Downrivers Top 30 of the Year
With another calendar year coming to a close, I was able to watch 132 new releases- so it's time to see what made the top 30 list and where to stream them in Canada. It's important to note as one person, I wasn't able to see all major releases so Avatar, Black Panther, The Menu, Aftersun, and Bones and All will be missed from the top 30 purely because they were not viewed yet.
#30 Do Revenge
Dir. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, and Austin Abrams
Comedy
Netflix
#29 Emily the Criminal
Dir. John Patton Ford
Aubrey Plaza & Theo Rossi
Crime Thriller
Netflix
#28 Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Dir. Sophia Hyde
Emma Thompson & Daryl McCormack
Dramedy
Amazon Prime
#27 The Batman
Dir. Matt Reeves
Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano & Jeffrey Wright
Action
Crave
#26 The Black Phone
Dir. Scott Derickson
Mason Thames, Madeline McGraw & Ethan Hawke
Horror
VOD
#25 Flee
Dir. Jonas Pohrer Rasmussen
Documentary
Amazon Prime
#24 X
Dir. Ti West
Mia Goth, Scott Mescudi, Britney Snow and Jenna Ortega
Horror
Amazon Prime
#23 Pearl
Dir. Ti West
Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Emma Jenkins-Purro & Tandi Wright
Horror
VoD
#22 Jackass Forever
Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Steve-O and Ehren McGhehey
Comedy
Paramount+
#21 The Fallout
Dir. Megan Park
Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch & Lumi Pollack
Drama
Crave
#20 Master
Dir. Mariama Diallo
Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Talia Ryder, and Ella Hunt
Mystery Horror
Amazon Prime
#19 Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom
Dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji
Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Keldon Lhamo Gurung and Pem Zam
Drama
Netflix
#18 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Dir. Tom Gormican
Nicolas Cage, Neil Patrick Harris, Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish
Action Comedy
Crave
#17 Marry Me
Dir. Kat Coiro
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Silverman and John Bradley
RomCom
Crave
#16 Mass
Dir. Fran Kranz
Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd and Reed Birney
Drama
Crave
#15 Top Gun: Maverick
Dir. Joseph Kosinski
Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Glen Powell, and Jennifer Connelly
Action
Paramount
#14 Prey
Dir. Dan Trachtenberg
Amber Midthunder & Dakota Beavers
Sci-Fi Action
Disney+
#13 Scream
Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
Melissa Barerra, Jenna Ortega, Courtney Cox and Neve Campbell
Horror
Paramount+
#12 Bodies Bodies Bodies
Dir. Halina Rejin
Maria Bakalova, Amandla Stenberg, Chase Sui Wonders, and Rachel Sennott
Horror Comedy
VoD
#11 She Said
Dir. Maria Schrader
Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson and Andre Braugher
Autobiographic
VoD
#10 See How They Run
Dir. Tom George
Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson and David Oyelowo
Murder Mystery
Disney+
#9 Cha Cha Real Smooth
Dir. Cooper Raiff
Cooper Raiff & Dakota Johnson
Romance
AppleTV
#8 All Quiet on The Western Front
Dir. Edward Berger
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Edin Hasanovic, and Daniel Bruhl
War Drama
Netflix
#7 The Banshees of Inisherin
Dir. Martin McDonagh
Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, and Kerry Condon
Dramedy
Disney+
#6 Cyrano
Dir. Joe Wright
Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Ben Mendelsohn
Romance
Amazon Prime
#5 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Dir. Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson
Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, and Christoph Waltz
Animated
Netflix
#4 Marcell the Shell with Shoes On
Dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp
Jenny Slate & Dean Fleischer-Camp
Animated
VoD
#3 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Murder Mystery
Dir. Rian Johnson
Daniel Craig, Janelle Monae, Edward Norton & Kate Hudson
Murder Mystery
Netflix
#2 The Fabelmans
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, and Seth Rogen
Semi Autobiographic Drama
VoD
#1 Everything Everywhere All At Once
Dir. The Daniels
Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, and Jamie Lee Curtis
Action Adventure
Amazon Prime