This is the 10th year of my annual awards. Eligible films are those that were released in the UK for the first time in 2022 whether that is in the cinemas, TV or on the ever increasing numbers of streaming services. This year, I have seen a record number of 517 eligible films but still there are a few that potentially could have featured below that I did not manage to squeeze in, such as Tori & Lokita, It Snows in Benidorm, Triangle of Sadness and The Silent Twins.
MOST OVERLOOKED
With so many films popping up on streaming sites with no or little fanfare, this category is becoming increasingly hotly contested.
Honourable Mentions: The Outfit, Escape From Mogadishu, Boiling Point and All the Old Knives
Winner: Argentina 1985
MOST OVERRATED
Honourable mentions: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Catherine Called Birdy, Weird: The Al Yankovich Story, After Yang, Nanny, Decision To Leave and Red Rocket.
Winner: The Northman
BEST SEQUEL/REMAKE/REBOOT
Honourable mentions: Confess, Fletch, Death on the Nile, Scream, Enola Holmes 2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Clerks 3, Halloween Ends and Jurassic World: Dominion.
Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST POPCORN MOVIE
A category for purely fun films that are best watched with a beer on a Saturday night. It is a particularly strong field this year.
Honourable Mentions: Munich: The Edge of War, Confess, Fletch, Death on the Nile, The Duke, Bullet Train, The Lost City, The 355, Ticket to Paradise, Jurassic World: Dominion, Memory, Blacklight and Beast.
3rd: Operation Mincemeat
Runner Up: See How They Run
Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST SCORE
Honourable mentions: Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers), Paul Kieran (Nightride), Jon Ekstrand and Rebekka Karijord (All the Old Knives), Rone (Paris 13th District), Abel Korzeniowski (Emily), John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel A Davies (Halloween Ends), Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living), Anna Drubich (Barbarian), Matthew Herbert (The Wonder), David Holmes (Robbing Mussolini) and Fernando Velázquez (God’s Crooked Lines)
3rd: Nathan Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Runner Up: John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel A Davies (Firestarter)
Winner: Clint Mansell (She Will)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Honourable Mentions: Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis, The Trapped 13, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Who Killed the KLF?, Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, Flight/Risk, 11M: Terror in Madrid
3rd: Navalny
Runner Up: Flee
Winner: Ben Stokes: Phoenix From the Ashes
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Honourable Mentions: Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Bauman (Licorice Pizza), Haris Zambarloukos (Belfast & Death on the Nile), Young-hwan Choi (Escape From Mogadishu), Paul Guilhaume (Paris 13th District), Jani-Petteri Passi (Compartment No 6), Amine Messadiand Virginie Surdej (Casablanca Beats), Amin Jafari (Hit the Road), Larry Smith (The Forgiven), MacGregor (Fall) and Ed Wu (End of the Road)
3rd: Kirk Nielsen (Watcher)
Runner Up: Hoyte Van Hoytema (Nope)
Winner: Kate McCullough (The Quiet Girl)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
10: Graham Moore and Johnathan McClain (The Outfit)
9: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
8: Frank Berry (Aisha)
7: Andrés Duprat, Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn (Official Competition)
6: Mariano Llinas, Santiago Mitre and Martin Mauregui (Argentina 1985)
5: Katy Brand (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
4: Ottessa Moshfegh, Luke Goebel and Elizabeth Sanders (Causeway)
3: Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
2: Fran Kranz (Mass)
Winner: Clio Barnard (Ali and Ava)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
10: Christophe Gavat and Olivier Marchal (Overdose)
9: Olen Steinhauer (All the Old Knives)
8: Krysty Wilson-Cairns (The Good Nurse)
7: Ben Power (Munich:Edge of War)
6: Michelle Ashford & Ben Macintyre (Operation Mincemeat)
5: Rosa Liksom, Lyubov Mulmenko and Livia Ulman (Compartment No 6)
4: Jacques Audiard, Nicolas Livecchi, Léa Mysius and Céline Sciamma (Paris 13th District),
3: John Michael McDonagh (The Forgiven)
2: Colm Bairead (The Quiet Girl)
Winner: Rebecca Lenkiewicz (She Said)
WORST PERFORMANCE
Dishonourable Mentions: Matteo Martari (Four to Dinner), The entire cast (Love Tactics), Daniel Stisen (Last Man Down), Anna Maria Sieklucka and Michele Morrone (365 Days: This Day / The Next 365 Days), Jennifer Lopez (Marry Me), Don Cheadle (White Noise) and John Ducey (I Believe in Santa)
Runner Up: Jared Leto (Morbius)
Loser: Annie Hardy (Dashcam)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Honourable Mentions: Erin Richards (Save the Cinema), Judi Dench and Lara McDonnell (Belfast), Jordanne Jones (You Are Not My Mother), Michelle Monaghan (Nanny), Helène Lambert (Between Two Worlds), Jessica Henwick (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Gray Man), Jayne Houdyshell (Causeway) and Taj Atwal (Memory)
20: Kelly MacDonald (I Came By)
19: Niamh Algar (The Wonder)
18: Gina McKee (My Policeman)
17: Nia Roberts (Gwledd)
16: Judy Davis (Nitram)
15: Louise Brealy (Brian & Charles)
14: Milena Smit (Parallel Mothers)
13: Ann Dowd (Mass)
12: Ayden Mayer (Confess, Fletch)
11: Ellora Torchia (Ali and Ava)
10: Ruby Stokes (A Banquet)
9: Alice Feetham (Boiling Point)
8: Imelda Staunton (Amulet)
7: Carrie Crowley (The Quiet Girl)
6: Marina Hands (The Big Hit)
5: Queen Latifah (Hustle)
4: Patricia Clarkson (She Said)
3: Samantha Morton (She Said)
2: Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
Winner: Mia Wasikowska (Bergman Island)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Honourable Mentions: Mark Lewis Jones (Munich:Edge of War and The Phantom of the Open), Willem Defoe (Nightmare Alley), Jeremy Irons (Munich:Edge of War), Johnathan Pryce (All the Old Knives), Laurence Fishburn (All the Old Knives),
Simon Russell Beale (Benediction), Hank Azaria (Out of the Blue), Alex Sharp (Living), Adrian Rawlins (Living), Anthony LaPaglia (Nitram), Russell Crowe (The Greatest Beer Run Ever), Reed Birney (Mass) and Michael Wincott (Nope)
20: Alex Jennings (Munich:Edge of War)
19: Richard Kind (18½)
18: Julian Sands (Benediction)
17: Robert De Niro (Amsterdam)
16: Anthony Hopkins (Armageddon Time)
15: Timothy Spall (Your Christmas or Mine?)
14: Toby Jones (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain)
13: Jason Flemyng (Boiling Point)
12: Jason Isaacs (Operation Mincemeat)
11: Said Taghmaou (The Forgiven)
10: Andre Braugher (She Said)
9: Linus Roache (My Policeman)
8: Andrew Bennett (The Quiet Girl)
7: Joel Edgerton (Thirteen Lives)
6: Ismael Kanater (The Forgiven)
5: Ciaran Hands (Belfast)
4: Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)
3: Vince Vaughn (North Hollywood)
2: Ashton Kutcher (Vengeance)
Winner: Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
BEST ACTRESS
Honourable Mentions: Alana HaimI (Licorice Pizza), Jessie Buckley (Men), Hazel Doupe (You Are Not My Mother), Lucie Zhang (Paris 13th District), Noémie Merlant (Paris 13th District), Siiri Solalinna (Hatching), Lesley Manville (Mrs Harris Goes o Paris), Queen Latifah (End of the Road), Allison Janney (Lou), Maya Vanderbeque (Playground), Laure Calamy (Her Way), Fatima AlBanawi (Route 10), Aubrey Plaza (Emily the Criminal), Letitia Wright (Aisha) and Jessica Chastain (The Good Nurse and The Forgiven)
20: Florence Pugh (The Wonder)
19: Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
18: Juliette Binoche (Both Sides of the Blade)
17: Seidi Haarla (Compartment No 6)
16: Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)
15: Saoirse Ronan (See How They Run)
14: Elsie Fisher (My Best Friend’s Exorcism)
13: Carey Mulligan (She Said)
12: Jennifer Yu (Far Far Away)
11: Zoe Kazan (She Said)
10: Sophie Marceau (Everything Went Fine)
9: Jennifer Lawrence (Causeway)
8: Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
7: Juliette Binoche (Between Two Worlds)
6: Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)
5: Anastasia Budiashkina (Olga)
4: Catherine Clinch (The Quiet Girl)
3: Martha Plimpton (Mass)
2: Claire Rushbrook (Ali and Ava)
Winner: Francesca Corio (Aftersun)
BEST ACTOR
Honourable Mentions: Jim Broadbent (The Duke), Colm Meany (Confession), Rory Kinnear (Men), Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person in the World), Makita Samba (Paris 13th District), Yuri Borisov (Compartment No 6), Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), Caleb Landry Jones (Nitram) and Anas Basbousi (Casablanca Beats)
20: Viggo Mortensen (Thirteen Lives)
19: Josh O’Connor (Aisha)
18: Antonio Banderas (Official Competition)
17: Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)
16: Colin Farrell (Thirteen Lives)
15: Tim Roth (Sundown)
14: Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
13: Vincent Lindon (Both Sides of the Blade)
12: Kad Merad (The Big Hit)
11: Oscar Martinez (Official Competition)
10: Adam Sandler (Hustle)
9: Ricardo Darin (Argentina 1985)
8: Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
7: Mark Rylance (The Outfit)
6: Tim Roth (Bergman Island)
5: Stephen Graham (Boiling Point)
4: Jason Isaacs (Mass)
3: Javier Bardem (The Good Boss)
2: Adeel Akhtar (Ali and Ava)
Winner: Bill Nighy (Living)
BEST DIRECTOR:
Honourable Mentions: Frank Berry (Aisha), Tom George (See How They Run), Mia Hansen-Løve (Bergman Island), Asghar Farhadi (A Hero), Mariama Diallo (Master), Audrey Diwan (Happening), Zach Cregger (Barbarian), Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) and Nabil Ayouch (Casablanca Beats)
20: Helina Rejin (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies)
19: George Clooney (The Tender Bar)
18: Terence Davies (Benediction)
17: Ron Howard (Thirteen Lives)
16: Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Flee)
15: Laura Wandel (Playground)
14: Jacques Audiard (Paris 13th District)
13: Steven Sodebergh (Kimi)
12: Oliver Hermanus (Living)
11: Santiago Mitre (Argentina 1985)
10: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
9: Seung-wan Ryu (Escape From Mogadishu)
8: Pedro Almodovar (Parallel Mothers)
7: John Michael McDonagh (The Forgiven)
6: Lila Neugebauer (Causeway)
5: Philip Barantini (Boiling Point)
4: Clio Barnard (Ali and Ava)
3: Maria Schrader (She Said)
2: Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Winner: Colm Bairead (The Quiet Girl)
WORST FILM:
Dishonourable Mentions: White Noise, Exorcism at 60000 Feet, The Honeymoon, F*ck Love Too, Christmas Unfiltered, Looop Lapeta, Our Family Christmas Memories, Cici, Rumspringa, Glamour Girls, Purple Hearts, Diorama, The Northman, The Next 365 Days, Private Lesson and Dashcam
Runner Up: The Love Tactics
Loser: 365 Days: This Day
BEST FILM
50: Overdose
49: Violent Night
48: Scream
47: Hustle
46: Barbarian
45: Men
44: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
43: Casablanca Beats
42: The Good Nurse
41: Watcher
40: Paris, 13th District
39: Dog
38: Official Competition
37: The Lost City
36: Athena
35: Bullet Train
34: All the Old Knives
33: The Big Hit
32: The Duke
31: Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis
30: The Forgiven
29: Death on the Nile
28: Confess, Fletch
27: Master
26: Playground
25: Between Two Worlds
24: Munich: The Edge of War
23: Operation Mincemeat
22: Vengeance
21: Navalny
20: Olga
19: Flee
18: Bergman Island
17: Ben Stokes: Phoenix From the Ashes
16: Compartment No 6
15: Belfast
14: Thirteen Lives
13: Mass
12: See How They Run
11: Causeway
10: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
9: Boiling Point
8: Escape From Mogadishu
7: The Outfit
6: Argentina 1985
5: Living
4: Aftersun
3: The Quiet Girl
2: Ali and Ava
Winner: She Said