An annual tradition, Solzy at the Movies presents the Solzy Awards for 2022 as a way of honoring the best achievements this year in film.
I need to say something specific about my top films list–The Fabelmans is #1 and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is #1A. I’ve yet to figure out how to change the numbering on WordPress. While many films fell short of my top 36 features, there are those that came very close but I decided to stop at 36 because it’s double-chai.
The Solzy Awards for 2022
Top 36 Narrative Features
- The Fabelmans
- Glass Onion
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Babylon
- Jurassic World Dominion
- The Batman
- The Adam Project
- The Menu
- Devotion
- She Said
- The Bubble
- Vengeance
- Clerks III
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Not Okay
- I Love My Dad
- Thirteen Lives
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Bros
- The Sea Beast
- Apollo 10 1/2
- The Woman King
- The Lost City
- Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
- A Man Called Otto
- Causeway
- The Inspection
- Ticket to Paradise
- See How They Run
- Rosaline
- Enola Holmes 2
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Menorah in the Middle
- The People We Hate at the Wedding
Top Comedy Features
- Glass Onion
- The Adam Project
- The Menu
- The Bubble
- Vengeance
- Clerks III
- Not Okay
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- I Love My Dad
- Bros
- The Lost City
- Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Ticket to Paradise
- See How They Run
- Rosaline
Best Documentary Features
Please see my Documentary Awards
DRAMA
Best Actor (TIE): Adam Sandler, Hustle; Jonathan Majors, Devotion, Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
Best Actress: Margot Robbie, Babylon (Runner-ups: Danielle Deadwyler, Till; Jennifer Lawrence, Causeway)
Best Supporting Actor: Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Best Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan, She Said (Runner-ups: Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Gabrielle Union, The Inspection)
COMEDY
Best Actor: Tom Hanks, A Man Called Otto, (Runner-ups: Ryan Reynolds, The Adam Project; Nicolas Cage, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, George Clooney, Ticket to Paradise)
Best Actress: Anya Taylor-Joy, The Menu (Runner-ups: Millie Bobby Brown, Enola Holmes 2, Julia Roberts, Ticket to Paradise, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosaline)
Best Supporting Actor: Pedro Pascal, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent/The Bubble
Best Supporting Actress: Janelle Monae, Glass Onion (Runner-up: Claudia Sulewski, I Love My Dad)
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Original Screenplay: Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans
Best Adapted Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, The Fabelmans
Best Editing: Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar, The Fabelmans
Best Original Score: John Williams, The Fabelmans
BEST FIRST FEATURES
- I Love My Dad
- The Inspection
- Emily the Criminal
- Honor Society
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCES
- Gabrielle LaBelle, The Fabelmans
- Walker Scobell, The Adam Project
Best Action Movie: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Comic Book Movie: The Batman
Best Comedy: Glass Onion
Best Drama: The Fabelmans
Best Animated Feature: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Action Comedy: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Romantic Comedy (TIE): Bros, The Lost City, Ticket to Paradise
Best Horror Comedy: The Menu
Best Sci-Fi Comedy: The Adam Project
Best Classic Hollywood Throwback: Ticket to Paradise
Best International Feature: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Music-Driven Film: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Best Hollywood Satire (TIE): The Bubble, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Western: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Best Santa Claus Movie To Become An Instant Holiday Classic: Violent Night
Even though I have my own list of films that I absolutely did not like, I will not list them here nor issue a list of worst films. There’s so much negativity online that I believe it’s time that we, as a collective, do away with listing the worst films of the year.
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