Best of 2022
The media I enjoyed most in 2022
Tracking What Media I Consume
In 2020, I started tracking all shows/movies/books/games I consume in a simple text file.
I rate everything using a rough 5-star scale. For the scale, I value “entertainment” and how well it captures my attention over “quality”. For example, if a movie is entertaining enough that I fully focus on the movie without browsing the web on a second screen, I might rate it 5 stars even when the movie is not perfect. As a result, I consciously “overrate” some media but I use more of the scale. The scale is rough in that it uses just five stars, I have not fully defined what each rating means. This focus on my attention might not be entirely fair to all movies: I’ll underrate some and overrate others.
Rough idea:
Games 2022
1 ... ★★★★★
2 ... ★★★★
...
Books – Fiction 2022
1 ... ★★★★★
2 ... ★★★★
...
Books – Non-fiction 2022
1 ... ★★★★★
2 ... ★★★★
...
Movies 2022
1 ... ★★★★★
2 ... ★★★★
...
TV 2022
1 ... ★★★★★
2 ... ★★★★
...Note: not everything I consumed in 2022 was released in 2022. I will include older content in my best-of lists when I consumed it in 2022.
Best Games 2022
I played 7 games this year. I spent a lot of time with Halo Infinite multiplayer and finally got around to playing Disco Elysium.
- Halo Infinite ★★★★★
- Disco Elysium ★★★★★
- Forza Horizon 5 ★★★★★
Best Books 2022 – Fiction
My favorite fiction book this year: Ahsoka (Star Wars) wins by default. It was the only non-fiction book I read this year.
Best Books 2022 – Non-fiction
I read 11 non-fiction books this year.
My top 3:
- #NoEstimates ★★★★★
- Good Strategy, Bad Strategy ★★★★
- Agilität neu denken ★★★★
Best Movies 2022
I watched 62 movies this year.
My 10 favorite movies in the order that I watched them this year:
- John Wick 3 ★★★★★
- Spider-Man: No Way Home ★★★★★
- The Batman ★★★★★
- Everything Everywhere All at Once ★★★★★
- Prey ★★★★★
- Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ★★★★★
- Deja Vu ★★★★★
- Im Westen Nichts Neues ★★★★★
- Avatar 2 ★★★★★
- Top Gun: Maverick ★★★★★
The worst movie I watched this year: Titane ★ – What the hell was that? Why? What’s wrong with you?
Best Shows 2022
My top 10:
- Andor S1 ★★★★★
- Stranger Things S4 ★★★★★
- This is Us S6 ★★★★★
- Peacemaker S1 ★★★★★
- The Bear S1 ★★★★★
- Black Bird ★★★★★
- House of the Dragon S1 ★★★★★
- Obi Wan Kenobi ★★★★★
- The Sandman S1 ★★★★★
- Cobra Kai S4 ★★★★★
Honorable mentions:
- Leopard Skin ★★★★★
- The Boys S4 ★★★★★
- Ms Mavel ★★★★★
- Dopesick ★★★★
- The White Lotus S2 ★★★★
- Moon Knight S1 ★★★★
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ★★★★
- Only Murders in the Building S2 ★★★★
- Cobra Kai S5 ★★★★
- Ted Lasso S1 ★★★★
- Ted Lasso S2 ★★★★
The Raw Data
It’s best you stop reading here (or don’t judge me).
Games 2022
1 Forza Horizon 5 ★★★★★
2 Halo Infinite ★★★★★
3 Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★★
4 As Dusk Falls ★★★★
5 Luigi's Mansion 3 ★★★★
6 Pentiment ★★★★
7 Disco Elysium ★★★★★
Books – Fiction 2022
1 Ahsoka ★★★
Books – Non-fiction 2022
1 Project to Product ★★★★
2 Making Work Visible ★★★★
3 Agilität neu denken ★★★★
4 #NoEstimates ★★★★★
5 BDD Books: Discovery ★★★★
6 Kanban and Scrum – making the most of both ★★★
7 Remote Team Interactions Workbook ★★★★
8 Building Micro-Frontends ★★★★
9 Humor That Works ★★★★
10 Good Strategy, Bad Strategy ★★★★
11 The Art of Action ★★★★
Movies 2022
1 The Colour Room ★★★
2 The French Dispatch ★★★
3 Ghostbusters: Afterlife ★★★
4 Don't look up ★★★★
5 Encanto ★★★
6 Eternals ★★★
7 Raya ★★★
8 Titane ★
9 The Fallout ★★★
10 American Underdog ★★★
11 Redeeming Love ★★
12 Braveheart ★★★★
13 I Want You Back ★★★
14 John Wick 3 ★★★★★
15 Licorice Pizza ★★
16 Run Hide Fight ★★
17 The Father ★★★
18 Pig ★★★
19 Nomadland ★★★
20 The King's Man ★★
21 Memoirs of a Geisha ★★★★
22 The Adam Project ★★★★
23 Straight Outta Compton ★★★
24 Turning Red ★★★
25 Death on the Nile ★★★
26 Land ★★★
27 Spider-Man: No Way Home ★★★★★
28 The Batman ★★★★★
29 Morbius ★★★
30 Everything Everywhere All at Once ★★★★★
31 Chip 'n Dale ★★★
32 Resident Evil ★★★★
33 Resident Evil: Apocalypse ★★★
34 Resident Evil: Extinction ★★★
35 Resident Evil: Afterlife ★★
36 Resident Evil: Retribution ★★
37 The Gray Man ★★★★
38 The Princess ★★★
39 Prey ★★★★★
40 Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ★★★★★
41 Lightyear ★★★
42 Scream 2022 ★★★
43 Day Shift ★★★★
44 The Valet ★★★★
45 Thor: Love and Thunder ★★★★
46 RRR ★★★
47 Do Revenge ★★★
48 Ambulance ★★★
49 Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore's Secrets ★★★
50 Deja Vu ★★★★★
51 The Northman ★★★
52 X ★★★
53 Uncharted ★★★★
54 Im Westen Nichts Neues ★★★★★
55 The Innocents ★★
56 Black Adam ★★★★
57 Dune ★★★★★
58 Avatar 2 (3D, EN) ★★★★★
59 Elvis ★★★
60 Top Gun: Maverick ★★★★★
61 Glass Onion ★★★★
62 Avatar 2 (3D HFR, DE) ★★★★★
TV 2022
1 Cobra Kai S4 ★★★★★
2 Foundation S1 ★★★
3 Evil S2 ★★★
4 A Discovery of Witches S3 ★★★★
5 The Expanse S6 ★★★★
6 Station Eleven S1 ★★★★
7 Dexter: New Blood ★★★★
8 Yellowjackets S1 ★★★★
9 Love Me ★★★★
10 Ghosts S1 ★★★★
11 Seal Team S3 ★★★★
12 Schitt's Creek S6 ★★★
13 Reacher S1 ★★★
14 Murderville S1 ★★
15 The Book of Boba Fett ★★★★
16 Peacemaker ★★★★★
17 The Afterparty ★★★
18 Euphoria S2 ★★★
19 Upload S2 ★★★
20 How I Met Your Father ★★
21 Star Trek: Discovery S4 ★★★
22 Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S4 ★★★★
23 Life and Beth S1 ★★★
24 The Ipcress File ★★★
25 Transplant S2 ★★★
26 The Hardy Boys S2 ★★★
27 Swimming with Sharks ★★★★
28 Minx S1 ★★★★
29 Dopesick ★★★★
30 Slow Horses S1 ★★★
31 The Endgame S1 ★★★
32 Moon Knight S1 ★★★★
33 Winning Time S1 ★★★
34 The Good Doctor S5 ★★★★
35 Halo S1 ★★★
36 Good Sam ★★★
37 The Resident S5 ★★★
38 New Amsterdam S4 ★★★★
39 This is Us S6 ★★★★★
40 Bosch: Legacy S1 ★★★★
41 Grey's Anatomy S18 ★★★
42 Chicago Fire S10 ★★★
43 Picard S2 ★★★
44 First Kill S1 ★★
45 The Summer I Turned Pretty ★★★★
46 Obi Wan Kenobi ★★★★★
47 Superman & Lois S2 ★★★★
48 Stranger Things S4 ★★★★★
49 The Terminal List S1 ★★★★
50 Ozark S4 ★★★★
51 The Boys S4 ★★★★★
52 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ★★★★
53 Ms Mavel ★★★★★
54 Resident Evil ★★★
55 The Old Man S1 ★★★★
56 Paper Girls S1 ★★★★
57 Flight Attendant S2 ★★★★
58 Severance S1 ★★★★
59 Better Call Saul S1 ★★★★
60 Better Call Saul S2 ★★★
61 Better Call Saul S3 ★★★
62 Better Call Saul S4 ★★★
63 Better Call Saul S5 ★★★
64 Better Call Saul S6 ★★★
65 Evil S3 ★★★★
66 Only Murders in the Building S2 ★★★★
67 Westworld S4 ★★★
68 Never Have I Ever S3 ★★★★
69 Black Bird ★★★★★
70 The Sandman S1 ★★★★★
71 Cobra Kai S5 ★★★★
72 Abbott Elementary ★★★
73 The Resort ★★★
74 Fate S2 ★★★
75 Motherland Fort Salem S3 ★★★
76 A League of Their Own S1 ★★★★
77 Industry S2 ★★★★
78 She-Hulk S1 ★★★★
79 Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S1 ★★★★
80 Big Shot S2 ★★★★
81 Werewolf by Night ★★
82 House of the Dragon S1 ★★★★★
83 Bad Sisters S1 ★★★
84 Vampire Academy S1 ★★★
85 Reboot S1 ★★★
86 Midnight Club S1 ★★★
87 The Good Fight S6 ★★★★
88 The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself S1 ★★★★
89 Warrior Nun S2 ★★★
90 1899 ★★★
91 The Bear S1 ★★★★★
92 Leopard Skin S1 ★★★★★
93 Andor S1 ★★★★★
94 Wednesday S1 ★★★★
95 The Peripheral S1 ★★★
96 Ted Lasso S1 ★★★★
97 Ted Lasso S2 ★★★★
98 The Morning Show S1 ★★★★
99 The White Lotus S2 ★★★★
100 The Recruit S1 ★★★★
101 Star Girl S3 ★★★
102 The Morning Show S2 ★★★
103 Jack Ryan S3 ★★★★
104 Under the Banner of Heaven ★★★
105 Alice in Borderland S2 ★★★★
106 Pachinko S1 ★★★★
107 Sex Lives of College Girls S2 ★★★★
108 Acapulco S2 ★★★★
109 Slow Horses S2 ★★★★
110 His Dark Materials S3 ★★★