Big flops of 2022, but now they are must-see streaming movies

It is now 2023, and while it is time to look to the future and what the industry has in store for the next 12 months, it is also good to remember those who have not received the recognition they deserve and claim it back. Now, this list features some of the big flops of 2022, and which you should now see when they hit the streaming platform of the moment.

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of those great directors who doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. In 2022 he premiered one of the big unfair flops of the year, ‘Licorice Pizza’, a drama film starring Alana Haim and Alexander Hoffman, who bring to life two young people who grew up together and fell in love as teenagers. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

The alley of lost souls

Guillermo del Toro’s big year was full of ups and downs, with ‘Pinocchio’ and ‘The Cabinet of Curiosities’. But a tape from 2021, which hardly reached other territories, was ‘El Callejón de las Almas Perdidas’, a big failure that has now reached streaming. Budgeted at $60 million and grossing just $40 million, they made this film starring Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett and more, a drop you can now see on Star+.

The Norman

Probably one of big movies of 2022 that failed at the box office It was ‘The Northman’, the epic of Robert Eggers, director of ‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘The Witch’. With a cast led by Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy and others, this film failed to gross nearly $70 million. It is now available on HBO Max.

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Three thousand years of nostalgia

The latest bet of the director of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, George Miller, has not had the result that was expected. ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton grossed $19 million worldwide, which is nothing compared to the $60 million this rare fantasy cost an older audience. Available on Claro, Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.

light year

For some, a flop was expected, for others, a film that had all the elements to return to the successful Pixar formula. Angus MacLane’s ‘Lightyear’ cost 200 million dollars, one of the most expensive animated productions, but only brought in his pocket 226 million dollars, a figure that continues to be a failure for Disney’s expectations. Available on Disney+.

Death on the Nile

Perhaps one of the most extensive and interesting casts of 2022, but also one of the most controversial was that of ‘Death on the Nile’. The film by Kenneth Branagh, with Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright and Armie Hammer. With several delays under its belt, the film grossed just $137 million, an amount such a large cast could barely afford. Available on Star+.