If I was on-point about anything in 2022, it was my movie game. I watched 276 movies, 65 of them in theaters. Here's what I watched (those in bold and italicized were screened in cinemas).
Cronos
The Vigil
Man of Steel
The Prince
The 355
Scream (2022)
Dracula 1972 A.D.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Fugitive
Moonfall
Ultraviolet
Jackass Forever
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Countdown
Monster Hunter
Severance
Starship Troopers
Clash of the Titans (2010)
The Cursed
Injustice
From Paris with Love
Legion
Eight Legged Freaks
Geostorm
Death on the Nile
Punisher: War Zone
Escape Room
The Batman
The Deep House
Riddick
The One
Cleopatra
Batman: Soul of the Dragon
No Exit
Total Recall (2012)
X
Censor
London Has Fallen
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Anna and the Apocalypse
Pacific Rim
Lucy
Interstellar
The Lost City
Johnny Mnemonic
Justice Society: World War 2
Crime Wave
Black Crab
Fresh
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Infinite Storm
Morbius
Ambulance
Uncharted
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
See For Me
Triangle
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Night Watch
The Northman
Petite Maman
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Pitch Black
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Birdemic: Shock & Terror
Killer Sofa
They Came Together
Hatching
War of the Worlds (2005)
Pompo the Cinephile
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Wrath of the Titans
Choose or Die
Men
Bad Milo!
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Firestarter
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Brigsby Bear
The Devil Wears Prada
Turning Red
Top Gun: Maverick
Jurassic World Dominion
Watcher
Crimes of the Future
Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Lightyear
John Dies at the End
Paddington
The Black Phone
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Big Lebowski
Battle: Los Angeles
Wild WIld West
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Demolition Man
Elvis
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Thor: Love & Thunder
Oxygen
Interceptor
Daybreakers
The Accountant
Vampires
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
The Cave
Where the Crawdads Sing
Friday the 13th (2009)
Blair Witch (2016)
Wanted
Below Zero
Nope
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Troy
You Should Have Left
Mimic
Harold & Maude
Dave Made a Maze
Vengeance (2022)
The Bone Collector
Buried
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Eraser
The Gray Man
Bullet Train
Emily the Criminal
Midnight Run
Meander
Prey
The Courrier
The Net
The Silence of the Lambs
Flashdance
The River Wild
12 Feet Deep: Trapped Sisters
The Arbors
Fall
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Beast
The Reef: Stalked
The Invitation
Dante's Peak
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Dark Passage
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Lifeforce
Day Shift
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Death Valley
Jaws
RoboCop (2014)
Alligator
The Sadness
PG: Psycho Goreman
Ride the High Country
House of Bamboo
MacGruber
Creature
Blow-Up
Sisters
The Old Ways
Krull
Barbarian
See How They Run
Confess, Fletch
Great White
Piranha 3D
Goldeneye
Boar
Horror of Dracula
Pearl
Copycat
Don't Worry Darling
Doomsday
Frankenstein 1970
The Woman King
Universal Soldier
The Empty Man
Grizzly 2: Revenge
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Smile
The Car: Road to Revenge
Screamers
Bloody Hell
The Wretched
Bros
Incantation
Blood Glacier
Drag Me to Hell
Raven's Hollow
Sea Fever
The Batwoman (1968)
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Werewolf by Night
You're Next
The Curse of Frankenstein
There's Someone Inside Your House
Tar
Blood Quantum
Halloween Kills
Hellraiser (2022)
Amsterdam
Halloween Ends
Harpoon
Decision to Leave
The Taking of Deborah Logan
Hell House, LLC
Resurrection
The Brides of Dracula
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Dragon Wars
Avengement
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Fallen
Attack the Block
The Perfection
Mayhem
Slaughterhouse Rulez
Ava's Possession
Scanners
Out of the Fog
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
The Glass Key
This Gun for Hire
Aftersun
Detour
Significant Other
Prey for the Devil
Fallen Angel
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Corner
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Kiss of Death
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Abduction
Brute Force
Godzilla (1998)
The Naked City
Call Northside 777
Force of Evil
Cry of the City
Thieves' Highway
Caught
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Son of Godzilla
The Breaking Point
Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Panic in the Streets
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Godzilla vs. Mechgodzilla
He Ran All The Way
The House on Telegraph Hill
Bones and All
Sweet Smell fo Success
The Keep
Troll
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Dracula Untold
Avatar: The Way of Water
Christmas, Bloody Christmas
Babylon
The Maze Runner
Spoiler Alert
Violent Night
If you've met me, you know that cinema is my church. Therefore I cannot pick a single favorite. But I will share with you the five theatrical releases I enjoyed most. They are...
Petit Maman

Proof that you don't need an epic runtime to make a moving, cinematic masterpiece.
Tar

The performance of the year. Just give her all the damn awards already.
Smile

No other movie twisted me into a pretzel like this one. An A+ theatrical experience.
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Holy crap. This is the dense, mega-movie I wish I would have made. SO GOOD!
Top Gun: Maverick

The best goddamn feel-good movie of the year. Every time I think of it, I still smile.
There you have it. That was a my 2022. What about your movie-going year? What won you over?
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