Siddhant Adlakha: 20 Best Films of 2018 Born from the Asian Diaspora, as published by Polygon
- Abu — Arshad Khan
- Bitter Melon — H.P. Mendoza
- Bodied — Joseph Kahn
- Border — Ali Abbasi
- A Bread Factory — Patrick Wang
- Crazy Rich Asians — Jon M. Chu
- Darkland — Fenar Ahmad
- A Family Tour — Ying Liang
- For Izzy — Alex Chu
- The Hungry — Bornila Chatterjee
- Invisible Hands — Shraysi Tandon
- Meditation Park — Mina Shum
- Minding the Gap — Bing Liu
- The Rider — Chloé Zhao
- Searching — Aneesh Chaganty
- Shirkers — Sandi Tan
- A Touch of Spring — Xiaodan He
- Toward a Common Tenderness — Kaori Oda
- What Will People Say — Iram Haq
- When We Grow Up — Zorinah Juan