The 10 Best Movies of 2022

Is it possible that filmmakers, at last freed from some of the constraints and anxieties of early-pandemic film production, experienced a collective burst of energy and imagination? Or are we, as members of the audience at large, finally awakening from the sluggishness of our earlier pandemic-era hibernation? There’s no clear answer to those questions, but that doesn’t diminish the splendor of this year’s crop of movies.

Here are the ten movies that stood out in 2022.

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