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.

2018

Philip Concannon: Best Films of 2018

01 January 2019

The Other Side of the Wind - Orson Welles

Philip Concannon: Best Films of 2018

Seattle Screen Scene: Caden Mark Gardner: Top Ten Films of 2018

31 December 2018

First Reformed - Paul Schrader

Caden Mark Gardner: Top Ten Films of 2018, as published by Seattle Screen Scene

[see also 2019]

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2018

31 December 2018

Hearts Beat Loud - Brett Haley

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2018

[see also 202320222021202020192017201620152014201320122011]

Esquire: Nick Schager: 25 Best Movies of 2018

31 December 2018

Nick Schager: 25 Best Movies of 2018, as published by Esquire

[see also 202320222021202020192017201620152014201320122011]

Honorable Mention

Genevieve Koski: Top 20 Films of 2018

31 December 2018

The Favourite - Yorgos Lanthimos

Genevieve Koski: Top 20 Films of 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also 20172014]

Darren Hughes: Favorite US Releases of 2018

31 December 2018

Zama - Lucrecia Martel

Darren Hughes: Favorite US Releases of 2018, as posted to Long Pauses along with several other great lists of premieres, shorts, and first-viewings

[see also 20212010s20172016201520142012]

David Hudson: Top Ten Films of 2018

31 December 2018

David Hudson: Top Ten Films of 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2019201720162015]

Emphatic mentions (alphabetical)

Another Gaze: Top Ten Films by Women in 2018

31 December 2018

Happy as Lazzaro - Alice Rohrwacher

Another Gaze: Top Ten Films by Women in 2018, as posted to Twitter along with a list of under-released, under-appreciated films

[see also 2017]

Saige Walton: Films I Adored in 2018

31 December 2018

Cold War - Pawel Pawlikowski

Saige Walton: Films I Adored in 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2022202020192017]

Films that I expected to love but proved to be glorious messes

Observer: Mark Kermode: 10 Best Films of 2018

30 December 2018

Leave No Trace - Debra Granik

Mark Kermode: 10 Best Films of 2018, as published by The Observer

[see also 202320222021202020192017201620152014]