Year-End Lists

Steve Erickson: Best Films of 2018, as published by Gay City News

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

1. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
   Travis Wilkerson
2. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
3. Revenge
   Coralie Fargeat
4. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
5. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
   RaMell Ross
6. Cam
   Daniel Goldhaber
7. 24 Frames
   Abbas Kiarostami
8. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
9. Black Panther
   Ryan Coogler
10. Fatal Pulse
    Damon Packard

Runners-up

• Angels Wear White
  Vivian Qu
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• BlacKkKlansman
  Spike Lee
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  Marielle Heller
• Custody
  Xavier Legrand
• Discreet
  Travis Mathews
• Gavagai
  Rob Tregenza
• The Green Fog
  Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
• I Remember the Crows
  Gustavo Vinagre
• The Island
  Bo Huang
• Leave No Trace
  Debra Granik
• Life & Nothing More
  Antonio Méndez Esparza
• 1985
  Yen Tan
• Notes on an Appearance
  Ricky D'Ambrose
• Werewolf
  Ashley McKenzie
• The Wild Boys
  Bertrand Mandico
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  Morgan Neville

Joe Morgenstern: Best Film of 2018, as published by The Wall Street Journal

[see also 2019 • 2017]

• Roma
  Alfonso Cuaron

Other choices in alphabetical order

• A Star Is Born
  Bradley Cooper
• Black Panther
  Ryan Coogler
• Burning
  Lee Chang-dong
• Cold War
  Pawel Pawlikowski
• Eighth Grade
  Bo Burnham
• First Man
  Damien Chazelle
• Free Solo
  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  Morgan Neville

Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2018, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
2. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
   Marielle Heller
3. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
4. Wildlife
   Paul Dano
5. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
6. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
7. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
8. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
9. Juliet, Naked
   Jesse Peretz
10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Joel & Ethan Coen

Honorable Mentions

• First Reformed
  Paul Schrader
• Burning
  Lee Chang-dong
• Leave No Trace
  Debra Granik
• If Beale Street Could Talk
  Barry Jenkins
• A Simple Favor
  Paul Feig
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2018, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
2. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. Shoplifters
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
5. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
   Joel & Ethan Coen
6. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
7. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
8. Paddington 2
   Paul King
9. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
10. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel

Honorable mentions

• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay
• The Hate U Give
  George Tillman Jr.
• Eighth Grade
  Bo Burnham
• Black Panther
  Ryan Coogler
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• Sorry to Bother You
  Boots Riley
• Roma
  Alfonso Cuaron
• Free Solo
  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
• Support the Girls
  Andrew Bujalski
• Let the Sunshine In
  Claire Denis

Slant Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2018

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

1. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
2. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
3. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
4. Let the Sunshine In
   Claire Denis
5. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
6. Bisbee '17
   Robert Greene
7. 24 Frames
   Abbas Kiarostami
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
9. Monrovia, Indiana
   Frederick Wiseman
10. The House That Jack Built
    Lars von Trier
11. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
12. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Joel & Ethan Coen
13. Paddington 2
    Paul King
14. BlacKkKlansman
    Spike Lee
15. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
16. The Green Fog
    Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson
17. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
    Travis Wilkerson
18. The Day After
    Hong Sang-soo
19. Golden Exits
    Alex Ross Perry
20. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
21. Shoah: Four Sisters
    Claude Lanzmann
22. PROTOTYPE
    Blake Williams
23. Happy as Lazzaro
    Alice Rohrwacher
24. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
25. Dead Souls
    Wang Bing

IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2018 (as voted by 232 critics from 32 countries)

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

• Roma
  Alfonso Cuaron
• First Reformed
  Paul Schrader
• Burning
  Lee Chang-dong
• The Favourite
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Cold War
  Pawel Pawlikowski
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• BlacKkKlansman
  Spike Lee
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay
• If Beale Street Could Talk
  Barry Jenkins

Best Documentaries

• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  Morgan Neville
• Three Identical Strangers
  Tim Wardle
• Free Solo
  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  RaMell Ross

Justine Smith: Top Ten Films of 2018, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2019 • 2017]

1. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
2. Padmaavat
   Sanjay Leela Bhansali
3. Genesis
   Philippe Lesage
4. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
5. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
6. Cam
   Daniel Goldhaber
7. Black Mother
   Khalik Allah
8. Profile
   Timur Bekmambetov
9. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
10. Birds of Passage
    Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra

Honorable Mentions

• Thunder Road
  Jim Cummings
• Ray & Liz
  Richard Billingham
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Let the Sunshine In
  Claire Denis
• Srbenka
  Nebojsa Slijepcevic
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  RaMell Ross
• Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
  Khavn
• Relaxer
  Joel Potrykus

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018

Christy Lemire: 10 Best Films of 2018

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

1. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
2. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
3. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. Suspiria
   Luca Guadagnino
6. Sorry to Bother You
   Boots Riley
7. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
8. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
9. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
10. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper

Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2018, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
3. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
   Travis Wilkerson
4. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
5. Classical Period
   Ted Fendt
6. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
7. Thoroughbreds
   Cory Finley
8. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
9. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
10. Monrovia, Indiana
    Frederick Wiseman

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018

Jordan Cronk: Top 20 Films of 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2021 • Top Ten Films of 2020 • The 50 Best Films of the 2010s • Top 20 Films of 2019 • Top Ten Films of 2017]

1. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
2. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
3. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
4. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
5. Dead Souls
   Wang Bing
6. Good Luck
   Ben Russell
7. Infinite Football
   Corneliu Porumboiu
8. PROTOTYPE
   Blake Williams
9. All the Cities of the North
   Dane Komljen
10. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
11. Lover for a Day
    Philippe Garrel
12. El mar la mar
    Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
13. The Day After
    Hong Sang-soo
14. Scarred Hearts
    Radu Jude
15. Milla
    Valérie Massadian
16. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
17. Personal Problems
    Bill Gunn
18. Notes on an Appearance
    Ricky D'Ambrose
19. Classical Period
    Ted Fendt
20. Shoah: Four Sisters
    Claude Lanzmann