20 new movies worth watching

One of the largest aggregator sites Metacritic has collected the highest rated films that have been released in the United States or on streaming since the beginning of 2022. The list includes films that have at least seven ratings from critics.

20. Nitram

Nitram

• Australia, 2021
• Thriller, drama.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.2.

Based on a true story, the film tells the story of an introverted man who, in the mid-90s, committed the most massacre in the history of Australia. For the role of the main character, actor Caleb Landry Jones received an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

19. Neptune Frost

• USA, Rwanda, France, Canada, 2021.
• Fantasy, musical.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.6.

action fantastic musical takes place in futuristic Africa. After the death of his brother, the protagonist escapes from the mine and gets into a group of hackers who are fighting the government.

18. Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche

• UK, 2021.
• Documentary, biography, music.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.0.

The daughter of X‑Ray Spex vocalist Paulie Styrin made a documentary about her mother. The picture includes rare footage with the participation of the singer and numerous interviews with colleagues and fans. In the background, excerpts from the personal diaries of Paulie Styrin are read out.

17. Vortex

Vortex

• France, Belgium, Monaco, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 142 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.5.

Gaspar Noe made another unusual film. The plot follows an elderly couple who are struggling with dementia. They are helped by their son, who in parallel has to deal with personal problems. Interestingly, the picture shows the plot from the point of view of two characters at the same time.

16. Beauty and dragon

Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime

• Japan, 2021.
• Fantasy, drama.
• Duration: 121 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.2.

The creator of "The Beast's Apprentice" Mamoru Hosoda made a new anime about the virtual world. A modest high school student becomes a popular singer on a new social network. And in parallel, he encounters a gloomy and aggressive dragon. The heroine thinks that she can help this strange man.

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15. girl and spider

The Girl and the Spider

• Switzerland, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.1.

Shot in just two rooms, the film tells the story of Lisa leaving her roommate and moving into a new apartment. This is the second part of a planned trilogy directed by the Zürcher brothers about "human coexistence". The first was the painting "The Strange Little Cat".

14. Jane's movement

• USA, 2022.
• Documentary.
• Duration: 101 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.2.

Documentary the film from HBO is dedicated to the underground organization Janes, which existed in the United States in the 1960s. Its members helped women secretly have abortions. Later, several Janes members were arrested and faced up to 110 years in prison.

13. sacred bonds

Lingui

• Chad, France, Belgium, Germany, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 87 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.7.

Amina lives in the capital of the Republic of Chad. She learns that her 15-year-old daughter is pregnant. Neither the teenager nor the mother wants this child, but in their country abortion is illegal and against religion.

12. RRR

• India, 2022
• Action, drama.
• Duration: 187 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.0.

The director of the famous "Baahubali" made a picture about the times when India was a British colony. Bhim tries to rescue a relative who was kidnapped by the governor. The hero accidentally encounters and approaches the military Rama. Only the latter must hunt down and catch Bheem.

11. I blush

Turning Red

• USA, Canada, 2022.
• Fantasy, comedy, drama.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.0.

Another cartoon Pixar again raises the problems of adolescents. The young heroine discovers that in moments of anger she turns into a huge red panda. But perhaps this ability will help her build relationships with her peers.

10. Effects

The Fallout

• USA, 2022.
• Drama.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.0.

High school student Wada survived a school shooting. After this event, she becomes depressed and moves away from loved ones. The girl needs to understand how to live on.

9. Event

L'evenement

• France, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.4.

The action of the new film by Audrey Divan takes place in France in 1963. Anna is studying at university and wants to become a writer. Before graduation, she discovers that she is pregnant, and this puts all her plans in jeopardy.

8. invisible world

Un Monde

• Belgium, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 72 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.3.

Abel and his younger sister Nora go to a new school. The boy immediately begins to poison the local hooligans. Nora wants to help her brother, but he himself urges her to be silent.

7. Right in front of you

Dangsin eolgul apeseo

• South Korea, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.0.

The suburban actress returns to her sister in Seoul. The heroine meets with a young director, but refuses to star in his film.

6. A Night of Knowing Nothing

• France, India, 2021.
• Documentary.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.3.

The documentary tells about the secret romance of a student of the Indian Film and Television Institute and a young man from another caste, who is forbidden by his parents to meet his beloved. Their correspondence unfolds against the background political protests in the country.

5. great freedom

Grosse Freiheit

• Austria, Germany, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.5.

The main character lives in Germany after World War II. He is sent to prison for being homosexual. He soon befriends a prisoner who has been convicted of murder.

4. Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

• USA, 2021.
• Documentary.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 6.2.

Advocate Jeffrey Robinson communicates with people, lectures and even collects anecdotes. From all these details, a shocking picture of racism in the modern United States is formed.

3. Jaddeh Khaki

• Iran, 2021.
• Drama.
• Duration: 93 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.3.

An Iranian family travels to the Turkish border to smuggle their adult son. The characters are worried about a sick dog and periodically swear. Only the son himself is silent most of the time.

2. The worst person in the world

Verdens verste menneske

• Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark, 2021.
• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 129 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.9.

Julia leaves medical school for a career in photography. She works part-time at a bookstore and starts an affair with comic book author Axel. It seems that the couple understands each other perfectly, but gradually innuendo accumulates in their relationship.

1. Mr Bachman and his class

Mr. Bachmann and His Class

• Germany, 2021.
• Documentary.
• Duration: 217 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.1.

The documentary is dedicated to a primary school teacher in a provincial German school. Mr. Bachman's non-traditional teaching methods are contrary to local cultural orders.

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