Year-End Lists

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

Eric Kohn: Best Movies of 2018, as published by IndieWire

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

1. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
2. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
3. The Death of Stalin
   Armando Iannucci
4. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
5. Sorry to Bother You
   Boots Riley
6. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
7. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
8. Madeline’s Madeline
   Josephine Decker
9. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
10. Free Solo
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
11. Widows
    Steve McQueen
12. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos
13. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
14. Border
    Ali Abbasi
15. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller
16. We the Animals
    Jeremiah Zagar
17. Vox Lux
    Brady Corbet
18. Paddington 2
    Paul King

Stephanie Zacharek: Ten Best Movies of 2018, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
   Morgan Neville
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
5. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
6. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
   Marielle Heller
7. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
   Bryan Singer
10. Paddington 2
    Paul King

Honorable Mentions

• At Eternity’s Gate
  Julian Schnabel
• McQueen
  Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
• Blindspotting
  Carlos López Estrada
• The Hate U Give
  George Tillman Jr.
• Christopher Robin
  Marc Forster
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• BlacKkKlansman
  Spike Lee
• Hearts Beat Loud
  Brett Haley
• The Sisters Brothers
  Jacques Audiard
• Widows
  Steve McQueen
• The Old Man & the Gun
  David Lowery

Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2017

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
3. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
4. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
   Heinz Emigholz
8. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
9. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
10. PROTOTYPE
    Blake Williams

Special Mentions

• Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  Frederick Wiseman
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo
• Good Luck
  Ben Russell
• Araby
  João Dumans and Affonso Uchôa

Florence Almozini: Best Films of 2017, as published by The Village Voice as part of the Village Voice Film Poll

[see also 2022 • 2021]

• Nocturama
  Bertrand Bonello
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Square
  Ruben Östlund
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• The Human Surge
  Eduardo Williams
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes
• By the Time It Gets Dark
  Anocha Suwichakornpong
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Staying Vertical
  Alain Guiraudie
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo

This list contributes to:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017 (as published by The Village Voice, comprised of votes from more than 100 critics)

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
7. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
8. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
9. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
10. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
11. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
12. Twin Peaks: The Return
    David Lynch
13. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
14. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
15. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
15. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
17. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
18. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
19. Dawson City: Frozen Time
    Bill Morrison
20. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
21. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
22. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
23. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
24. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. Wormwood
    Errol Morris
26. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
26. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
28. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
29. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
30. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
31. Columbus
    Kogonada
32. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
33. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
34. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
35. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
36. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
36. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
38. Thelma
    Joachim Trier
39. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
40. The Human Surge
    Eduardo Williams
41. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
42. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
43. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
43. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
45. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
45. Logan
    James Mangold
47. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
47. Kedi
    Ceyda Torun
47. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
50. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson
50. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
50. Starless Dreams
    Mehrdad Oskouei

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Mallory Andrews: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Village Voice Film Poll: Florence Almozini: Best Films of 2017

Dan Sallitt: Favorite Films of 2017, of those “that played at least one week in Manhattan for the first time in 2017, in approximate order of preference”

[see also 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2012]

1. Staying Vertical
   Alain Guiraudie
2. The Unknown Girl
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
3. Mister Universo
   Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
4. How Heavy This Hammer
   Kazik Radwanski
5. Downsizing
   Alexander Payne
6. i hate myself :)
   Joanna Arnow
7. Hermia & Helena
   Matías Piñeiro
8. The Wedding Plan
   Rama Burshtein
9. Marjorie Prime
   Michael Almereyda
10. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont
11. Paulina
    Santiago Mitre
12. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery

Peter Labuza: Favorite Films of 2017 (as discussed on The Cinephiliacs)

[see also 2022 • 2016]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
3. Rat Film
   Theo Anthony
4. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
5. Nathan for You: Finding Frances
   Nathan Fielder

Keith Uhlich: Favorite Films of 2017 (as discussed on The Cinephiliacs)

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
5. Mosaic
   Steven Soderbergh