Year-End Lists

Siddhant Adlakha: 20 Best Films of 2018 Born from the Asian Diaspora, as published by Polygon

• Abu
  Arshad Khan
• Bitter Melon
  H.P. Mendoza
• Bodied
  Joseph Kahn
• Border
  Ali Abbasi
• A Bread Factory
  Patrick Wang
• Crazy Rich Asians
  Jon M. Chu
• Darkland
  Fenar Ahmad
• A Family Tour
  Ying Liang
• For Izzy
  Alex Chu
• The Hungry
  Bornila Chatterjee
• Invisible Hands
  Shraysi Tandon
• Meditation Park
  Mina Shum
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• The Rider
  Chloé Zhao
• Searching
  Aneesh Chaganty
• Shirkers
  Sandi Tan
• A Touch of Spring
  Xiaodan He
• Toward a Common Tenderness
  Kaori Oda
• What Will People Say
  Iram Haq
• When We Grow Up
  Zorinah Juan

Lawrence Garcia: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2020 • 2019]

1. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
2. The House That Jack Built
   Lars von Trier
3. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
4. PROTOTYPE
   Blake Williams
5. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
6. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
7. Unfriended: Dark Web
   Stephen Susco
8. Isle of Dogs
   Wes Anderson
9. Golden Exits
   Alex Ross Perry
10. Maison du bonheur
    Sofia Bohdanowicz
11. Mrs. Hyde
    Serge Bozon
12. Scarred Hearts
    Radu Jude
13. 24 Frames
    Abbas Kiarostami
14. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Joel & Ethan Coen
15. Notes on an Appearance
    Ricky D'Ambrose

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018

David Fear: Top 20 Movies of 2018, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
5. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
6. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
7. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
8. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
9. The Old Man & the Gun
   David Lowery
10. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
11. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
12. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
13. Where Is Kyra?
    Andrew Dosunmu
14. Minding the Gap
    Bing Liu
15. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
16. Tyrel
    Sebastián Silva
17. Set It Up
    Claire Scanlon
18. Let the Corpses Tan
    Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
19. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper
20. Thunder Road
    Jim Cummings

Katie Rife: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
2. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
3. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
4. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
   Marielle Heller
5. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
6. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
7. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
8. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
9. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
10. Border
    Ali Abbasi
11. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
12. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
13. Widows
    Steve McQueen
14. Revenge
    Coralie Fargeat
15. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018

Sean Burns: Best Movies of 2018, as published by WBUR’s The ARTery

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

Honorable Mentions

• Blaze
  Ethan Hawke
• Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
  Gus Van Sant
• En el Séptimo Día
  Jim McKay
• Never Goin' Back
  Augustine Frizzell
• Nico, 1988
  Susanna Nicchiarelli
• A Star Is Born
  Bradley Cooper
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel

• First Reformed
  Paul Schrader
• BlacKkKlansman
  Spike Lee
• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Cold War
  Pawel Pawlikowski
• I Am Not a Witch
  Rungano Nyoni
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  Marielle Heller
• Mandy
  Panos Cosmatos
• Vox Lux
  Brady Corbet

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
2. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. A Bread Factory
   Patrick Wang
5. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
6. The Night Comes for Us
   Timo Tjahjanto
7. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
9. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
10. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
11. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
12. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik
13. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
14. Bisbee '17
    Robert Greene
15. Isle of Dogs
    Wes Anderson

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018

A.A. Dowd: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
2. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
3. Lean On Pete
   Andrew Haigh
4. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
5. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
6. Minding the Gap
   Bing Liu
7. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
8. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
9. Thoroughbreds
   Cory Finley
10. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
11. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
12. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
13. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
14. Isle of Dogs
    Wes Anderson
15. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
    Christopher McQuarrie

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018

Women and Hollywood: 2018’s Best Films By and About Women

• The Favourite
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• I Am Not a Witch
  Rungano Nyoni
• On the Basis of Sex
  Mimi Leder
• Annihilation
  Alex Garland
• Blockers
  Kay Cannon
• Leave No Trace
  Debra Granik
• Support the Girls
  Andrew Bujalski
• The Wife
  Björn Runge
• The Hate U Give
  George Tillman Jr.
• Crazy Rich Asians
  Jon M. Chu
• Eighth Grade
  Bo Burnham
• The Rider
  Chloé Zhao
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  Marielle Heller
• Mary Queen of Scots
  Josie Rourke
• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay

Much Ado About Cinema: Best Films of 2018

1. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
2. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
3. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
4. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
   Desiree Akhavan
5. Suspiria
   Luca Guadagnino
6. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
7. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
9. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
10. Skate Kitchen
    Crystal Moselle
11. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
12. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
13. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
14. Wildlife
    Paul Dano
15. Lean On Pete
    Andrew Haigh
16. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
    Morgan Neville
17. Thoroughbreds
    Cory Finley
18. Paddington 2
    Paul King
19. Tully
    Jason Reitman
20. The Tale
    Jennifer Fox
21. Shirkers
    Sandi Tan
22. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
23. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
    Ol Parker
24. Madeline’s Madeline
    Josephine Decker
25. Widows
    Steve McQueen

Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
2. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
3. The House That Jack Built
   Lars von Trier
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
6. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
7. The Wild Pear Tree
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
8. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
9. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
10. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
    Desiree Akhavan
11. The Other Side of the Wind
    Orson Welles
12. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller
13. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Joel & Ethan Coen
14. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
15. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
16. Isle of Dogs
    Wes Anderson
17. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
18. BlacKkKlansman
    Spike Lee
19. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
20. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
21. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
    RaMell Ross
22. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
23. The Old Man & the Gun
    David Lowery
24. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
25. Annihilation
    Alex Garland
26. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
    Christopher McQuarrie
27. Widows
    Steve McQueen
28. Have a Nice Day
    Liu Jian
29. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos
30. Shirkers
    Sandi Tan

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Little White Lies: Caitlin Quinlan: Top 10 Films of 2018
• Little White Lies: Elena Lazic: Top 10 Films of 2018