Year-End Lists

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2018 Movies

Film School Rejects: 50 Best Movies of 2018

30 December 2018

Black Panther - Ryan Coogler

Film School Rejects: 50 Best Movies of 2018

[see also 2010s • 2017]

  1. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
  2. Annihilation
    Alex Garland
  3. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham
  4. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
  6. Blindspotting
    Carlos López Estrada
  7. Sorry to Bother You
    Boots Riley
  8. Paddington 2
    Paul King
  9. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos
  10. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
  11. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
  12. Suspiria
    Luca Guadagnino
  13. BlacKkKlansman
    Spike Lee
  14. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  15. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
    Christopher McQuarrie
  16. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
    Morgan Neville
  17. Private Life
    Tamara Jenkins
  18. Widows
    Steve McQueen
  19. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
  20. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
  21. A Quiet Place
    John Krasinski
  22. The Night Comes for Us
    Timo Tjahjanto
  23. Revenge
    Coralie Fargeat
  24. Avengers: Infinity Wars
    Anthony and Joe Russo
  25. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
  26. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
  27. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
  28. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik
  29. Cam
    Daniel Goldhaber
  30. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
  31. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
  32. Crazy Rich Asians
    Jon M. Chu
  33. Madeline’s Madeline
    Josephine Decker
  34. Minding the Gap
    Bing Liu
  35. The House That Jack Built
    Lars von Trier
  36. Thunder Road
    Jim Cummings
  37. Wildlife
    Paul Dano
  38. Game Night
    John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
  39. Isle of Dogs
    Wes Anderson
  40. Bad Times at the El Royale
    Drew Goddard
  41. Upgrade
    Leigh Whannell
  42. The Tale
    Jennifer Fox
  43. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper
  44. A Simple Favor
    Paul Feig
  45. Night Comes On
    Jordana Spiro
  46. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
  47. The Endless
    Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
  48. Borg vs. McEnroe
    Janus Metz
  49. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
  50. Love, Simon
    Greg Berlanti

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