Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2018 Movies

Jordan Cronk: Top 20 Films of 2018

15 December 2018

Jordan Cronk: Top 20 Films of 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2021 • Top Ten Films of 2020 • The 50 Best Films of the 2010s • Top 20 Films of 2019 • Top Ten Films of 2017]

  1. The Other Side of the Wind
    Orson Welles
  2. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
  3. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
    Bruno Dumont
  4. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
  5. Dead Souls
    Wang Bing
  6. Good Luck
    Ben Russell
  7. Infinite Football
    Corneliu Porumboiu
  8. PROTOTYPE
    Blake Williams
  9. All the Cities of the North
    Dane Komljen
  10. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
  11. Lover for a Day
    Philippe Garrel
  12. El mar la mar
    Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
  13. The Day After
    Hong Sang-soo
  14. Scarred Hearts
    Radu Jude
  15. Milla
    Valérie Massadian
  16. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
  17. Personal Problems
    Bill Gunn
  18. Notes on an Appearance
    Ricky D'Ambrose
  19. Classical Period
    Ted Fendt
  20. Shoah: Four Sisters
    Claude Lanzmann

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