2018 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out with myself and the Skandies crew again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released in 2018, and the last two columns for films seen in 2018.
Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2017 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2018.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2018
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2018 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2018 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than two years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
B+/A- Near Great
B+ Must See
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*Support the Girls
(Bujalski) 74 |
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B/B+ Warmly Recommended
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Game Night
(Daley, Goldstein) 72 |
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Thoroughbreds
(Finley) 71 |
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The Grand Bizarre
(Mack) 71 |
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Sorry to Bother You
(Riley) 70 |
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→ Cold War
(Pawlikowski) 70 |
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*24 Frames
(Kiarostami) 69 |
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| Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
(Wilkerson) 69 |
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B Recommended
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Too Late to Die Young
(Sotomayor) 68 |
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*Leave No Trace
(Granik) 68 |
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| Let the Corpses Tan
(Cattet, Forzani) 68 |
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| Who We Are Now
(Newton) 68 |
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Night Comes On
(Spiro) 67 |
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| Claire's Camera
(Hong) 67 |
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Hotel by the River
(Hong) 66 |
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Seder-Masochism
(Paley) 66 |
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*Three Identical Strangers
(Wardle) 65 |
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The Green Fog
(Maddin, Johnsons) 64 |
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Anna's War
(Fedorchenko) 64 |
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→ Shoplifters
(Kore-eda) 64 |
B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
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*Good Manners
(Rojas, Dutra) 63 |
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| This Is Our Land
(Belvaux) 63 |
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American Dharma
(Morris) 63 |
| The Death of Stalin
(Iannucci) 63 |
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Annihilation
(Garland) 62 |
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Those Who Are Fine
(Schäublin) 62 |
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→ Dragged Across Concrete
(Zahler) 62 |
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→ In Fabric
(Strickland) 61 |
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*Where Is Kyra?
(Dosunmu) 61 |
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*Eighth Grade
(Burnham) 61 |
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| Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of
Arc (Dumont) 60 |
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Dim the Fluorescents
(Warth) 60 |
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*306 Hollywood
(Bogaríns) 60 |
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B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
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Mission: Impossible—Fallout
(McQuarrie) 59 |
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The Endless
(Benson, Moorhead) 59 |
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First Reformed
(Schrader) 58 |
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*Lover for a Day
(Garrel) 58 |
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Isle of Dogs
(Anderson) 58 |
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A Quiet Place
(Krasinski) 57 |
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*Mary and the Witch's Flower
(Yonebayashi) 56 |
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C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
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The Commuter
(Collet-Serra) 54 |
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Asako I & II
(Hamaguchi) 54 |
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*Ray Meets Helen
(Rudolph) 53 |
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Ash Is Purest White
(Jia) 53 |
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*American Animals
(Layton) 53 |
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Ready Player One
(Spielberg) 52 |
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*Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
(Van Sant) 52 |
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*Hearts Beat Loud
(Haley) 51 |
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→ Non-Fiction
(Assayas) 51 |
C+ Take It or Leave It
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*White Boy Rick
(Demange) 50 |
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A Faithful Man
(Garrel) 50 |
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
(Neville) 50 |
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→ Everybody Knows
(Farhadi) 49 |
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Shock Waves—Diary of My Mind
(Meier) 49 |
| Let the Sunshine In
(Denis) 48 |
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*You Were Never Really Here
(Ramsay) 47 |
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→ Searching for Ingmar Bergman
(Von Trotta) 47 |
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*Assassination Nation
(Levinson) 46 |
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*Bad Samaritan
(Devlin) 46 |
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C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
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*Monrovia, Indiana
(Wiseman) 45 |
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*Pope Francis—A Man of His Word
(Wenders) 44 |
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→ Girls of the Sun
(Husson) 44 |
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*Juliet, Naked
(Peretz) 43 |
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*Ghost Stories
(Dyson, Nyman) 43 |
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*Loving Pablo
(León de Aranoa) 43 |
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Jupiter's Moon
(Mundruczó) 42 |
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*A Prayer Before Dawn
(Sauvaire) 42 |
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C Pass
| Mom & Dad
(Brian Taylor) 41 |
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*Before We Vanish
(Kurosawa) 41 |
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Meeting Gorbachev
(Herzog, Singer) 41 |
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*What Will People Say
(Haq) 41 |
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| Godard Mon Amour
(Hazanavicius) 40 |
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*The Third Murder
(Kore-eda) 40 |
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*Operation Finale
(Weitz) 39 |
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*Please Stand By
(Lewin) 39 |
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Victory Day
(Loznitsa) 39 |
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*Paul, Apostle of Christ
(Hyatt) 38 |
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*The Guardians
(Beauvois) 38 |
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Graves Without a Name
(Panh) 37 |
C- Ugh
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→ The Image Book
(Godard) 36 |
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*The Happy Prince
(Everett) 35 |
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*Ismaël's Ghosts
(Desplechin) 34 |
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
(Dolan) 33 |
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The Outsider
(Zandvliet) 33 |
| The Banishment (Zvyagintsev)
{2007} 31 |
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The Dead Man and Being Happy
(Rebollo) {2012} 31 |
D+ Double-Ugh
D Bomb
| → Caniba
(Paravel, Castaing-Taylor) 8 |
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F Burn the Negative
Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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Bilal's Stand {2010}
(Sharrief) |
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Blindspotting (López Estrada) |
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Blood {2013}
(Rudnitskaya) |
| Cocote (Carlo de los Santos
Arias) |
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The Destiny of Lesser Animals {2011}
(Albright) |
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→ Diamantino
(Abrantes, Schmidt) |
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Djon África
(Reis, Miller Guerra) |
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→ The Great Buddha+
(Huang) |
| In the Last Days of the City
(Said) |
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| The Last Family
(Matuszynski) |
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Love After Love (Harbaugh) |
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The Man Who Feels No Pain
(Bala) |
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
(Surya) |
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
(Akhavan) |
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My Favorite Fabric
(Jiji) |
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→ Narcissister Organ Player
(Narcissister) |
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*Notes on an Appearance
(D'Ambrose) |
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*On Her Shoulders
(Bombach) |
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Our New President
(Pozdorovkin) |
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*The Price of Everything
(Kahn) |
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The Stone Speakers
(Drljaca) |
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Summer Survivors
(Kavtaradze) |
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*Sweet Country
(Thornton) |
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The Trouble With You
(Salvadori) |
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→ Woman at War
(Erlingsson) |
Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
