This list has been compiled by the Guardian film team, featuring all films released in the UK in 2022. Check in every weekday to see our next picks, and share your own favorite movies of 2022 in the comments below.
50
Compartment No. 6
Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen directed this answer to Before Sunrise, about an archeology student who shares a train compartment with a crass Russian; the pair bond despite their differences. Read the full review
49
Top gun: Maverick
Tom Cruise returns nearly four decades for another onslaught of speed and need: this time, he mentors a new generation of Navy fighter pilots, led by Miles Teller, who plays the son of Maverick’s late wingman, Goose. Read the full review
48
Paris, 13th arrondissement
The latest film from Rust and Bone director Jacques Audiard, in which he compiles a collection of short stories about sexual encounters and relationships in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, shot in bold black and white. Read the full review
47
happens
Golden Lion-winning abortion drama, more relevant than ever, from director Audrey Diwan; a study of a woman (played by Anamaria Vartolomei) who becomes pregnant in the early 1960s, pre-legalization France. Read the full review
46
Glass Onion: A Mystery of the Blades
Entertaining second installment of Rian Johnson’s labyrinthine crime mystery, with Daniel Craig in fine form as Hercule Poirot-esque Detective Benoit Blanc, here investigating a murder-themed party that turns deadly. Read the full review
45
Vortex
Split-screen dementia drama from Argentinian provocateur Gaspar Noé, starring Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun as an elderly couple whose lives are ravaged by the latter’s cognitive decline. Read the full review
44
The Queen of Women
Riveting epic period starring Viola Davis as the leader of the Agojie, a brigade of women warriors in West Africa trying to fend off threats from the Oyo empire and slave-buying colonialists. Read the full review
43
Brian and Carl
David Earl and Chris Hayward’s story of an inventor’s relationship with his creation mixes Caractacus Potts with Victor Frankenstein to heartwarming effect. Read the full review
42
we (well)
French-Senegalese filmmaker Alice Diop paints a sensitive picture of the disparate communities living along one of Paris’ commuter rail lines in a documentary that predates her critically acclaimed feature debut, Saint Omer. Read the full review
41
Everything went well
André Dussollier and Sophie Marceau excel in François Ozon’s beautifully observed story of a father and daughter whose troubled relationship comes to a head when he asks her for help dying. Read the full review
