The 20 Best Movies of 2022 So Far
Which films have impressed critics the most during the first half of the year? Above, we rank the best-reviewed movies first released in North American theaters (or debuting directly on digital/VOD/streaming outlets) between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Films are ranked by Metascore and must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible.
Additional content by Keith Kimbell.
Indian director Payal Kapadia's poetic feature debut is a bit of a hybrid, blending documentary footage shot over several years by an assortment of film students (plus CCTV and other found footage) with a narration drawn from letters discovered on a film school campus that detail the end of a doomed romance. Both service Kapadia's main mission: To document and detail the state of student life in modern India during a turbulent time when universities have been shaken by a rise in student protests.
“Through disrupting linear time, Kapadia’s speculative, poetic rumination on memory, political reality and personal association transforms the viewing experience into something transcendent.” —Marina Ashioti, Little White Lies
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