Year-End Lists

Bilge Ebiri: Top 25 Films of 2022, as published by Slate as a part of their annual Movie Club and ranked as follows

[see also Top 20 Films of 2025 • The Best Movies of 2025 • The Best Movies of 2024 • The Best Movies of 2023 • The Best Movies of 2022 • The Best Movies of 2021 • The Best Movies of 2020 • Top 10 Movies of 2019 • Best Movies of 2017 • 20 Best Movies of 2016 • 20 Best Movies of 2015 • Top 20 Films of 2012]

1. Athena
   Romain Gavras
2. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
3. Both Sides of the Blade
   Claire Denis
4. Cyrano
   Joe Wright
5. Three Thousand Years of Longing
   George Miller
6. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
7. Compartment Number 6
   Juho Kuosmanen
8. Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
   Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
9. Murina
   Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
10. Descendant
    Margaret Brown
11. Vortex
    Gaspar Noé
12. Blonde
    Andrew Dominik
13. Fire of Love
    Sara Dosa
14. Babylon
    Damien Chazelle
15. The Banshees of Inisherin
    Martin McDonagh
16. Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron
17. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
18. Huda's Salon
    Hany Abu-Assad
19. The Woman King
    Gina Prince-Bythewood
20. Benediction
    Terence Davies
21. Babi Yar. Context
    Sergei Loznitsa
22. Playground
    Laura Wandel
23. The Batman
    Matt Reeves
24. Armageddon Time
    James Gray
25. All That Breathes
    Shaunak Sen

This list contributes to:

• Movie Club 2022 Slate · Movie Club