John Powers: 2018's 12 Best Movies, as published by Vogue
- Burning — Lee Chang-dong
- Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
- Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Zama — Lucrecia Martel
- Happy as Lazzaro — Alice Rohrwacher
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Joel & Ethan Coen
- The Favourite — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Lean On Pete — Andrew Haigh
- Leave No Trace — Debra Granik
- Blindspotting — Carlos López Estrada
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? — Marielle Heller
- Paddington 2 — Paul King
- BlacKkKlansman — Spike Lee
- Black Panther — Ryan Coogler
- Cold War — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Crazy Rich Asians — Jon M. Chu
- First Man — Damien Chazelle
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- Private Life — Tamara Jenkins
- The Rider — Chloé Zhao
- A Star Is Born — Bradley Cooper
- Vice — Adam McKay
- Vox Lux — Brady Corbet