2022 Movies
Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 2022, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.
Clean
Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar
Country: France
Outline: After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.
The Recruit
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht
Country: United States of America
Outline: A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Directed by: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski, Erica Leerhsen
Country: United States of America
Outline: After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Blood
Directed by: Nick Murphy
Starring: Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Brian Cox, Mark Strong
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Seasons: 1
Clown
Directed by: Jon Watts
Starring: Andy Powers, Laura Allen, Peter Stormare, Christian Distefano
Country: United States of America
Outline: A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize that it's cursed.
Borderland
Directed by: Zev Berman
Starring: Brian Presley, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Beto Cuevas
Country: Mexico
Outline: On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.
Revolver
Directed by: Sergio Sollima
Starring: Agostina Belli, Paola Pitagora, Fabio Testi, Oliver Reed, Sal Borgese, Carla Mancini, Jacques Herlin, Steffen Zacharias, Marco Mariani, Calisto Calisti, Michel Bardinet, Daniel Beretta
Country: Italy
Feed
Directed by: Brett Leonard
Starring: Alex O'Loughlin, Patrick Thompson, Gabby Millgate, Jack Thompson
Country: Australia
Outline: A cybercrime investigator tracks a man (O'Loughlin) suspected of force-feeding women to death.
Red
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss, John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Karl Urban, Bruce Willis, Julian McMahon
Country: United States of America
Maggie
Directed by: Henry Hobson
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson
Country: United States of America
Van Helsing
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Silvia Colloca
Country: United States of America
Shut In
Directed by: Farren Blackburn
Starring: Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Jacob Tremblay, Charlie Heaton
Country: United States of America
Reasonable Doubt
Directed by: Peter Howitt
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson, Erin karpluk, Gloria Reuben
Country: Germany
Avatar
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez
Country: United States of America
Outline: A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry
Country: United States of America
Outline: An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.
Panhandle
Directed by: Lesley Selander
Starring: Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Anne Gwynne
Outline: John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.
Heartbreak High
Directed by: Mark Warren
Starring: John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster, Thom Haverstock
Outline: Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the opening kickoff, various students from each ...
Promised Land
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Run & Gun
Directed by: Christopher Borrelli
Starring: Angela Sarafyan, Mark Dacascos, Richard Kind, Brad William Henke
Outline: After leaving a life of crime and violence, Ray is a reformed good guy, enjoying a quiet family life in the 'burbs. But when his past is discovered, Ray is blackmailed into one last job to ...
Agent Game
Directed by: Grant S. Johnson
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jason Isaacs, Dermot Mulroney, Adan Canto
Outline: A CIA officer finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for the death of an interrogation subject.
A Tear in the Sky
Directed by: Caroline Cory
Starring: William Shatner, Travis Taylor, Caroline Cory, Michio Kaku
Outline: This award-winning documentary A Tear in the Sky takes you on an unprecedented journey into the UFO / UAP phenomenon. A team of military personnel, scientists and special guest William ...
Abandoned
Directed by: John Laing
The Bear
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Mr. Malcolm's List
Directed by: Emma Holly Jones
Starring: Theo James, Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Freida Pinto
Outline: A young woman courts a mysterious wealthy suitor in 19th century England.
He's Watching
Directed by: Jacob Estes
Starring: Gerald Davis, Iris Serena Estes, Jacob Estes, Lucas Steel Estes
Outline: A pair of happy-go-lucky siblings, left alone while their parents recover from an illness, play a series of pranks on each other. The game becomes nightmarish when they realize something ...
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