Allison Shoemaker: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club
- Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham
- The Favourite — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
- Annihilation — Alex Garland
- Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
- If Beale Street Could Talk — Barry Jenkins
- Leave No Trace — Debra Granik
- Madeline’s Madeline — Josephine Decker
- Paddington 2 — Paul King
- Shirkers — Sandi Tan
- Wildlife — Paul Dano
- Cold War — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Burning — Lee Chang-dong
- A Bread Factory — Patrick Wang
- Support the Girls — Andrew Bujalski