Year-End Lists

Owen Gleiberman: Top 10 Films of 2018, as published by Variety

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2012]

1. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
2. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
   Morgan Neville
3. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
4. Green Book
   Peter Farrelly
5. Chappaquiddick
   John Curran
6. Red Sparrow
   Francis Lawrence
7. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
8. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
9. Wild Wild Country
10. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham

RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018, as selected by the site’s regular film critics and assistant editors

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1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
   Joel & Ethan Coen
3. Sorry to Bother You
   Boots Riley
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
6. Shirkers
   Sandi Tan
7. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
8. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
9. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
10. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2018
• RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2018
• RogerEbert.com: Justine Smith: Top Ten Films of 2018
• RogerEbert.com: Kristen Lopez: Top Ten Films of 2018
• RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top Ten Films of 2018
• RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2018
• RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2018

Uproxx: Best Movies of 2018

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

1. Sorry to Bother You
   Boots Riley
2. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
3. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
4. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
5. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
6. Black Panther
   Ryan Coogler
7. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
   Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
9. Paddington 2
   Paul King
10. First Man
    Damien Chazelle
11. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller
12. Blindspotting
    Carlos López Estrada
13. Game Night
    John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
14. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
15. Border
    Ali Abbasi

Peter Travers: 20 Best Movies of 2018, as published by Rolling Stone

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1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
3. Black Panther
   Ryan Coogler
4. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
5. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
6. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
7. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
8. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
9. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
10. Green Book
    Peter Farrelly
11. Vice
    Adam McKay
12. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
13. Widows
    Steve McQueen
14. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
15. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
16. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
17. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
18. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Joel & Ethan Coen
19. Bohemian Rhapsody
    Bryan Singer
20. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
    Morgan Neville

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour: Favorite Movies Of 2018

[see also 2017]

• Black Panther
  Ryan Coogler
• Burning
  Lee Chang-dong
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  Marielle Heller
• Capernaum
  Nadine Labaki
• Eighth Grade
  Bo Burnham
• The Favourite
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Game Night
  John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
• If Beale Street Could Talk
  Barry Jenkins
• Leave No Trace
  Debra Granik
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
  Ol Parker
• The Rider
  Chloé Zhao
• Roma
  Alfonso Cuaron
• A Star Is Born
  Bradley Cooper
• Widows
  Steve McQueen
• Wildlife
  Paul Dano

Matt Singer: Best Films of 2018, as published by ScreenCrush

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1. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
2. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
3. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
4. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
5. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
6. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
7. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
8. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
9. Minding the Gap
   Bing Liu
10. Widows
    Steve McQueen

Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2018, as published by Vox

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1. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
2. Minding the Gap
   Bing Liu
3. Bisbee '17
   Robert Greene
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
6. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
7. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
8. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
   RaMell Ross
9. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
10. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
11. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
12. Private Life
    Tamara Jenkins
13. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
14. Suspiria
    Luca Guadagnino
15. The Tale
    Jennifer Fox
16. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
17. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
18. Sorry to Bother You
    Boots Riley
19. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
20. Damsel
    David Zellner and Nathan Zellner
21. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller

Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2018, as published by The Washington Post

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1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
3. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
6. Green Book
   Peter Farrelly
7. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
8. Tully
   Jason Reitman
9. Blindspotting
   Carlos López Estrada
10. A Quiet Place
    John Krasinski

Scott Tobias: Top Movies of 2018, as posted to Twitter

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1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
5. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
   Travis Wilkerson
6. Support the Girls
   Andrew Bujalski
7. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
8. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
   Joel & Ethan Coen
10. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
11. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
12. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos

Honorable Mentions

• The Death of Stalin
  Armando Iannucci
• Isle of Dogs
  Wes Anderson
• Private Life
  Tamara Jenkins
• Lean On Pete
  Andrew Haigh
• Leave No Trace
  Debra Granik
• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Bisbee '17
  Robert Greene
• Sorry to Bother You
  Boots Riley
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• Paddington 2
  Paul King
• 24 Frames
  Abbas Kiarostami
• The Favourite
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Last Race
  Michael Dweck
• Cold War
  Pawel Pawlikowski
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Who We Are Now
  Matthew Newton

Mara Reinstein: Top Movies of 2018, as published by Us Weekly

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

1. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
2. Green Book
   Peter Farrelly
3. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
   Morgan Neville
4. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
5. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
6. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
7. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
   Marielle Heller
8. Widows
   Steve McQueen
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
   Bryan Singer
10. A Quiet Place
    John Krasinski