Year-End Lists

David Sims: Best Films of 2018, as published by The Atlantic

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1. Widows
   Steve McQueen
2. Shoplifters
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
5. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
6. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
7. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
9. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
10. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis

Runners-up

• Suspiria
  Luca Guadagnino
• Black Panther
  Ryan Coogler
• First Man
  Damien Chazelle
• Paddington 2
  Paul King
• The Favourite
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Rider
  Chloé Zhao
• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay
• Annihilation
  Alex Garland