Movies of 2022
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- DirectorMaryna Er GorbachStarsOksana CherkashynaSergey ShadrinOleg ShcherbinaAfter flight MH17 crashes in eastern Ukraine, violent tensions disrupt the lives of an expecting couple living in Donetsk.
- DirectorKogonadaStarsColin FarrellJodie Turner-SmithMalea Emma TjandrawidjajaIn a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.
- DirectorPhyllis NagyStarsElizabeth BanksSigourney WeaverChris MessinaA married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- DirectorAudrey DiwanStarsAnamaria VartolomeiKacey Mottet KleinLuàna BajramiAn adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
- DirectorJim ArcherStarsDavid EarlChris HaywardLouise BrealeyAfter a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot.
- DirectorMartika Ramirez EscobarStarsSheila FranciscoBong CabreraRocky SalumbidesFiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.
- DirectorFrancisca AlegriaStarsMía MaestroEnzo Ferrada RosatiBenjamin SotoCecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
- DirectorJuan Pablo GonzálezStarsTeresa SánchezRafaela FuentesTatín VeraIn the bucolic hills of Mexico's Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.
- DirectorKrystin Ver LindenStarsKeke PalmerCommonJonny Lee MillerA slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.
- DirectorAlli HaapasaloStarsAamu MilonoffEleonoora KauhanenLinnea LeinoThree young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess.
- DirectorLászló CsujaAnna NemesStarsEszter CsonkaGyörgy TurósCsaba KrisztikEdina, a female bodybuilder is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with her life partner and trainer Adam: to win the Miss Olympia. The odd love she finds on her way makes her see the difference between her dreams and her true self.
- DirectorAbi Damaris CorbinStarsJohn BoyegaNicole BeharieSelenis LeyvaA Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life.
- DirectorSiamak EtemadiStarsMelika ForoutanShahbaz NoshirSofia KokkaliThe search of an Iranian mother, Pari, for her missing son in Athens will force her on a journey to the dark corners of the city as well as the hidden depth of her own self.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsTomasz ZietekSandra KorzeniakJacek BraciakIn 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
- A selection of animated shorts nominated for awards, including "Robin Robin", "Affairs of the Art", "Bestia", "Boxballet", and "The Windshield Wiper".
- StarsTaalaikan AbazovaKanat AbdahmanovRiz Ahmed2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films Live Action: Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (Maria Brendle), The Dress (Tadeusz Lysiak), The Long Goodbye (Aneil Karia), On My Mind (Martin Strange-Hansen), Please Hold (KD Davila).
- DirectorPéter SzajkiStarsKati AndaiFerenc BorbiczkyJuli BástiA bride escapes from her wedding. Takes a taxi and tries to run away from her current artifical life. The taxi driver is not on duty that day, but takes her everywhere she wants. The bride tries to go back to the past, tries to change decisions she have made years before. The taxi driver tries to show her that the way out can only be the way ahead, not the way she left. Of course they have adventures, have excellent dialogues, they make us laugh and sometimes cry. A good mirror for the 30-40s generation and not only in Hungary.
- DirectorHanadi ElyanStarsJuliet AwadRania KurdiSameera AsirThree Arab women living in modern day Jordan must put their differences aside and work together.
- DirectorZora RuxStarsKonstantin BezHenriette ConfuriusValentin ErbMarie, early thirties, gets a wedding proposal from her boyfriend Julian. Overwhelmed, she goes for the honest way: She has to think about it. On the countryside, she tries to clear her mind but is confronted by "thought-people", beings that all seem to have a clear understanding of what's best for Marie. Soon, they don't only question Marie's proposed wedding, but her whole life itself: an army of "thought-journalists" bring up existential and trivial questions alike, Marie's esoteric ex-boyfriend climbs down a tree and wants her to meditate with him, her mother getting started on sex - everybody wants something, but what does she actually want?
- DirectorElene NaverianiStarsBebe SesitashviliGia AgumavaMegi KobaladzeA village on the Georgian Black Sea is full of friendly people convinced they know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged. His granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life.
- DirectorFaran MoradiStarsSammy AzeroMo ZeighamiNavid NegahbanEnemies to Lovers story of a Canadian-Iranian girl and Iranian-Canadian boy.
- DirectorRadu MunteanStarsMaria PopistasuIlona BrezoianuAlex BogdanA group of people on a humanitarian mission arrive in a remote area of Transylvania to offer the inhabitants various goods. Apart from a few quarrels and conflicts between the group members, everything seems to be going well for Maria and Dan. But soon after they stumble upon a disoriented local and try to help him, things go wrong.
- DirectorKurdwin AyubStarsMelina BenliLaw WallnerMaya WopienkaIn a moment of ordinary madness, three girlfriends decide to shoot a burqa music video.
- DirectorJi ZhangStarsDongyu ZhouHaoran LiuTing MeiSet in China's hardscrabble, industrial northeast, it tells the story of a young police officer investigating the murder of a taxi driver, only to find a childhood friend may be involved. To solve the case, he explores layer by layer, revealing a past buried 12 years ago.
- DirectorSarah JonesStarsBryan CranstonIlana GlazerRosario DawsonOne female comedian with many voices on a journey to better understand sex work, and her own personal relationship to it.
- DirectorPanah PanahiStarsPantea PanahihaMohammad Hassan MadjooniRayan SarlakFollows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
- DirectorAllison OttoStarsGlenn HowertonSarah MinnichBrandon Z RuizIn 1985, Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre," one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in a New Mexico home.
- DirectorMattis Appelqvist DaltonMatteo Robert MoralesDespite the loneliness he experiences living in New York, and the oceanic distance that separates him from his home, Miguel remains resiliently motivated to help this family he hasn't seen in 13 years - sacrificing, again and again, his own aspirations. When Miguel opens a package from his mother, he discovers photographs that throw him back to his childhood in rural Mexico, times when living in the US was but a dream. It is these childhood memories that fuel Miguel's ambition and altruism and yet, at the same time, keep him trapped in the past.
- DirectorDaniel CarsentyMohammed AbugethChased by the army, two Beduin smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert. A portrait filmed over five years about men living on the edge in one the most fragile regions of the world.
- DirectorJamie DackStarsLily McInernyGretchen MolEmily JacksonA disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.
- DirectorMounia AklStarsYumna MarwanNadine LabakiSaleh BakriA couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
- DirectorDaniel RoherStarsAlexei NavalnyYulia NavalnayaChristo GrozevFollows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
- DirectorCharline Bourgeois-TacquetStarsAnaïs DemoustierValeria Bruni TedeschiDenis PodalydèsFollows Anaïs, a 30-year old woman who is broke and has a lover she doesn't think she loves anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her, but Daniel lives with Emilie - who Anaïs also falls for.
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsTim RothAlbertine Kotting McMillanSamuel BottomleyNeil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsPenélope CruzAntonio BanderasOscar MartínezA wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- DirectorIgor PriwieziencewKatarzyna PriwieziencewStarsMiroslaw HaniszewskiAdam BobikKrzysztof StroinskiPiotrek, encouraged by his fiancée, enrolls in a smoking cessation course. By mistake, he ends up at an enigmatic self-development training, where under the influence of a charismatic coach - Leader - he starts to question his relationship, which he has considered perfect so far.
- DirectorTom HuangStarsAlly MakiHayden SzetoPeter S. KimMargaret reluctantly goes back to her hometown with her brothers to deal with the sudden depression of their dad.
- DirectorSophie LévyStarsRoxane MesquidaAnamaria VartolomeiArnaud ValoisClémence has been severely injured in a car accident, leaving her unable to talk and walk normally. When her sister Romane's boyfriend takes an interest in her recovery, their relationship becomes unbearable for Romane.
- DirectorPeter LuisiStarsMatthias HabichJohanna BantzerFabian KrügerWhen his younger sister, a single-parent, moves into the second apartment with her 5-year-old daughter Nina, an unexpected friendship develops between Joseph and the uncared-for little girl.
- DirectorValerie BuhagiarStarsNatascha McElhoneSteven LoveMichela FarrugiaIn a small Mediterranean village, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.
- DirectorFaraz AliStarsAmrita BagchiPurnendu BhattacharyaAshok PathakMampu watches her father struggle to keep his one screen theatre afloat, as her hometown acquires a new name, losing traces of its rich cultural past.
- DirectorDan MirvishStarsWilla FitzgeraldJohn MagaroGina KreiezmarIn 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½ minute gap in Nixon's tapes.
- DirectorDaniel GellerDayna GoldfineStarsLeonard CohenNancy BacalSteve BerkowitzThis documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah".
- DirectorKatherine DudasStarsMadison LawlorDecker SadowskiOlivia BlueWhen an individualistic young woman escapes to the woods to reconcile her sister's tragic death, her solitude is quickly squashed when her relentless childhood friend shows up unannounced.
- DirectorAnthony FabianStarsLesley ManvilleIsabelle HuppertLambert WilsonA widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own.
- DirectorEm JohnsonStarsKatherine WaddellIlia VolokMichael David WilsonA young circus performer, stuck under the harsh rules of her father and community expectations, finds herself captivated by small-town America, forcing her to question everything.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsJim BroadbentHeather CraneyStephen RashbrookIn 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
- DirectorDhafer L'AbidineStarsDhafer L'AbidineNajla Ben AbdallahAhmed BerrhoumaAhmed joins his father Habib, whose state of health is deteriorating. They find themselves in a chaotic situation for which neither is prepared.
- DirectorShoja AzariShirin NeshatStarsSheila VandMatt DillonWilliam MoseleyIn an effort to understand and control its populace, the government begins a program to record citizens' dreams.
- DirectorGonçalo Galvão TelesStarsFilipe DuarteAna MoreiraRui MorissonAntonio leaves his farm for the city to be near his son Jorge, but finds Jorge's marriage failing and grandson Pedro rebelling, shattering his dreams.
- DirectorXavier MedinaStarsFilio GalvezNathalia LaresCristian MirandaA five year old girl living in a Miami trailer park has a mission - to somehow get to the beach and see the ocean for the first time.
- DirectorSeemab GulStarsAyesha Shoaib AhmedQasim AliParizae FatimaZara, a schoolgirl in Karachi, shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her.
- DirectorJames Napier RobertsonPaula Whetu JonesStarsRena OwenVinnie BennettJames RollestonA biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land - all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs.
- DirectorCamille HardmanGary LaneStarsDabney ColemanAllison JanneyJane FondaWhen #1 comedy, 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman and Lily Tomlin, exploded on the screens in 1980, the laughs hid a serious message about women in the office. Still Working 9 to 5 explores 40 years of inequality.
- DirectorCarlos HagermanJorge VillalobosAn animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of immigrant youth and their undocumented families
- DirectorDesiree AbeytaStarsSamanthia NixonNatasha RolandA thought provoking short film seen through the eyes of two girls (a white Jewish American and an African American), both of whom identify with the diary written by Anne Frank.
- DirectorApril MoreauStarsKimia BehpoorniaEmily HanleyHelen HongIn the days following a traumatic event, a stand up comedian fails to find solace in comedy, forcing her to look inward to heal.
- DirectorAnna J. TakayamaStarsUrara TakanoYukio AraiAsatteKingyo, a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo, possesses a unique ability to see the soul in all things. The voice acting world is changing and she must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry.
- DirectorCallie BloemChristopher J. EwingStarsJaz SinclairSara PaxtonKatie AseltonKenzie, a 20-something Angeleno discovers during a totally boring and routine general check up that she is fictional. And even worse, that she was written by a dude.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonKerry CondonTwo lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
- DirectorSantiago MitreStarsRicardo DarínGina MastronicolaFrancisco BertínA team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
- DirectorOwen KlatteThis is an experimental stop-motion film made with an original technique of progressively carving images into a large round of wood, enhanced with wooden objects coming out of the wood.
- DirectorAli AbbasiStarsAlice RahimiDiana Al HussenSoraya HelliA journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
- DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalSaleh BakriAyoub MissiouiA middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsSally HawkinsShonagh PriceHelen KatambaAn amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
- DirectorCarla SimónStarsJosep AbadJordi Pujol DolcetAnna OtinThe life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
- DirectorChie HayakawaStarsChieko BaishôHayato IsomuraStefanie ArianneGovernment program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
- DirectorThomas DaneskovStarsRasmus BjergZaki YoussefBjørn SundquistIn a desperate attempt to cure his midlife crisis, Martin has fled his family to live high up in the Norwegian mountains. Hunting and gathering like his ancestors did thousands of years ago.
- DirectorAntoneta Alamat KusijanovicStarsGracija FilipovicLeon LucevDanica CurcicA teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
- DirectorAlessio Rigo de RighiMatteo ZoppisStarsGabriele SilliMaria Alexandra LunguErcole ColnagoIn the 19th century, a wandering drunkard in Italy is cast out of his village for a crime. He is exiled to Tierra del Fuego, where he searches for a mythical treasure, paving his way toward redemption.
- DirectorKirill SerebrennikovStarsSemyon SerzinChulpan KhamatovaVladislav SemiletkovA day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsJuliette BinocheVincent LindonGrégoire ColinA love triangle story about a woman caught between two men, her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover.
- DirectorTodd FieldStarsCate BlanchettNoémie MerlantNina HossSet in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMariettaFollows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.
- DirectorJoana HadjithomasKhalil JoreigeStarsRim TurkiManal IssaPaloma VauthierThe lives of three women are connected by a box that resurfaces containing notebooks, photographs and audiotapes.
- DirectorMario MartoneStarsPierfrancesco FavinoFrancesco Di LevaTommaso RagnoAfter 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.
- DirectorMartijn de JongStarsThekla ReutenFedja van HuêtSepp RitsemaNarcosis is about a young family that is hit by a family tragedy and has to deal with it in its own unique way.
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsTawfeek BarhomFares FaresMohammad BakriAdam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
- DirectorJason LoftusStarsHenry GuoShi JianYu FengFalun Gong practitioners were persecuted in China, they tried to tell the truth but they were kidnapped, some Falun Gong practitioners died.
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsZoe KazanCarey MulliganPatricia ClarksonJodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam DriverGreta GerwigDon CheadleDramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
- DirectorAleksandre KoberidzeStarsAni KarseladzeGiorgi BochorishviliOliko BarbakadzeA chance encounter on a street corner has Lisa and Giorgi fall in love at first sight, but an evil spell is cast on them. Will they ever meet again?
- DirectorMathieu AmalricStarsVicky KriepsArieh WorthalterAnne-Sophie Bowen-ChatetA woman one day simply walks out on her family. Or does she?
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsPark Hae-ilTang WeiLee Jung-hyunA detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
- DirectorMarie KreutzerStarsVicky KriepsFlorian TeichtmeisterKatharina LorenzA fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
- DirectorSally El HosainiStarsMatthias SchweighöferAli SulimanAlfredo TavaresFrom war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.
- DirectorDavy ChouStarsPark Ji-minOh Gwang-RokGuka HanA twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsDaniel Giménez CachoGriselda SicilianiXimena LamadridAn acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiVahid MobasseriBakhtiyar PanjeeiTwo parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSong Kang-hoGang Dong-wonBae DoonaWhen a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonStarsEwan McGregorDavid BradleyGregory MannA father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsDaniel CraigEdward NortonKate HudsonTech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsBill NighyAimee Lou WoodAlex SharpIn 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.
- DirectorColm BairéadStarsCarrie CrowleyAndrew BennettCatherine ClinchIn rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
- DirectorMichael MorrisStarsAndrea RiseboroughDrew YoungbloodTom VirtueInspired by true events. A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.
- DirectorTerence DaviesStarsJack LowdenThom AshleyOrlando JoplingLegendary 20th century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships. True salvation can only come from within.