By Gary
What a year 2022 has been for film releases with long awaited sequels, hard hitting true stories and comic book adaptations continued to be a big draw.
Here are our 10 films of 2022 has your favourite made the list?
Synopsis: Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their planet.
Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet and Giovanni Ribisi.
Directed By: James Cameron.
2. She Said
Synopsis: New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan and Patricia Clarkson.
Directed By: Maria Schrader.
3. Top Gun: Maverick
Synopsis: After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Val Kilmer and Ed Harris.
Directed By: Joseph Kosinski.
4. Operation Mincemeat
Synopsis: During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops.
Stars: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Mark Gatiss and Jason Isaacs.
Directed By: John Madden.
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever!
Synopsis: The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T’Challa.
Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta and Martin Freeman.
Directed By: Ryan Coogler
6. The Batman
Synopsis: When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement.
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis and Peter Sarsgaard
Directed By: Matt Reeves
7. NOPE!
Synopsis: The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun and Michael Wincott.
Directed By: Jordan Peele
8. Amsterdam
Synopsis: In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Stars: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Taylor Swift, Timothy Olyphant, Zoe Saldana, Rami Malek and Robert De Niro.
Directed By: David O. Russell
9. ELVIS
Synopsis: The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Stars: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh and David Wenham.
Directed By: Baz Luhrmann
10. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Synopsis: Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl from his dreams who can travel across multiverses, to battle multiple threats, including other-universe versions of himself, which threaten to wipe out millions across the multiverse. They seek help from Wanda the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez and Rachel McAdams
Directed By: Sam Raimi
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