Dana Stevens: Best Movies of 2018, as published by Slate
[see also 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- 24 Frames — Abbas Kiarostami
- Game Night — John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
- If Beale Street Could Talk — Barry Jenkins
- The Rider — Chloé Zhao
- You Were Never Really Here — Lynne Ramsay
Honorable Mentions
- A Star Is Born — Bradley Cooper
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? — Marielle Heller
- Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- Leave No Trace — Debra Granik
- Minding the Gap — Bing Liu
- Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
- Support the Girls — Andrew Bujalski
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — Morgan Neville
- Zama — Lucrecia Martel