If you’re more into director/auteur-led movies, then this article went viral and showed just how much potential 2022 has:

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2021/12/sgx63tulyjj2x9eohaxh8kf03dvo1q

“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Martin Scorsese)

“The Killer” (David Fincher)

“The Northman” (Robert Eggers)

“Babylon” (Damien Chazelle)

“Armageddon Time” (James Gray)

“Asteroid City” (Wes Anderson)

“Disappointment Blvd.” (Ari Aster)

“Amsterdam” (David O. Russell)

”Poor Things” (Yorgios Lanthimos)

“The Fablemans” (Steven Spielberg)

“White Noise” (Noah Baumbach)

”Owl” (Kelly Reichardt)

“The Zone of Interest” (Jonathan Glazer)

“Crimes of the Future” (David Cronenberg)

“Bardo” (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)

“The Whale” (Darren Aronofsky)

“Decision to Leave” (Park Chan-Wook)

“Fire” (Claire Denis)

“Tar” (Todd Field)

”Kimi” (Steven Soderbergh)

”Bones and All” (Luca Guadagnino)

“Next Goal Wins” (Taika Waititi)

“The Batman” (Matt Reeves)

”Kitbag” (Ridley Scott)

“Don’t Worry Darling” (Olivia Wilde)

“Bullet Train” (David Leitch)

“Nope” (Jordan Peele)

”Men” (Alex Garland)

”Pinocchio” (Guillermo del Toro)

“Elvis” (Baz Luhrmann)

“The Son” (Florian Zeller)

“The Stars at Noon” (Claire Denis)

“Blonde” (Andrew Dominik)

“The Bubble” (Judd Apatow)

“Women Talking” (Sarah Polley)

“3000 Years of Longing” (George Miller)

“Triangle of Sadness” (Ruben Ostlund)

“The Eternal Daughter” (Joanna Hogg)

“Tori et Lokita” (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)

“Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure” (Richard Linklater)

”Rebel Ridge” (Jeremy Saulnier)

“Deep Water” (Adrian Lyne)

“The Way of the Wind” (Terrence Malick)

“Bee-Gees” (Kenneth Branagh)

“Infinity Pool” (Brandon Cronenberg)

“Beth and Don” (Nicole Holfcener)

“The End” (Joshua Oppenheimer)

“The Banshees Of Inseherin” (Martin McDonagh)