The 10 best movies of 2022 made going to theaters fun again

The shifting winds of the movie industry have made actually going to the theater not as necessary as it used to be. But when the movies were at their best in 2022, as they were with the 10 films on this list, experiencing them on a big screen with hundreds of people around you was the only way to feel their full impact. Streaming still had its place in a couple of instances, but in most cases, going to the movie theater again felt vital.

Scroll through our critic's picks of the 10 best films of 2022 using the left and right arrows on each photo.