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

David Hudson: Top Ten Films of 2018

31 December 2018

David Hudson: Top Ten Films of 2018, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

Emphatic mentions (alphabetical)

  1. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
  2. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
  3. Transit
    Christian Petzold
  4. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
  5. Madeline’s Madeline
    Josephine Decker
  6. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
  7. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  8. Happy as Lazzaro
    Alice Rohrwacher
  9. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
  10. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong

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