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Top 10 American Movies of 2022
What are the top 10 American movies to watch in 2022? Read this article to find out.
What are the top 10 American movies to watch in 2022? This has been a frequently asked question that this article will provide answers.
Upon careful research and analysis of publicly available data, RNN brings the top 10 American movies you wouldn’t want to miss.
1. The Lost City
The Lost City — directed by Adam Nee and Aaron Nee (the Nee brothers) — is the top pick on our list of top 10 American movies to watch in 2022.
The movie centers on Loretta Sage a middle-aged novelist who writes romance-adventure books about Dash McMahon, a fictional hero who was kidnapped by Abigail Fairfax, an eccentric billionaire.
Abigail Fairfax noticed that Loretta’s works are based on authentic historical research she conducted with her late archaeologist husband
Fairfax believes that with Lorretta he has located a forgotten city on a lonely Atlantic island where the magnificent treasure, is hidden but Lorretta declined to take him there.
Loretta Sage’s kidnapping by Abigail Fairfax is witnessed by Alan, who is secretly smitten with her, he enlists former Navy SEAL turned CIA operative Jack Trainer to meet him on the island and plan a rescue mission.
With no help from Alan, Jack breaks into Fairfax’s property and frees Loretta, but is shot in the head before they reach the airport, causing Loretta and Alan to flee into the forest.
Fairfax kidnaps Lorretta again and they made it to the location but on reaching there, they discovered that the “Crown of Fire” inseparable love between the king and queen is made with red seashells.
Fairfax was arrested for his crimes and Lorrettas next book was based on their adventures, Jack surprised them after surviving his attempted killing.
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2. Contractor
The contractor is an American movie released on 18th March 2022 and directed by Terik Selah. It centers on James Harper (Chris Pine), a decorated serviceman who is involuntarily discharged from the United States Army Special Forces due to his use of illegal steroids to treat a knee injury that will keep him active.
The soldier is pursued and on the run, caught up in a perilous conspiracy and trying to survive long enough to return home and discover the true motivations of those who betrayed him.
After walking away from the burning truck, Harper destroys evidence and reaches out to his family, and the film ends with him deleting evidence and reaching out to his family.
Without a doubt, The Contractor is one of the top American movies to watch in 2022.
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3. Memory
Memory is an American action movie released on 29th April 2022 and directed by Martin Campbell.
The film Memory centers on Alex Lewis{Liam Neeson}, a skilled assassin, who was about to retire but was given one last mission, which he refuses to complete after learning that the target is a young girl.
He found out that the girl has been killed by someone else when he wanted to call the contract off and this puts him up against Vincent, the FBI agent who helped the daughter recover after her father died, as well as the ones who hired him but his severe memory loss turns out to be detrimental to his health and mission when he sets out to eliminate the child’s traffickers of a young girl who was supposed to be his last task.
Definitely, one of the best Hollywood movies to watch in 2022.
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4. Jackass Forever
Jackass Forever is an American movie released on February 4th, 2022 and directed by Jeff Tremaine.
The film begins with a tribute to kaiju films. In reality, Chris Pontius’ penis is painted green over a small set of a city, with the cast jogging through a life-size set of the same city. “Hello, I’m Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass!” says Johnny Knoxville after the “monster” is bitten by a snapping turtle.
Stunts and pranks with the main cast include Johnny Knoxville facing a bull, Steve-penis O’s being used as a beehive, Chris Pontius’ penis being used as a paddle for paddleball, Dave England getting pig semen dumped on him, a vulture eating pieces of meat off Wee Man’s body, Ehren McGhehey being put through painful athletic cup tests, and Preston Lacy’s testicles being used as a human. The newcomers were also included in the pranks
Zach, Dave, Eric, Poopies, Steve-O, and Jasper sip milk while strapped to a high-speed carousel in the final stunt, Vomitron. Knoxville and the rest of the cast launch an attack using paintball guns, a tennis machine, and several explosions as they begin vomiting. After ensuring that the act is complete, a large explosion is set off, surprising the stunt’s victims.
This movie is both hilarious and one of the top American movies of 2022.
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5. Marry Me
Marry me is an American romantic drama directed by Kat Coiro. The movie centers on Kat Valdez who has had two failed high-profile marriages and a fiance to Bastian, a singer.
Bastian topped up worldwide and the two of them plan to marry in front of a live streaming audience at one of Kat’s concerts. Bastian’s infidelity with his assistance Tyra was uncovered and broadcasted when Kat was about to go to the alter and Kat left angrily only to meet charlie holding a parkers sign reading “Marry Me” and she decided to marry him
After the marriage, both of them decided to stay off social media in order to stay married to themselves for months
Bastian appears to inform Kat that her song “Marry Me” has been nominated for a Grammy, which is her first nomination. Charlie is concerned that Kat and Bastian will have to perform together once more, but Kat believes that their feud is resolved, Charlie left Kat, reasoning that their marriage was never real.
Kat writes “On My Way,” a love ballad about Charlie that becomes more popular than “Marry Me” and also corrected the rumour going around that she is back with Bastian stating that they are back together. she later realized that it was mathalon where she promised to help Lou and Charlie and she headed with a sign asking Charlie to marry her again. Charlie married her again and they lived with Lou and their dog forever.
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6. Deep Water
Deep Water is an American film directed by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson released in 2022.
Vic who silently grows increasingly jealous of Melinda’s lovers lives with Melinda his wife and Trixie their daughter. Melinda is allowed to have many lovers because they are now in open marriages which have been made public
Out of jealousy, Vic always wishes that Melinda’s lover goes out of his way. he accused her first lover of killing the previous lover, the second was killed in a pool and he practically killed Melinda’s old friend Tony she united with and sink him in deep water. Being caught in his actions, he made sure that the person that caught him wouldn’t live to tell the story
Noticing that Vic knows her lover’s whereabouts, Melinda wanted to live only to be confronted by Trixie to stay back
Melinda burns Tony’s identity documents after some thought, implying that she plans to stay with Vic when he returns home.
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7. Morbius
Another one of the top 10 American movies of 2022 is Morbius, an American superhero film that centres on Michael Morbius.
Michael Morbius, 10, welcomes his surrogate brother Lucien at a hospital in Greece who was renamed, Milo. They become friends because of their common blood disease and want to be “normal.”
In his quest to cure himself, Morbius embarked on an illegal experiment, funded by his father and Milo, which worked but landed him as a Vampire who kills and blood
Morbius finds a dead nurse while checking on a hospitalized Bancroft, drained of her blood. Believing he was responsible, he attempts to escape before being cornered and arrested.
In prison, he is visited by Milo, who offers to use his wealth to free him. When Morbius realized Milo took his cure, he killed the nurse. Then he escaped to confront him, and Milo confessed to his bloodlust-induced crime and urges Morbius to embrace his powers as he has unwilling to hurt his brother but Morbius flees.
Morbius decided to use plan to use anticoagulant on himself and Milo since he will become unable to resist his bloodlust.
He confronts and injects Milo with anticoagulant and Milo dies, and Morbius flies off with the bats, mourning his loved ones and embracing his identity as a vampire. Unknown to him, Bancroft is revived as a vampire elsewhere, having ingested a drop of Morbius’ blood whilst he was feeding on her.
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8. The Northman
When Prince Amleth’s father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who also kidnaps the prince’s mother, the boy is on the edge of becoming a man.
Amleth is now a Viking who ravages Slavic settlements two decades later. Soon after, he meets a seeress who reminds him of his vow to save his mother, assassinate his uncle Fjölnir, and revenge on his father.
Amleth killed Fjölnirs wife and children and after that, he returns to the farm and frees the slaves while killing the majority of Fjölnir’s warriors. Gudrun attacks Amleth and kills her as she is searching for Fjölnir. Gunnar also attacks Amleth, stabbing him in the back several times before Amleth kills him by accident.
Fjölnir tells Amleth to meet him at the Gates of Hel—the volcano Hekla—to resolve the conflict by holmgang after discovering his wife and son dead. Amleth and Fjölnir have a violent swordfight at the volcano; Fjölnir is decapitated, but Amleth is fatally injured. Amleth sees a vision of Olga holding their twin children as he dies, before being carried to Valhalla by a valkyrie.
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9. The Batman
The popular American superhero film Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, takes the number 9 spot on the top 10 American movies of 2022.
On Halloween, Don Mitchell Jr., the mayor of Gotham City, is assassinated by the Riddler. Bruce Wayne, a reclusive billionaire who has been operating as the vigilante Batman for two years, is investigating with the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD).
Lieutenant James Gordon discovers a message left for Batman by the Riddler at the crime scene. Soon after, the Riddler assassinates Commissioner Pete Savage and leaves Batman with yet another message.
The Riddler put a thumb drive in Mitchell’s car containing photographs of Mitchell with a lady, Annika Koslov, at the Iceberg Lounge, a nightclub run by the Penguin, gangster Carmine Falcone’s henchman. Batman and Gordon uncover this.
When Batman arrives, the Riddler calls him on Colson’s phone, threatening to explode the bomb unless Colson can solve three riddles. Colson dies after refusing to answer the final question—the name of the informant who provided the GCPD with intelligence that led to a major cocaine arrest, putting an end to mobster Salvatore Maroni’s organization.
Following the Riddler’s trail, Batman and Gordon arrive at the ruins of an orphanage founded by Bruce’s dead parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, where they find that the Riddler has a grudge against the Waynes. Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce’s butler and carer gets hospitalized after opening a letter bomb meant for Bruce. The Riddler shoots and kills Falcone as he is being arrested.
When Batman searches Nashton’s residence, he discovers that he has planted multiple vehicle bombs throughout Gotham and has built an internet following with the intention of assassinating mayor-elect Bella Reál.
The bombs damage the seawall surrounding Gotham, causing the city to flood. Nashton’s minions attempt to assassinate Reál but are stopped by Batman and Selina in an indoor arena, where a shelter is set up. Nashton befriends another inmate[a], while Selina decides that Gotham is beyond saving and flees. Batman lends a hand in the rehabilitation work and promises to instil hope in Gotham.
10. Uncharted
Last but not least of the top 10 American movies of 2022 is Uncharted. The American action-adventure film is directed by Ruben Fleischer.
It focuses on Victor “Sully” Sullivan who enlists the assistance of streetwise Nathan Drake to reclaim a 500-year-old lost wealth amassed by explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
What begins as a theft quickly turns into a round-the-world, white-knuckle race to reach the loot before the savage Santiago Moncada does. Sully and Nate have a chance to unearth $5 billion in treasure if they can decode the clues and solve one of the world’s oldest riddles — but only if they can learn to work together.
Summary
From comedy to horror to romance and down to adventure, here are the top 10 American movies of 2022:
- The Lost City
- Contractor
- Memory
- Jackass Forever
- Marry Me
- Deep Water
- Morbius
- The Northman
- The Batman
- Uncharted