2018 was a year in film marked by parity. There doesn’t feel like much distance between film #1 and film #11, nor does it feel like a truly great film was released this year, just a lot of very good ones. Still, below a list of what we felt is the closest to an accurate ranking of all the films watched and reviewed this year. What’s notable is that 4 of the top 5 are directed by, and star, people of color in what was a banner year for minorities in film. Enjoy our list!
- Blindspotting
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Searching
- A Quiet Place
- Widows
- Suspiria
- Hereditary
- Shoplifters
- The Favourite
- Mandy
- You Were Never Really Here
- Cold War
- Beautiful Boy
- Upgrade
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Vice
- First Man
- A Star is Born
- Leave No Trace
- Annihilation
- Roma
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Love, Simon
- Blame
- Becks
- Boy Erased
- Disobedience
- The Rider
- Game Night
- The Hate U Give
- Ocean’s 8
- Sorry to Bother You
- The Wife
- Green Book
- Alpha
- First Reformed
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Aquaman
- Blockers
- Ready Player One
- Burning
- Bomb City
- Eighth Grade
- Chappaquiddick
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Bad Times at the El Royale
- White Boy Rick
- Operation Finale
- The Endless
- Deadpool 2
- Hold the Dark
- Roxanne Roxanne
- The Cloverfield Paradox
- Hotel Artemis
