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62 Films From 2022 That Could Win An Oscar (And Where To Watch Them)

Watch Avatar: The Way of Water, Glass Onion, Babylon, and other films on the hunt for Oscar gold in 2022.

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1. Aftersun

Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal lay on a couch

2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Nan Goldin smokes a cigarette

3. All That Breathes

Two brothers in conversation on a roof
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4. All Quiet on the Western Front

Felix Kammerer stands in a German uniform

5. Argentina, 1985

The cast stands around a table

6. Armageddon Time

Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong sit at a dinner table

7. Avatar: The Way of Water

Sam Worthington as a blue person

8. Babylon

Margot Robbie dances in a mansion

9. The Bad Guys

Screen shot from "The Bad Guys"

10. The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell talk over beers outside

11. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Daniel Gimenez Cacho dances in a crowd

12. The Batman

Robert Pattinson as Batman

13. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Angela Bassett testifies before an international panel

14. Causeway

Brian Tyree Henry and Jennifer Lawrence talk in a swimming pool

15. Close

Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele walk through a field of flowers

16. Corsage

Vicky Krieps and Florian Teichtmeister get out of a carriage

17. Crimes of the Future

A man with multiple ears

18. Decision to Leave

Park Hae-il and Tang Wei sit in the back of a car

19. Descendant

Emmett Lewis looks over water

20. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Elizabeth Olsen hovers over candles

21. Don't Worry Darling

Florence Pugh and Harry Styles stand together

22. Elvis

Austin Butler gets out of a truck

23. Emancipation

Will Smith marches with soldiers

24. Emergency

Sebastian Chacon, Donald Elise Watkins, and RJ Cyler sit on a couch

25. Empire of Light

Olivia Colman stands in a ticket booth

26. Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, and James Hong sit at a IRS desk

27. The Fabelmans

Paul Dano, mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord and Michelle Williams sit in a movie theater

28. Fire of Love

Katia Krafft stands near a volcano

29. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., and Kathryn Hahn stand outside

30. God's Creatures

Emily Watson and Paul Mescall stand together

31. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson sit on the floor of a hotel

32. Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

Wooden Pinocchio

33. Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown sit in thrones

34. The Inspection

Gabrielle Union holds Jeremy Pope's face in her hands

35. The Janes

Three women sit on a couch

36. Jurassic World Dominion

A T-Rex scares people with a loud noise

37. Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear stands by a ship

38. Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Marcel stands on a computer keyboard

39. The Menu

Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy stand in a kitchen

40. Moonage Daydream

David Bowie performs

41. Navalny

A woman holds a flag over her head in a crowd

42. Nope

Daniel Kaluuya rides a horse

43. The Northman

Alexander Skarsgard shirtless ready for battle

44. Official Competition

Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martinez sit under a rock while Penelope Cruz looks on

45. RRR

Ram Charan walks through fire

46. Return to Seoul

Park Ji-Min does a shot

47. Saint Omer

Kayije Kagame sits on a bench

48. She Said

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan sit in a office

49. Strange World

five characters huddle around a steering wheel

50. Tár

Cate Blanchette stands in a tux backstage

51. Tell It Like a Woman

Jennifer Hudson gets in a fight

52. Thirteen Lives

Viggo Mortensen, Joel Egerton, Tom Bateman, Colin Farrell, and Theerapat Sajakul stand in a cave

53. Till

Daniel Deadwyler speaks in front of a crowd while crying

54. Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise flies a plane

55. Triangle of Sadness

Harris Dickinson and a bunch of other models pose shirtless

56. Turning Red

Three girls look at a giant red panda

57. Wendell & Wild

Two animated demons speak

58. The Whale

Brendan Fraser sits on a couch

59. White Noise

Sam Nivola, Adam Driver, May Nivola, Greta Gerwig, Dean Moore and Raffey Cassidy walk into a grocery store

60. The Woman King

Viola Davis stands in a dusty field

61. Women Talking

Claire Foy and Rooney Mara sit together

62. The Wonder

Florence Pugh stands on a moor

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