Best Of 2022: a Summary of World Cinema

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Most Awarded Films:

2022 Film Festivals

Country:	Awarded Film	Event
	Triangle of Sadness	Cannes Film Festival	France
	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed	Venice Film Festival	Italy
	Alcarràs	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
	Kings of the World	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
	The Fabelmans	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
	Nanny	Sundance Film Festival	USA
	Bittersweet Rain	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
	Sisu	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
	Yin Ru Chen Yan	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

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2022 Awards

Country:	Awarded Film	Award
	Coming soon	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
	The Fabelmans (Drama) The Banshees of Inisherin (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
	Triangle of Sadness	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
	All Quiet on the Western Front	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
	Coming soon	Cesar Awards (France)	France
	Coming soon	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
	The Beasts	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
	Coming soon	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
	Coming soon	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

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Critics' Association Awards 2022

Country:	Awarded Film	Awards
	Top Gun: Maverick	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
	TÁR	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
	TÁR	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
	The Banshees of Inisherin	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
	Return to Seoul	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

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Best Films of 2022 According to World Famous Film Critics:

David Fear, Senior Editor of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Hit the Road
2		Lingui
3		Decision to Leave
4		Till
5		No Bears
6		Benediction
7		Aftersun
8		The Banshees of Inisherin
9		Athena
10		Fire of Love

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A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Nope
2		Neptune Frost
3		Mr Bachmann and His Class
4		Aftersun
5		No Bears
6		TÁR
7		Lost Illusions
8		Flux Gourmet
9		All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
10		Down with the King

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Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		EO
2		Petite maman
3		Nope
4		No Bears
5		Kimi
6		The Eternal Daughter
7		Happening
8		Decision to Leave
9		Expedition Content
10		All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Top Gun: Maverick
2		TÁR
3		Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
4		She Said
5		Armageddon Time
6		The Woman King
7		Triangle of Sadness
8		Three Minutes: A Lengthening
9		Aftersun
10		The Martha Mitchell Effect

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David Ehrlich, Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn , Chief Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Aftersun
2		TÁR
3		Everything Everywhere All at Once
4		The Banshees of Inisherin
5		Decision to Leave
6		All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
7		Top Gun: Maverick
8		Nope
9		The Fabelmans
10		After Yang

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Javier Ocaña, Chief Critic of El País - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Worst Person in the World
2		Alcarràs
3		The Beasts
4		Pacifiction
5		Moonage Daydream
6		Licorice Pizza
7		The Lost Daughter
8		The Accusation
9		Lost Illusions
10		Lullaby

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Luis Martínez, Chief Critic of El Mundo - listado películas internacionales - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Drive My Car
2		Licorice Pizza
3		Memoria
4		Aftersun
5		Happening
6		Nope
7		Close
8		EO
9		Tori and Lokita
10		Blonde

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Best TV Series of 2022 by World Famous Critics

James Poniewozik, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source

Country:	Film
	Reservation Dogs
	Abbott Elementary
	Atlanta
	Better Call Saul
	Better Things
	The Good Fight
	Los Espookys
	What We Do in the Shadows
	High School
	Killing It
	P-Valley
	My Brilliant Friend
	The Rehearsal
	Severance

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Alan Spinwall, TV Critic of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Reservation Dogs
2		Better Call Saul
3		Atlanta
4		Barry
5		Severance
6		The Bear
7		High School
8		What We Do in the Shadows
9		Pachinko
10		Andor

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Travis M. Andrews, Helena Andrews-Dyer, David Betancourt, Bethonie Butler, Sonia Rao , TV Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Bear
2		Abbott Elementary
3		The White Lotus 2
4		Atlanta
5		Andor
6		The Rehearsal
7		The Patient
8		The Dropout
9		This Fool
10		Under the Banner of Heaven

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Ben Travers, TV Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Rehearsal
2		Severance
3		What We Do in the Shadows
4		Undone
5		Barry
6		Better Call Saul
7		Los Espookys
8		Bad Sisters
9		Better Things
10		Andor

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2022:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2022 Worldwide

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Top Gun: Maverick	Action	Paramount / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Skydance	$1.488.733.000
2		Avatar: The Way of Water	Sci-Fi	20th Century / Lightstorm / TSG	$1.168.000.000
3		Jurassic World: Dominion	Sci-Fi	Amblin / Universal / Perfect World	$1.001.136.000
4		Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Fantasy	Marvel Studios / Walt Disney	$955.756.000
5		Minions: The Rise of Gru	Animation	Illumination / Universal Pictures	$939.433.000
6		Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Fantasy	Marvel / Walt Disney	787.136.000
7		The Batman	Thriller	Warner Bros. / DC Entertainment / 6th & Idaho	$770.836.000
8		Thor: Love and Thunder	Fantasy	Marvel / Walt Disney / Fox Studios	$760.928.000
9		Water Gate Bridge	Action	Bona Film Group	$626.572.000
10		Moon Man	Comedy	Alibaba Pictures / Beijing Mahua Funage / China Film	$460.238.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2022 in the US

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Top Gun: Maverick	Action	Paramount / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Skydance	$718.319.000
2		Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Fantasy	Marvel / Walt Disney	$418.162.000
3		Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Fantasy	Marvel Studios / Walt Disney	$411.332.000
4		Jurassic World: Dominion	Sci-Fi	Amblin / Universal / Perfect World	376.009.000
5		Minions: The Rise of Gru	Animation	Illumination / Universal Pictures	369.500.000
6		The Batman	Thriller	Warner Bros. / DC Entertainment / 6th & Idaho	$369.346.000
7		Avatar: The Way of Water	Sci-Fi	20th Century / Lightstorm / TSG Entertainment.	$358.000.000
8		Thor: Love and Thunder	Fantasy	Marvel / Walt Disney / Fox Studios	$343.257.000
9		Spider-Man: No Way Home	Fantasy	Marvel / Pascal / Columbia	$231.809.000
10		Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Adventure	Original Film / Paramount / SEGA / Blur Studio	$190.873.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2022 in their Country of Origin

Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
	Wunderschön	Drama	Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion / Warner Bros.	15.268.000€
	Padre no hay más que uno 3	Comedy	Bowfinger / Atresmedia / Sony / Amazon Prime	14.477.000€
	Serial (Bad) Weddings 3	Comedy	Orange Studio / UGC	16.561.000€
	One Piece Film Red	Animation	Toei Animation	$138.879.000
	¿Y cómo es él?	Comedy	3Pas Studios/ Pantelion Films	$3.115.000
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3	Fantasy	Warner Bros. / Heyday Films	$25.396.000

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The Best Films of 2022 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2022 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
7.8		Close
7.8		The Beasts
7.5		Manticore
7.5		Argentina, 1985
7.3		The Quiet Girl
7.3		Aftersun
7.3		The Fabelmans
7.3		Lullaby
7.2		The Banshees of Inisherin
7.2		Prison 77
7.2		Triangle of Sadness
7.2		Top Gun: Maverick
7.2		All Quiet on the Western Front

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The Best TV Series of 2022 according to Filmaffinity Users

Rating	Country:	TV Series
8.0		Chainsaw Man
7.9		Severance
7.7		The White Lotus 2
7.6		The Offer
7.6		Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
7.6		House of the Dragon
7.6		Heartstopper
7.6		Spy x Family
7.6		Stranger Things 4
7.5		Pachinko
7.5		Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
7.5		The Bear

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