Lists
- Vulture: Emily Yoshida: Best Movies of 2018
- RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2018
- Another Gaze: Top Ten Films by Women in 2018
- A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi: Top 15 Films of 2018
- RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2018
- CBS News: David Morgan: Best Movies of 2018
- A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker: Top 15 Films of 2018
- Keith Phipps: 20 Favorite Films of 2018
- Sight & Sound Poll: Best Films of 2018
- Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: Best Movies of 2018
- Much Ado About Cinema: Best Films of 2018
- A.V. Club: Best 25 Films of 2018
- Nashville Scene: The 2018 Jim Ridley Film Poll
- Philip Concannon: Best Films of 2018
- Hyperallergic: The Best Films of the Decade
- Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2018
- Consequence of Sound: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
- Paste: 50 Best Movies of 2018
- Paste: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Polygon: Siddhant Adlakha: 20 Best Films of 2018 Born from the Asian Diaspora
- Los Angeles Times: Kenneth Turan: Best Movies of 2018
- National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus: Top Films of 2018
- Vanity Fair: K. Austin Collins: 10 Best Movies of 2018
- Alicia Malone: Favorite Films of 2018
- Sight & Sound Poll: Simran Hans: The Best Films of 2018
- RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s
- Film School Rejects: Valerie Ettenhofer: Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018
- Senses of Cinema World Poll: Brian Darr: Top Ten Films of 2018
- ARTery: Erin Trahan: Best Movies of 2018
- Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: Top 10 Movies of 2018
- Glenn Kenny: Best Films of 2018
- i-D: Daniella Shreir: Best Feminist Movies of 2018
- New Yorker: Richard Brody: Best Movies of 2018