It’s end of year time and with multiple critics and guild nomination lists coming out, the landscape of critically acclaimed films for the year has become clear.
What’s never entirely clear is just where one should go to catch up on all those films. Today comes a handy and quick ‘where to watch’ guide showcasing where people can see the most buzzed about films of the year.
To come up with this list, I collated hundreds of entries from the top films lists of critical aggregation sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, along with the IMDb, and then added the Top 10 lists of critics for nearly two dozen major publications.
All came together in one big list of the most frequently mentioned films to appear on those lists this year and that was subsequently whittled down to around eighty movies spanning major blockbusters to indie darlings, well-regarded genre fare, documentary features and more.
Then the list was divided into sections indicating where one can watch those films – be it in a cinema only, on PVOD either now or imminently, VOD, or a streaming service.
Which ones are the must-sees? From the results, the big ones you should probably see are “Aftersun,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “The Batman,” “Benediction,” “Bones and All,” “Decision to Leave,” “EO,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Good Luck to You Leo Grande,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Nope,” “The Northman,” “RRR,” “Tar,” “Till” and “Top Gun Maverick”.
Here is the full list:
Cinemas Only
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Now Showing)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (Dec 16th)
“Babylon” (Dec 23rd)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Now Showing)
“Broker” (Dec 26th)
“Corsage” (Dec 23rd)
“EO” (Now Showing)
“Living” (Dec 23rd)
“The Menu” (Now Showing)
“One Fine Morning” (Jan 27th)
“Saint Omer” (TBD)
“The Whale” (Now Showing)
“Women Talking” (Dec 23rd)
Coming To PVOD (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
“Aftersun” (Dec 20th)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Dec 13th)
“Bones and All” (Dec 13th)
“The Fabelmans” (Dec 13th)
Now on PVOD (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
“Armageddon Time”
“Decision to Leave”
“The Eternal Daughter”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“She Said”
“Tar”
“Till”
“Triangle of Sadness”
“The Woman King”
Now on VOD (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
“After Yang”
“Bodies Bodies Bodies”
“Emily the Criminal”
“Hit the Road”
“A Love Song”
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Pearl”
“Something in the Dirt”
“To Leslie”
“X”
Coming To SVOD (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, etc.)
“All That Breathes” (TBD – HBO Max)
“Bardo” (Dec 16th – Netflix)
“Nanny” (Dec 16th – Amazon Prime)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Dec 22nd – Paramount+)
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Dec 23rd – Netflix)
Now on SVOD (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, etc.)
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
“Athena” (Netflix)
“Barbarian” (HBO Max)
“The Batman” (HBO Max)
“Belle” (HBO Max)
“Benediction” (Hulu)
“The Black Phone” (Peacock)
“Both Sides of the Blade” (AMC+)
“Bros” (Peacock)
“Come from Away” (Apple TV+)
“Cow” (AMC+)
“Elvis” (HBO Max)
“The Fallout” (HBO Max)
“Fire Island” (Hulu)
“Fire of Love” (Disney+)
“Good Luck to You Leo Grande” (Hulu)
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
“Happening” (AMC+)
“Hustle” (Netflix)
“A Hero” (Amazon Prime)
“The Innocents” (AMC+/Shudder)
“Jackass Forever” (Paramount+)
“Mad God” (AMC+/Shudder)
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” (Peacock)
“Nitram” (Hulu/AMC+)
“Nope” (Peacock)
“The Northman” (Amazon Prime)
“The Outfit ” (Amazon Prime)
“Petite Maman” (Hulu)
“Playground” (MUBI)
“Prey” (Hulu)
“Resurrection” (AMC+/Shudder)
“Retrograde” (Hulu)
“RRR” (Netflix)
“The Sea Beast” (Netflix)
“The Stranger” (Netflix)
“This Much I Know to Be True” (MUBI)
“Turning Red” (Disney+)
“Watcher” (AMC+/Shudder)
