*The Souvenir: Part II* (Joanna Hogg, 2021)
Released March

*Top Gun: Maverick* (Joseph Kosinski, 2022)
Released May

*Triangle of Sadness* (Ruben Östlund, 2022)
Released December

*Un autre monde* (*Another World*, Stéphane Brizé, 2021)
Released September

Special mentions

I also enjoyed a number of films this year that only played at festivals, to the best of my knowledge don’t currently have a 2023 release date and in most cases don’t currently have Australian distribution. These ten final films would all be serious contenders in the above lists if they were more widely released. Listed alphabetically: