Honorable Mention - Pearl
This movie was downright creepy as hell in all the best of ways. Whether it was the performance or the direction it literally had you on the edge of your seat and terrified several times.
10 - Everything Everywhere All At Once
This movie was just a lot of off the wall fun. Great acting, pacing and story made this an almost better multiverse story then the comic book movies have done.
9 - Emancipation
Will Smith is even more of a dumbass for that slap stuff knowing he had this movie coming out this year. He would have been a lock for back to back best actor wins if he didn't make himself such a PR nightmare.
8 - Elvis
This movie was much much better than I thought it would be. Austin Butler was great and the pacing/progression of Elvis's life was very well done.
7 - Spirited
Easily the best Christmas movie I have seen since Elf. Great songs, great laughs and great characters keep you completely hooked. Will happily watch this annually.
6 - The Black Phone
In what was a banner year for horror movies really getting better for the most part this was the best one. The trailer was awesome and the movie totally delivered on that. It zeroed in on basically the biggest fear of my generation growing up and was well done.
5 - The Batman
One of the best offerings to come from DC since the DCEU started. Granted time will tell if it ever connects or hell but this was very enjoyable as a standalone offering.
4 - Bullet Train
This was just straight up adrenaline fun on screen. You sit back, turn your brain off and enjoy the very entertaining ride.
3 - The Fabelmans
This was such a great insight to the joys of filmmaking and the combination of inspirations to do so and how to do so along with the ups and downs of family.
2 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
This was an amazing tribute to Chadwick Boseman that did right by all of the characters from the first one and moves the story along excellently.
1 - Top Gun: Maverick
Possibly the easiest choice for best movie of the year I have had in a long time. You want to know how to properly do nostalgia - this should be the textbook for it. I loved this movie a million times more than the first one.
