8,624 films on the site were released in 2022, and 918 have enough critic or audience ratings to be ranked. The Legend of Maula Jatt tops the list, ahead of Hit the Road and Time. The biggest hit was Avatar: The Way of Water with $2.3B worldwide, and Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars.
The Legend of Maula Jatt is the best-rated film of 2022, with an Echo Score of 91, ahead of Hit the Road (Echo Score 90). Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
#1 of 918 Best-rated film of 2022
2022 Fantasy Drama Action 2h 33m Punjabi
91 Echo Score $13.9M worldwide
Directed by Bilal Lashari
The Legend of Maula Jatt earned $13.9M worldwide; the year's biggest hit, Avatar: The Way of Water, earned $2.3B.
About The Legend of Maula JattHit the Road and Time follow The Legend of Maula Jatt. Drama is the most common genre in the top 25 (14 films). Ti West has 2 films on the list. Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
2022 · Musical, Documentary · 1h 30m
Dir. Michael John Warren
2022 · Comedy · 1h 29m
2022 · Documentary · 1h 30m
Dir. Julia Mintz
2022 · Action, Fantasy · 1h 45m
Dir. Seong-Hu Park
2022 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 1h 49m
Dir. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
2022 · Drama, Comedy · 2h 13m
Dir. Mithran Jawahar
2022 · Documentary · 3h 37m
Dir. Maria Speth
2022 · Drama, Comedy · 1h 46m
Dir. Adam Rehmeier
2022 · Adventure, Comedy · 1h 42m
Dir. Bernard Derriman
2022 · Drama, History · 2h 29m
Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Avatar: The Way of Water earned $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Jurassic World Dominion ($1B). The top 10 took $9B together; 1,790 films released in 2022 have a box office record here. Grosses that look like data errors are left out.
#1 $2.3B worldwide Avatar: The Way of Water $688.5M domestic · Action 
#2 $1B worldwide Jurassic World Dominion $376.9M domestic · Action 
#3 $955.8M worldwide Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $411.3M domestic · Action 
#4 $940.5M worldwide Minions: The Rise of Gru $370.5M domestic · Adventure 
#5 $859.2M worldwide Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $453.8M domestic · Action 
#6 $772.3M worldwide The Batman $369.3M domestic · Action 
#7 $760.9M worldwide Thor: Love and Thunder $343.3M domestic · Action 
#8 $487.6M worldwide Lost in the Stars $1.7M domestic · Thriller 
#9 $480.5M worldwide Puss in Boots: The Last Wish $186.1M domestic · Adventure 
#10 $407.2M worldwide Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore $95.9M domestic · Action Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with 33 wins from 62 nominations, then Elvis with 15 wins. Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars. In all, 169 films released in 2022 have award nominations on the site, with 164 wins between them.
The highest-ranked 2022 film of 12 genres, from Fantasy (The Legend of Maula Jatt) to Romance (Thiruchitrambalam). Each film appears once, under its first genre that is still free.
The Legend of Maula Jatt 91 Echo Score Hit the Road 90 Echo Score Time 90 Echo Score Spring Awakening: Those You've Known 90 Echo Score 
X 89 Echo Score The Innocents 89 Echo Score 777 Charlie 89 Echo Score Ronnie's 89 Echo Score Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie 88 Echo Score A Hero 88 Echo Score Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island 88 Echo Score Thiruchitrambalam 88 Echo Score October was the busiest month of 2022 with 1,037 releases; its best-rated film is The Legend of Maula Jatt.
46% of 2022's films with a known language are in English (3,937). Spanish comes next with 581 films, out of 101 languages in all.
A best-of page for each of 55 years, from 1900 to 2026 (so far). Before 1980 there is one page per decade, for its first year (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970); from 1980 every year has its own.
Quick answers about 2022's best-rated films, biggest hits and awards, from the lists above.
The Legend of Maula Jatt is the best-rated film of 2022 on What's After the Movie, with an Echo Score of 91. Hit the Road is second and Time third. Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.
About The Legend of Maula JattAvatar: The Way of Water earned $2.3B worldwide, the most of any 2022 release on the site. Jurassic World Dominion follows with $1B.
2022 box officeEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022) won Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Everything Everywhere All at OnceEverything Everywhere All at Once has the best award record of the 2022 releases on the site: 33 wins from 62 nominations.
2023 awards seasonThe site lists 8,624 films released in 2022. 918 of them are ranked, and October had the most releases with a known day (1,037).
Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating. Only feature films count (60 minutes or longer, no concert recordings), and a film needs enough ratings, box office or award attention to be ranked.
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