By Andrew Buckner
*Please note: The inclusion of the films on this list is based on the criteria of an official 2022 release date in the U.S.
105. Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Director: Elvis Mitchell
104. Utama
Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi
103. Women Talking
Director: Sarah Polley
102. Causeway
Director: Lila Neugebauer
101. Fire of Love
Director: Sara Dosa
100. Argentina, 1985
Director: Santiago Mitre
99. White Noise
Director: Noah Bambauch
98. The Fallout
Director: Megan Park
97. Empire of Light
Director: Sam Mendes
96. Jurassic Punk
Director: Scott Leberecht
95. The VHS Strangler – The Giallo Tapes
Directors: Rob Ceus, Jim Stramel, Inge Vanleene, David Strojan, Tony Newton, Joe Cash, Fabrizio Spurio, Gore Filth, Wilhelm Muller, Derek Braasch, Glen Cook, Bo Sels, Kaylan Jordan-Sen, John Migliori
94. Infinite Storm
Directors: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michael Englert
93. Men
Director: Alex Garland
92. See How They Run
Director: Tom George
91. Emily the Criminal
Director: John Patton Ford
90. Triangle of Sadness
Director: Ruben Ostlund
89. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Director: Rian Johnson
88. Operation Mincemeat
Director: John Madden
87. The Last Thing Mary Saw
Director: Edoardo Vitaletti
86. The Whale
Director: Darren Aronofsky
85. Deep Water
Director: Adrian Lyne
84. You Are Not My Mother
Director: Kate Dolan
83. The Sadness
Director: Rob Jabbaz
82. Straight to VHS
Director: Emilio Silva Torres
81. Studio 666
Director: BJ McDonnell
80. Scream
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillet
79. Hellbender
Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
78. Flux Gourmet
Director: Peter Strickland
77. Nezura 1964
Director: Hiroto Yokokawa
76. Belle
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
75. RRR (Rise Roar Revolt)
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
74. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Director: Jane Shoenburn
73. You Won’t Be Alone
Director: Goran Stovelski
72. VHS Love: Cult Cinema Obsession
Director: Tony Newton
71. The Found Footage Phenomenon
Directors: Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott
70. Fall
Director: Scott Mann
69. Bones and All
Director: Luca Guadagnino
68. Armageddon Time
Director: James Gray
67. Pearl
Director: Ti West
66. Shakespeare’s Sh*tstorm
Director: Lloyd Kaufman
65. Clerks III
Director: Kevin Smith
64. Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe
Director: Mike Judge
63. Nope
Director: Jordan Peele
62. Speak No Evil
Director: Christian Tafdrup
61. The Black Phone
Director: Scott Derrickson
60. Terrifier 2
Director: Damien Leone
59. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Director: Richard Linklater
58. Elvis
Director: Baz Luhrman
57. Strawberry Mansion
Directors: Albery Birney, Kentucker Audley
56. X
Director: Ti West
55. Cow
Director: Andrea Arnold
54. All Quiet on the Western Front
Director: Edward Berger
53. Devotion
Director: J.D. Dillard
52. Vesper
Directors: Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
51. The Menu
Director: Mark Mylod
50. A Wounded Fawn
Director: Travis Stevens
49. Barbarian
Director: Zach Cregger
48. Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen
Director: Daniel Raim
47. Aftersun
Director: Charlotte Wells
46. Prey
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
45. Piggy
Director: Carlotta Martinez-Pereda
44. Resurrection
Director: Andrew Semans
43. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
42. Pennywise: The Story of It
Director: Chris Griffiths
41. Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night
Director: Gonzalo Calzada
40. Luci and Desi
Director: Amy Poehler
39. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Director: Rory Kennedy
38. A Hero
Director: Asghar Farhadi
37. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji
36. Cyrano
Director: Joe Wright
35. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Director: Eric Appel
34. Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
33. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
32. Something in the Dirt
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
31. Sr.
Director: Chris Smith
30. Decision to Leave
Director: Park Chan-wook
29. Crimes of the Future
Director: David Cronenberg
28. Petite Maman
Director: Celine Sciamma
27. The Woman King
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
26. Uncle Sleazo’s Toxic & Terrifying T.V. Hour
Director: Lucky Cerruti
25. The Man in Room 6
Directors: Trevor Juenger, Carrie Juenger
24. The Northman
Director: Robert Eggers
23. The House
Directors: Paloma Baeza, Emma De Swaef, Niki Londroth von Bahr, Marc James Roels
22. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp
21. Disorienting Dick
Director: Richard Griffin
20. The Outfit
Director: Graham Moore
19. Soft & Quiet
Director: Beth de Araujo
18. Nitram
Director: Justin Kurzel
17. Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die
Director: Gonzalo Calzada
16. The Worst Person in the World
Director: Erik Vogt
15. Higher Methods
Director: Nathan Suher
14. Jurassic World: Dominion
Director: Colin Trevorrow
13. Babylon
Director: Damien Chazelle
12. Tar
Director: Todd Field
11. The Banshees of Inisherin
Director: Martin McDonagh
10. Till
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
9. She Said
Director: Maria Schrader
8. The Innocents
Director: Eskil Vogt
7. Happening
Director: Audrey Diwana
6. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Director: Guillermo del Toro
5. Mad God
Director: Phil Tippett
4. The Fablemans
Director: Steven Spielberg
3. Neptune Frost
Directors: Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
2. Moonage Daydream
Director: Brett MOrgen
1. Vortex
Director: Gaspar Noe
Runners-Up:
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Director: Alex Phillips
Ash and Bone
Director: Harley Wallen
Blonde
Director: Andrew Dominik
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Director: Halinah Reijn
Brian and Charles
Director: Jim Archer
Emancipation
Director: Antoine Fuqua
The Eternal Daughter
Director: Joanna Hogg
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Hatching
Director: Hanna Bergholm
Jackass Forever
Director: Jeff Tremaine
The Leech
Director: Eric Pennycoff
Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge
Directors: Aaron B. Koontz, Anthony Cousins, Rachele Wiggins, Alexandra Barreto, Jed Shepherd
To Leslie
Director: Michael Morris
Troll
Director: Roar Uthaug
The Wonder
Director: Sebastian Lelio
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