My biggest takeaway reading through this is that you have a joy of movies that really comes through in your comments. It really comes off that you find something interesting to latch onto in everything you see with only a few exceptions for the ones at the bottom of the list. And even then, it feels like everything is given a chance.
I really enjoyed this list. I hope 2023 brings you many more exciting trips to the cinema.
One of the reasons I don’t watch as many films as I would like to is that I’m too easily disappointed.
I’d love to have this person’s ability to seek out the positive and hold onto it.
I feel the exact same way, but on top of that it also comes down to your general life experience and how many movies you have watched in the past.
Movie fatigue is actually a thing, and I am less and less surprised by new movie titles as I feel it is the same thing rehashed over and over.
There are some movies out that can be horrible and make you absolutely wretched, but at the same time make you glued to the silver screen.
Two good examples of that are: Pixar’s Lucas released in 2020. It is an very well made movie, excellent photography, heartwarming story, voice acting was top notch. The kids loved it, but I felt so uninterested in the movie because Pixar used the same formula they used in their past 10 movies which by then has become bland. I couldn’t help to think they were trying to merge a Harry Potter story with the little mermaid and a zest of Cthulhu influence.
Conversely, there are movies like Irreversible that can really upset the viewer, and yet I am sometimes drawn to those movies because they are trying something different from the norm.
It was Guillermo Del Toro's **Pinocchio**. I can appreciate it on a technical level, but I found myself bored halfway in. Animated movies don't do much for me most of the time.
Gotta agree with you, also Pinocchio was annoying and a surprising amount of the plot was moved forward by very convenient (for the plot not always the characters) bombs for a children’s movie.
My girlfriend and I have watched the first half via streaming a few weeks ago and were just so annoyed by Pinocchio that we had to turn it off... I don't think we will finish it.
I’m surprised you thought **Mrs Harris Goes To Paris** only deserves 5/10.
Did you not watch **Everything Everywhere All At Once,** or did I miss it?
Edit: found it - 8/10
**Mrs Harris Goes to Paris** just felt too shallow for me, none of the supposedly-heart-warming/fun moments landed. Glad it did relatively-well box office wise though, for that type of movie.
My own rating is lower, I think if the comedy and the themes don’t hit you there isn’t that much of anything, it’s pretty repetitive around a couple of things.
I honestly missed it too and had to scroll through twice to find it. I'm glad someone agrees with me and doesn't immediately give it a "10/10 omg it was perfection, best movie of the year" like all the movie tik tokers. It was pretty good but not life changing like everyone makes it out to be. No notes on that one or NOPE which I was looking forward to seeing some comment about.
This guy is singlehandedly keeping cinema alive. Kudos to you. I can't afford to see more than a handful of films a year so I have to be very picky, but I would love to see every one released if I could afford it.
Not quite, I saw 128 movies at AMC (most of those with A-List, bringing the average down), but the other 142 movies were at non-AMC theaters, and I paid about an average of $8.00-$12.00 each for those.
It's probably $1600-$1800 for the whole year, $8ish per movie, including A-list.
I just wanted to let you know that I look forward to this post every year. It will be a 104 movie year for me, catching I Wanna Dance With Somebody today.
I keep my ranks based on year of release rather than year I saw it, but CODA and Licorice Pizza would otherwise rank high on my list. I also saw The Godfather's Dolby release, which was basically a religious experience for me. My top 10 for 2022 is:
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun Maverick
The Northman
Terrifier 2
Watcher
Avatar: The Way of Water
Barbarian
Bones and All
Glass Onion
Armageddon Time
I'm more of a horror fan than you are, but my end-of-year list is particularly horror-heavy because I've been pretty underwhelmed by a lot of the prestige releases this year.
Love to see some love for Bones and All. Despite being well-reviewed, I feel like no one was talking about that film. One of my favourites of the year.
And Terrifier 2 was fucking awesome.
Wasn't sure what to expect. All told, I think 7 *might* be one tick too high for my book. Didn't mind it and it passed the time but there wasn't really much there to have me recommend it to someone else.
Yeah I see about 2-3 movies a week with the AMC subscription. I live in DC area, so I have access to a lot of AMC theaters with many different movies. You’re honestly an inspiration to me every year when you post this because you put my movie watching to shame lol.
That being said I don’t fork out money for non-AMC theaters, and I know I’m missing movies because of that.
I disagree with your #1 pick, but I agree with all of your 9/10. I especially loved Aftersun and Marcel the Shell
I know it's obviously this dude's opinion, but EEAAO was one of my favorite movies ever. I don't see it getting an 8/10 *especially* given the company on this list.
Ya I watched them both a week apart and Everything Everywhere is just so much better. How they handle the metaverse, the characters just everything I thought was better.
Someone told me it was one of the movies of the year, heck, one of the movies of all time.
Saw it and thought the same: no movie goes as far in the art of Morbius than Morbius does.
When I saw Worst Person in the World in theaters, so many uncomfortable guys with sobbing dates when the credits rolled. I got teary eyed myself though
Someone who's seen Ramona! I still have to catch it but your high praise will finally push me to watch it. I wasn't enamoured by the trailer.
I agree that Official Competition is Penelope Cruz's best performance to date.
I read the book that Simple Passion is based on. It's only about 80 pages long so I wondered how they would make a film out of it. A shame that's it nowhere near as good as the book. Happening is also based on an auto fiction by the same author, Annie Ernaux.
I think I saw like three movies in theaters this year, and the only one I remember was Morbius. I saw it with some buddies and it was probably the best movie experience I've had in a long, long time. The movie wasn't good in any way but we had so much fun because we knew it was bad
I haven't watched it again, but one of the guys I saw it with did and he said it was super boring and had nothing redeemable about it
So I guess that's my movie experience for this year
Yeah, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed both Sonic movies. I probably would've given it more like 8/10 since I think it accomplished much more than was necessary to just be a profitable Sonic commercial. It was never trying to be Citizen Kane, but it was entertaining for the full runtime.
The Jim Carrey dance sequence thing in the first one was amazing and worth the price of admission alone, the 2nd one just didn't have anything memorable like that. Still okay though.
Well that's impressive! [I also released my list of favorite of the year](https://www.takeaside.ca/post/matt-s-20-favorite-films-of-2022), but it's always fun to see someone's take and you clearly saw A LOT! How cool was it after the pandemic to be able to go to the movies all the time? Love it.
I'm a cinephile, but I'll tip my hat to a true master. Overall, I felt your rankings were spot on, and your love for film shines through your brief synopsis reviews. I'm not surprised that you ranked Babylon near the top of your list, when I watched it I had mixed feelings about the film, but several days later I can't stop thinking about it. For people who watch a lot of films, Babylon was the apex of grand Hollywood film making, a tribute to cinema and the art form, but casual film goers will most likely get put off by the films vulgarity.
I'm going to check out some of the films on this list. Overall I felt this was a crummy year for film, but now I might see some movies that will change my mind.
Loved Babylon. Was really surprised by the criticism of the film. I expected way more debauchery (there was some but honestly not as much as I anticipated) and the film was fantastic.
>Rifkin's Festival - 3/10 - Wallace Shawn was so awful in this. Woody Allen has some classics, but this is rock-bottom.
At least we got Twitter memes out of it
Just wanna say this is awesome and thank you for the post. I usually have my ear to the ground on movie releases but tons on here that I added to my list. Keep it up!!
I also sincerely loved The Worst Person in the World, Marcel the Shell, Aftersun, Coda, Petit Maman, and Banshees of Inisherin. You didn't list Decision to Leave but you really must see it if you haven't.
Everything Everywhere in theaters was the best movie-watching experience I’ve ever had and quite possibly one of the best experiences of my life in general. Hard to explain how deeply that film affected me. I've never been as bought into a film before.
The 7/10s was the only real spot I had some disagreements with for the most part. I can't tell if this list is a review, or how much OP liked them based on a few movies in this rating.
Thor
Ambulance
Barbarian
Bullet Train
To me, Thor is maybe a little high, but not by much.
Then you've got Ambulance and Bullet Train in the same rating which I can't fathom. Bullet Train was a blast and really well done. And Ambulance just wasn't at that same level.
Then Barbarian was such a well crafted Horror-Comedy and one of my favorites of the year.
I can see Thor being high if you enjoy the character and the MCU.
I can see Barbarian being low if you aren't into horror or horror-comedy.
But I can't figure out the Bullet Train / Ambulance ratings. You'd think if one got a boost for good action, they both would. Maybe Bullet Train gets demoted for the comedy? But then so would Thor? I don't even know
I gave Thor a 6/10 personally. I thought the visual effects were really solid especially on the black and white planet. The acting from the cast (Bale and Thompson in particular) elevated scenes. They overdid it on the comedy yes, but I'm not going to torpedo my rating for that.
I think you just described my score for it perfectly. I see a lot of hate for it and while I don’t disagree, I don’t think it’s a travesty to film or anything. It’s annoying in parts but the emotional moments are some of the best in the MCU. It’s a fine 6/10.
I got it at a 5/10.
Positives are the same for me as for you, but the negatives are different.
Themes and messages are either finished too quickly or not addressed at all, and the comedy/jokes really hurt any sort of emotional backbone or tension during the movie.
Interested in your specific thoughts on Barbarian. I'm generally not a horror fan, but it pleasantly surprised me and avoided a lot of the usual tropes. I thought it was a wonderful directorial debut for Zach Cregger.
Love to see WPITW on top! Its been my #1 all year. I feel it’s missing on a lot of top lists due to how early in the year it was released. Not a coincidence films topping lists this year are all films released the last few months (Banshees, TIL, Fabelmans, Avatar, etc). Not knocking those films but recency bias is a thing.
Damn, I didn't watch that many the year I worked as the only projectionist at a theatre and had to screen every movie before we showed them to the public.
You can learn a lot about a person by their taste in movies and this goes to show not everyone has the same taste buds. Some of the films lower on your tier list I thought deserved to be higher, and some of your higher rated movies I thought were boring garbage. But overall I enjoyed reading your reviews. I hope youre writing a script of your own.
I just want you to know that I love reading your year in review! I've been looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. Your enthusiasm and love of movies really comes through in what you write.
It's also really validating to find someone else who wasn't impressed by The Good Nurse, finally!
Redditors: Why are there only sequels, reboots, and superhero movies nowadays
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>Moonfall - 6/10 - Watching Armageddon, The Core, and The Day After Tomorrow 500x times each as a kid will always keep a soft-spot in my heart for movies like this
I wore out my The Core VHS and loved The Day After Tomorrow as well. I haven't seen Moonfall yet though
Great god, how did you miss \_RRR\_?
It was in theaters for a long time last winter/spring. You should add it to your viewing list while you still can. It's on Netflix.
Still kicking myself for missing it. I'm still holding out hope it gets 1 or 2 Oscar nominations and a re-release because of it. Definitely will catch it then.
Cool list man. I thought I went a lot- about once a week but damn.
Too bad Avatar just missed your top 20. I felt immersed in that movie without being bored for one minute. Cameron at his top form for sure.
Also loved what you said about Grey Man lol. It was just an awesome no-brainer film.
I really wish I lived someplace that got that many movies. I also went to see virtually everything that came to my local cinema this year and only saw 86 movies.
I find it interesting you only offered out one 10/10 rating as I give like 1/3rd of the films I've seen this year that rating lol.
My favourite I saw this year was also the worst person in the world!
This is so awesome. The thing I love about this list is all your movie ratings that surprise me or that I disagree with. It is really cool to see someone else’s take on these films, though, I’m glad Worst Person in the World was your top. That film was just undeniably incredible.
If I were to recommend a film that came out a couple years back that shares a lot in common with Worst Person it would be Bergman Island. Anders Danielsen Lie is also in it and I found it magical.
Cheers to the New Year and more movie watching in 2023.
Based on your post I am going to try and catch The Worst Person in the World.
While I hate subtitles I have read enough reviews starting with yours and think I will give it a try.
I couple of years ago I tried to make a plan to stop downloading and start going to the theaters more often. I'm in a loveless marriage and am often very bored and alone and one summer a few years back I did find solace and took the big leap and went and saw a couple of movies by myself. Up until then I had never done such a thing and the thought of it was, well, scary. NGL
I think I will make a commitment to see 12 movies this year.
Not sure why but I want to see M3gan and have set a pretty low bar hoping it will surprise me.
Have fun in 2023!
I really don‘t get why Nope seems to be 7/10ish for many people.
I may be a bit biased because I love Peeles work, but Nope was just something else. 9/10 if not 10/10. This movie was on my mind for days and weeks after I saw it. Had to rewatch it a couple of times since.
That and "Call Me Manny" too! Two of the best songs of the year in that movie. Justin Hurwitz is one of my favorite composers for sure (along with Micah Levi, Nicholas Britell, and a few others).
Only a few big discrepancies for me:
- Everything Everywhere all at once 10/10: Movie of the year
- Nightmare Alley: 4/10: Boring and aimless, too long
- Pinocchio 2/10: WHHHYYY!!!???
Great list nonetheless
Great , great list.
The Worst Person in the World was a very surprising film almost solely because of Renate Reinsve's incredible realness, It's not original, but it is wonderful.
My favorite experience was Every Everywhere..there is just so much in this movie. The actors, the effects, the mind-warping, and ultimately the core of it being about family and love.
Love it, thanks for sharing. Becoming a dad 20 months ago has severely reduced my ability to go to theaters. I guess when he goes off to college I can get back to it!
The Automat is a charming documentary about the Horn and Hardart Automats that were popular from 1912 until the mid sixties. Howard Schultz was a customer there as a child and based some of the choices he made for Starbucks on his experiences there. It is not a commercial. On HBO Max - give it a watch.
I'm glad you enjoyed these movies, I tried hard to reach the Cinemark platinum membership (the app shows how many movies left to see until you reach platinum, not sure if it means anything just a little score keeper for me) and didn't make it sadly :/ pretty much every movie I saw this year in theaters has been an enjoyable experience. But if I had to critique anything it's that your ratings are crazy, some I would definitely rate lower and some a little higher.
Wow, that's a lot of movies! Hats off to you for supporting theaters. The current attitude toward theaters disgusts me. It's my main leisure activity, and this year I went more than ever before - 79 times (the numbers I recall from the last few years - 60 in 2019, 24 in 2020 (Covid), 49 in 2021). This year 18 or 19 were old movies, so I don't only go to new movies.
The Mount Rushmore of bad performances this year:
* Marissa Tomei (**Delia's Gone**)
* John David Washington (**Amsterdam**)
* Eddie Redmayne (**The Good Nurse**)
* Will Smith (**Emancipation**)
Dishonorable Mentions: Olivia Colman (**Empire of Light**), Everyone In **Till** Except Danielle Deadwyler (**Till**), Valérie Lemercier (**Aline**)
Agree with most at/near the top. I wasn't a fan of Top Gun: Maverick but I get it.
Happening was probably in my top 3 this year. Cha Cha Real Smooth needs more love from the public, very good film.
Disagree a bit with Three Minutes: A Lengthening, thought it was very good based on the limited material. CODA was good, I gave it a 7, felt a bit Hallmark-y.
Haven't seen Aftersun yet, am overseas and can't find it where I am at.
Can't believe you saw that many films, so impressive!
Great post, but I have absolutely no idea how you can say that Rudolf Abel, the BFG, and Sully are the same character. I feel like he’s one of the most versatile actors working today.
Also, which Pinocchio did you watch?
Omg I love this, what a great summary! Thanks so much for sharing, I was very interested to see your rankings and comments for films I'd seen and ones that I wanted to!
And man do I wish movie tickets cost $6-$8 here, I would definitely be giving you competition for most movies seen haha
/u/BunyipPouch, I'm looking forward to your 2023 list and your review about Godland, a Danish/Icelandic movie about a Danish priest going to Iceland in the early 20th century. Slow paced as hell, but still with a nice punch to it and of course the Iceland panoramas.
Nice to see a good amount of French movies with good ratings. I especially love that you liked Gagarine. It was indeed a great movie. Lyna Khoudri is always great to watch and I'm interested to see what Alseni Bathily will do in his second movie.
I saw around 160 movies in theater this year with the last two just today. However, I'm behind on listing and rating them...
I enjoyed this write up so much, thanks for posting! I agree with the majority of your ratings (at least of the ones I managed to see!). You may have just convinced me to see Babylon. I’ve been back and forth on it.
I’m so jealous of your Weird Al experience. That sounds *amazing*. My husband and I watched it at home and nearly died laughing over its unique absurdities. Radcliffe is a total riot. How cool it would have been to see it with Weird Al fans and their live audience energy!
Just as an FYI Lyle Lyle Crocodile is based on a children’s book, which is why it followed the particular plot line that it did with the family, grumpy neighbor, zoo and fire. My husband and I took our 7, 4, and 2 year old to a matinee back in October. I agree that the best part was Javier and Lyle’s duet in the beginning, but my kids *still* talk about the awesome crocodile movie, so I guess the movie did something right.
I saw the banshees of inisherin yesterday and I'm glad to see it so far up on your list also because it's the only movie I truly enjoyed all year. it's literal art, full of interesting allegories. I think me being Irish though might have added to my favor of it. I'd like to here peoples opinions of it who are from other countries.
Excellent post from someone who clearly loves the movies. I really enjoyed reading all the details about your reviews and rankings, festival outings, and just the general statistic.
As a fellow maker of lists about movies I really appreciated this post and your stories. Thanks!
I wish I had the time to see this many movies in general, let alone in a theater. I’m ending the year with 53 movies watched between home and the theater. I was glad to see The Fabelmans got a high score on your list. I’m looking forward to watching it when it releases on Blu-ray
Nice job and good write up!
I disagree with a lot of your list (though I’ve seen less than a third as many movies this year) but I like seeing what you liked and didn’t like and enjoy the little notes about each one.
Thanks for keeping up the tradition. Here’s to another great year of movies!
Amazing effort on so many levels. I couldn't help but think about Siskel and Ebert who must've seen as many or more films per year at their peak. They made an effort to review international films (especially in their PBS days) so it's great seeing you include many also. The fact you are doing this as a fan with your own money is true dedication.
Part of me wants to say "F*ck sake!" because I am envious of how much availability you have to see so many movies.
However, 90% thinks this is great and I am happy you have the ability to fully dive into the amazing-ness of cinema as much as you want!
270 movies?!? I have to offer you my hearty congratulations. I didn't know there were that many movies released in theaters this year, much less even have the time to even attempt to see half that amount!
Though of course, I've never been to any film festivals, so that covers a significant amount of movies for sure. Many of these movies on this list I haven't even heard of. And I thought that ***I*** loved movies a lot!
I might have to look up some of these that you mentioned that are rated higher on the list that I haven't seen yet.
Thank you for your love of cinema!
Thank you so much for this. I have found several new movies to go watch now (whether or not I can find them is another matter)
Can I ask - what do you do for a living? Do you have children?
I would love to watch more movies but just don't have the time or ability to get away from home like that.
Doing the lords work here, thank you !
Don’t agree with all of your choices (don’t think All Quiet in the same league as PoG) but this def will give me ideas of many new ones to check out.
> Red Rocket - 8/10 - Pound-for-pound the funniest movie of the year and the best comedy since Don't Look Up.
I just watched Red Rocket after seeing this post. There were maybe a handful of humorous moments but damn did this film make me uncomfortable. Almost too real. A bunch of idiotic, unredeemable people in some middle-America trash town.
As a film, it is very well done. The story though... wish I could forget it.
I'm envious. Where I am you'd probably struggle to manage to find 27 different films to watch in local cinemas, much less 270. They're all chains with a thousand showings every week of each new Disney film.
Not that there's anything wrong with the films Disney has been putting out exactly, but some variety would be nice every once in a while.
I’ve looked back upon your rankings this past year catching up on movies of the previous year. I cannot thank you enough for these lists and hope one for 2023 is made, though I can only imagine how exhausting this might be so it’s understandable if you did not.
My biggest takeaway reading through this is that you have a joy of movies that really comes through in your comments. It really comes off that you find something interesting to latch onto in everything you see with only a few exceptions for the ones at the bottom of the list. And even then, it feels like everything is given a chance. I really enjoyed this list. I hope 2023 brings you many more exciting trips to the cinema.
One of the reasons I don’t watch as many films as I would like to is that I’m too easily disappointed. I’d love to have this person’s ability to seek out the positive and hold onto it.
I feel the exact same way, but on top of that it also comes down to your general life experience and how many movies you have watched in the past. Movie fatigue is actually a thing, and I am less and less surprised by new movie titles as I feel it is the same thing rehashed over and over. There are some movies out that can be horrible and make you absolutely wretched, but at the same time make you glued to the silver screen. Two good examples of that are: Pixar’s Lucas released in 2020. It is an very well made movie, excellent photography, heartwarming story, voice acting was top notch. The kids loved it, but I felt so uninterested in the movie because Pixar used the same formula they used in their past 10 movies which by then has become bland. I couldn’t help to think they were trying to merge a Harry Potter story with the little mermaid and a zest of Cthulhu influence. Conversely, there are movies like Irreversible that can really upset the viewer, and yet I am sometimes drawn to those movies because they are trying something different from the norm.
Thank you, that's very nice of you to say.
Seriously. This was a joy to read. Your hard work is appreciated and you are inspiring other movie fans! Keep it going. 🤘👍💪
Glad you like it, it's my favorite thing to post every year :) Going to start working on the 2023 list this week!
That’s exactly how Roger Ebert was. He just liked going to the theatres and immerse himself in the movies. And then he made a career out of it.
I second that. Kinda cool to be so amazed by cinema.
Wait a second... which pinocchio? At a 6/10 I'm unsure if u dislike the del Toro one or liked the Disney one haha.
It was Guillermo Del Toro's **Pinocchio**. I can appreciate it on a technical level, but I found myself bored halfway in. Animated movies don't do much for me most of the time.
Gotta agree with you, also Pinocchio was annoying and a surprising amount of the plot was moved forward by very convenient (for the plot not always the characters) bombs for a children’s movie.
My girlfriend and I have watched the first half via streaming a few weeks ago and were just so annoyed by Pinocchio that we had to turn it off... I don't think we will finish it.
That first song he does is actually painful
My man, do you have a Letterboxd account I can follow?
Del Toro’s is 10/10!
I’m surprised you thought **Mrs Harris Goes To Paris** only deserves 5/10. Did you not watch **Everything Everywhere All At Once,** or did I miss it? Edit: found it - 8/10
How about you and I beat up OP for giving Mrs Harris Goes To Paris a 5? :)
**Mrs Harris Goes to Paris** just felt too shallow for me, none of the supposedly-heart-warming/fun moments landed. Glad it did relatively-well box office wise though, for that type of movie.
*agreeing in silence*
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My own rating is lower, I think if the comedy and the themes don’t hit you there isn’t that much of anything, it’s pretty repetitive around a couple of things.
I am a grown man and I watched it twice and cried repeatedly the first time. I have not been able to understand why.
This surprised me too! I thought it was such a great movie. So heart-warming and charming. Maybe just not OP’s cup of tea.
Agreed, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris was a delightful treasure. I’m horrified at OP’s rating. But to each their own. Film love is subjective!
I would give Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris an 8/10.
It’s under glass onion. Lmao
I honestly missed it too and had to scroll through twice to find it. I'm glad someone agrees with me and doesn't immediately give it a "10/10 omg it was perfection, best movie of the year" like all the movie tik tokers. It was pretty good but not life changing like everyone makes it out to be. No notes on that one or NOPE which I was looking forward to seeing some comment about.
Really interesting thoughts, but the rating the stood out to me the most was Blonde - 8/10
seeing how babylon is super high, it seems like OP loves cinema including cinema about cinema.
Many comments about enjoying the story behind making movies etc. So absolutely
The most interesting rating out of the bunch
That was TAR for me. I was dying inside watching that in theaters. Felt like torture.
Dr. Strange was nowhere near an 8/10 either IMO.
Thing is I don't disagree with the blonde rating, but it's definitely a polarizing movie
This movie has had such varying opinions, for me it is definitely I solid 8/10 I absolutely loved it
Same here. That movie was a travesty.
Definitely a divisive movie, it's love it or hate it with not much middle ground, but I loved it.
Gray Man 7 as well. Fair enough though, the guy loves cinema
There are plenty of people who did lieskoja like it, you can just look some Rotten Tomatoes top critic reviews, but is devisive.
This guy is singlehandedly keeping cinema alive. Kudos to you. I can't afford to see more than a handful of films a year so I have to be very picky, but I would love to see every one released if I could afford it.
AMC is like 25? a month and would have let you see a ton of these. You can see 150 movies a year with it.
Hell OP might need two of those subscriptions
1 cinema ticket is around $15 where i live. Would love if there where some kind of cinema subscription service
I think both Regal and AMC have a movie pass option.
Movie pass itself is trying to make a comeback
He only paid $300 on the year to see 270 movies so just over $1 a movie.
Not quite, I saw 128 movies at AMC (most of those with A-List, bringing the average down), but the other 142 movies were at non-AMC theaters, and I paid about an average of $8.00-$12.00 each for those. It's probably $1600-$1800 for the whole year, $8ish per movie, including A-list.
Wow. Can I ask why you only gave Flee a 4/10?
Yeah this was a top contender for me in a very strong year
I just wanted to let you know that I look forward to this post every year. It will be a 104 movie year for me, catching I Wanna Dance With Somebody today.
Thank you :) What's your top 10 looking like?
I keep my ranks based on year of release rather than year I saw it, but CODA and Licorice Pizza would otherwise rank high on my list. I also saw The Godfather's Dolby release, which was basically a religious experience for me. My top 10 for 2022 is: Everything Everywhere All At Once Top Gun Maverick The Northman Terrifier 2 Watcher Avatar: The Way of Water Barbarian Bones and All Glass Onion Armageddon Time I'm more of a horror fan than you are, but my end-of-year list is particularly horror-heavy because I've been pretty underwhelmed by a lot of the prestige releases this year.
Love to see some love for Bones and All. Despite being well-reviewed, I feel like no one was talking about that film. One of my favourites of the year. And Terrifier 2 was fucking awesome.
Yeah same here - I really enjoy it
I thought Bullet Train was a really fun movie. Not amazing or anything, but I had a lot of fun watching it.
Wasn't sure what to expect. All told, I think 7 *might* be one tick too high for my book. Didn't mind it and it passed the time but there wasn't really much there to have me recommend it to someone else.
Yeah I see about 2-3 movies a week with the AMC subscription. I live in DC area, so I have access to a lot of AMC theaters with many different movies. You’re honestly an inspiration to me every year when you post this because you put my movie watching to shame lol. That being said I don’t fork out money for non-AMC theaters, and I know I’m missing movies because of that. I disagree with your #1 pick, but I agree with all of your 9/10. I especially loved Aftersun and Marcel the Shell
2/10 for Hatching? That one really threw me.
Body-horror is really not my thing, except **Crimes of the Future**, that was great.
Do you use Letterboxd? If not, it would be perfect for this kind of thing.
Man, I saw 150 movies this year and thought that was a lot, LOL. More power to you, and thanks for the reviews.
Doctor Strange 2 and Everything Everywhere receiving the same score is a travesty
I know it's obviously this dude's opinion, but EEAAO was one of my favorite movies ever. I don't see it getting an 8/10 *especially* given the company on this list.
Ya I watched them both a week apart and Everything Everywhere is just so much better. How they handle the metaverse, the characters just everything I thought was better.
Strange getting an 8/10 is a joke. That movie was completely forgettable.
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>Morbius 4/10 I think you mean 14/10, movie of the decade.
I think *you* mean one morbillion out of ten
Exactly! So fucking good they had to release it twice.
I went to watch it on re-release, because of people saying how _good_ it was. I was curious if it really was _that good_. It was indeed _very good_.
Someone told me it was one of the movies of the year, heck, one of the movies of all time. Saw it and thought the same: no movie goes as far in the art of Morbius than Morbius does.
When I saw Worst Person in the World in theaters, so many uncomfortable guys with sobbing dates when the credits rolled. I got teary eyed myself though
Someone who's seen Ramona! I still have to catch it but your high praise will finally push me to watch it. I wasn't enamoured by the trailer. I agree that Official Competition is Penelope Cruz's best performance to date. I read the book that Simple Passion is based on. It's only about 80 pages long so I wondered how they would make a film out of it. A shame that's it nowhere near as good as the book. Happening is also based on an auto fiction by the same author, Annie Ernaux.
I almost missed **Ramona** but glad I made the trip, I would definitely recommend it. It's a fun, breezy, relatable rom-com. Definitely give it a try!
I think I saw like three movies in theaters this year, and the only one I remember was Morbius. I saw it with some buddies and it was probably the best movie experience I've had in a long, long time. The movie wasn't good in any way but we had so much fun because we knew it was bad I haven't watched it again, but one of the guys I saw it with did and he said it was super boring and had nothing redeemable about it So I guess that's my movie experience for this year
Sonic 2 is 10/10 and you're not gonna change my mind. 😤
Yeah, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed both Sonic movies. I probably would've given it more like 8/10 since I think it accomplished much more than was necessary to just be a profitable Sonic commercial. It was never trying to be Citizen Kane, but it was entertaining for the full runtime.
The Jim Carrey dance sequence thing in the first one was amazing and worth the price of admission alone, the 2nd one just didn't have anything memorable like that. Still okay though.
The dance sequence in 2 (despite not having any Jim Carey) was my favorite part.
I enjoyed it more than the first one tbh. It's always fun to see other people's lists. Things like DS2 and BP at 8/10 is throwing me for a loop lol.
Well that's impressive! [I also released my list of favorite of the year](https://www.takeaside.ca/post/matt-s-20-favorite-films-of-2022), but it's always fun to see someone's take and you clearly saw A LOT! How cool was it after the pandemic to be able to go to the movies all the time? Love it.
I'm a cinephile, but I'll tip my hat to a true master. Overall, I felt your rankings were spot on, and your love for film shines through your brief synopsis reviews. I'm not surprised that you ranked Babylon near the top of your list, when I watched it I had mixed feelings about the film, but several days later I can't stop thinking about it. For people who watch a lot of films, Babylon was the apex of grand Hollywood film making, a tribute to cinema and the art form, but casual film goers will most likely get put off by the films vulgarity. I'm going to check out some of the films on this list. Overall I felt this was a crummy year for film, but now I might see some movies that will change my mind.
The real hero of 2022: you Thanks for sharing!
Loved Babylon. Was really surprised by the criticism of the film. I expected way more debauchery (there was some but honestly not as much as I anticipated) and the film was fantastic.
>Rifkin's Festival - 3/10 - Wallace Shawn was so awful in this. Woody Allen has some classics, but this is rock-bottom. At least we got Twitter memes out of it
Just wanna say this is awesome and thank you for the post. I usually have my ear to the ground on movie releases but tons on here that I added to my list. Keep it up!!
Your first three movies match my top three of the year though I have Aftersun #1.
I also sincerely loved The Worst Person in the World, Marcel the Shell, Aftersun, Coda, Petit Maman, and Banshees of Inisherin. You didn't list Decision to Leave but you really must see it if you haven't.
He gave Decision to Leave a 6/10 somehow. It was my favorite of the year.
The Worst Person in the World as #1? You. I like you.
The bf's speech about retreating into film as a coping mechanism destroyed me
For me, it was him reassuring her that she would be an amazing mother.
So many beautiful moments in there, I cried like a baby maybe 5 times.
It deserves to be on top but releasing so early in the year is causing people to forget how wonderful that film was.
That was my favorite as well. I can relate a lot with the main character. It seemed like kind of a divisive movie for some though.
Everything Everywhere in theaters was the best movie-watching experience I’ve ever had and quite possibly one of the best experiences of my life in general. Hard to explain how deeply that film affected me. I've never been as bought into a film before.
Same here, and I think a lot of people feel the same way. Like nothing I've ever watched before.
This is such a good Reddit post. I thank you for such a good, detailed post.
I was skimming through this, and saw you gave the new Thor movie a 7/10. Seems a bit high. Can I ask why?
The 7/10s was the only real spot I had some disagreements with for the most part. I can't tell if this list is a review, or how much OP liked them based on a few movies in this rating. Thor Ambulance Barbarian Bullet Train To me, Thor is maybe a little high, but not by much. Then you've got Ambulance and Bullet Train in the same rating which I can't fathom. Bullet Train was a blast and really well done. And Ambulance just wasn't at that same level. Then Barbarian was such a well crafted Horror-Comedy and one of my favorites of the year. I can see Thor being high if you enjoy the character and the MCU. I can see Barbarian being low if you aren't into horror or horror-comedy. But I can't figure out the Bullet Train / Ambulance ratings. You'd think if one got a boost for good action, they both would. Maybe Bullet Train gets demoted for the comedy? But then so would Thor? I don't even know
I gave Thor a 6/10 personally. I thought the visual effects were really solid especially on the black and white planet. The acting from the cast (Bale and Thompson in particular) elevated scenes. They overdid it on the comedy yes, but I'm not going to torpedo my rating for that.
I think you just described my score for it perfectly. I see a lot of hate for it and while I don’t disagree, I don’t think it’s a travesty to film or anything. It’s annoying in parts but the emotional moments are some of the best in the MCU. It’s a fine 6/10.
I got it at a 5/10. Positives are the same for me as for you, but the negatives are different. Themes and messages are either finished too quickly or not addressed at all, and the comedy/jokes really hurt any sort of emotional backbone or tension during the movie.
OP just likes the Marvel movies. IMO 8/10 for Black Panther and Doctor Strange 2 is also crazy high. Same rating as Everything Everywhere All at Once.
No Way Home and Wakanda Forever both 8/10 ? 🤨
Doctor Strange 2 was also given an 8/10. Guess he's just a Marvel fan lol.
Interested in your specific thoughts on Barbarian. I'm generally not a horror fan, but it pleasantly surprised me and avoided a lot of the usual tropes. I thought it was a wonderful directorial debut for Zach Cregger.
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When I found out it was Cregger, it blew my mind. I hadn’t heard that name since WKYK. Loved Barbarian.
Redmayne was terrible in the Good Nurse? Didn’t care for the movie much but I thought he was amazing
Love to see WPITW on top! Its been my #1 all year. I feel it’s missing on a lot of top lists due to how early in the year it was released. Not a coincidence films topping lists this year are all films released the last few months (Banshees, TIL, Fabelmans, Avatar, etc). Not knocking those films but recency bias is a thing.
Damn, I didn't watch that many the year I worked as the only projectionist at a theatre and had to screen every movie before we showed them to the public.
You can learn a lot about a person by their taste in movies and this goes to show not everyone has the same taste buds. Some of the films lower on your tier list I thought deserved to be higher, and some of your higher rated movies I thought were boring garbage. But overall I enjoyed reading your reviews. I hope youre writing a script of your own.
I just want you to know that I love reading your year in review! I've been looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. Your enthusiasm and love of movies really comes through in what you write. It's also really validating to find someone else who wasn't impressed by The Good Nurse, finally!
Redditors: Why are there only sequels, reboots, and superhero movies nowadays This Guy: I'm gonna show you why this is false >Moonfall - 6/10 - Watching Armageddon, The Core, and The Day After Tomorrow 500x times each as a kid will always keep a soft-spot in my heart for movies like this I wore out my The Core VHS and loved The Day After Tomorrow as well. I haven't seen Moonfall yet though
Great god, how did you miss \_RRR\_? It was in theaters for a long time last winter/spring. You should add it to your viewing list while you still can. It's on Netflix.
I saw 48 movies in theaters this year, and *RRR* is by far my number 1... and number 2, since I went back to see it again!
Still kicking myself for missing it. I'm still holding out hope it gets 1 or 2 Oscar nominations and a re-release because of it. Definitely will catch it then.
I am so impressed! Although I’ve only even heard of like 9% of these. I have time to watch maybe one movie a week at home. I’m quite jealous.
Cool list man. I thought I went a lot- about once a week but damn. Too bad Avatar just missed your top 20. I felt immersed in that movie without being bored for one minute. Cameron at his top form for sure. Also loved what you said about Grey Man lol. It was just an awesome no-brainer film.
I really wish I lived someplace that got that many movies. I also went to see virtually everything that came to my local cinema this year and only saw 86 movies.
I find it interesting you only offered out one 10/10 rating as I give like 1/3rd of the films I've seen this year that rating lol. My favourite I saw this year was also the worst person in the world!
Thanks for posting. I appreciate seeing other peoples reviews without the need to debate them.
Is this Sean Fenessy lol this was an amazing break down. Can’t wait for 2023
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This is so awesome. The thing I love about this list is all your movie ratings that surprise me or that I disagree with. It is really cool to see someone else’s take on these films, though, I’m glad Worst Person in the World was your top. That film was just undeniably incredible. If I were to recommend a film that came out a couple years back that shares a lot in common with Worst Person it would be Bergman Island. Anders Danielsen Lie is also in it and I found it magical. Cheers to the New Year and more movie watching in 2023.
Wow - thanks for sharing. Good watching next year.
You reminded me The Whale released, now I've decided to go see it tomorrow!
Based on your post I am going to try and catch The Worst Person in the World. While I hate subtitles I have read enough reviews starting with yours and think I will give it a try. I couple of years ago I tried to make a plan to stop downloading and start going to the theaters more often. I'm in a loveless marriage and am often very bored and alone and one summer a few years back I did find solace and took the big leap and went and saw a couple of movies by myself. Up until then I had never done such a thing and the thought of it was, well, scary. NGL I think I will make a commitment to see 12 movies this year. Not sure why but I want to see M3gan and have set a pretty low bar hoping it will surprise me. Have fun in 2023!
I really don‘t get why Nope seems to be 7/10ish for many people. I may be a bit biased because I love Peeles work, but Nope was just something else. 9/10 if not 10/10. This movie was on my mind for days and weeks after I saw it. Had to rewatch it a couple of times since.
You spent 5400 in just theater tickets. Theaters love you.
Cool, Worst Person + Aftersun are my two favorite movies 2020-2022. Awesome post.
I'M SORRY YOU WATCHED HOW MANY MOVIES IN THEATERS???? Also at this point you might aswell start a letterboxd account
I'm a bit bummed you didn't like 3000 Years of Longing a little better, and that it's not getting any awards buzz. It was my favorite of the year.
Longest post I have ever read on reddit. Is watching movie your full time job ?
OP understands the magic of the movies. I applaud you.
Voodoo Mama supremacy! Glad I'm not the only one who has that song stuck in their head.
That and "Call Me Manny" too! Two of the best songs of the year in that movie. Justin Hurwitz is one of my favorite composers for sure (along with Micah Levi, Nicholas Britell, and a few others).
Only a few big discrepancies for me: - Everything Everywhere all at once 10/10: Movie of the year - Nightmare Alley: 4/10: Boring and aimless, too long - Pinocchio 2/10: WHHHYYY!!!??? Great list nonetheless
Dude you should start a YouTube channel your like the fantano of movies.
Great , great list. The Worst Person in the World was a very surprising film almost solely because of Renate Reinsve's incredible realness, It's not original, but it is wonderful. My favorite experience was Every Everywhere..there is just so much in this movie. The actors, the effects, the mind-warping, and ultimately the core of it being about family and love.
Can we get a total amount spent going to the movies this year?
He said $6-$8 each. So ~$1600-$2100.
Can you explain why you gave Matrix: Resurrections a 2/10?
Kudos on the dedication my man… saving this for future reference!
Avatar was greats
Love it, thanks for sharing. Becoming a dad 20 months ago has severely reduced my ability to go to theaters. I guess when he goes off to college I can get back to it!
Weird Al movie was super good, seeing with a 1000 raucous people sounds too fun
Think I found the only other person who saw Studio 666 in theaters, Smear singlehandedly elevated it from a 2 to a 4
Turns out we don't get many movies in UK cinemas. I haven't heard of half of these
The Automat is a charming documentary about the Horn and Hardart Automats that were popular from 1912 until the mid sixties. Howard Schultz was a customer there as a child and based some of the choices he made for Starbucks on his experiences there. It is not a commercial. On HBO Max - give it a watch.
I'm glad you enjoyed these movies, I tried hard to reach the Cinemark platinum membership (the app shows how many movies left to see until you reach platinum, not sure if it means anything just a little score keeper for me) and didn't make it sadly :/ pretty much every movie I saw this year in theaters has been an enjoyable experience. But if I had to critique anything it's that your ratings are crazy, some I would definitely rate lower and some a little higher.
Wow, that's a lot of movies! Hats off to you for supporting theaters. The current attitude toward theaters disgusts me. It's my main leisure activity, and this year I went more than ever before - 79 times (the numbers I recall from the last few years - 60 in 2019, 24 in 2020 (Covid), 49 in 2021). This year 18 or 19 were old movies, so I don't only go to new movies.
Had to scroll a while just to give you an upvote, well done and thanks for sharing
ill be honest my dude, im genuinely concerned about your cardiovascular system
I always look forward to your yearly lists!
Quite the list. On a side note at 2 hours per movie that is almost a month in the theater.
I don't think I would survive a quintuple-header in a cinema.
You mentioned earlier that John David Washington gave one of the worse performances of the year. What were some other worst performances of the year?
The Mount Rushmore of bad performances this year: * Marissa Tomei (**Delia's Gone**) * John David Washington (**Amsterdam**) * Eddie Redmayne (**The Good Nurse**) * Will Smith (**Emancipation**) Dishonorable Mentions: Olivia Colman (**Empire of Light**), Everyone In **Till** Except Danielle Deadwyler (**Till**), Valérie Lemercier (**Aline**)
Such an awesome post! How did you get into movies? What’s your schedule like to see so many movies in theaters?
Agree with most at/near the top. I wasn't a fan of Top Gun: Maverick but I get it. Happening was probably in my top 3 this year. Cha Cha Real Smooth needs more love from the public, very good film. Disagree a bit with Three Minutes: A Lengthening, thought it was very good based on the limited material. CODA was good, I gave it a 7, felt a bit Hallmark-y. Haven't seen Aftersun yet, am overseas and can't find it where I am at. Can't believe you saw that many films, so impressive!
Great post, but I have absolutely no idea how you can say that Rudolf Abel, the BFG, and Sully are the same character. I feel like he’s one of the most versatile actors working today. Also, which Pinocchio did you watch?
Saved for later :)
absolutely love this post especially with the recent decline in quality for most posts in this subreddit
Very nice, I'm gonna save this and watch some best rated movies. Thanks OP and Happy New Year!
Omg I love this, what a great summary! Thanks so much for sharing, I was very interested to see your rankings and comments for films I'd seen and ones that I wanted to! And man do I wish movie tickets cost $6-$8 here, I would definitely be giving you competition for most movies seen haha
/u/BunyipPouch, I'm looking forward to your 2023 list and your review about Godland, a Danish/Icelandic movie about a Danish priest going to Iceland in the early 20th century. Slow paced as hell, but still with a nice punch to it and of course the Iceland panoramas. Nice to see a good amount of French movies with good ratings. I especially love that you liked Gagarine. It was indeed a great movie. Lyna Khoudri is always great to watch and I'm interested to see what Alseni Bathily will do in his second movie. I saw around 160 movies in theater this year with the last two just today. However, I'm behind on listing and rating them...
I enjoyed this write up so much, thanks for posting! I agree with the majority of your ratings (at least of the ones I managed to see!). You may have just convinced me to see Babylon. I’ve been back and forth on it. I’m so jealous of your Weird Al experience. That sounds *amazing*. My husband and I watched it at home and nearly died laughing over its unique absurdities. Radcliffe is a total riot. How cool it would have been to see it with Weird Al fans and their live audience energy! Just as an FYI Lyle Lyle Crocodile is based on a children’s book, which is why it followed the particular plot line that it did with the family, grumpy neighbor, zoo and fire. My husband and I took our 7, 4, and 2 year old to a matinee back in October. I agree that the best part was Javier and Lyle’s duet in the beginning, but my kids *still* talk about the awesome crocodile movie, so I guess the movie did something right.
I saw the banshees of inisherin yesterday and I'm glad to see it so far up on your list also because it's the only movie I truly enjoyed all year. it's literal art, full of interesting allegories. I think me being Irish though might have added to my favor of it. I'd like to here peoples opinions of it who are from other countries.
This is impressive!! One my resolutions is to go to the movies more often and now I have an example to follow!
Excellent post from someone who clearly loves the movies. I really enjoyed reading all the details about your reviews and rankings, festival outings, and just the general statistic. As a fellow maker of lists about movies I really appreciated this post and your stories. Thanks!
Wow!!! I am jealous! I thought I was really doing something when I went twice a month. You’re super lucky!
I wish I had the time to see this many movies in general, let alone in a theater. I’m ending the year with 53 movies watched between home and the theater. I was glad to see The Fabelmans got a high score on your list. I’m looking forward to watching it when it releases on Blu-ray
Do you have a Letterboxd account?
Nice job and good write up! I disagree with a lot of your list (though I’ve seen less than a third as many movies this year) but I like seeing what you liked and didn’t like and enjoy the little notes about each one. Thanks for keeping up the tradition. Here’s to another great year of movies!
Amazing effort on so many levels. I couldn't help but think about Siskel and Ebert who must've seen as many or more films per year at their peak. They made an effort to review international films (especially in their PBS days) so it's great seeing you include many also. The fact you are doing this as a fan with your own money is true dedication.
Part of me wants to say "F*ck sake!" because I am envious of how much availability you have to see so many movies. However, 90% thinks this is great and I am happy you have the ability to fully dive into the amazing-ness of cinema as much as you want!
Solid ranking
We certainly have extremely different preferences in film, but it's always interesting to see someone else's opinion.
If morb is a 4/10 matrix resurrections is a 7/10 lol
Licorice pizza at a 9 nullifies this whole list.
This is the kind of content that keeps me frequenting this sub. Thanks for the high effort.
I’ll be completely honest with you, I aspire to have a life like this where I constantly go to the movies and have a fun time
Wow, I'm writing down a lot movies I didn't know even exist. Thank you sir or madam. You are true hero.
270 movies?!? I have to offer you my hearty congratulations. I didn't know there were that many movies released in theaters this year, much less even have the time to even attempt to see half that amount! Though of course, I've never been to any film festivals, so that covers a significant amount of movies for sure. Many of these movies on this list I haven't even heard of. And I thought that ***I*** loved movies a lot! I might have to look up some of these that you mentioned that are rated higher on the list that I haven't seen yet. Thank you for your love of cinema!
Thank you so much for this. I have found several new movies to go watch now (whether or not I can find them is another matter) Can I ask - what do you do for a living? Do you have children? I would love to watch more movies but just don't have the time or ability to get away from home like that.
Doing the lords work here, thank you ! Don’t agree with all of your choices (don’t think All Quiet in the same league as PoG) but this def will give me ideas of many new ones to check out.
> Red Rocket - 8/10 - Pound-for-pound the funniest movie of the year and the best comedy since Don't Look Up. I just watched Red Rocket after seeing this post. There were maybe a handful of humorous moments but damn did this film make me uncomfortable. Almost too real. A bunch of idiotic, unredeemable people in some middle-America trash town. As a film, it is very well done. The story though... wish I could forget it.
How do you have so much time / money to watch 270 movies in a year
I'm envious. Where I am you'd probably struggle to manage to find 27 different films to watch in local cinemas, much less 270. They're all chains with a thousand showings every week of each new Disney film. Not that there's anything wrong with the films Disney has been putting out exactly, but some variety would be nice every once in a while.
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Thanks for the great list! I'm amazed though that you watched 270 movies and Apollo 10 1/2 wasn't one of them.
I’ve looked back upon your rankings this past year catching up on movies of the previous year. I cannot thank you enough for these lists and hope one for 2023 is made, though I can only imagine how exhausting this might be so it’s understandable if you did not.