Film in Memory: 2022
This is a list of films that have greatly moved me this year; films that may belong to any year, country, language or genre. They may be films available in the Criterion Collection or on YouTube. The list is not ranked or structured in any way and includes only first watches.
The films listed have not been selected on the basis of artistic merit or any such criteria — they have simply moved me and stayed in my mind long after, with equal, greater or lesser intensity.
- Climates (2006) directed by NURI BILGE CEYLAN
2. The Mission (1999) directed by JOHNNIE TO
3. The Apartment (1960) directed by BILLY WILDER
4. Lesson of the Evil (2012) directed by TAKASHI MIIKE
5. White Material (2009) directed by CLAIRE DENIS
6. Fan (2016) directed by MANEESH SHARMA
7. In Front of Your Face (2021) directed by HONG SANG-SOO
8. Reprise (2006) directed by JOACHIM TRIER
9. Outrage (2010) directed by TAKESHI KITANO
10. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) directed by AKI KAURISMAKI
11. Twilight City (1989) directed by REECE AUGUISTE / BLACK AUDIO FILM COLLECTIVE
12. Romancing in Thin Air (2012) directed by JOHNNIE TO
13. Rock On!! (2008) directed by ABHISHEK KAPOOR
14. Platform (2000) directed by JIA ZHANGKE
15. High and Low (1963) directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA
16. It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve — Masao Adachi (2011) directed by PHILIPPE GRANDRIEUX
17. Growing Up (1983) directed by CHEN KUNHOU
18. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) directed by TOMAS GUTIERREZ ALEA
19. My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005) directed by SHINJI AOYAMA
20. Kahaani (2012) directed by SUJOY GHOSH
21. Klute (1971) directed by ALAN J PAKULA
22. It’s a Long Way to the Sea (1995) directed by JAHNU BARUA
23. On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (2002) directed by HONG SANG-SOO
24. Still Walking (2008) directed by HIROKAZU KORE-EDA
25. Film Socialisme (2010) directed by JEAN-LUC GODARD
26. The Longest Summer (1998) directed by FRUIT CHAN
27. The Swimming Pool (1969) directed by JACQUES DERAY
28. I Wish (2011) directed by HIROKAZU KORE-EDA
29. Years When I Was a Child Outside (2008) directed by JOHN TORRES
30. Decision to Leave (2022) directed by PARK CHAN-WOOK
31. Comparison via a Third (2007) directed by HARUN FAROCKI
32. Regular Lovers (2005) directed by PHILIPPE GARREL
33. Rajnigandha (1974) directed by BASU CHATTERJEE
34. The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) directed by HONG SANG-SOO
35. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI
36. Century of Birthing (2011) directed by LAV DIAZ
37. The Third Man (1949) directed by CAROL REED
OMISSIONS:
- Here and Elsewhere (1976) | Anne-Marie Mieville, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin
- The Worst Person in the World (2021) | Joachim Trier
- Drive My Car (2021) | Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- The Old Garden (2006) | Im Sang-soo
- The Koumiko Mystery (1965) | Chris Marker
- Suzhou River (2000) | Lou Ye
- Rififi (1955) | Jules Dassin
- The Collector (1967) | Eric Rohmer
- Rear Window (1954) | Alfred Hitchcock
- The Hand of God (2021) | Paolo Sorrentino
- Ahed’s Knee (2021) | Nadav Lapid
- Umbrella Flower (2000) | Shinji Somai
- Blackhat (2015) | Michael Mann
- Blow Out (1981) | Brian De Palma
- Broker (2022) | Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Beyond Outrage (2012) | Takeshi Kitano
