Year-End Lists

Kristen Lopez: Top Ten Films of 2018, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2019]

1. Blindspotting
   Carlos López Estrada
2. On the Basis of Sex
   Mimi Leder
3. Bad Times at the El Royale
   Drew Goddard
4. A Simple Favor
   Paul Feig
5. The Favourite
   Yorgos Lanthimos
6. Widows
   Steve McQueen
7. Black Panther
   Ryan Coogler
8. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
9. A Quiet Place
   John Krasinski
10. Sorry to Bother You
    Boots Riley

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018

Pilot Viruet: Best TV of 2018, as published by Flavorwire

• Pose
• Big Mouth
• Superstore
• Atlanta
• Killing Eve
• One Day at a Time
• The Bisexual
• The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
• America to Me
• Forever, episode "Andre and Sarah"
• Take My Wife, episode 205

Honorable Mentions

• BoJack Horseman
• The Good Place
• Jane the Virgin
• Vida
• Glow
• You
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• High Maintenance
• Claws
• Detroiters
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Barry
• Aggretsuko

Tomris Laffly: Top 10 Movies of 2018, as published by Time Out New York

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019]

1. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
2. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
3. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
4. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
5. First Man
   Damien Chazelle
6. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
7. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
   Marielle Heller
8. Custody
   Xavier Legrand
9. 1985
   Yen Tan
10. Hereditary
    Ari Aster

The next ten

• Widows
  Steve McQueen
• Happy as Lazzaro
  Alice Rohrwacher
• On the Basis of Sex
  Mimi Leder
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• Shoplifters
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Crazy Rich Asians
  Jon M. Chu
• Eighth Grade
  Bo Burnham
• If Beale Street Could Talk
  Barry Jenkins
• The Guilty
  Gustav Möller
• Suspiria
  Luca Guadagnino

Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2018, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

Honorable Mentions

• Widows
  Steve McQueen
• Custody
  Xavier Legrand
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  Morgan Neville
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  RaMell Ross

1. Blindspotting
   Carlos López Estrada
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
   Barry Jenkins
3. BlacKkKlansman
   Spike Lee
4. Black Panther
   Ryan Coogler
5. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
6. Paddington 2
   Paul King
7. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
8. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
   Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
10. I Am Not a Witch
    Rungano Nyoni

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018

Tim Goodman: 32 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2017]

1. The Americans
2. Patriot
3. Counterpart
4. The End of the F***ing World
5. The Good Place
6. Killing Eve
7. Atlanta
8. Succession
9. Better Call Saul
10. Barry
11. Blue Planet II
12. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
13. Detectorists
14. The Deuce
15. Mr Inbetween
16. Homecoming
17. Kidding
18. The Man in the High Castle
19. Patrick Melrose
20. A Very English Scandal
21. Lodge 49
22. Glow
23. The Terror
24. Casual
25. Get Shorty
26. Bob’s Burgers
27. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
28. Altered Carbon
29. Westworld
30. Wanderlust
31. Forever
32. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Chris Willman: 20 Best Albums of 2018, as published by Variety

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019]

1. Look Now
   Elvis Costello & The Imposters
2. By The Way, I Forgive You
   Brandi Carlile
3. Nudes
   Lucius
4. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
5. God’s Favorite Customer
   Father John Misty
6. Interstate Gospel
   Pistol Annies
7. Sweetener
   Ariana Grande
8. Boarding House Reach
   Jack White
9. No Shame
   Lily Allen
10. The Window
    Cécile McLorin Salvant
11. Camila
    Camila Cabello
12. Girl Going Nowhere
    Ashley McBryde
13. See You Around
    I’m With Her
14. Good Thing
    Leon Bridges
15. Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe)
    Muse
16. MassEducation
    St. Vincent
17. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
18. All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do
    The Milk Carton Kids
19. Desperate Man
    Eric Church
20. Passwords
    Dawes

Joshua Rothkopf: Top 10 Movies of 2018, as published by Time Out New York

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Hereditary
   Ari Aster
2. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
3. Widows
   Steve McQueen
4. Suspiria
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Death of Stalin
   Armando Iannucci
6. Bisbee '17
   Robert Greene
7. Private Life
   Tamara Jenkins
8. Happy as Lazzaro
   Alice Rohrwacher
9. Shoplifters
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
10. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski

The next 10

• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay
• Shirkers
  Sandi Tan
• Thoroughbreds
  Cory Finley
• Sorry to Bother You
  Boots Riley
• Where Is Kyra?
  Andrew Dosunmu
• A Star Is Born
  Bradley Cooper
• Mary Poppins Returns
  Rob Marshall
• Green Book
  Peter Farrelly
• Tyrel
  Sebastián Silva

Jim Harrington: Top 10 Albums of 2018, as published by San Jose Mercury News

[see also 2010s • 2017]

1. Tha Carter V
   Lil Wayne
2. Look Up Child
   Lauren Daigle
3. All That Reckoning
   Cowboy Junkies
4. The Tree of Forgiveness
   John Prine
5. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
6. Invasion of Privacy
   Cardi B
7. Vicious
   Halestorm
8. Hiding Place
   Tori Kelly
9. Daytona
   Pusha T
10. Firepower
    Judas Priest

Honorable mention

• Desperate Man
  Eric Church
• Ruins
  First Aid Kit
• 7
  Beach House
• In a Poem Unlimited
  U.S. Girls
• Twin Fantasy
  Car Seat Headrest
• ASTROWORLD
  Travis Scott
• Lush
  Snail Mail
• Friendship Music
  Surfbort
• KOD
  J. Cole
• The Sciences
  Sleep
• I’ll Be Your Girl
  The Decemberists

Greg Kot: Best Albums of 2018, as published by The Chicago Tribune and aired on Sound Opinions

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

1. Years
   Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
2. Joy as an Act of Resistance
   Idles
3. Room 25
   Noname
4. What a Time to Be Alive
   Superchunk
5. Care for Me
   Saba
6. Stranger Today
   Our Girl
7. Wide Awake!
   Parquet Courts
8. boygenius
   boygenius
9. Motorcade
   Motorcade
10. Rebound
    Eleanor Friedberger

The next 10

• Please Don't Be Dead
  Fantastic Negrito
• Honey
  Robyn
• Tell Me How You Really Feel
  Courtney Barnett
• GOOD Job, You Found Me
  Valee
• Dirty Computer
  Janelle Monáe
• To the Sunset
  Amanda Shires
• Parts
  Ohmme
• The Tree of Forgiveness
  John Prine
• Historian
  Lucy Dacus
• Chime
  Dessa

Jim DeRogatis: Best Albums of 2018, as aired on Sound Opinions

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

1. Street Worms
   Viagra Boys
2. Ephorize
   cupcakKe
3. Tell Me How You Really Feel
   Courtney Barnett
4. What a Time to Be Alive
   Superchunk
5. Chime
   Dessa
6. FM!
   Vince Staples
7. To the Sunset
   Amanda Shires
8. Future Me Hates Me
   The Beths
9. The Tree of Forgiveness
   John Prine
10. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts