Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2018, as published by Vox
- Cold War — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Minding the Gap — Bing Liu
- Bisbee '17 — Robert Greene
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- Amazing Grace — Sydney Pollack
- Leave No Trace — Debra Granik
- Support the Girls — Andrew Bujalski
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening — RaMell Ross
- Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham
- Burning — Lee Chang-dong
- The Favourite — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Private Life — Tamara Jenkins
- Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
- Suspiria — Luca Guadagnino
- The Tale — Jennifer Fox
- The Death of Stalin — Armando Iannucci
- Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Sorry to Bother You — Boots Riley
- If Beale Street Could Talk — Barry Jenkins
- Damsel — David Zellner and Nathan Zellner
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? — Marielle Heller