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Thirty Top-Notch Movies From 2022 That You Should Definitely Catch Up on Over Summer

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Thirty Top-Notch Movies From 2022 That You Should Definitely Catch Up on Over Summer

Thirty Top-Notch Movies From 2022 That You Should Definitely Catch Up on Over Summer

Hundreds of movies release in Australia each year. Still, even the most devoted cinephiles can't see them all when they first come out, no matter how much you might want to.

Thankfully, that's what catching up over summer is all about. As time ticks by, technology just keeps making it easier, too. So, just what should you make sure you check out? That's where we come in. We've hunted down the standout 2022 flicks now ready for your home-viewing consumption, and put together your holiday watch list.

Looking for more choices? We also picked 15 stellar cinema releases from 2022 that you might've completely bypassed.

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Arts & Entertainment
Spencer

Kristen Stewart turns in a career-best performance as the People's Princess in this bold and enthralling slice-of-life biopic.

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Arts & Entertainment
Parallel Mothers

Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar’s latest collaboration is one of their best so far, unearthing a moving must-see about motherhood.

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Arts & Entertainment
Nightmare Alley

Starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, this mesmerisingly dark carnival noir is one of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's very best features.

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Arts & Entertainment
Jackass Forever

Filled with lewd and puerile stunts and pranks, the latest 'Jackass' film is exactly what it promises to be — and also surprisingly sweet.

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Arts & Entertainment
Hive

Boasting a phenomenal lead performance, this Sundance-winning Kosovan drama tells a blistering true tale about female resilience in the face of patriarchal oppression.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Batman

Robert Pattinson’s turn in the cape and cowl is dark, weighty and entrancing, in a sublimely shot blockbuster that makes all things 'Batman' feel new.

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Arts & Entertainment
Bergman Island

Love, life, work, creativity and cinephilia combine in this playful and perceptive Sweden-set drama starring the exceptional Vicky Krieps and Mia Wasikowska.

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Arts & Entertainment
Wash My Soul in the River's Flow

Focusing on Australian icons Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, this moving and masterful concert film and documentary explores their love, music, history and connection to Country.

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Arts & Entertainment
X

Set during a 70s porn shoot on a remote Texas property, this gleefully gory and playful retro-styled slasher from horror filmmaker Ti West is a savvy must-see.

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Arts & Entertainment
Ambulance

OTT car chases, constantly zipping camerawork, a villainous Jake Gyllenhaal — when Michael Bay's latest high-intensity action flick works, it's a wildly entertaining ride.

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Arts & Entertainment
River

Willem Dafoe narrates this entrancing documentary about the planet's waterways and their role in human history, as directed by Australian 'Sherpa' and 'Mountain' filmmaker Jennifer Peedom.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Northman

Directed by 'The Witch' and 'The Lighthouse' filmmaker Robert Eggers, this Alexander Skarsgård-starring Viking epic is bold, bloody, brutal and brilliant.

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Arts & Entertainment
To Chiara

This Italian award-winner is a gripping mafia movie and a stunning coming-of-age drama all in one.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson

After reimagining Henry Lawson's short story for the stage and page, Leah Purcell brings her First Nations, feminist and anti-colonial take on the tale to cinemas.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Innocents

This exceptional Norwegian horror film is one of the most disturbing movies about childhood — and superpowers — to reach screens in recent years.

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Arts & Entertainment
Top Gun: Maverick

When it takes to the sky in astonishing aerial sequences, this Tom Cruise-starring, 36-years-later sequel will take your breath away.

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Arts & Entertainment
Nude Tuesday

Spoken only in gibberish, and unafraid to bare all, this New Zealand sex comedy starring Jackie van Beek, Jemaine Clement and Damon Herriman is revelatory several times over.

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Arts & Entertainment
Elvis

Baz Luhrmann's take on the king of rock 'n' roll is a sprawling, exhilarating spectacle, as led by an exceptional Austin Butler in the pompadour and jumpsuits.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Black Phone

Reteaming with his 'Sinister' director Scott Derrickson, Ethan Hawke is unnervingly excellent in this tense and eerie 70s-set horror film.

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Arts & Entertainment
Official Competition

Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are fantastic in this sharp and witty Spanish Argentine comedy about filmmaking.

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Arts & Entertainment
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Emma Thompson is magnificent in this wonderfully candid, intimate, generous and joyous sex comedy, which follows a fiftysomething woman finally trying to explore her desires with a charming sex worker.

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Arts & Entertainment
Three Thousand Years of Longing

After 'Mad Max: Fury Road', Australian director George Miller spirits up an enchanting and affecting tale about stories and wishes starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Quiet Girl

Tender, affecting and resonant, and filled with wonderful performances, this Gaelic-language coming-of-age drama tells a small tale with a big impact.

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Arts & Entertainment
Flux Gourmet

Set within a sonic catering institute, the latest film by 'In Fabric' director Peter Strickland serves up another wild, witty and wonderfully weird concoction.

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Arts & Entertainment
Bodies Bodies Bodies

A getaway-gone-bad slasher flick, a savvy dark comedy and a twisty whodunnit, this Amandla Stenberg-, Maria Bakalova- and Pete Davidson-starring horror gem slays.

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Arts & Entertainment
Clean

This absorbing and inspirational documentary focuses on Melbourne trauma cleaner Sandra Pankhurst, unfurling the stories behind her varied life and her messy-but-crucial line of work.

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Arts & Entertainment
Don't Worry Darling

Stunning to look at and featuring a phenomenal performance by Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde's second film as a director always demands attention.

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Arts & Entertainment
Muru

Cliff Curtis turns in a weighty performance opposite Tāme Iti as himself in this bold, tense and potent response to the Tūhoe raids.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Woman King

Viola Davis is fierce, formidable and fantastic in this rousing historical epic, which brings the tale of the Agojie, the all-female west African warrior troupe, to the screen.

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Arts & Entertainment
Bros

Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane shine in the first romantic comedy about two gay men to be released by a major Hollywood studio.

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