The possibility that the cinema industry or the audience will be in a state of complacency after the pandemic does not diminish the magnificence of the films produced this year. Here are the most prominent films of 2022 according to Time editors.
10. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The documentary not only portrays an artist who has long focused on the outliers of society, but also demonstrates the power of passionate activism.
Jeremy Pope performs brilliantly as a young gay and homeless man running out of options, joining the Navy where he faces persecution and bigotry but also finds a complex sense of belonging.
8. Il Buco
In August 1961, young members of the Piedmont Speleological Group, who have explored all the caves in northern Italy, set out for the southern part of Italy to explore other caves unknown to humans.
7. EO
EO tells the story of a donkey named Baltazar, which begins in a Polish circus and ends in an Italian slaughterhouse.
6. Tar
You believe that the famous star is the real Tár in the movie in which Cate Blanchett plays the conductor Lydia Tár. The film tells the story of the first female conductor of a major German musical orchestra, recognized worldwide as one of the finest in her art.
5. Happening
Happening is a French drama based on Annie Ernaux's 2000 Nobel laureate novel of the same name, and tells what an unwanted pregnancy can mean in a woman's life through a young student.
4. Elvis
Austin Butler plays the famous singer in Baz Luhrmann's biography of Elvis Presley. The film reveals the unknowns of Elvis Presley's life.
Based on the childhood memories of James Gray, the film tells the story of a growing up who learns about friendship and loyalty in the historical background of Ronald Reagan's election process.
2. Aftersun
It is about the holiday of a girl, who is the child of a divorced couple, with her father in Turkey. Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a vacation with her father twenty years ago. The occasional shock of this candid, beautifully rendered picture haunts you long after you've finished viewing it.
Michelle Williams and Paul Dano star in the autobiography of director Steven Spielberg, who spent his childhood in Arizona, on which he has been working for 50 years. Inspired by Spielberg's memoirs, The Fabelmans tells the story of young Sammy Fabelman, who always needs new gear to make even bigger movies with his friends.
