The 22 Most Anticipated Streaming Movies of 2022, From ‘Knives Out 2’ To ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (2023)

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The Tragedy Of Macbeth

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Release Date: January 7
Streaming Service:Amazon Prime
Cast: Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe, and Christopher Lloyd
Why We’re Hyped: Whether he’s posing for the paparazzi or starring in a major motion picture, Ben Affleck rarely delivers a bad performance. In The Tender Bar, which is adapted from a 2005 memoir by J. R. Moehringer, Affleck stars an eccentric bartender who serves as a surrogate father figure to his teenage nephew (Sheridan). The Tender Bar is directed and produced by George Clooney, and while it’s true that Clooney hasn’t had the best track record as a director, we’re inclined to give him another chance.

Watch The Tender Bar on Amazon Prime

Release Date: January 14
Streaming Service:Apple TV+
Cast: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Kathryn Hunter
Why We’re Hyped:Directed by Joel Coen in his first movie without his brother Ethan, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Macbeth, is already buzzing with critical acclaim. I mean, two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington as Macbeth and three-time Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth? That’s pretty much a guarantee of quality. Just let the top-tier acting and Shakespearean language wash over you.

Watch The Tragedy of Macbeth on Apple TV+

Release Date: January 2022 (Exact date TBA)
Streaming Service: HBO Max
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Shailene Woodley
Why We’re Hyped:School shootings are, unfortunately, a tragedy that far too many Americans have experienced in their lifetime. But after the news crews leave, the students and families are left to deal with the aftermath. This high school drama written and directed by Megan Park focuses on one student, Vada Cavell (Jenna Ortega) who navigates her trauma following a shooting at her school. The film premiered at South by Southwest to positive reviews last March, before it was acquired by HBO Max. The Fallout promises to be an empathetic and moving account of a heavy, sobering subject.

Where to watch The Fallout

Release Date: February 10
Streaming Service: HBO Max
Cast: Zoë Kravitz, Byron Bowers, Jaime Camil, Jacob Vargas, Derek DelGaudio, and Erika Christensen
Why We’re Hyped:Last month, HBO Max quietly announced a new Steven Soderbergh drama would be coming to the streaming service very soon. Written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spiderman) this new film from the Oceans 11 director stars Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic tech worker who discovers a violent crime while reviewing data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, it’s a COVID-era film, but if anyone can get it right, it’s Soderbergh.

Where to watch KIMI

Release Date: February 11
Streaming Service: Amazon Prime
Cast: Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, and Mason Gooding
Why We’re Hyped: February is the month for romantic comedies and wine, and Amazon has the perfect movie for Valentine’s Day, complete with a perfect cast. The very funny Jenny Slate and Charlie Day star as two heartbroken people who meet while crying in a stairwell, after getting dumped by their significant others. They decide to help each other out by hatching a plan to break up their ex’s new relationships. Do you know where the plot is going? Sure, of course, but this movie looks adorable, hilarious, and stars some genuinely talented people. Plus, I’ll never not watch a movie with Jenny Slate as the romantic lead.

Watch I Want You Back on Amazon Prime

Release Date: February 18
Streaming Service:Netflix
Cast: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Jacob Latimore, Olwen Fouéré
Why We’re Hyped:Not to be confused with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre will be the ninth installment in this slasher franchise that first launched in 1974. But don’t worry, you don’t need to catch up on all eight films—Texas Chainsaw Massacre will serve as a direct sequel to the first, original movie. The cannibal serial killer known as Leatherface has been in hiding for 50 years when a group of young friends accidentally disturb his home and reawaken a bloody nightmare. Most notably, Sally Hardesty, the protagonist in the first Texas movie, is back, though she will not be played by the original actor. Still, for horror heads, this is sure to be a fun watch.

Watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Netflix

Release Date: March 2022
Streaming Service: Disney+
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Zach Braff, Erika Christensen
Why We’re Hyped:2022 is the year of remaking movies that have already been remade with Steve Martin! In addition to Father of the Bride at HBO Max, Disney+ will be tackling a new version of this 1950 comedy about a couple who remarries and end up with 12 children. The script is co-written by black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Grown-ish showrunner Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry—so you know it’s going to be a funny one.

Where to watch Cheaper by the Dozen (2022)

Release Date: Early 2022 (Exact date TBA)
Streaming Service:Netflix
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener
Why We’re Hyped: Look, it really doesn’t matter what the actual plot is, if Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo play a married couple in a movie—as they will in The Adam Project—then I will pretend that movie is a 13 Going on 30 sequel. That said, the plot of this Netflix sci-fi film from Shawn Levy sounds pretty darn interesting: Ryan Reynolds stars a man named Adam who travels back in time to help his younger self confront his late father. I’m in!

Where to watch The Adam Project

Release Date: Fall 2022 (Exact date TBA)
Streaming Service:Disney+
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Doug Jones
Why We’re Hyped: How could anyone notbe hyped for the return of the three most iconic witches in Halloween history? Twenty-nine years after the events of 1993’s Hocus Pocus, the spooky Sanderson sisters return to Salem to wreak havoc once more. This time, it’s up to three high school students (Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, and Belissa Escobedo) to stop them. Directed by Anne Fletcher, with a script by Jen D’Angelo, it almost doesn’t matter whether Hocus Pocus 2 is good or not—it will just be a delight to see Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in costume again.

Where to watch Hocus Pocus 2

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service: HBO Max
Cast: Andy García, Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Isabela Merced, and Diego Boneta
Why We’re Hyped: While most millennials think of Steve Martin and Diane Keaton when they hear Father of the Bride, there have been quite a few actors to take on the roles in the various rom-com adaptations of the 1949novel of the same name (including Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor!). Now it’s Andy García and Gloria Estefan’s turn, in this new version of the film from director Gaz Alazraki. A duo as iconic as García and Estefan will surely not disappoint.

Where to watch The Father of the Bride

Release Date: Late 2022 (Exact date TBA)
Streaming Service:Netflix
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, and Gael García Bernal
Why We’re Hyped:It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that putting JLo in a deadly action thriller is pretty much all you need to do to make a hit film. In The Mother, Lopez stars as an assassin who comes out of hiding in order to protect the daughter she left behind. After Lopez’s jaw-dropping performance in Hustlers, we can’t wait to see her command the screen yet again.

Where to watch The Mother

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service:Netflix
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Billy Bob Thornton
Why We’re Hyped:Hollywood has been trying to make a movie out of this 2009 thriller novel by Mark Greaney for over a decade. Now, assuming the release date holds, it’s finally come to fruition with an all-star cast, directed by Marvel alums Anthony and Joe Russo. Ryan Gosling will star as a CIA operative who’s forced to go on the run when his agency betrays him, and Chris Evans stars as his former colleague who’s sent to hunt him down. Not only are we hyped to see Gosling vs. Evans, we also can’t wait to see what Netflix does with that $200 million production budget—the most expensive Netflix film to date.

Where to watch The Gray Man

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service:Apple TV+
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro
Why We’re Hyped:He may be 79, but director Martin Scorsese shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. His next picture, Killers of the Flower Moon, is based on a 2017nonfiction book by David Grann and tells the true story of an FBI investigation into the mysterious killings of members of the American Indian Osage tribe in the 1920s. It’s the sixth collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio, and the tenth between Scorsese and De Niro—but we’re most excited to see actor Lily Gladstone (First Cow, Walking Out) in a major role.

Where to watch Killers of the Flower Moon

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service:Netflix
Cast:Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick, and Ethan Hawke.
Why We’re Hyped:By this point, so many huge names have joined the cast of the Knives Out sequel, it’s sort of embarrassing for the actors who haven’t been invited. After Rian Johnson’s 2019 whodunnit mystery was such a rousing success, the expectations for the sequel are sky-high. Daniel Craig will return as Detective Benoit Blanc, with a new mystery to solve. Even if it can’t live up to the first film, surely it will be worth it to hear Craig’s Foghorn Leghorn impression again.

Where to watch Knives Out 2

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service: Netflix
Cast:Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, and Robert Duvall.
Why We’re Hyped: Don’t worry, in addition to the Kevin James football movie for kids, Adam Sandler also has a comedy for adults tentatively in the books for next year—and he’s in the starring role. In Hustle, Sandler stars as a former basketball scout who attempts to revamp his career by recruiting an international player into the NBA. Get ready for some cultural gap humor.

Where to watch Hustle

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service: Netflix
Cast: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, Josh Wiggins
Why We’re Hyped:It’s been well over a decade since acclaimed director Richard Linklater dipped his toe into animation, but he’s back at it again. This part live-action, part-animated movie will tell the story of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, but will also incorporate the fantasies of children at the time imagine the moon landing is like. It sounds delightfully pure, and, knowing Linklater, it will probably be delightfully weird, too. Plus, who wouldn’t want a Linklater and Jack Black collab?

Watch Apollo 10 1/2 on Netflix

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service: Netflix
Cast: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale and Julianne Nicholson
Why We’re Hyped: Blonde is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 biographical novel and is a fictionalized account of the life of movie star Marilyn Monroe, starring Ana de Armas in the lead role, and sure to be a popular title on Netflix. That said, this movie has been the subject of some controversy—rumor has it that Netflix executives were put off by the graphic first-cut submitted by director Andrew Dominik, which is why the film was delayed a year. (Netflix has yet to comment on those rumors.)

Where to watch Blonde

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service: Netflix
Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant
Why We’re Hyped:Who wouldn’t be excited for an action thriller with Tom Hardy? In Havoc, written and directed by Gareth Evans, Hardy will star as a detective tasked with unraveling his city’s world of underground crime, in order to rescue a politician’s estranged son. In other words, Tom Hardy is going to rough up a lot of bad guys. Can’t wait!

Where to watch Havoc

Release Date: Fall 2022
Streaming Service: Disney+
Cast: Tom Hanks, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, and Lorraine Bracco
Why We’re Hyped:Whatever your feelings on the trend of Disney live-action remakes of beloved animated films, it’s hard to argue with the logic of Tom Hanks as Gepetto. I mean, it’s Tom Hanks as Gepetto! Not only that, it’s Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy! Ugh, Disney knows exactly how to get me.

Where to watch Pinocchio (2022)

Release Date: 2022 TBA
Streaming Service: Netflix
Cast: Chris Hemsworth
Why We’re Hyped:If you watched to the end of Netflix’s smash action hit from 2020, Extraction, then you probably suspected that our hero, Tyler Rake, wasn’t really dead. Well, now we know he’s not, because he’s back for more action in Extraction 2. If this sequel does as well as the first film for Netflix, we might just have a Netflix action franchise on our hands.

Where to watch Extraction 2

Release Date: Fall 2022
Streaming Service: Disney+
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Idina Menzel, Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown
Why We’re Hyped:Amy Adams may not yet have won the Oscar she deserves, but at least this year she’s returning to her most magical role: Giselle Philip, in this sequel to the 2007 comedy, Enchanted.Fifteen years after her happily-ever-after, Giselle, Robert, and Morgan move to a new suburb, where they find themselves targeted by the community’s leader (Maya Rudolph). With most of the original cast returning, I for one can’t wait for this song-and-dance fairytale.

Where to watch Disenchanted

Release Date: Winter 2022
Streaming Service: Apple TV+
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, and Octavia Spencer
Why We’re Hyped: Speaking of musicals, we can’t wait for this whimsical, musical retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which will presumably be on Apple TV+ next Christmas. Reynolds and Ferrell are already hyping up the film, including some first-look images shared by Reynolds on his social channels. The movie will feature new songs from La La Land composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, meaning it’s sure to feature some bangers. We’re ready!

Where to watch Spirited