2022 Official Selections
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1. Battleground (I) (2022)
105 min | Documentary
Three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women's access to safe and legal abortions.
Director: Cynthia Lowen | Stars: Terrisa Bukovinac, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Kristan Hawkins, Alexis McGill Johnson
Votes: 72
Life + Liberty Spotlight Night
2. A Run for More (2022)
82 min | Documentary
Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe goes on a personal journey and questions her relationship to her community as she runs for city council in San Antonio, Texas, and attempts to become the first openly elected transgender official in Texas.
Director: Ray Whitehouse | Stars: Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe, Jeff Wolfe
Votes: 49
SHOUT Spotlight Night
3. Jasmine Star (2019)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Family
A determined 16-year-old with albinism makes it her mission to become a professional model in her hometown of Minneapolis, while attempting to go unnoticed in every other aspect of her teenage life.
Director: Jo Rochelle | Stars: Andy Dubick, Brittany Benjamin, Regina Hoyles, Erin Brownett
Black Lens Spotlight Night
4. Butterfly in the Sky (2022)
87 min | Documentary
Chronicles the journeys of broadcasters, educators and filmmakers who believed television could inspire a lifelong love of reading.
Directors: Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb | Stars: LeVar Burton, Alisa Reyes, Kenny Blank, Dean Parisot
Votes: 82
Opening Night
5. The Sun Rises in the East (2022)
58 min | Documentary
The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. ... See full summary »
Director: Tayo Giwa | Stars: Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele, Adeyemi Bandele, Fela Barclift, Gary Bartz
Votes: 11
6. The Automat (2021)
TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary, History
Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.
Director: Lisa Hurwitz | Stars: Mel Brooks, John W. Romas, Carl Reiner, Krystyna Romas
Votes: 1,565
7. The Smell of Money (2022)
84 min | Documentary
What is the price some pay for the world's pork? North Carolina residents take on one of the world's most powerful companies in a fight for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of pig feces.
Director: Shawn Bannon
Votes: 54
8. Make Me Famous (2021)
93 min | Documentary
A madcap romp through the 1980's NYC art scene amid the colorful career of painter, Edward Brezinski, hell-bent on making it. Filmed in NYC, Detroit, San Francisco, Ireland, Berlin and the Cote d'Azur.
Director: Brian Vincent | Stars: David McDermott, Marguerite Van Cook, James Romberger, Peter McGough
Votes: 131 | Gross: $0.05M
9. Our Father, the Devil (2021)
107 min | Thriller
An African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.
Director: Ellie Foumbi | Stars: Babetida Sadjo, Souleymane Sy Savane, Jennifer Tchiakpe, Franck Saurel
Votes: 376
10. McEnroe (2022)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
It follows John McEnroe as he finally tells his side of his storied career and performances on the court.
Director: Barney Douglas | Stars: Björn Borg, Peter Fleming, Chrissie Hynde, Billie Jean King
Votes: 1,136
11. Peace in the Valley (2022)
88 min | Drama
In the aftermath of a senseless act of violence, a young mother must learn to manage her overwhelming grief-not only for her own peace of mind but for the sake of her young son.
Director: Tyler Riggs | Stars: Michael Abbott Jr., Dendrie Taylor, Brit Shaw, Michael Aaron Milligan
Votes: 72
12. Sophia (II) (2022)
89 min | Documentary
This stirring and visually immersive documentary brings us inside the spirited pursuits of David Hanson, a restless inventor aiming to perfect the world's most life-like A.I.
Directors: Jon Kasbe, Crystal Moselle | Stars: David Hanson, Sophia the Robot, Sarah Rose Siskind
Votes: 14
13. For Our Children (2022)
102 min | Documentary
Wanda Johnson and Angela Williams, mothers of young Black men victimized by police brutality, come together and build a network of community-led support, mutual aid, and healing.
Directors: Debora Silva, Debora Silva | Stars: Sheila Banks, Benjamin Crump, Tamyra Smith Davis, Alicia Garza
14. Jimmy in Saigon (2022)
89 min | Documentary
JIMMY IN SAIGON is a documentary exploring the mysterious death of Peter McDowell's eldest brother, James, who died age 24 in Saigon. The film explores unspoken grief and family secrets, while honoring those lost long ago.
Director: Peter McDowell | Stars: John Attebury, Yves Bletzacker, Robert Carolan, Vu Thi Ngoc Diep
Votes: 38
15. Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids (2022)
100 min | Documentary
It tells the story of the Cabbage Patch Kids and how they set the wheels in motion for modern-day Black Friday.
Director: Andrew Jenks | Star: Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 18
16. Spin Me Round (2022)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman wins an all-expenses-paid trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. She finds a different adventure than the one she imagined.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Jake Picking, Stella Chestnut, Lil Rel Howery
Votes: 5,616
17. The Color of Care (2022)
Documentary
Explores how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States.
Director: Yance Ford | Star: Neel Shah
Votes: 137
18. The Guardians (I) (2018)
104 min | Documentary
An investigative documentary that examines the systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas, Nevada exposing a cautionary tale where some of our society's most vulnerable citizens are robbed of their life savings and freedom.
Director: Billie Mintz | Star: Dee Drenta
Votes: 120
19. Searchers (2021)
81 min | Documentary
Alternately humorous and touching, Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.
Director: Pacho Velez | Stars: Ruddy Harootian, Disnie Sebastien
Votes: 88
20. Petit mal (2022)
89 min | Drama
Have you ever met a throuple? We are opening our home's doors to show you how our life is, how we, as a women's throuple, live with the absence of one of us. This real-life fiction shows us... See full summary »
Director: Ruth Caudeli | Stars: Silvia Santamaría, Ruth Caudeli, Ana María Otálora
Votes: 91
21. Mija (2022)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Music
Follows Doris Muñoz, who began a career in music talent management and met Jacks Haupt, an auspicious young singer. Both share the ever-present guilt of being the first American-born members of their undocumented families.
Director: Isabel Castro | Stars: Jacks Haupt, Raúl Mascorro, Carlos Muñoz, Doris Muñoz
Votes: 73
22. Bebe's Kids (1992)
PG-13 | 72 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
To impress his new girlfriend, a man agrees to look after her friend's kids, only to find that they are uncontrollably rambunctious.
Director: Bruce W. Smith | Stars: Faizon Love, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Robin Harris, Wayne Collins
Votes: 5,520 | Gross: $8.44M
23. The Civil Dead (2022)
104 min | Comedy
A misanthropic, struggling photographer just wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but when a desperate old pal resurfaces, his plans are thwarted, with spooky consequences.
Director: Clay Tatum | Stars: Clay Tatum, Whitmer Thomas, DeMorge Brown, Budd Diaz
Votes: 616
24. Funny Pages (2022)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
Director: Owen Kline | Stars: Daniel Zolghadri, Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel, Maria Dizzia
Votes: 3,647
25. The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2022)
96 min | Drama
A family man, hoping to prove his survivalist capabilities and manliness to his family, decides to irresponsibly head off into the woods and go deer hunting by himself.
Director: Robert Machoian | Stars: Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James, Carl Kennedy
Votes: 955
26. The Pez Outlaw (2022)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.
Directors: Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel | Stars: Steve Glew, Kathy Glew, Josh Glew, Mike Mitros
Votes: 2,786
27. Retrograde (I) (2022)
74 min | Drama
A minor traffic citation spirals into an all-consuming obsession for a neurotic young woman.
Director: Adrian Murray | Stars: Molly Reisman, Sofia Banzhaf, Bessie Cheng, Erik Anderson
Votes: 79
28. The Third Saturday in October Part V (2022)
89 min | Comedy, Horror
Follow an implacable killer as he stalks and butchers the occupants of houses across the stretch of one lone country road while the residents prepare to watch a yearly college-football bout.
Director: Jay Burleson | Stars: Kansas Bowling, Poppy Cunningham, Taylor Smith, Bart Hyatt
Votes: 348
29. The Third Saturday in October (2022)
96 min | Horror
When a psycho goes on a murderous rampage after surviving a botched execution, only two survivors of his initial attack can stop him.
Director: Jay Burleson | Stars: Darius Willis, K.J. Baker, Allison Shrum, Lew Temple
Votes: 389
30. All Man: The International Male Story (2022)
83 min | Documentary
A nostalgic and colorful peek behind the pages and personalities of International Male, one of the most ubiquitous and sought-after mail-order catalogs of the '80s and '90s.
Directors: Bryan Darling, Jesse Finley Reed | Stars: Matt Bomer, Brian Buzzini, Parvesh Cheena, John Coulter
Votes: 158
31. Thing from the Factory by the Field (2022)
26 min | Short, Drama
A band of teenage metalheads get more than they bargained for when they accidentally kill a demon during a satanic ritual.
Director: Joel Potrykus | Stars: Katya Ravie, Andie Stanek, Lydia Bonney, Elijah Hatcher-Kay
Votes: 102
32. Made by God (2022)
12 min | Short, Drama
Dylan is a directionless young man living in rural Florida, alienated from the few people around him by his mental illness. When Dylan's brother sends him away to stay with his friend for a... See full summary »
Director: Wyatt Weymouth | Stars: Titus Hedstrom, Justin Capaz, Dennis Martinelli, Jonathan Wolding
33.
Bite Size Halloween (2020– )
Episode:
Occupational Hazard
(2021)
Horror
While working deep in a West Virginia coal mine, Diana is exposed to a mysterious gas that seeps into her everyday life.
Director: Ursula Ellis | Stars: Virginia Newcomb, Ben Long
Votes: 73
34. Bootyology (2023)
Comedy
When a documentary crew sets out to explore the relationship between artificial intelligence and popular music, their journey takes a turn when they stumble across a mystery involving the disappearance of infamous rap duo, The Booty Boys.
Director: Joe Eddy | Stars: Brian Austin Green, Chris Lightbody, Spencer Yaras, Alysha Young
Votes: 14
35. Quantum Cowboys (2022)
99 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory ... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Marslett | Stars: Kiowa Gordon, Lily Gladstone, John Way, David Arquette
Votes: 142
36. Cyst (2020)
73 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the 1960s a nurse's last day is ruined when a doctor inadvertently creates a cyst monster that terrorizes the office.
Director: Tyler Russell | Stars: Eva Habermann, George Hardy, Greg Sestero, Jason Douglas
Votes: 1,045
37. Warm Blood (2022)
86 min | Drama
Red, a runaway in the 1980s, returns to the outskirts of her NorCal hometown to track down her wayward father and falls in with a young drifter.
Director: Rick Charnoski | Stars: Haley Isaacson, Ryan Toothman, John Veit, Andy Roy
Votes: 32
38. Resurrection (2022)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David returns - that is - carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.
Director: Andrew Semans | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper
Votes: 11,818
39. Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021)
PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War
A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II.
Director: Bianca Stigter | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Glenn Kurtz, Moszek Tuchendler
Votes: 649
40. Loving Highsmith (2022)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Based on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
Director: Eva Vitija | Stars: Annina Butterworth, Patricia Highsmith, Marijane Meaker, Courtney Coates Blackman
Votes: 526
41. The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Family
Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively, Thomas Ian Griffith
Votes: 69,189 | Gross: $38.96M
42. Bad Axe (2022)
100 min | Documentary
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump's rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Killing Fields.
Director: David Siev | Stars: Skyler Janssen, Michael Meinhold, Chun Siev, Jaclyn Siev
Votes: 501
43. A Life on the Farm (2022)
75 min | Documentary
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
Director: Oscar Harding | Stars: Derrick Beckles, Lehr Beidelschies, Charles Carson, John Harding
Votes: 107
44. Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (2007)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary
An examination of corruption and class warfare in Brazil as told through the stories of a wealthy businessman, a plastic surgeon who assists kidnapping victims and a politician whose income relies on a frog farm.
Director: Jason Kohn
Votes: 1,202 | Gross: $0.11M
45. Body Parts (2022)
86 min | Documentary
An examination of how the nude female body is hypersexualized, under attack and exploited on and off screen in Hollywood.
Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brittany Taylor Visser, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson
Votes: 372
46. Nothing Compares (2022)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
Director: Kathryn Ferguson | Stars: Sinéad O'Connor, Gay Byrne, John O'Connor, Bob Dylan
Votes: 3,086
47. Chop & Steele (2022)
81 min | Documentary
When childhood friends Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett start booking their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks end up going viral, landing them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate.
Directors: Berndt Mader, Ben Steinbauer | Stars: Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher, Scott Bass, Andy Bichlbaum
Votes: 227
48. Subject (I) (2022)
97 min | Documentary
Filmmakers examine the impact that well-known documentaries and their commercial success have had on the lives of their subjects. They focus on the ethics and responsibility inherent in documentary filmmaking.
Directors: Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera | Stars: Evgeny Afineevsky, Arthur Agee, Mukunda Angulo, Patricia Aufderheide
Votes: 204 | Gross: $0.00M
49. Cat Daddies (2022)
89 min | Documentary
Man has found a new best friend in this heartwarming collective portrait of nine unique men whose lives have been proudly and forever changed by their love for cats.
Director: Mye Hoang | Stars: Nathan Kehn, Ryan Robertson, David Durst, Jordan Lide
Votes: 262
50. The Thief Collector (2022)
96 min | Documentary, Crime
In 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.
Director: Allison Otto | Stars: Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Brandon Z Ruiz, Eric Banks
Votes: 498
51. God's Creatures (2022)
R | 100 min | Drama
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.
Directors: Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer | Stars: Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Declan Conlon
Votes: 3,375
52. Nothing Lasts Forever (2022)
87 min | Documentary
Illusions and reality merge, where authenticity and imagination overlap, and questions arise about the value we place on the goods around us.
Director: Jason Kohn | Stars: Dusan Simic, Martin Rapaport, Aja Raden, Tehmasp Printer
Votes: 936
53. A Walk with Joey (2022)
63 min | Documentary
Director: Dana Falletta Abercrombie | Stars: Joey Hale, Lionel James
54. Xanadu (1980)
PG | 96 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance
A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan
Votes: 15,392 | Gross: $22.76M
55. Refuge (II) (2021)
78 min | Documentary
Chris Buckley is a father, veteran, and a former leader of the KKK living in rural Georgia. Following concern from his wife, Buckley receives help from an extremist group interventionist. ... See full summary »
Directors: Erin Levin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship | Stars: Kazeen Abdullah, Farzana Barati, Khadija Barati, Khaty Barati
Votes: 30
56. Pretty Problems (2022)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jack and Lindsay are invited on a getaway trip with affluent strangers: down the rabbit hole, and into the most unhinged weekend of their lives. Can their relationship survive?
Director: Kestrin Pantera | Stars: Britt Rentschler, Michael Tennant, J.J. Nolan, Graham Outerbridge
Votes: 1,541
57. Descendant (2022)
PG | 109 min | Documentary, History
Follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship that carried enslaved Africans to the United States, as they reclaim their story.
Director: Margaret Brown | Stars: Theodore Arthur, Gary Autrey, Chris Davis, Joycelyn Davis
Votes: 1,418
58. Good Girl Jane (2022)
117 min | Crime, Drama
Failing to find intimacy in her broken home, a lonely young girl falls hard for a charming drug dealer and becomes entangled in his meth ring run by LA teens.
Director: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz | Stars: Odessa A'zion, Casey Adams, Fred Bernstein, Nina Bloomgarden
Votes: 46
59. Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way (2021)
98 min | Documentary
The story of Pedro Zamora, the charming young activist who transformed the face of AIDS in America by allowing MTV's REAL WORLD to chronicle his joy, his influence, and his journey with a disease that would ultimately kill him.
Directors: William T. Horner, Stacey Woelfel | Stars: Judd Winick, Pam Ling, Cory Murphy, Mohammed Bilal
Votes: 12
60. Unrivaled
60 min | Documentary | Completed
In 1899 Sewanee's mountaintop football team played the South's first 12 game season. They went 12-0 and, incredibly, traveled 2,500 miles by steam locomotive, playing an astonishing 5 games... See full summary »
Directors: David Crews, Norman Jetmundsen | Stars: Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit, Aubrey Black, Bobby Bowden
61. God's Country (II) (2022)
R | 102 min | Thriller
When a college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
Director: Julian Higgins | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Dan Gravage
Votes: 4,082
62. Lover, Beloved (2022)
78 min | Biography, Musical
Suzanne Vega reinterprets two talks from Carson McCullers.
Director: Michael Tully | Star: Suzanne Vega
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