Best Performances and Filmmakers of 2022

Brandon Vick's list of the best performances and filmmakers of 2022 is here!

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Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
– Meryl Streep, Actress

BEST ACTRESSES OF 2022

RUNNERS UP

  • Rebecca Hall- Resurrection
  • Zoë Kravitz- Kimi, The Batman
  • Jessie Buckley– Men, Women Talking
  • Jenna Ortega- Scream, The Fallout, X
  • Aubrey Plaza– Emily the Criminal
  • Regina Hall- Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
  • Keke Palmer– Nope
  • Jenny Slate- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones- Fresh, Where the Crawdads Sing
  • Amber Midthunder- Prey
  • Lesley Manville- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
  • Dakota Johnson– Cha Cha Real Smooth, Persuasion
  • Hong Chau – The Menu, The Whale
  • Margot Robbie– Babylon
  • Kerry Condon- The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Thandie Newton– God’s Country
  • Sofia Kappel- Pleasure
  • Janelle Monáe– Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Ana de Armas– Blonde
  • Angela Bassett- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Taylor Russell – Bones and All
  • Jennifer Lawrence– Causeway
  • Danielle Deadwyler- Till
  • Florence Pugh- Don’t Worry Darling
  • Frankie Corio- Aftersun
  • Laura Galán – Piggy

TOP FIVE

5. Mia Goth – X, Pearl
4. Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
3. Viola Davis– The Woman King
2. Cate Blanchett – Tár
1. Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once


BEST ACTORS OF 2022

RUNNERS UP

  • Adam Sandler- Hustle
  • Chris Pine- Don’t Worry Darling
  • Christopher Abbott – On the Count of Three
  • Daniel Craig– Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Cooper Raiff- Cha Cha Real Smooth
  • Paul Dano- The Batman, The Fabelmans
  • Brian Tyree Henry- Bullet Train, Causeway
  • Felix Kammerer- All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Daniel Radcliffe- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
  • Ralph Fiennes- The Forgiven, The Menu
  • Javier Bardem- The Good Boss
  • Paul Mescal- Aftersun
  • Robert Pattinson- The Batman
  • Barry Keoghan- The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Tom Cruise- Top Gun: Maverick
  • Brad Pitt- Bullet Train, Babylon
  • Bill Nighy- Living
  • Christian Bale- Amsterdam, The Pale Blue Eye
  • Nicolas Cage- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
  • Gabriel LaBelle- The Fabelmans
  • Timothée Chalamet– Bones and All
  • Brendan Gleeson– The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Jerrod Carmichael- On the Count of Three
  • Diego Calva – Babylon
  • Ke Huy Quan– Everything Everywhere All at Once

TOP FIVE

5. Alexander Skarsgård – The Northman
4. Brendan Fraser – The Whale
3. Austin Butler – Elvis
2. Mark Rylance – The Outfit, The Phantom of the Open, Bones and All
1. Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Batman, The Banshees of Inisherin


To make a film is easy; To make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.
– Alejandro González Iñárritu, Director

BEST DIRECTORS OF 2022

RUNNERS UP

  • Joseph Kosinski– Top Gun: Maverick
  • Jordan Peele– Nope
  • Steven Spielberg– The Fabelmans
  • Ti West– X, Pearl
  • Richard Linklater- Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
  • Jerrod Carmichael– On the Count of Three
  • Cooper Raiff– Cha Cha Real Smooth
  • Sophie Hyde– Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
  • Joel Crawford– Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • Robert Eggers– The Northman
  • Park Chan-wook– Decision to Leave
  • S. S. Rajamouli– RRR
  • Ruben Östlund– Triangle of Sadness
  • Angus MacLane– Lightyear
  • Mark Mylod– The Menu
  • Dean Fleischer-Camp– Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Baz Luhrmann– Elvis
  • Sarah Polley– Women Talking
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood– The Woman King
  • Guillermo del Toro– Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Damien Chazelle– Babylon
  • Zach Cregger- Barbarian
  • Edward Berger– All Quiet On the Western Front
  • Rian Johnson– Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

 TOP FIVE

5. Luca Guadagnino– Bones and All
4. James Cameron Avatar: The Way of Water
3. Matt Reeves – The Batman
2. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert  Everything Everywhere All at Once
1. Martin McDonagh  The Banshees of Inisherin

Brandon Vick is a member of The Music City Film Critics’ Association and the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the resident film critic of the SoBros Network, and the star of The Vick’s Flicks Podcast. Follow him on Twitter @SirBrandonV and be sure to search #VicksFlicks for all of his latest movie reviews.

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