20 Best Movies Of 2022

20. Avatar: The Way Of Water

Though James Cameron's long-awaited blockbuster sequel is certainly far more impressive as a mesmerising technological achievement than a piece of storytelling, what a rich meal of a movie - nay, an experience - it truly is.

Cameron has evidently spent the 13 years since the first Avatar working hard to deliver a sequel that once again shames just about every other tentpole in the game.

Avatar: The Way of Water may be arguably lengthy to a fault, wears its emotions on its sleeve, and has a few less-than-persuasive narrative turns, but as a staggering, eye-wateringly beautiful spectacle, it's mostly overwhelming in a good way.

And above all else, it proves the viability of Avatar as a franchise, and likely leaves many eager for Avatar 3 when it apparently drops in 2024. We'll see about that.