Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2018 Movies

Hollywood Reporter: Todd McCarthy: Best Films of 2018

13 December 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk - Barry Jenkins

Todd McCarthy: Best Films of 2018, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

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

Honorable Mentions

  1. Vice
    Adam McKay
  2. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
  3. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    Marielle Heller
  4. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
  5. Free Solo
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
  6. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
  7. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham
  8. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
  9. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  10. The Other Side of the Wind
    Orson Welles

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