Cinema · 2022 Ranked
Best Films of 2022, Ranked by IQ Score
The year the post-COVID theatrical recovery began. The films of 2022, ranked by IQ Score.
2022 is the year post-COVID theatrical recovery began in earnest. TÁR (Field), The Banshees of Inisherin (McDonagh), Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniels, 7 Oscars), Decision to Leave (Park), Aftersun (Wells), The Fabelmans (Spielberg) — all released within twelve months.
The structural argument for 2022-as-canonical-year: simultaneous auteur peak (Cate Blanchett's career-defining TÁR, McDonagh's most-disciplined Banshees, Spielberg's most-personal Fabelmans), commercial-blockbuster recovery (Top Gun: Maverick saved theatrical cinema commercially), and the indie-prestige breakthrough year (EEAAO swept the Oscars in March 2023). The recovery year.
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