9 comic book films released in 2022 are catalogued in our database. The highest-rated was The Batman (2022) at 7.8/10. The year included 3 MCU films, 1 DC films, and 5 films from other universes.
What happened in comic book cinema in 2022?
2022 was a year of franchise rebalancing. The Batman delivered Matt Reeves's hard-boiled Bruce Wayne in a self-contained Elseworlds. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness leaned into Sam Raimi's horror background. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever closed a difficult production with grace after Chadwick Boseman's death.
The year produced 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe releases (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder), 1 DCEU/DCU film (Black Adam), and 1 Sony Spider-Verse entry (Morbius). Across all universes, 9 films are catalogued in our database for 2022.
The year's highest-rated film in our database is The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, with an audience rating of 7.8/10. Released by Warner Bros., it is part of an independent production outside any major shared universe.
International superhero cinema in 2022 included One Piece Film: Red, Vikrant Rona, Brahmastra: Part One — Shiva. Independent comic-book films released the same year include The Batman, One Piece Film: Red, Vikrant Rona.