2022: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. TÁR (dir: Todd Field)

2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (dir: Laura Poitras)

3. The Fabelmans (dir: Steven Spielberg)

4. Petite Maman (dir: Céline Sciamma; US Release Date)

5. Blonde (dir: Andrew Dominik)

6. Crimes of the Future (dir: David Cronenberg)

7. The Banshees of Inisherin (dir: Martin McDonagh)

8. Saint Omer (dir: Alice Diop)

9. Decision to Leave (dir: Park Chan-wook)

10. Nope (dir: Jordan Peele)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): After Yang (dir: Kogonada), Aftersun (dir: Charlotte Wells), The Batman (dir: Matt Reeves), The Black Phone (dir: Scott Derrickson), Corsage (dir: Marie Kreutzer), Elvis (dir: Baz Luhrmann), The Eternal Daughter (dir: Joanna Hogg), Everything Went Fine (dir: François Ozon; English-language Release Date), Flux Gourmet (dir: Peter Strickland), Happening (dir: Audrey Diwan; US Release Date), Hit the Road (dir: Panah Panahi; US Release Date), Nanny (dir: Nikyatu Jusu), RRR (dir: S. S. Rajamouli), Saloum (dir: Jean Luc Herbulot; US Release Date), Till (dir: Chinonye Chukwu), Top Gun: Maverick (dir: Joseph Kosinski), We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (dir: Jane Schoenbrun; US Release Date), and The Worst Person in the World (dir: Joachim Trier; US Release Date)

Best Film of the Year: TÁR
Director: Todd Field Producer: Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan
US Distributor: Focus Features

Best Director:
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
2. Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
3. Todd Field, TÁR
4. Céline Sciamma, Petite Maman
5. Andrew Dominik, Blonde

Best Actor:
Franz Rogowski, Great Freedom
2. Austin Butler, Elvis
3. Caleb Landry Jones, Nitram
4. Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin AND After Yang
5. Jeremy Pope, The Inspection

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
2. Danielle Deadwyler, Till
3. Sophie Marceau, Everything Went Fine
4. Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
5. Tang Wei, Decision to Leave

Best Supporting Actor:
Paul Dano, The Batman AND The Fabelmans
2. Anders Danielsen Lie, The Worst Person in the World
3. Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
5. Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time

Best Supporting Actress
Guslagie Malanda, Saint Omer
2. Nina Hoss, TÁR
3. Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Chloe East, The Fabelmans
5. Sheila McCarthy, Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay
TÁR — Todd Field
2. The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
3. The Fabelmans — Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg
4. Crimes of the Future — David Cronenberg
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Everything Went Fine — François Ozon and Philippe Piazzo
2. Happening — Audrey Diwan and Marcia Romano
3. After Yang — Kogonada
4. Benediction — Terrence Davies
5. Living — Kazuo Ishiguro

Best Cinematography
White Noise — Lol Crowley
2. Blonde — Chayse Irvin
3. Athena — Matias Boucard
4. Corsage — Judith Kaufmann
5. The Eternal Daughter — Ed Rutherford

Best Original Score
Blonde — Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
2. Crimes of the Future — Howard Shore
3. Stars at Noon — Tindersticks
4. Till — Abel Korzeniowski
5. Nope — Michael Abels

Best Film Editing
Elvis — Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once — Paul Rogers
3. TÁR – Monika Willi
4. RRR — A. Sreekar Prasad
5. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — Joe Bini, Amy Foote, and Brian A. Kates

Best Production Design
White Noise — Jess Gonchor and Claire Kaufman
2. Elvis — Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Beverly Dunn, Shaun Barry, and Daniel Reader
3. Amsterdam — Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia, and Erin Fite
4. Babylon — Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
5. Bardo — Eugenio Caballero, Alejandra Borre, Daniela Rojas, Mercedes Hachuel

Best Costume Design
Corsage – Monika Buttinger
2. RRR — Rama Rajamouli
3. Elvis — Catherine Martin
4. Babylon – Mary Zophres
5. Death on the Nile — Paco Delgado

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of the Water
2. Nope
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. The Northman
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Sound
Nope
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. TÁR
4. RRR
5. Babylon

Best Makeup
Blonde
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. The Northman
4. Amsterdam
5. The Eternal Daughter

Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras
2. Riotsville, U.S.A. — Sierra Pettengill
3. All That Breathes — Shaunak Shen

Best Animated Feature
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Joel Crawford
2. Mad God — Phil Tippett
3. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On — Dean Fleischer Camp

Best Limited Series
George & Tammy — John Hillcoat and Abe Sylvia
2. The Dropout — Elizabeth Meriwether
3. A Friend of the Family — Nick Antosca

Best Documentary Series
Mr. Bachmann and His Class — Maria Speth
2. TraumaZone — Adam Curtis
3. Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb — Jon Bois

Best First Feature:
Alice Diop, Saint Omer

Best Ensemble Cast: The Fabelmans

Best First Feature: Saint Omer

Best Ensemble Cast: The Fabelmans (dir: Steven Spielberg) Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Paul Dano, Chloe East (pictured), Oakes Fegley, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Judd Hirsch, Keely Karsten, Isabelle Kusman, Gabrielle LaBell (pictured), David Lynch, Sam Rechner, Seth Rogen, and Michelle Williams

RECAP

W I N S :

The Fabelmans — 3, TÁR — 3,
Blonde — 2, Saint Omer — 2, White Noise — 2, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — 1, Avatar: The Way of Water — 1, The Batman – 1, Corsage — 1, Elvis — 1, Everything Went Fine — 1, George & Tammy – 1, Great Freedom — 1, Mr. Bachmann and His Class — 1, Nope — 1, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

TÁR — 7,
The Fabelmans — 6, Blonde — 5, The Banshees of Inisherin — 5, Elvis — 4, Everything Everywhere All at Once — 4, Nope – 4, After Yang — 3, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — 3, Crimes of the Future — 3, Decision to Leave — 3, RRR — 3, Top Gun: Maverick — 3, Amsterdam — 2, Corsage — 2, Everything Went Fine — 2, Petite Maman — 2, Saint Omer — 2, Till — 2, White Noise — 2

the year-end project:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1940 - 1949, 1930 - 1939, 1920 - 1929 + Superlatives Index

Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s