Whether it’s a rainy Sunday or a chilled-out mid-week evening, there’s nothing we love more than sinking into the sofa with our comfies on, surrounded by snacks, ready to watch a brand new film. That, and cosying up in the cinema with a big box of popcorn, a generous amount of pick ’n’ mix, and and a super-size drink.
And as 2022 promises to be a great year for the silver screen, it looks as though we’re going to be spoilt for choice with the amount of films lined up for release. From several pandemic-delayed releases finally making their cinematic debut, including The Batman, and Morbius, there’s also quite a number of very-big-deal titles coming to screens, too. From Jennifer Lopez's theatrical return in Marry Me, to book adaptation Where the Crawdads Sing, here are 26 of the best films coming out in 2022.
Cha Cha Real Smooth
22-year-old Andrew (Cooper Raiff) is feeling lost after college, working a dead end job and unsure what he wants to do with his life. When meets Domino (Dakota Johnson) and her daughter Lola at a mitzvah for his younger brother’s classmates, he finally discovers the kind of future he wants - now he just needs to make it happen.
Release date: 17 June on AppleTV+Everything Everywhere All At Once
EEAAO follows a woman named Evelyn Wang, unhappy with her life thanks to her difficult relationship with her husband and daughter and a laundromat business on the verge of bankruptcy. Eventually Evelyn is swept up in a dramatic adventure, where she alone has to save the world by exploring other universes connecting to the lives she could have led.
Release date: 13 May
The Road Dance
This guaranteed tear-jerker takes place in the harsh world of the Outer Hebrides where a young girl lives in a small village faces a terrible tragedy in the years just before WWI.
Release date: 20 May
Top Gun: Maverick
One of the most iconic movies of the '80s gets a reboot, with Tom Cruise back in the role of ace fighter pilot Maverick. In this sequel, the man with the need for speed now trains new recruits, including the son of his old friend and colleague Goose, who died in the first film. Glen Powell, Miles Teller and John Hamm co-star. How much testosterone can you handle? You are very much about to find out.
Release date: 27 May 2022
Men
Starring Jesse Buckley and Bond icon Rory Kinnear Men is the perfect addition to your scary movie list.Following the death of her ex-husband Harper (Buckley) heads for some time away in the English countryside, but things are not at all what they seem.
Release date: 1 June
Jurassic World: Dominion
Taking place four years on from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Dominion sees how humankind has adapted to the dinosaurs now free in the world. The film welcomes back Jurassic Park icons Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.
Release date: 10 June 2022
Lightyear
This animated film tells the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, and features some of the biggest names going in its cast, from Keke Palmer to Chris Evans.
Release date: 17 June
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
When retired widow Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) hires a sex worker, Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack from Peaky Blinders), the last thing she expects is a journey of self-discovery and a blossoming friendship.
Release date: 17 June 2022 in cinemas
Elvis
This long-awaited Elvis biopic finally has a release date, and a cast to get excited about. Alongside Austin Butler in the lead role the list includes Olivia DeJonge, Dacre Montgomery and Tom Hanks.
Release date: 24 June
Bullet Train
This high action drama follows five assassins who find themselves on a fast moving bullet train who quickly discover they have something else in common. Plus the cast is unreal, Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Zazie Beetz and Joey King, to name a few.
Release date: 15 July 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, a young woman forced to raise herself on the North Carolina marshes when her family abandons her at the age of six. She grows up an outsider in her community, who ostracise and mistreat her, giving her names like 'Marsh Girl,' and 'swamp trash'.
As an adult Kya has grown up to be wise and self-sufficient and also becomes a successful, published author. But everything changes when she is accused of murdering her former boyfriend, a beloved member of the town she now lives in, and must piece together what actually happened.
Release date: 22 July 2022
Nope
Jordan Peele is back with another genius horror. Although, we know next to nothing about this one at the moment. However, we do know it'll star Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun and Daniel Kaluuya. Sold.
Release date: 22 July 2022
Don't Worry Darling
We've been waiting and waiting for this release ever since that steamy teaser took over Twitter. DWD is a dramatic thriller in which Florence Pugh plays unhappy housewife Alice, who begins to question her sanity after she begins noticing strange occurrences in her small, utopian community in California, while her picture-perfect husband Jack tries to hide a sinister secret.
Release date: 23 September
Hocus Pocus 2
We don't know a lot about the plot for this one, but we do know that icons Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimi will all be back for the second instalment on Disney+.
Release date: Expected October 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Again, the plot for this one is still under wraps, but Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright and Angela Bassett will all be back for Wakanda Forever, the sequel to Black Panther and the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, the part of T'Challa, played by Chadwick Boseman, will not be recast.
Release date: 11 November 2022
She Said
Based on the best-selling book of the same name, She Said follows journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor (played by Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan) as they work to break the Harvey Weinstein #MeToo story.
Release date: 18 November 2022
Matilda
This film adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical stars Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey, along with Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchball and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood. Have you ever heard of such a glorious cast?
Release date: 2 December
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar 2 was originally planned for release back in December 2017. After being pushed back due to the pandemic, as well as being delayed due to a complicated and "involved" writing process, we can expect to see this $250 million budget film gracing our screens towards the end of this year. Yay!
Release date: 16 December 2022
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
The End of the F***ing World star Naomi Ackie stars in this long-awaited Whitney Houston biopic. We absolutely cannot wait.
Release date: 23 December 2022
The Weekend Away
Leighton Meester's back at centre stage in this new Netflix thriller. The Weekend Away follows two high school BFFs, who go on a trip to Croatia. But when one of them goes missing in mysterious circumstances, the other is left to piece together what happened, attempting to clear her own name in the process.
Release date: Out now on Netflix
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