Joe Morgenstern: Best Film of 2018, as published by The Wall Street Journal
- A Star Is Born — Bradley Cooper
- Black Panther — Ryan Coogler
- Burning — Lee Chang-dong
- Cold War — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham
- First Man — Damien Chazelle
- Free Solo — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
- Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — Morgan Neville