Earlier this month, we had apprised our readers that S.S. Rajamouli’s star-studded magnum opus ‘RRR’ had made its way to the coveted Letterboxd 2022 top 50 international films list. And now, there is another big reason to rejoice for Indian movie buffs. Because ‘RRR’ has also entered this year’s best movies international list on the reputed reviews aggregation website Metacritic.
Besides ‘RRR’, another Indian movie on Metacritic’s top ten international films list is Payal Kapadia’s documentary ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’. While ‘RRR’ is currently placed on a highly impressive 6th rank globally, ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ is just behind it at rank 7. Both these Indian movies share a Metacritic score (universal critics’ consensus) of 87.
And in doing that, both ‘RRR’ and ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ have not just entered the Metacritic top global films list in an ordinary way, but these two Indian films have even outranked some of the most popular international movies. The long list includes ‘The Batman’ (Rank 60), ‘Turning Red’ (Rank 12), ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ (Rank 17), ‘A Hero’ (Rank 18), ‘The Northman’ (Rank 19), ‘Kimi’ (Rank 31), and ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ (Rank 75), to name a few.
And the movie which has surprisingly topped the Metacritic 2022 international movies list is the Iranian family drama ‘Hit the Road’ (Rank 1). It’s followed by the German documentary film ‘Mr. Bachmann and His Class’ (Rank 2) and the Norwegian romantic dark comedy movie ‘The World Person in the World’ (Rank 3).
About the films:
RRR
S.S Rajamouli’s period action movie ‘RRR’ features Ram Charan and Jr.NTR in the lead roles and Ajay Devgn, and Alia Bhatt in pivotal roles. ‘RRR’ is a fictional tale set in the 1920s that revolves around two legendary Indian revolutionaries namely Alluri Sitarama Raju (played by Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (played by Jr. NTR).
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Helmed by Payal Kapadia, it revolves around university student life in India. The 90-minute film reportedly revolves around a student named ‘L’ at FTII who falls in love with ‘K’ who wanted to be together but are separated by unavoidable circumstances. The film won the best documentary film award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival 2021.