Here are two dozen films that competed in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and their scores on Metacritic (the largest aggregator site that collects reviews of movies, games and series). This is not a popular trend, but rather a cross-section that demonstrates the preferences not of individuals, but of American film critics as a whole.
How we've grouped data:
- all films are placed from top to bottom and left to right, from highest to lowest and in alphabetical order;
- the data is current as of early June 2022. With more reviews, the scores of movies and, as a result, their placement may change significantly;
- we also recommend that you read the results of Berlin Film Festival 2022.
Decision to Leave — 88 points (dir. Park Chan-wook)
Award: Best Director
Genre: mystery, thriller, romance
What is remarkable: a detective investigating a man's death quickly falls in love with his widow, even though she is the prime suspect.
Leila’s Brothers — 87 points (dir. Saeed Roustayi)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: Leyla, who spent most of her life caring for her brothers and helping her parents, decides to save her family from impending poverty.
Close — 82 points (dir. Lukas Dhont)
Award: Grand Prix
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: two 13-year-old friends are trying to maintain their friendship amid a troubled transition age.
Showing Up — 81 points (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Award: -
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: instead of quietly preparing for his new exhibition, the sculptor balances between his creative life and all sorts of troubles between his loved ones.
The Eight Mountains — 78 points (dir. Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen)
Award: Jury Prize
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: the story of a friendship between urban and country boys who do not want to repeat the fate of their own fathers, but inevitably get stuck in their footprints.
EO — 75 points (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
Award: Jury Prize
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: the biography of a gray donkey with sad eyes who meets a variety of people along the way — generous and unreasonably evil.
Nostalgia — 75 points (dir. Mario Martone)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: after 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown of Naples to remember the past and assess the path he has traveled.
Holy Spider — 75 points (dir. Ali Abbasi)
Award: Best Actress
Genre: thriller, drama
What is remarkable: an Iranian journalist is following in the footsteps of a serial killer who genuinely believes that he is doing God's will by killing prostitutes.
R.M.N. — 74 points (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: a man comes from Germany to his native Romanian village for the holidays to spend time with his son, despite the difficult relationship with his ex-wife.
Armageddon Time — 74 points (dir. James Gray)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: the story of growing up in Queens in New York in the 1980s, accompanied by the pursuit of the notorious American dream.
Broker — 74 points (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Award: Best Actor
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: “goodwill brokers” look for new parents for abandoned children, but since their activities are contrary to the law, they attract the interest of the police.
Tori and Lokita — 74 points (dir. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: young immigrants, who have traveled alone from Africa to Belgium, cherish their friendship and try to adapt to a new life.
Mother and Son — 73 points (dir. Leonor Serraille)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: in the late 1980s, the mother moved from Africa to France in the company of her young sons. The next 20 years will tell us about the warmth of family life and the hardships that go hand in hand.
Pacifiction — 72 points (dir. Albert Serra)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: Tahiti, the center of French Polynesia, is facing difficult times: while the shadow government is finding a common language with the local population, a mysterious submarine cruises around the island.
Cairo Conspiracy — 71 points (dir. Tarik Saleh)
Award: Best Screenplay
Genre: thriller, drama
What is remarkable: at the end of the summer holidays, the Grand Imam of Cairo University dies in front of students. This death foreshadows an uncompromising struggle for the vacant title.
Crimes of the Future — 67 points (dir. David Cronenberg)
Award: -
Genre: horror, sci-fi, drama
What is remarkable: in the near future, the artist is subjecting his body to radical mutations that should take humanity to a new stage of evolution.
Triangle of Sadness — 66 points (dir. Ruben Östlund)
Award: Palme d’Or
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: a motley group finds themselves locked up on a deserted island after a yacht wreck. Starring Woody Harrelson.
Stars at Noon — 63 points (dir. Claire Denis)
Award: Grand Prix
Genre: thriller, drama, romance
What is remarkable: an American journalist wants to flee Nicaragua with the help of an English businessman who is also in mortal danger.
Brother and Sister — 60 points (dir. Arnaud Desplechin)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: brother and sister, a famous actress and a talented poet, children of recently deceased parents — after two decades of separation, they will meet again.
Tchaikovsky's Wife — 49 points (dir. Kirill Serebrennikov)
Award: -
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: Antonina Milyukova, a wealthy and attractive person, makes every possible sacrifice to come to terms with her husband Pyotr Tchaikovsky's homosexuality and stay by his side.
Forever Young — 44 points (dir. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)
Award: -
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: in the late 1980s, the main characters went to acting school to survive the first true tragedy to the pleasant chimes of youth.
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