2022 in film

2022 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2022, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.

Evaluation of the year
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2022, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "This year, it’s all the more important to offer a widely inclusive list, because a wide range of American filmmakers have caught up with the inescapable phenomenon of the recent past: the resurgence of openly anti-democratic forces and brazenly hate-driven ideologies, the crisis of illegitimate rule, the menace of authoritarianism, the potential end of even our current debilitated American democracy. The phenomenon is certainly not limited to the United States, and filmmakers from around the world have long been confronting it in their own countries bravely, insightfully, and ingeniously. For years, many of the best American filmmakers have been making films of political outrage, with the unsurprising likes of Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, and Frederick Wiseman at the forefront, and such younger filmmakers as Jordan Peele, Garrett Bradley, and Eliza Hittman joining them. This year offers a shift in the cinematic paradigm by way of a host of memorable movies; there’s something new and extraordinary in the air, and it has precisely to do with history and memory—and, most powerfully, their intersection."

2022 box office records

 * The Jurassic Park franchise became the tenth film franchise to gross $6 billion with the release of Jurassic World Dominion.
 * Additionally, Jurassic World Dominion became the 50th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
 * The Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to gross $26 billion, $27 billion, and $28 billion with the releases of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
 * The Despicable Me and  Shrek franchises became the first animated film franchises and the 15th and 17th overall film franchises to gross $4 billion with the release of Minions: The Rise of Gru and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

Studio records

 * With the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures led over other film distributors in worldwide box office grosses and crossed the $4.9 billion mark for the eighth year. Disney's cumulative gross was generated from 16 film releases across its various studio divisions.
 * Top Gun: Maverick became the highest-grossing film distributed solely by Paramount Pictures worldwide, surpassing Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), and also Paramount's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, surpassing Titanic (1997).

Film records

 * Avatar: The Way of Water became the 51st film to gross $1 billion worldwide, the sixth film to gross $2 billion worldwide, the sixth-fastest film to cross the billion-dollar mark at 14 days, the second-fastest to gross the $2 billion mark, the highest-grossing film of 2022, and the highest-grossing film of the COVID-19 pandemic era.
 * It had the 11th-biggest global opening of all time and the third-biggest global opening for a film in the pandemic era behind Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, earning $441.7 million in its first weekend.
 * It also achieved the second-highest global opening weekend ever for a film released in IMAX cinemas with $48.8 million.
 * Top Gun: Maverick became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
 * Additionally, the film surpassed Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and also surpassed War of the Worlds (2005) to become Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office.
 * It also passed The Mummy (2017) as Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passed War of the Worlds (2005) as Cruise's biggest opening at the domestic box office and his first film to open to over $100million in the US.
 * Top Gun: Maverick also passed Shrek 2 (2004) for the lowest second weekend drop (29%) for a film that opened to over 100 Million Dollars.
 * It also passed Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), another Jerry Bruckheimer produced movie, to have the highest Memorial Day opening weekend and passed Shrek 2 (2004) to have the lowest second-weekend drop for a movie that made over $100M in its opening weekend.
 * Jurassic World Dominion became the 50th film to gross $1 billion worldwide.
 * Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness surpassed Spider-Man 3 (2007) to become director Sam Raimi's highest-grossing film.
 * Minions: The Rise of Gru became the highest-grossing animated film released since the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2020 anime film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train.
 * Black Panther: Wakanda Forever attained the biggest opening weekend ever for a film released in the month of November in the US and Canada with $181.3 million.
 * It was also the third-biggest opening weekend for a film in the US and Canada during the pandemic era, behind Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
 * Disney Africa reported that the film set an all-time box office record in West Africa and had the biggest opening of 2022 in East Africa, as well as the second-highest box office gross ever in Southern Africa.
 * In Nigeria, it achieved the highest opening weekend ever for a film.
 * Avatar became the first movie to gross more than $2.9 billion worldwide, following a worldwide re-release.

Events

 * March 11 - Everything Everywhere All at Once premieres at South by Southwest, becoming a cultural phenomenon in the independent film community and eventually A24's highest-grossing film at the time.
 * April – DNA testing indicates that Marilyn Monroe's biological father was Charles S. Gifford, her mother's line manager at a film studio.
 * April 8 – AT&T sells WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros., to Discovery, Inc., which then reorganizes to form the new media company Warner Bros. Discovery.
 * September 10 - The Fabelmans premieres at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the festival's People's Choice Award and marked the film's director Steven Spielberg's first film premiere at the festival.

Film festivals
List of some of the film festivals for 2022 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

By country/region

 * List of American films of 2022
 * List of Australian films of 2022
 * List of British films of 2022
 * List of Bangladeshi films of 2022
 * List of Canadian films of 2022
 * List of Chinese films of 2022
 * List of French films of 2022
 * List of Hong Kong films of 2022
 * List of Indian films of 2022
 * List of Bhojpuri films of 2022
 * List of Hindi films of 2022
 * List of Malayalam films of 2022
 * List of Tamil films of 2022
 * List of Telugu films of 2022
 * List of Kannada films of 2022
 * List of Marathi films of 2022
 * List of Punjabi films of 2022
 * List of Gujarati films of 2022
 * List of Tulu films of 2022
 * List of Indian Bengali films of 2022
 * List of Italian films of 2022
 * List of Japanese films of 2022
 * List of Nigerian films of 2022
 * List of Pakistani films of 2022
 * List of Portuguese films of 2022
 * List of Philippine films of 2022
 * List of Russian films of 2022
 * List of South Korean films of 2022
 * List of Spanish films of 2022

By genre/medium

 * List of action films of 2022
 * List of animated feature films of 2022
 * List of avant-garde films of 2022
 * List of crime films of 2022
 * List of comedy films of 2022
 * List of drama films of 2022
 * List of horror films of 2022
 * List of science fiction films of 2022
 * List of thriller films of 2022

Film debuts

 * Carla Díaz – Tomorrow Is Today
 * Clara Galle – Through My Window
 * Felix Kammerer - All Quiet on the Western Front
 * Anson Kong – Love Suddenly
 * Edan Lui – Chilli Laugh Story
 * Jer Lau – Mama's Affair
 * Julio Peña – Through My Window
 * Dora Postigo – Rainbow
 * Claudia Salas – Piggy
 * Keung To – Mama's Affair
 * Cloud Wan – Life Must Go On
 * Mallory Wanecque – The Worst Ones
 * Jema Galanza – Day Zero