LISTS: Critics Poll 2022

Simon Abrams (Roger Ebert)

Hit the Road
Emma Mae
Vortex
A Man of Integrity
The Northman

Thelma Adams (US Weekly)

Lost Illusions
Happening
Petite Maman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Worst Person in the World
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Carlos Aguilar (Roger Ebert)

Hit the Road
Cha Cha Real Smooth
On the Count of Three
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Mad God

Ethan Alter (Yahoo Movies)

Crimes of the Future
Kimi
Neptune Frost
The Northman
We're All Going to the World's Fair

Jeffrey M. Anderson (SF Examiner)

Apollo 10-1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Crimes of the Future
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once
We're All Going to the World's Fair

David Ansen (Newsweek)

Benediction
A Chiara
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Great Freedom
Hit the Road
Navalny

Michael Atkinson (Village Voice)

Vortex
Crimes of the Future
Brighton 4th
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
The Worst Person in the World

Nicolas Bell (IONCINEMA.COM)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
Vortex
Memoria
You Won’t Be Alone
Compartment No. 6

Alex Billington (First Showing)

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun Maverick
Fresh
The Batman
Hit the Road

Chuck Bowen (Slant Magazine)

Vortex
The Cathedral
Apollo 10 1/2
Sundown
In Front of Your Face

Erik Childress (WGN Radio)

After Yang
The Batman
Nitram
The Outfit
X

Daryl Chin (Roger Ebert)

A New Old Play
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Crimes of the Future
After Yang
Lost Illusions
Petite Maman
Neptune Frost

Nick Clement (Variety)

Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
The Northman
Ambulance
Deep Water

Laura Clifford (Reeling Reviews)

Nitram
X
Il Buco
Great Freedom
Happening

Adam Cook (Freelance)

Apollo 10 1/2
Jackass Forever
Ambulance
Top Gun Maverick
Hustle

Freja Dam (Sound Venue)

Petite Maman
Happening
The Worst Person in the World
A House Made of Splinters
Turning Red

Mike D’Angelo (Freelance)

Emergency 
KIMI 
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood 
Crimes of the Future 
The Bob's Burgers Movie

AA Dowd (The AV Club)

Benediction
Crimes of the Future
The Girl and the Spider
Happening
We're All Going to the World's Fair

Greg Ellwood (The Playlist)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Worst Person in the World
After Yang
Petit Maman
Apples

John Encinias (The Film Stage)

Crimes of the Future
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Benediction

Steve Erickson (Sense of Cinema)

VORTEX
NEPTUNE FROST
WE'RE ALL GOING THE WORLD'S FAIR
FEAST
JACKASS FOREVER

Matt Fagerholm (Roger Ebert)

Cha Cha Real Smooth
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Happening
Relative
The Worst Person in the World

Scott Feinberg (The Hollywood Reporter)

Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Crimes of the Future
Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
The Northman

Adam Frazier (Slash Film)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
The Northman
RRR

Bill Goodykoontz (AZ Republic)

Everything Everywhere All the Time
Happening
Fire Island
Jockey
Montana Story

Karen Gordon (Original Cin)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
Petite Maman
The Northman
Men
Happening

Patrick Heidmann (Die Zeit)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
Benediction
Happening
Great Freedom
Petite Maman

Odie Henderson (Roger Ebert)

BENEDICTION
PETITE MAMAN
TURNING RED
HOLD YOUR FIRE
THE BOB'S BURGERS MOVIE

Barry Hertz (The Globe and Mail)

RRR
Ambulance
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Crimes of the Future

Aaron Hillis (director of programming, Cinedigm)

Cow
Crimes of the Future
Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
Petite Maman
RRR

Matt Hoffman (The Film School Rejects)

Anais in Love
This Much I Know to be True
Happening
Sundown
Ambulance

Robert Horton (The Scarecrow)

HAPPENING
HIT THE ROAD
IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
CELTS

Peter Howell (The Toronto Star)

Top Gun: Maverick
After Yang
Navalny
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Watcher
Crimes of the Future

Richard T Jameson (Variety)

After Yang
X
The Innocents
Operation Mincemeat
The Batman

Mark Johnson (Awards Daily)

Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Northman
The Batman
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Top Gun: Maverick

Dave Karger (TCM)

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Northman
Operation Mincemeat
Top Gun: Maverick
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Don Kaye (Den of Geek)

The Batman
Turning Red
The Duke
Men
Vortex

Adam Kempenaar (Filmspotting)

After Yang
The Batman
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Dear Mr. Brody
Fire of Love

Harry Knowles (Aint it Cool)

THE NORTHMAN
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THE OUTFIT
UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
APOLLO 10 1/2

Robert Koehler (Film Comment)

EXPEDITION CONTENT
FRIENDS AND STRANGERS
A NEW OLD PLAY
THE SACRED SPIRIT
THE TSUGUA DIARIES

Joanna Langfield (The Movie Minute)

Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Batman
Watcher
Happening

Eric Lavalee (IONCINEMA.COM)

Sundown
Playground
Great Freedom
Hit the Road
Vortex
Petite Maman

Will Leitch (NY Mag)

After Yang
Happening
Kimi
The Northman
Vortex

Craig D. Lindsey (Nashville Scene)

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS
JACKASS FOREVER
THE BOB’S BURGERS MOVIE
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

Wade Major (KPCC)

The Adam Project
The Survivor
The Automat
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman

Eric Marchen (That Shelf)

After Yang
Crimes of the Future
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Northman
Top Gun: Maverick

Phillip Martin (Phoenix New Times)

Rounding
Happening
Men
After Yang
Emergency

Steve Mears (Film Comment)

After Yang
Happening
The Innocents
The Outfit
Vortex

Jared Mobarak (The Film Stage)

Dinner in America
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Girl and the Spider
Montana Story
Playground

Victor Morton (Freelance)

Dual
The Northman
Pleasure
In Front of Your Face
Happening

Navalny

Michael Nordine (Paste Magazine)

Sundown
Petite Maman
Happening
In Front of Your Face
Watcher

Johnny Oleksinski (NY Post)

Cha Cha Real Smooth
Top Gun: Maverick
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Living
Emergency

Jason Osiason (Film Fanatics)

Ambulance
Watcher
X
Chip n Dales
Happening

Brian Owens (Calgary International Film Festival)

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE
THE NORTHMAN
AFTER YANG
LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS

Gerald Peary (The Arts Fuse)

Paris, 13th District
Vortex
Happening
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Mara Reinstein (US Weekly)

Top Gun: Maverick
Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Northman
Fresh
Fire Island

Timothy Rhys (Movie Maker)

The Northman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Kingsman
Petite Maman
Happening

Nathaniel Rogers (The Film Experience)

HAPPENING
AFTER YANG
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
GREAT FREEDOM
FIRE ISLAND

Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel)

Watcher
Vortex
Happening
Crimes of the Future
Apollo 10 1/2
Sundown
Nitram

Dan Sallitt (Filmmaker)

OUTSIDE NOISE
DECEPTION
IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE
WOOD AND WATER
THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER

Piero Scaruffi (Freelance)

You Won’t Be Alone
Nitram
Fresh
Cha Cha Real Smooth
The Girl and the Spider

Nick Schager (Slant Magazine)

After Yang
Great Freedom
Vortex
Kimi
Hit the Road

Christopher Schobert (The Film Stage)

After Yang
Emergency
The Girl and the Spider
The Innocents
The Northman

Niles Schwartz (Slant Magazine)

Petite Maman
Crimes of the Future
Kimi
Northman
Top Gun Maverick

Diego Semerene (Slant Magazine)

Great Freedom
Let Me Hear It Barefoot
To Love Again
Expedition Content
The Young Lovers

Steven Shaviro (Sense of Cinema)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
Crimes of the Future

Jason Shawan (Freelance)

Crimes of the Future
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Great Freedom
RRR
Vortex

Yael Shuv (Time Out Tel Aviv)

Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
Turning Red
Cyrano
The Unbearable weight of Massive Talent

David Sims (The Atlantic)

The Northman
RRR
After Yang
Top Gun: Maverick
Crimes of the Future

Alex Simon (AFI)

The Outfit
The Survivor
Apollo 10 1/2
Top Gun: Maverick
The Duke

Jeff Sneider (The Ankler)

Top Gun: Maverick
Cha Cha Real Smooth
X
The Northman
Jackass Forever

Marlow Stern (The Daily Beast)

The Worst Person in the World
Top Gun: Maverick
Happening
RRR
Everything Everywhere All At Once

David Sterritt (Christian Science Monitor)

Ted K
Playground
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Vortex
Nitram

Sara Stewart (NY Post)

Men
The Batman
Fresh
Top Gun: Maverick
Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Herb Stratford (KVOA 4-NBC)

After Yang
Brian and Charles
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Jockey
The Northman

Bob Strauss (SF Chronicle)

After Yang
Men
Emergency
Vortex
Crimes of the Future

Tony Stemme (Freelance)

Petite Maman
Happening
The Northman
After Yang
Memoria

Ed Symkus (Boston Globe)

Apollo 10 1/2
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Outfit
Top Gun: Maverick
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Benjamin Tovias (Yedioth Ahronoth)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Official Competition
Paris, 13th District
Ahed's Knee
Turning Red

Brian Truitt (USA Today)

The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fallout
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Mel Valentin (Screen Anarchy)

After Yang
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Happening
Crimes of the Future
You Won't Be Alone.

Daniel Waters (Filmmaker)

Everything Everywhere All The Time
RRR
The Girl and the Spider
Vortex
Paris, 13th District

Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere)

Watcher
Apollo 10 1/2
Crimes of the Future
The Northman
Top Gun: Maverick
Dog

Matthew Wilder (Filmmaker)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (James Benning)
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
THE NORTHMAN
VORTEX
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Blake Williams (Freelance)

Tsuga Diaries
The Last City
Mr. Bachmann
Apollo 10 1/2
Vortex

Chuck Wilson (LA Weekly)

After Yang
Benediction
Everything Everywhere
Happening
Petite Maman

Addison Wylie (The Wire Magazine)

After Yang
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Turning Red
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America