Steven D. Greydanus: Top Films of 2018, as published by The National Catholic Register
[see also 2012]
- The Rider — Chloé Zhao
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
- I Am Not a Witch — Rungano Nyoni
- The Guardians — Xavier Beauvois
- Lean on Pete — Andrew Haigh
- Paddington 2 — Paul King
- Leave No Trace — Debra Granik
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — Morgan Neville
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout — Christopher McQuarrie
- 22 July — Paul Greengrass
- Black Panther — Ryan Coogler
- Chosen: Custody of the Eyes — Abbie Reese
- Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening — RaMell Ross
- Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc — Bruno Dumont
- Minding the Gap — Bing Liu
- A Quiet Place — John Krasinski
- Ralph Breaks the Internet — Rich Moore and Phil Johnston
- Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
10 Runners-Up (unranked)
- Blindspotting — Carlos López Estrada
- Custody — Xavier Legrand
- The Death of Stalin — Armando Iannucci
- First Man — Damien Chazelle
- Free Solo — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
- Incredibles 2 — Brad Bird
- Puzzle — Marc Turtletaub
- Science Fair — Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster
- Shirkers — Sandi Tan
- Sweet Country — Warwick Thornton