Cannes 2022 Movie Scorecard

Critics Consensus: A poetic tribute to tenacity, All That Breathes uses two brothers' tireless efforts to make a broader point about finding triumph within tragedy.

Synopsis: In one of the world's most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with... View Full Synopsis

Directed By: Shaunak Sen

Critics Consensus: Bravely updating Bresson with brilliant results, EO is a donkey-driven drama that'll stubbornly stick with you long after the credits roll.

Synopsis: The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Directed By: Jerzy Skolimowski

Critics Consensus: Narratively sparse and visually vast, Pacifiction is a tsunami of a political thriller that philosophically rewards those willing to weather it.

Synopsis: On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official DE ROLLER is a calculating man with flawless... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun

Directed By: Albert Serra

Critics Consensus: Led by a pair of layered, soulful performances, More Than Ever is a sensitive drama that poses nuanced questions about love and mortality.

Synopsis: Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg

Directed By: Emily Atef

Critics Consensus: It won't be for all tastes, but Funny Pages deserves credit for telling a coming-of-age story that leans heavier on cringe comedy than nostalgia.

Synopsis: A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

Starring: Daniel Zolghadri, Matt Maher, Miles Emanuel, Maria Dizzia

Directed By: Owen Kline

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Dreaming of a better life, Ali makes a precarious living selling contraband gas on the streets of Tunisia. Forced to take charge of his two... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adam Bessa, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi, Najib Allagui

Directed By: Lotfy Nathan

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: 1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to be near Thierno, his 17-year-old son, forced to serve. Sent to the front, father and son... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Omar Sy, Alassane Diong, Jonas Bloquet, Alassane Sy

Directed By: Mathieu Vadepied

Critics Consensus: Top Gun: Maverick pulls off a feat even trickier than a 4G inverted dive, delivering a long-belated sequel that surpasses its predecessor in wildly entertaining style.

Synopsis: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm

Directed By: Joseph Kosinski

Critics Consensus: Finely wrought to a fault, One Fine Morning presents a subtle, well-acted look at life and love.

Synopsis: Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia

Directed By: Mia Hansen-Løve

Critics Consensus: R.M.N.'s spare, elegant approach lends a deceptively cool surface to its caustic take on cultural divisions.

Synopsis: Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu's (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) gripping portrait of ethnic and economic resentments tearing at the fabric of a small mountain...

Starring: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Monica Bîrlădeanu, Orsolya Moldován

Directed By: Cristian Mungiu

Critics Consensus: If Decision to Leave isn't quite on the same level as Park Chan-wook's masterpieces, this romantic thriller is still a remarkable achievement by any other metric.

Synopsis: From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Wei Tang, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo

Directed By: Park Chan-wook

Critics Consensus: Holy Spider foregoes subtlety in favor of a viscerally outraged dramatization inspired by appalling actual events.

Synopsis: In HOLY SPIDER, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest -- to "cleanse" the holy Iranian city of Mashhad... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Directed By: Ali Abbasi

Critics Consensus: Walking the tightrope between gangster drama and character study, Nostalgia takes us through the criminal underbelly of Naples in search of a past that may be better left behind.

Synopsis: After living 40 years abroad, Felice returns to Naples and discovers again places and codes of the city, facing a past that eats him away.

Starring: Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi

Directed By: Mario Martone

Critics Consensus: So moving for a majority of its runtime that not even a manipulative ending can ruin the experience, Close is a tender and powerfully acted look at childhood innocence lost.

Synopsis: Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker

Directed By: Lukas Dhont

Critics Consensus: Armageddon Time finds writer-director James Gray excavating his own past and returning with a well-acted drama refreshingly free of nostalgia.

Synopsis: From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray, ARMAGEDDON TIME is a deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Michael Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb

Directed By: James Gray

Critics Consensus: The standard rock biopic formula gets all shook up in Elvis, with Baz Luhrmann's dazzling energy and style perfectly complemented by Austin Butler's outstanding lead performance.

Synopsis: The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh

Directed By: Baz Luhrmann

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Peyman Moaadi, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi

Directed By: Saeed Roustayi

Critics Consensus: Quintessential if not classic Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future finds the director revisiting familiar themes with typically unsettling flair.

Synopsis: As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman

Directed By: David Cronenberg

Critics Consensus: Broker skirts the edges of sentimentality, but is consistently grounded by Kore-eda Hirokazu's warm, tenderly melancholic approach.

Synopsis: The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can't have children of their own.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doo-na, Lee Ji-eun

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Critics Consensus: If at times opaquely and certainly prolongedly, Tchaikovski's Wife elegantly captures a heartbroken woman's obsession with her prominent spouse who struggled with his own censured sexuality.

Synopsis: Tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova.

Starring: Alyona Mikhailova, Odin Lund Biron, Filipp Avdeev, Ekaterina Ermishina

Directed By: Kirill Serebrennikov

Critics Consensus: Patient, profound and sometimes a bit ponderous, The Eight Mountains reaches breathtaking peaks in its careful observance of an intimate friendship.

Synopsis: After meeting as children over a series of summers in the Italian Alps, Pietro (Luca Marinelli) and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) reunite as adults to build... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti

Directed By: Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen

Critics Consensus: If its narrative and thematic reach sometimes exceeds its grasp, magnetic performances from a stellar cast help Men make the most of its horror provocations.

Synopsis: In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin

Directed By: Alex Garland

Critics Consensus: Although it may not fully unlock the promise of its tension-rich setting and premise, Cairo Conspiracy's strong performances and sophisticated script offer solidly satisfying compensation.

Synopsis: Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury

Directed By: Tarik Saleh

Critics Consensus: Triangle of Sadness lacks the sharp edges of Östlund's earlier work, but this blackly humorous swipe at the obscenely affluent has its own rewards.

Synopsis: In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean Kriek, Woody Harrelson, Dolly De Leon

Directed By: Ruben Östlund

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: An electrifying glimpse into the life of music legend Jerry Lee Lewis -- from his rise to the top of the Billboard charts to his... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jerry Lee Lewis

Directed By: Ethan Coen

Critics Consensus: Although it struggles to really get inside the true story that inspired it, The Silent Twins is still a well-acted and poignant dramatization of actual events.

Synopsis: THE SILENT TWINS is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Nadine Marshall, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn

Directed By: Agnieszka Smoczynska

Critics Consensus: Its characters may be hard to take, but When You Finish Saving the World makes some cogent sociopolitical points.

Synopsis: Evelyn (Julianne Moore) has devoted herself to helping people in hard times, but she struggles to connect with her son Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), an aspiring... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Alisha Boe

Directed By: Jesse Eisenberg

Critics Consensus: Although its story isn't as impressive as its visual marvels, it's hard not to admire Three Thousand Years of Longing's sheer ambition.

Synopsis: Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic -- content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, Nicolas Mouawad

Directed By: George Miller

Critics Consensus: Although it'll be more satisfying to viewers who haven't already seen the original, Final Cut offers playfully entertaining meta commentary on the art of the remake.

Synopsis: Oscar® winner Michel Hazanavicius' remake of Shin'ichirô Ueda's cult hit One Cut of the Dead follows a director (Romain Duris, L'Auberge Espagnole) charged with making... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Grégory Gadebois

Directed By: Michel Hazanavicius

Critics Consensus: Although it frequently forsakes action in favor of a needlessly knotty narrative, Hunt has enough thrills to satisfy more forgiving espionage fans.

Synopsis: After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin, Heo Sung-tae

Directed By: Lee Jung-jae

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more than 20 years, Alice has hated... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Benjamin Siksou

Directed By: Arnaud Desplechin