Cannes 2022: Official Selections

1. The Eight Mountains (2022)

147 min | Drama

The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up ... See full summary »

Directors: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti

Votes: 112

2. Mother and Son (2022)

116 min | Drama

In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to Paris with her two young sons. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.

Director: Léonor Serraille | Stars: Stéphane Bak, Laetitia Dosch, Thibaut Evrard, Jean-Christophe Folly

Votes: 45

3. Pacifiction (2022)

165 min | Drama, Thriller

On an island in French Polynesia a writer returns to her country after having triumphed in France with a novel. However, she is disoriented and in a creative crisis. Faced with the ... See full summary »

Director: Albert Serra | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Sergi López, Lluís Serrat, Montse Triola

Votes: 71

4. Final Cut (2022)

110 min | Comedy, Horror

Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.

Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield

Votes: 701

5. Forever Young (2022)

126 min | Comedy, Drama, History

At the end of the 1980s, Stella, Victor, Adèle and Etienne are 20 years old. They take the entrance exam to the famous acting school created by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans at the ... See full summary »

Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Sofiane Bennacer, Louis Garrel, Micha Lescot

Votes: 106

6. Holy Spider (2022)

116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Votes: 3,387

7. Crimes of the Future (2022)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman

Votes: 10,315

8. Stars at Noon (2022)

135 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

In 1984's Nicaragua, a mysterious English businessman and a headstrong American journalist strike up a romance as they soon become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.

Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, John C. Reilly, Benny Safdie

Votes: 147

9. Brother and Sister (2022)

108 min | Drama

The story revolves around a brother and sister who are nearing their fifties - Alice is an actress, Louis was a teacher and a poet. They no longer speak to one another and have been ... See full summary »

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Patrick Timsit

Votes: 248

10. Tori and Lokita (2022)

88 min | Drama

In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the cruel conditions of their exile.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Amel Benaïssa, El Alami Bilel, Claire Bodson, Annette Closset

Votes: 130

11. Armageddon Time (2022)

115 min | Drama

A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong

Votes: 177

12. Close (2022)

105 min | Drama

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.

Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker

Votes: 198

13. Broker (2022)

129 min | Drama

Boxes that are left out for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies.

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda | Stars: Bae Doona, Song Kang-ho, Ji-eun Lee, Dong-won Gang

Votes: 1,007

14. R.M.N. (2022)

125 min | Drama

A non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.

Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu, Orsolya Moldován

Votes: 330

15. Triangle of Sadness (2022)

147 min | Comedy, Drama

A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.

Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly De Leon, Zlatko Buric

Votes: 387

16. Showing Up (2022)

108 min | Comedy, Drama

A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt's vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft.

Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André 3000, Todd-o-Phonic Todd

Votes: 64

17. Decision to Leave (2022)

138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Go Kyung-Pyo, Teo Yoo

Votes: 507

18. Nostalgia (2022)

117 min | Drama

After 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.

Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi

Votes: 271

19. Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022)

143 min | Biography, Drama

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

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Alyona Mikhailova, Odin Lund Biron, Miron Fedorov, Yuliya Aug

Votes: 124

20. Boy from Heaven (2022)

126 min | Drama, Thriller

On the first day back after the summer holidays, the grand imam collapses and dies in front of his students in a prestigious university in Cairo. This marks the start of a ruthless battle for influence to take his place.

Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Yunus Albayrak, Abduljabbar Alsuhili

Votes: 117

21. Leila's Brothers (2022)

165 min | Drama

At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of ... See full summary »

Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Saeed Poursamimi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Payman Maadi

Votes: 782

22. EO (2022)

86 min | Drama

Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Votes: 145

23. The Worst Ones (2022)

99 min | Drama

A group of teenagers from the same neighborhood are selected to act in a feature film during the summer.

Directors: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret | Stars: Mallory Wanecque, Timéo Mahaut, Johan Heldenbergh, Esther Archambault

Votes: 41

24. Burning Days (2022)

129 min | Drama

Emre, a young prosecutor, newly appointed to the small town of Balkaya find himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first murder investigation.

Director: Emin Alper | Stars: Ekin Koç, Selahattin Pasali, Hatice Aslan, Selin Yeninci

Votes: 74

25. Metronom (2022)

93 min | Drama

Romania, the autumn of the year 1972. Ana, a 17 year-old teenager, finds out that her boyfriend will flee the country for good in a few days. The two lovers decide to spend their last days together.

Director: Alexandru Belc | Stars: Mara Bugarin, Serban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Calin

Votes: 80

26. Return to Seoul (2022)

115 min | Drama

Twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

Director: Davy Chou | Stars: Ji-Min Park, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young

Votes: 35

27. Sick of Myself (2022)

95 min | Comedy

Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate ... See full summary »

Director: Kristoffer Borgli | Stars: Elisabeth Bech Aschehoug, Sarah Francesca Brænne, Anders Danielsen Lie, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen

Votes: 28

28. Domingo y la niebla (2022)

86 min | Drama

The town Domingo lives in is being threatened by thugs hired by a developer to expel its inhabitants and pave the way for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret-the ghost of his wife who visits him within the mist.

Director: Ariel Escalante | Stars: Carlos Ureña, Sylvia Sossa, Aris Vindas, Esteban Brenes Serrano

Votes: 28

29. Plan 75 (2022)

105 min | Drama

Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.

Director: Chie Hayakawa | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Taka Takao, Yumi Kawai

Votes: 67

30. War Pony (2022)

115 min | Drama

The interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Directors: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough | Stars: Iona Red Bear, Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat, Wilma Colhof, Jeremy Corbin Cottier

Votes: 50

31. Corsage (2022)

113 min | Biography, Drama, History

Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield, Aaron Friesz

Votes: 78

32. Butterfly Vision (2022)

Drama

Returning home from the front line after being held captive for two months, soldier Lilia (29 y.o.) discovers that she is pregnant after being raped by her warden. Will she manage to ... See full summary »

Director: Maksym Nakonechnyi | Stars: Rita Burkovska, Daria Lorenci, Lyubomyr Valivots, Natalya Vorozhbit

Votes: 20

33. All That Breathes (2022)

97 min | Documentary

The darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.

Director: Shaunak Sen | Stars: Salik Rehman, Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad

Votes: 75

34. The Silent Twins (2022)

113 min | Drama

Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone other than each other.

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska | Stars: Letitia Wright, Jodhi May, Nadine Marshall, Michael Smiley

Votes: 35

35. The Stranger (II) (2022)

117 min | Crime, Thriller

Two men who meet on a plane and strike up a conversation that turns into friendship. For Henry Teague, worn down by a lifetime of physical labour and crime, this is a dream come true.

Director: Thomas M. Wright | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ewen Leslie, Jada Alberts

Votes: 41

36. Harka (2022)

90 min | Drama

Ali is barely making a living selling contraband gas. The young Tunisian all of a sudden finds himself in charge of his two sisters after this dad's death.

Director: Lotfy Nathan | Stars: Hsouna Heni, Jamal Madani, Mohamed Ouni, Elyes Riahi

Votes: 27

37. More Than Ever (2022)

123 min | Drama

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 Norway to seek peace and meet a blogger she found on the internet.

Director: Emily Atef | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg

Votes: 37

38. Mediterranean Fever (2022)

108 min | Drama

Waleed dreams of a writing career while suffering from depression. He develops a relationship with his neighbor - a small-time crook. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.

Director: Maha Haj | Stars: Amer Hlehel, Ashraf Farah, Anat Hadid, Samir Elias

Votes: 24

39. The Blue Caftan (2022)

118 min | Drama

Halim and Mina who run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly ... See full summary »

Director: Maryam Touzani | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui

Votes: 28

40. Rodeo (2022)

105 min | Drama

Julia -a young misfit who is passionate about riding- meets a crew of dirt riders who fly along at full speed and perform stunts. She sets about infiltrating their male-dominated world, but an accident jeopardises her ability to fit in.

Director: Lola Quivoron | Stars: Julie Ledru, Yannis Lafki, Antonia Buresi, Cody Schroeder

Votes: 50

41. Godland (2022)

138 min | Drama

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the ... See full summary »

Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Friðrik Friðriksson, Ísar Svan Gautason, Ingimundur Grétarsson

Votes: 79

42. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 207,948

43. Elvis (2022)

PG-13 | 159 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Elvis is Baz Luhrmann's biopic of Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson

Votes: 23,680

44. Novembre (2022)

100 min | Thriller

5 days into the heart of the French anti-terrorism services during the hunt for suspects after the 13/11/2015 attacks in Paris.

Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Lyna Khoudri, Marine Vacth, Anaïs Demoustier

Votes: 54

45. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Pia Thunderbolt, Berk Ozturk

Votes: 441

46. The Innocent (2022)

99 min | Comedy

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Director: Louis Garrel | Stars: Louis Garrel, Anouk Grinberg, Yanisse Kebbab, Florent Masarin

Votes: 43

47. Mascarade (III) (2022)

144 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Margot, who lives off scams and amorous manipulations.

Director: Nicolas Bedos | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, James Wilby, Marine Vacth, François Cluzet

Votes: 26

48. Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)

80 min | Comedy

A group of vigilantes called the "tobacco-forces" is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Votes: 43

49. Hunt (2022)

131 min | Drama

A spy movie based in the 1980s National Security Planning.

Director: Lee Jung-jae | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Heo Sung-tae, Jung Woo-sung, Go Yoon-Jung

Votes: 57

50. Rebel (2022)

135 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An immensely powerful and nuanced portrayal of a family torn apart over a little Muslim boy's future.

Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Ala Riani, Nadeem Rimawi, Aboubakr Bensaihi

Votes: 30

51. Moonage Daydream (2022)

140 min | Documentary, Music

A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.

Director: Brett Morgen | Star: David Bowie

Votes: 54

52. Dodo (2022)

132 min | Comedy

A dodo, a bird that disappeared 300 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a family on the verge of ruin for which the countdown has begun: the 38 crucial ... See full summary »

Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Jomana Alhasan, Natasa Exintaveloni, Nikos Gelia, Anna Jorjikia

Votes: 44

53. Esterno notte (2022)

330 min | Crime, Drama

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi

Votes: 245

54. Irma Vep (2022)

TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama

Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and recent breakup, who comes to France to star as Irma Vep in a remake of the French silent film classic, "Les Vampires."

Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Alicia Vikander, Byron Bowers, Jeanne Balibar

Votes: 1,632

55. Don Juan (2022)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Laurent who is jilted on his wedding day and subsequently embarks upon a wild quest.

Director: Serge Bozon | Stars: Virginie Efira, Tahar Rahim, Alain Chamfort, Damien Chapelle

Votes: 87

56. La nuit du 12 (2022)

115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.

Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet

Votes: 45

57. Chronique d'une liaison passagère (2022)

Romance

A single mother and a married man enter into an affair with the understanding that their relationship is purely sexual. Though they agree the relationship has no future, they find themselves increasingly drawn into each other's company.

Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Macaigne, Georgia Scalliet, Maxence Tual

Votes: 28

58. Nos frangins (2022)

Drama

Based on the story of 22-year-old Malik Oussekinean, whose death is believed was caused by an affair of police violence after several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Adam Amara, Samir Guesmi, Reda Kateb, Lyna Khoudri

Votes: 7

59. Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind (2022)

73 min | Documentary, Music

An electrifying glimpse into the complex life and thrilling, unparalleled performances of rock and roll's first and wildest practitioner: Jerry Lee Lewis.

Director: Ethan Coen | Star: Jerry Lee Lewis

Votes: 10

60. The Natural History of Destruction (2022)

Documentary

Based on the book by German writer W.G. Sebald, examines the perception and processing of the phenomenon of mass destruction of the German civilian population in European post-war literature.

Director: Sergey Loznitsa

Votes: 14

61. My Imaginary Country (2022)

83 min | Documentary

Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.

Director: Patricio Guzmán

Votes: 6

62. The Vagabonds (2022)

89 min | Drama

A middle-aged woman with a preference for younger partners, mainly men in their 20s, searches for a genuine human connection while faced with societal double standards, prejudice and toxic masculinity.

Director: Doroteya Droumeva | Stars: Magnús Mariuson, Jonathan Elias Weiske, Nicolai Tegeler, Lavinia Heilig

63. Remains of the Wind (2022)

127 min | Drama

A pagan tradition from the interior of Portugal leaves painful marks on a group of teenagers. Twenty-five years later, when they reunite, the past resurfaces and tragedy sets in.

Director: Tiago Guedes | Stars: Albano Jerónimo, Nuno Lopes, Isabel Abreu, João Pedro Vaz

Votes: 10

64. Riposte Féministe (2022)

Documentary

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Directors: Simon Depardon, Marie Perennès

Votes: 5

65. Little Nicholas (2022)

82 min | Animation, Family

It follows the adventures of a mischievous boy and his schoolmates, teacher and parents in Paris in the 1960s.

Directors: Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre | Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Alain Chabat, Simon Faliu

Votes: 21