Whether you're in the mood for a heart-pounding thriller or a feel-good comedy, these top 10 movies of 2022 are sure to entertain. So grab your popcorn and get ready for some movie magic!
We used ParseHub, our free web scraper to go over 9,500 movies in 2022 to find the most popular movies of 2022 on IMDb, including films coming out soon.
Here are the top 10 movies to watch in 2022:
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Pinocchio
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- The Northman
- Jurrasic World Dominion
- Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- The Batman
1. Top Gun: Maverick
Over thirty years since the last Top Gun movie, Tom Cruise is back again in this high-octane film as Pete Mitchell, the Navy’s top aviator of his time. Back in the Navy and assigned to teach the new generation of Top Gun recruits, he must prove his skills and enlist the young bucks on a risky mission that will test their fighter jet abilities. In this movie, you will even see Tom Cruise fly his own WW2 airplane, the P-51 Mustang (yes, he’s a pilot in real life too!). If you can try to watch this movie on the big screen (in IMAX if possible) as this beautifully crafted film boasts the best action and cinematography of 2022!
Rating: 8.6/10
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
The great professor Albus Dumbledore knows that Gellert Grindelwald, the most powerful Dark wizard is moving to seize control over the magic world. He cannot stop him alone, so he entrusted Magizoologist, Newt Scamander, to lead an audacious crew. They will encounter old friends along with their dangerous mission where they clash not only against Grindelwald's growing army, but with radical beasts as well. Uncover the magic of Dumbledore in this flick written by J.K. Rowling.
Rating: 6.3/10
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
Chinese immigrant, Evelyn, has her life falling apart. Her laundromat business is failing and teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Her marriage is in ruins as she barely has her sanity intact after Waymond, her husband, storms out without warning. Not only that but IRS agents follow her around every corner waiting for some mistake to happen. As her midlife crisis ensues, she attempts to save the world by jumping into different realities and living many different lives!
Rating: 8.3/10
4. Pinocchio
Pinocchio is coming to the big screens as a live-action rendition of the classic 1940 animation by Disney. Starring Tom Hanks and Cynthia Erivo, this movie brings life to the animated classic - pun intended! If you haven’t seen or read the books, Pinnochio is about an old Italian woodcarver named Geppetto who finishes carving his newest puppet, Pinocchio, who comes to life with the help of a fairy. Instead of being a human, like all the other kids in town; Pinocchio must be trained by Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to maintain his virtues and honesty.
Rating: Coming soon
5. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Directed by Sam Raimi, who received backlash from SpiderMan 3, this film is his redemption back into the world of superhero movies. In the wake of a mysterious teenage girl from his dreams, Doctor Stephen Strange teams up with Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlett Witch) to battle multiple threats including other-universe versions of himself that threaten millions of people across the multiverse! They seek help from Wong and others on their journey through time - but will they be able to prevail against these perils?
Rating: Coming soon
6. Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor is on the run from Gorr the God Butcher and his death sentence is being carried out by this galactic killer. Thor enlists King Valkyrie's help and the now Mjolnir-wielding Jane Foster to save himself before it’s too late! Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure that will uncover secrets about why Gorr rid them altogether. As for the rest, you’ll have to watch this movie directed by the legendary Taika Waititi.
Rating: 7.3/10
7. The Northman
This Viking action movie is a brutal rendition created by the visionary director, Robert Eggers. This is a nordic story of the vengeful son of King Aurvandill, Prince Amleth. The Northman heads to cold and windswept Iceland to exact revenge on his enemies. With a mind and heart like fire, he sets out across the country looking for anyone who has wronged him. When it comes down between good and evil, there can be no turning back. Even God himself cannot stop The Northman.
Rating: 7.3/10
8. Jurassic World Dominion
In a world where humans and dinosaurs live together, some of the most frightening creatures in history are now our prey. But as they say: if you can't beat them...maybe join them? Will humans be able to coexist with dinosaurs or win back power from the apex predators, or will they fall into the hands of these giants (and some feathered) beasts? This dino-movie will keep you on the edge of your seat, just like the previous Jurassic Park titles.
Rating: 6.1/10
9. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
The famous chipmunk duo, Chip and Dale are still best friends to this day. They live very different lives now though since it has been 30 years since their show ended on television. When one chipmunk friend from the original series goes missing without any clues; it's up to them (and you!) to jump into action once again in order to save their friend before it's too late…
Rating: 7.1/10
10. The Batman
Starring Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz, The Dark Knight once again fights crime in Gotham City, but this time he'll be against a sadistic evil villain who leaves behind enigmatic clues… It has been a decade since the last Dark Knight movie, and while things may seem peaceful in Gotham City; it won't always stay like this!
Rating: 7.9/10
How We Scraped 9500+ Movies on IMDb:
ParseHub, the best free web scraper online, allows you to quickly gather thousands to millions of data, without having any coding or programming knowledge. The intuitive free software allows you to click the data you want to extract, and ParseHub will do the rest. Surprisingly, 2022 has over 9,500 movies, and we scraped them all!
Here is how you can scrape IMDb data in Parsehub:
- To begin you must Download ParseHub for Free.
- In ParseHub, click New Project, and add this URL, or any IMDb URL you want to scrape from: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&year=2022-01-01,2022-12-31 (this URL has the most popular movies in 2022 and has over 9,500 titles!) Once you add the URL and click ‘Start project on this URL’, you will see the IMDb page render on the ParseHub browser.
- The first selection command is recommended to be clicked on the movie title. The title will turn green, and you will see the other titles turning yellow. Click the next yellow title and all titles will be selected. Rename the selection to ‘Movie’ and it should populate with 50 entries in the preview beneath the browser.
- Now that we have the titles, you might want additional info, such as the Metascore, the number of votes, the description and the IMDb rating. To grab these additional fields for each title respectively, we must use the Relative Select feature. Click the PLUS(+) button next to the Movie selection command, and click Relative Select. Now you can click the first title, and click the Metascore. Just like before, you need to click the second title and its respective Metascore. Finally, you will see all 50 titles and their Metascores linked together in the live preview!
- You can repeat this Relative Select process for different fields, such as the movie description/synopsis, the number of votes and the IMDb rating. It should look like this on the left pane:
Using Pagination to Scrape Multiple IDMb Pages
Now you might be wondering, how can we parse through all the pages? There are over 9,500 titles for movies in 2022, so we need a way to extract all the titles. We can do this with pagination in ParseHub:
- First, you need to click PLUS(+) button next to your page (the topmost select command)
- Now you must click the ‘Next’ button at the bottom of the IMDb page. Rename this to next_page. By clicking the expand button, you will see two Extract fields, name and URL, you can delete both.
- Now, click the PLUS(+) button on the next_page command, and press the ‘Click’ command instead of the ‘Relative Select’ command.
- This will bring a popup, you must click: ‘Yes, this is a next page button’ and finally you can choose the number of pages to parse through. Leave the amount as zero if you want to get all the movies.
Here is What The IMDb Data Will Look Like
If you followed all the steps correctly, and Relatively Selected Metascores, the number of votes, the description and IMDb rating, this is what your data will look like:
Click on the green Get Data button on the left pane. Once the scraping is complete, you will get an email to view your results. You can view the results as a CSV (Excel) or JSON/API to use with an app.
Closing Remarks
We hope you enjoyed our top 10 movies of 2022 list, as well as our tutorial for scraping IMDb data! If you have any issues or questions about Parsehub, feel free to reach out to our dedicated support team.
Happy Scraping!
