Year-End Lists

Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2018

[see also 2017 • 2016 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Kill the Lights
   Tony Molina
2. We’re Not Talking
   The Goon Sax
3. Room Inside the World
   Ought
4. This Is Glue
   Salad Boys
5. More or Less
   Dan Mangan
6. Bell House
   Shy Boys
7. Parallel Universe Blues
   Papercuts
8. Songs of Praise
   Shame
9. Freedom
   Amen Dunes
10. Siesta
    Hater
11. Sleeping Lessons
    Alien Boy
12. Could It Be Different?
    The Spook School
13. 7
    Beach House
14. LP5000
    Restorations
15. O.Y. in Hi-Fi
    Optiganally Yours
16. Proto Retro
    Dot Dash
17. Where We Were Together
    Say Sue Me
18. LONER
    Caroline Rose
19. A Prayer For War
    Borzoi
20. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
21. Indigo
    Wild Nothing
22. Ethers
    Ethers
23. Future Me Hates Me
    The Beths
24. Modern Meta Physic
    Peel Dream Magazine
25. Years
    Sun June
26. New Material
    Preoccupations
27. In the Break
    Night Shop
28. You're an Ugly Person
    Karen Meat
29. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Deafheaven
30. Model Minority
    Lingua Franca
31. Rose Mercie
    Rose Mercie
32. Used to Yesterday
    Smokescreens
33. First Flower
    Molly Burch
34. Dinner Dates for the End of Days
    Scarves
35. Olden Yolk
    Olden Yolk
36. Rest in Peace
    Boys
37. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
38. In Heaven
    Dick Stusso
39. Lush
    Snail Mail
40. In the Lover's Corner
    The Love-Birds
41. Sun on the Square
    The Innocence Mission
42. How to Solve Our Human Problems
    Belle and Sebastian
43. No Fool Like an Old Fool
    Caroline Says
44. Fear / Nothing
    The Belle Game
45. Loma
    Loma
46. Lost and Found
    En Attendant Ana
47. Hope Downs
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
48. Trickster Blues
    RF Shannon
49. Hypnic Jerks
    The Spirit Of The Beehive
50. Her
    Totally Mild

Ken Tucker: Favorite Albums of 2018, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2020 • 2019]

1. Record
   Tracey Thorn
2. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
3. Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By
   Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, SZA
4. The Old Guys
   Amy Rigby
5. Invasion of Privacy
   Cardi B
6. Interstate Gospel
   Pistol Annies
7. Dirty Computer
   Janelle Monáe
8. The Tree of Forgiveness
   John Prine
9. Tell Me How You Really Feel
   Courtney Barnett
10. Is It Still Good to Ya?: Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017 by Robert Christgau

Noel Murray: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 • The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 • The Best Films of 2021 • The Best Films of 2020 • The Best Films of 2019 • Best Films of 2017 • The Best Films of 2016 • The Best Films of 2015 • Top 15 Films of 2014 • 15 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
   Joel & Ethan Coen
3. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
4. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
5. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
6. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
7. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
8. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
9. A Star Is Born
   Bradley Cooper
10. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
11. First Man
    Damien Chazelle
12. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
13. Widows
    Steve McQueen
14. The Old Man & the Gun
    David Lowery
15. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018

Megan Christopher: Best Films of 2018, as published by Much Ado About Cinema

1. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
2. Shoplifters
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
3. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
4. Blindspotting
   Carlos López Estrada
5. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
   Desiree Akhavan
6. Thoroughbreds
   Cory Finley
7. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
8. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
9. Suspiria
   Luca Guadagnino
10. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
11. Lean On Pete
    Andrew Haigh
12. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
13. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper
14. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
15. Tully
    Jason Reitman
16. Assassination Nation
    Sam Levinson
17. Isle of Dogs
    Wes Anderson
18. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
19. Revenge
    Coralie Fargeat
20. Utøya: July 22
    Erik Poppe

Robert Lloyd: Best TV of 2018, as published by The Los Angeles Times

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

1. Lodge 49
2. Random Acts of Flyness
2. Joe Pera Talks with You
3. The Kids Are Alright
4. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
5. Beychella [Beyoncé live at Coachella]
6. Summer Camp Island
7. This Close
8. Barry
9. The Bisexual
9. Sally4Ever
10. Counterpart

Dilara Elbir: Best Films of 2018, as published by Much Ado About Cinema

1. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
2. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. First Reformed
   Paul Schrader
4. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
5. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
6. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
   Desiree Akhavan
7. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
8. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
9. The Bookshop
   Isabel Coixet
10. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller
11. Paddington 2
    Paul King
12. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik
13. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
14. Unsane
    Steven Soderbergh
15. Let the Corpses Tan
    Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
16. Wildlife
    Paul Dano
17. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
18. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
19. How to Talk to Girls at Parties
    John Cameron Mitchell
20. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
    Christopher McQuarrie

Allison Shoemaker: Top 15 Films of 2018, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2017]

1. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
2. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
4. Annihilation
   Alex Garland
5. Shoplifters
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
6. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
7. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
8. Madeline’s Madeline
   Josephine Decker
9. Paddington 2
   Paul King
10. Shirkers
    Sandi Tan
11. Wildlife
    Paul Dano
12. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
13. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
14. A Bread Factory
    Patrick Wang
15. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018

XLR8R: Top Releases of 2018

[see also 2011]

• Safe in the Hands of Love
  Yves Tumor
• Hundreds of Days
  Mary Lattimore
• Persona
  Rival Consoles
• Everywhere At The End Of Time – Stage 4
  The Caretaker
• Everywhere At The End Of Time – Stage 5
  The Caretaker
• NTS Sessions 1-4
  Autechre
• XLR8R+003
  various artists
• No. 4
  Christina Vantzou
• Stargate Music
  Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program
• Selva Oscura
  William Basinski + Lawrence English
• Debiasing
  Barker
• Double Negative
  Low
• Am I Using Content Or Is Content Using Me?
  Raime
• In Death's Dream Kingdom
  various artists
• Cocoon Crush
  Objekt
• Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
  Sophie
• Nothing 2 Loose
  DJ Healer
• Somewhere Decent To Live
  Space Afrika
• Rebirth
  Farai
• Knock Knock
  DJ Koze
• Singularity
  Jon Hopkins
• Compro
  Skee Mask
• Word Color
  Gacha Bakradze
• Kasper Bjørke Quartet: The Fifty Eleven Project
  Kasper Bjørke
• All Melody
  Nils Frahm
• Trivial Occupations
  Francis Harris
• Mutant Beat Dance
  Mutant Beat Dance
• Invisibility
  SIT
• Sonder Somatic
  Bruce
• Infinite Moment
  The Field
• 15 Years of the Bunker
  various artists
• Collapse
  Aphex Twin
• Working Class Woman
  Marie Davidson
• Tidal River
  Albrecht La'Brooy
• Portrait With Firewood
  Djrum

The Playlist: Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2010s • 2016]

1. Atlanta
2. Barry
3. Homecoming
4. The Americans
5. Succession
6. The Little Drummer Girl
7. Dear White People
8. Killing Eve
9. The Good Fight
10. The End of the F***ing World
11. BoJack Horseman
12. A Very English Scandal
13. The Terror
14. Counterpart
15. American Vandal
16. The Haunting of Hill House
17. Billions
18. Sharp Objects
19. Glow
20. Forever
21. The Chi
22. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
23. Better Call Saul
24. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
25. Sorry for Your Loss

Time Out London: 20 Best Films of 2018

[see also 2021 • 2016 • 2015]

1. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
2. Widows
   Steve McQueen
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
5. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
6. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
7. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
11. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
12. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
13. A Quiet Place
    John Krasinski
14. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
15. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
16. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik
17. American Animals
    Bart Layton
18. First Man
    Damien Chazelle
19. Suspiria
    Luca Guadagnino
20. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper