Justine Smith: Top Ten Films of 2018, as published by RogerEbert.com
- Thunder Road — Jim Cummings
- Ray & Liz — Richard Billingham
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Joel & Ethan Coen
- Let the Sunshine In — Claire Denis
- Srbenka — Nebojsa Slijepcevic
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening — RaMell Ross
- Balangiga: Howling Wilderness — Khavn
- Relaxer — Joel Potrykus
Honorable Mentions
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- Padmaavat — Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Genesis — Philippe Lesage
- Annihilation — Alex Garland
- Hereditary — Ari Aster
- Cam — Daniel Goldhaber
- Black Mother — Khalik Allah
- Profile — Timur Bekmambetov
- The Rider — Chloé Zhao
- Birds of Passage — Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
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