Year-End Lists

Daniel Kasman: Favorite Films of 2018, as posted by Mubi along with a list of favorite revivals

[see also 2017]

1. Blue
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
4. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
5. The Waldheim Waltz
   Ruth Beckermann
6. Unsane
   Steven Soderbergh
7. The Grand Bizarre
   Jodie Mack
8. The Red Shadow (director's cut)
   Dominik Graf
9. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
   Roberto Minervini
10. Veslemøy's Song
    Sofia Bohdanowicz

Chiara Marañón: Favorite Films of 2018, as posted by Mubi along with a list of favorite revivals

1. High Life
   Claire Denis
2. La Flor
   Mariano Llinás
3. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Angela's Diaries: Two Filmmakers
   Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi
6. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
7. One or Two Questions
   Kristina Konrad
8. Those Who Desire
   Elena López Riera
9. Hotel by the River
   Hong Sang-soo
10. La película infinita
    Leandro Listorti

Anaïs Lebrun: Favorite Films of 2018, as posted by Mubi along with a list of favorite revivals

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
3. The Green Fog
   Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
4. Petra
   Jaime Rosales
5. Jamilia
   Aminatou Echard
6. Atlanta, episode "FUBU"
   Donald Glover
7. Long Day's Journey Into Night
   Bi Gan
8. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
9. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
   Roberto Minervini
10. Knife+Heart
    Yann Gonzalez

Keith Phipps: 20 Favorite Films of 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2010s • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
5. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
6. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
7. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
8. Bisbee '17
   Robert Greene
9. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
10. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
11. BlacKkKlansman
    Spike Lee
12. The Sisters Brothers
    Jacques Audiard
12. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos
13. Shirkers
    Sandi Tan
13. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
    RaMell Ross
14. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
15. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Joel & Ethan Coen
16. The Old Man & the Gun
    David Lowery
17. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller
18. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
    Travis Wilkerson
19. Suspiria
    Luca Guadagnino
20. Minding the Gap
    Bing Liu

The Quietus: Top Films of 2018

• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• Cocote
  Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
• The Wild Boys
  Bertrand Mandico
• A Gentle Creature
  Sergei Loznitsa
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
  Steve Loveridge
• First Reformed
  Paul Schrader
• An Elephant Sitting Still
  Hu Bo

Tasha Robinson: Top 10 Films of 2018, as discussed on Filmspotting

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
2. The Death of Stalin
   Armando Iannucci
3. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
   Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
5. Bad Times at the El Royale
   Drew Goddard
6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
   Joel & Ethan Coen
7. Mid90s
   Jonah Hill
8. Marrowbone
   Sergio G. Sánchez
9. Apostle
   Gareth Evans
10. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins

Elena Lazic: Top 10 Films of 2018, as published by Little White Lies

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
2. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
3. Birds of Passage
   Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
4. Obscuro Barroco
   Evangelia Kranioti
5. The House That Jack Built
   Lars von Trier
6. Revenge
   Coralie Fargeat
7. Dragged Across Concrete
   S. Craig Zahler
8. Ray & Liz
   Richard Billingham
9. Jessica Forever
   Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel
10. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski

This list contributes to:

• Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2018

Caitlin Quinlan: Top 10 Films of 2018, as published by Little White Lies

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
2. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
3. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
4. Shoplifters
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
5. The Old Man & the Gun
   David Lowery
6. Columbus
   Kogonada
7. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
8. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
9. Widows
   Steve McQueen
10. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski

This list contributes to:

• Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2018

Erin Trahan: Best Movies of 2018, as published by WBUR’s The ARTery

[see also 2017]

Special mention to three locally-made documentaries

• Black Memorabilia
  Chico Colvard
• Dawnland
  Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip
• Blindsided
  Lisa Olivieri

• I Am Not a Witch
  Rungano Nyoni
• Leave No Trace
  Debra Granik
• My Brilliant Friend
• Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
• RBG
  Betsy West and Julie Cohen
• The Judge
  Erika Cohn
• On Her Shoulders
  Alexandria Bombach
• Private Life
  Tamara Jenkins
• The Americans
• Black Panther
  Ryan Coogler
• Shirkers
  Sandi Tan

Adam Kempenaar: Top 10 Films of 2018, as discussed on Filmspotting

[see also 2022]

1. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
2. Minding the Gap
   Bing Liu
3. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
   Joel & Ethan Coen
7. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
8. Isle of Dogs
   Wes Anderson
9. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
   Marielle Heller
10. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci