My Favorite Films of 2022

"The moment you said you loved me, your love is over. The moment your love ends, my love begins."

Directed by Park Chan-wook
Written by Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography by Kim Ji-yong
Editing by Kim Sang-beom

"I am not putting me donkey outside when I'm sad, okay?"

Directed by Martin McDonagh
Written by Martin McDonagh
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography by Ben Davis
Editing by Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

"Don't be so eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring kind of conformity."

Directed by Todd Field
Written by Todd Field
Music by Hildur Guðnadóttir
Cinematography by Florian Hoffmeister
Editing by Monika Willi

"I will avenge you, Father! I will save you, Mother! I will kill you, Fjölnir!"

Directed by Robert Eggers
Written by Robert Eggers and Sjón
Music by Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough
Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke
Editing by Louise Ford

"If you want to tell me what to do, put me on the fucking payroll!"

Directed by John Patton Ford
Written by John Patton Ford
Music by Nathan Halpern
Cinematography by Jeff Bierman
Editing by Harrison Atkins

"I hadn't known love before, and when it came it was just so... simple."

Directed by Max Walker-Silverman
Written by Max Walker-Silverman
Music by Ramzi Bashour
Cinematography by Alfonso Herrera Salcedo
Editing by Affonso Gonçalves and Max Walker-Silverman

"What fucking nerd shots his whole family?"

Directed by Kristoffer Borgli
Written by Kristoffer Borgli
Music by Turns
Cinematography by Benjamin Loeb
Editing by Kristoffer Borgli

"Never argue with an idiot, they'll only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."

Directed by Ruben Östlund
Written by Ruben Östlund
Music by
Cinematography by Fredrik Wenzel
Editing by Mikel Cee Karlsson and Ruben Östlund

"I don't trust you. It doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong about that, it matters that I feel it."

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Written by David Kajganich and Camille DeAngelis
Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Cinematography by Arseni Khachaturan
Editing by Marco Costa

"You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve."

Directed by Mark Mylod
Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy
Music by Colin Stetson
Cinematography by Peter Deming
Editing by Christopher Tellefsen

"There's no Nobel prize for father of the year, you know?"

Directed by Jakob Rørvik
Written by Jakob Rørvik
Music by Florent Chronie-De Maria and Jeremy Villecourt
Cinematography by Andreas Bjørseth
Editing by Thomas Grotmol

"While you may have eternal life, your loved ones, they do not."

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
Written by Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography by Frank Passingham
Editing by Holly Klein and Ken Schretzmann

"Fear is a tool. When that light hits the sky, it's not just a call. It's a warning."

Directed by Matt Reeves
Written by Matt Reeves and Peter Craig
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Editing by William Hoy and Tyler Nelson

"My brother didn't do nothing, he was a good man. But I'm not!"

Directed by Michael Bay
Written by Chris Fedak
Music by Lorne Balfe
Cinematography by Roberto De Angelis
Editing by Doug Brandt, Pietro Scalia and Calvin Wimmer

"No, I'm a star! Please, I'm a *star!* Please, somebody help me! Please help me! *Help me!*"

Directed by Ti West
Written by Ti West and Mia Goth
Music by Tyler Bates and Tim Williams
Cinematography by Eliot Rockett
Editing by Ti West

"I'm gonna be forty soon, and nobody's gonna remember me."

Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Written by Baz Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner
Music by Elliott Wheeler
Cinematography by Mandy Walker
Editing by Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa

"I see now. I can't save my family by running. This is our home. This is our fortress. This is where we make our stand."

Directed by James Cameron
Written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno
Music by Simon Franglen
Cinematography by Russell Carpenter
Editing by James Cameron, David Brenner, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin

"This is as far as you go. No more. This is it."

Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
Written by Dan Trachtenberg and Patrick Aison
Music by Sarah Schachner
Cinematography by Jeff Cutter
Editing by Claudia Castello and Angela M. Catanzaro

"This dream you're chasing, where you end up at the top of the mountain, all eyes on you... it's the dream you never wake up from."

Directed by Jordan Peele
Written by Jordan Peele
Music by Michael Abels
Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema
Editing by Nicholas Monsour

"There is no human, nor angel, nor demon, who wouldn't grasp at the chance to fulfil their deepest longings. And I am saddled with the one who claims to want nothing at all? Alithea Binnie, you are a liar!"

Directed by George Miller
Written by George Miller and Augusta Gore
Music by Junkie XL
Cinematography by John Seale
Editing by Margaret Sixel

"So, even though you have broken my heart yet again, I wanted to say, in another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you."

Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Music by Son Lux
Cinematography by Larkin Seiple
Editing by Paul Rogers

"I need to know that I have done one right thing with my life!"

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Samuel D. Hunter
Music by Rob Simonsen
Cinematography by Matthew Libatique
Editing by Andrew Weisblum

"The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction."
"Maybe so, sir. But not today."

Directed by Joseph Kosinski
Written by Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
Music by Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Claudio Miranda
Editing by Eddie Hamilton

"Surgery is the new sex."

Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by David Cronenberg
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography by Douglas Koch
Editing by Christopher Donaldson

"It's all regrets. You run as fast as you can from the last regret and of course you are just running straight into the next one. That's life. It's all regrets. That's what they should say. No other way to be alive. It's all regrets. Make 'em count."

Directed by B.J. Novak
Written by B.J. Novak
Music by Finneas O'Connell
Cinematography by Lyn Moncrief
Editing by Andy Canny, Hilda Rasula and Plummy Tucker