Year-End Lists

J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2018, as published by Artforum

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
2. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. Transit
   Christian Petzold
4. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
5. The Kavanaugh Hearing
6. The Americans
7. The Death of Stalin
   Armando Iannucci
8. The Waldheim Waltz
   Ruth Beckermann
9. Org
   Fernando Birri
10. Dialogue with Che
    José Rodriguez-Soltero

Amy Taubin: Best Films of 2018, as published by Artforum

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Adrian Piper exhibit at Museum of Modern Art, New York
2. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
4. Sorry to Bother You
   Boots Riley
5. Life & Nothing More
   Antonio Méndez Esparza
6. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
7. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
8. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
9. At Eternity’s Gate
   Julian Schnabel
10. American Dharma
    Errol Morris
10. Fahrenheit 11/9
    Michael Moore
10. The Feeling of Being Watched
    Assia Boundaoui
10. The King
    Eugene Jarecki
10. United Skates
    Dyana Winkler & Tina Brown
10. Watergate
    Charles Ferguson

John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2018, as published by Artforum

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
2. American Animals
   Bart Layton
3. Nico, 1988
   Susanna Nicchiarelli
4. Mom and Dad
   Brian Taylor
5. Blindspotting
   Carlos López Estrada
6. The Green Fog
   Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
7. Custody
   Xavier Legrand
8. Sollers Point
   Matthew Porterfield
9. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
   John Ridley
10. Permanent Green Light
    Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2018, as published by Les Inrockuptibles in no order

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016]

• A Paris Education
  Jean-Paul Civeyrac
• Leto
  Kirill Serebrennikov
• Custody
  Xavier Legrand
• The House That Jack Built
  Lars von Trier
• Girl
  Lukas Dhont
• The Trouble with You
  Pierre Salvadori
• Climax
  Gaspar Noé
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Burning
  Lee Chang-dong
• Amanda
  Mikhaël Hers

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 10 Films of 2018

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 10 Films of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Leto
   Kirill Serebrennikov
2. Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
   Abdellatif Kechiche
3. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
4. Sorry Angel
   Christophe Honoré
5. A Paris Education
   Jean-Paul Civeyrac
6. High Life
   Claire Denis
7. The House That Jack Built
   Lars von Trier
8. The Trouble with You
   Pierre Salvadori
9. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
10. The Wild Boys
    Bertrand Mandico

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2018
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2018
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2018

Dan Chiasson: The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

• Eye Level
  Jenny Xie
• The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 1

  1940-1956
  Sylvia Plath
• feeld
  Jos Charles
• Be With
  Forrest Gander
• Museum of the Americas
  J. Michael Martinez
• The Final Voicemails
  Max Ritvo
• Letters from Max

  A Book of Friendship
  Sarah Ruhl & Max Ritvo
• American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
  Terrance Hayes
• Like
  A.E. Stallings
• Drafts, Fragments, and Poems

  The Complete Poetry
  Joan Murray

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 50 Albums of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Contre-Temps
   Flavien Berger
2. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
   Arctic Monkeys
3. Wanderer
   Cat Power
4. Little Dark Age
   MGMT
5. Joy as an Act of Resistance
   Idles
6. Tell Me How You Really Feel
   Courtney Barnett
7. ye
   Kanye West
8. Lost & Found
   Jorja Smith
9. Les rescapés
   Miossec
10. Broken Politics
    Neneh Cherry
11. Cavernes
    Perez
12. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
13. La fragilité
    Dominique A
14. Radiate
    Jeanne Added
15. Somnium
    Jacco Gardner
16. Lush
    Snail Mail
17. Jeannine
    Lomepal
18. Negro Swan
    Blood Orange
19. Testing
    A$AP Rocky
20. Twin Fantasy
    Car Seat Headrest
21. Superorganism
    Superorganism
22. Songs of Praise
    Shame
23. The Dog and the Future
    Agar Agar
24. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
25. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
26. Jassbusters
    Connan Mockasin
27. Daytona
    Pusha T
28. Insecure Men
    Insecure Men
29. Superior State
    Rendez Vous
30. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
    Sophie
31. Il Francese
    Jean-Louis Murat
32. Une main lave l'autre
    Alpha Wann
33. Lithopédion
    Damso
34. Age Of
    Oneohtrix Point Never
35. Always Ascending
    Franz Ferdinand
36. Dream Wife
    Dream Wife
37. In a Poem Unlimited
    U.S. Girls
38. Cocoa Sugar
    Young Fathers
39. Minus
    Daniel Blumberg
40. Freedom’s Goblin
    Ty Segall
41. NASIR
    Nas
42. Bottle It In
    Kurt Vile
43. And Nothing Hurt
    Spiritualized
44. Qualm
    Helena Hauff
45. Bisous
    Myth Syzer
46. Freedom
    Amen Dunes
47. Care for Me
    Saba
48. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
49. XEU
    Vald
50. Image au mur
    Grand Blanc

Smithsonian: Favorite Books of 2018, as selected individually by Smithsonian scholars

[see also 2019]

• Light of the Stars

  Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
  Adam Frank
• The Good Neighbor

  The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
  Maxwell King
• Tinker to Evers to Chance

  The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America
  David Rapp
• Care Work

  Dreaming Disability Justice
  Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
• There There
  Tommy Orange
• The Library Book
  Susan Orlean
• Frederick Douglass

  Prophet of Freedom
  David W. Blight
• William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History
  Ronald Scott Vasile
• Our Germans

  Project Paperclip and the National Security State
  Brian E. Crim
• Mourning
  Eduardo Halfon
• Chesapeake Requiem

  A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
  Earl Swift

KCRW: Best Albums of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

1. Heaven and Earth
   Kamasi Washington
2. Good Thing
   Leon Bridges
3. Con Todo El Mundo
   Khruangbin
4. For Ever
   Jungle
5. God’s Favorite Customer
   Father John Misty
6. El Mal Querer
   Rosalía
7. Sex & Food
   Unknown Mortal Orchestra
8. Oxnard
   Anderson .Paak
9. Geography
   Tom Misch
10. Blood
    Rhye

Christopher Borrelli: 10 Best Books of 2018, as published by The Chicago Tribune

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

Fiction

• Motherhood
  Sheila Heti
• The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
  Denis Johnson
• X-Men

  Grand Design
  Ed Piskor
• The Overstory
  Richard Powers
• Heads of the Colored People
  Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Nonfiction

• Boom Town

  The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis
  Sam Anderson
• This Land

  America, Lost and Found
  Dan Barry
• Frederick Douglass

  Prophet of Freedom
  David W. Blight
• Rising

  Dispatches from the New American Shore
  Elizabeth Rush
• Feel Free
  Zadie Smith