Top 50 Best Films of 2018
by Rama_Andor1416 | created - 16 Jan 2018 | updated - 9 months ago | PublicAlong with films will include t.v. shows in this list.
Best Picture: The Guilty
Best Director: Christopher McQuarrie for Mission Impossible: Fallout
Best Directorial Debut: Aneesh Chaganty for Searching
Best Lead Actor: Jakob Cedergren for The Guilty
Best Lead Actress: Toni Collette for Hereditary
Best Supporting Actor: Steven Yuen for Burning
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel McAdams for Disobedience
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay: Burning
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1. The Guilty (2018)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Director: Gustav Möller | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Gotthardt Olsen
Votes: 64,403 | Gross: $0.21M
2. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 377,982 | Gross: $220.16M
An awesome and exciting action thriller that really has stand to be one of the greatest Summer blockbuster we had in a long time. Seriously I do think this is something special. I have seen this film four times and to me it does belong in my top 10 of Summer blockbuster. It is highly entertaining and filled with so much awesome scenes that I will continuously look back and see just how much fun you can have with a film like this. The third act does fall apart, at least to me, instead it keeps the momentum going with so much mystery to keep you on edge and does not let up. Again I will say that Tom Cruise will always be one of the greatest action movie stars with so much heart and passion that no matter what his personal views are he will always be one of my favorites. He is so bad ass in this film. 10/10
3. Searching (III) (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
Votes: 179,875 | Gross: $26.02M
If you are not crying with in the first 10 minutes or even the last 5 minutes, then you are much stronger than me. This movie will grab your heart and will not let you go. The most well executed movie of this kind. This movie to me is as close to perfect you can get to a film. It has everything a film like this should have. A third act structure film with a beginning, middle, and end. With a lead that will be consider one of the best of the year. This is John Cho's film. Not only does he show the raw power of what a father is going through but also the pure insanity and 0 to 60 attitude he has that makes him so dedicated and frightening that you can't help but route for someone like this. 10/10
4. A Star Is Born (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Greg Grunberg
Votes: 419,194 | Gross: $215.29M
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 670,924 | Gross: $190.24M
6. Burning (2018)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung
Votes: 76,268 | Gross: $0.72M
7. Beautiful Boy (I) (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull
Votes: 99,403 | Gross: $7.65M
8. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
Director: Desiree Akhavan | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard, Kerry Butler
Votes: 25,603 | Gross: $0.90M
9. Blindspotting (2018)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.
Director: Carlos López Estrada | Stars: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones
Votes: 32,876 | Gross: $4.33M
Brilliant. One word for this excellent profound picture. This is just an amazing film that has the best chemistry between two bros that have so much raw energy that it is almost impossible not to fall in love with this film. The direction, writing, editing, and acting is some of the best I have seen all year. A pleasant surprise that I had no idea I was going to love this film with so much passion. It is awesome seeing a film like this in this day in age that will have a gut wrench of a punch that you will have to see to believe. 9/10
10. What Keeps You Alive (2018)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
Director: Colin Minihan | Stars: Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac, Joey Klein
Votes: 9,610
11. Private Life (2018)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
An author is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband on edge.
Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, Gabrielle Reid, Amy Russ
Votes: 22,132
12. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris
Votes: 52,484 | Gross: $14.92M
13. The Favourite (2018)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 233,204 | Gross: $34.37M
14. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,355 | Gross: $47.84M
15. A Quiet Place (2018)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A family struggles for survival in a world where most humans have been killed by blind but noise-sensitive creatures. They are forced to communicate in sign language to keep the creatures at bay.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Votes: 583,231 | Gross: $188.02M
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Finally a horror film that made me cry. I cry a lot in films, but usually never horror films because sadness is something I don't usually feel. However I felt incredibly sad throughout the film. Not since The Babadook have a horror film made me feel so much for the main character to a point that it makes you cry. Sure horror films in the past made me care for the main characters. But there is so much emotion throughout this film that made me cry so much I thought I was watching Mary and Max. John Krasinski has made one of the best horror films of the decade. An outrageous thoughtful and creative film filled with taught and suspense that will leave you in a state of being apart of you. It Comes At Night, It, Raw, and so many other horror films have great acting, directing, and writing. A Quiet Place is among those great films and even when you leave this movie there is no telling how much this film will take you. I am in love with this movie so freaking much. 9/10
16. American Animals (2018)
R | 116 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
Director: Bart Layton | Stars: Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk, Chas Allen
Votes: 49,330 | Gross: $2.86M
17. Eighth Grade (2018)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.
Director: Bo Burnham | Stars: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan
Votes: 82,442 | Gross: $13.54M
18. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman
Votes: 127,632 | Gross: $2.53M
Holy crap! I am so glad I knew nothing going into this film. Because one of the purest moments of this movie is not knowing where the next scene is going to take you. Mainly because the film presents itself as a surface level revenge flick. But when Lynne Ramsay brilliant direction hits into high gear there is no turning back. This movie is excellent from beginning to end. The lead performance from Phoenix is nothing short of amazing. The song and score choices brings this movie to raw exhilaration of pain to a beautiful discover of emotion from all the performances. This movie is seriously genus and a modern filmmaker like Lynne Ramsay knocks out of the park again. Check this sh!t out as soon as you can. 9/10
19. We the Animals (2018)
R | 94 min | Drama
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
Director: Jeremiah Zagar | Stars: Evan Rosado, Raúl Castillo, Sheila Vand, Isaiah Kristian
Votes: 4,622 | Gross: $0.40M
20. Free Solo (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe
Votes: 77,305 | Gross: $17.54M
21. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 291,002 | Gross: $49.28M
22. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced, Jeffrey Donovan
Votes: 166,873 | Gross: $50.07M
23. Tully (2018)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Asher Miles Fallica
Votes: 63,057 | Gross: $9.23M
24. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Danny McCarthy
Votes: 168,086
25. Starfish (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A unique, intimate portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend, which just so happens to take place on the day the world ends.
Director: A.T. White | Stars: Virginia Gardner, Christina Masterson, Eric Beecroft, Natalie Mitchell
Votes: 3,659 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Apostle (2018)
TV-MA | 130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins, Bill Milner
Votes: 59,009
27. A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Stars: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Cherry Miko, Panya Yimmumphai
Votes: 26,176
Amazing. Wow. This movie is pure brilliance from its cold opening to a heart warming ending that brings a much needed release of a combination of terror and tension to something is equally riveting and heartwarming. This movie is brutal and shot with so of the Paul Greengrass school of realism that it truly is an awesome movie of not only craftsmanship but also something filmmakers can't do and that is telling a story through almost complete silence. When I use awesome I am speaking film making wise. Some choices he takes are just flat out amazing and having real life former inmates play the supporting characters adds not only realism but also having Joe Cole surrounded people who have been through the same situation only adds more to his incredible performance. Excellent movie. 9.5/10
28. Overlord (2018)
R | 110 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Director: Julius Avery | Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk
Votes: 106,527 | Gross: $21.70M
29. Widows (2018)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki
Votes: 104,115 | Gross: $42.40M
30. Wildlife (2018)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Director: Paul Dano | Stars: Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Travis W Bruyer
Votes: 31,373 | Gross: $1.03M
31. Deadpool 2 (2018)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison
Votes: 645,083 | Gross: $324.59M
I will try my best to not sound hyperbolic or even over selling this movie, BUT to me this is by far if not the best superhero movie of all time but to me it is my favorite. Holy shit this movie is insane and I love it. Only really two problems most of the jokes feel outdated which they could have been better and my other compliant is a selfish one that I just wished that it did set up what is coming next. But again that is a selfish reason. Anyway tho I am in love with this film so much because it is so funny and so extremely fun to watch Ryan Reynolds being this character throughout the whole film which it really did put a huge smile on my face just to see a blast of an actor take this role and make it his own. The whole cast deserves a round of applause because this film does not work unless the supporting players bring their A game. Which they did. Just try to understand when I say that this is the best superhero movie of all time comes down on my love of the character and action films. Action films like this are awesome and David Leitch also did an amazing job. The physical gags are beyond well thought out and when the awesome cameos happen it is beyond awesome. 10/10 again not perfect but I love this film so much.
32. Border (2018)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén
Votes: 34,233 | Gross: $0.77M
33. Hold the Dark (2018)
TV-MA | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate her son in the Alaskan wilderness.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale, Riley Keough
Votes: 40,382
34. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
Votes: 1,202,421 | Gross: $678.82M
What is there really to say. Seriously this is an awesome adventure full of surprises. Except let me say one thing:
THOR IS AWESOME. BEST SCENE IN THE WHOLE FILM. I LOVE THOR IN THIS MOVIE.
The action however is extremely well shot and camera work that is amazing to watch. This is an adrenaline thrill ride that is awesome and I can't wait to see the next film.
10/10- yeah I know it is not perfect but THOR, IRON-MAN, SPIDER-MAN, and DOCTOR STRANGE are all my MVPS. Then again Elizabeth Olsen is amazing she is becoming one of my favorite actresses today.
35. Galveston (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
Director: Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Ben Foster, Jeffrey Grover, Christopher Amitrano, Mark Hicks
Votes: 16,213
36. Green Book (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco
Votes: 571,167 | Gross: $85.08M
37. Assassination Nation (2018)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Odessa Young, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef
Votes: 21,734 | Gross: $1.96M
38. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris
Votes: 65,633
39. Freaks (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control.
Directors: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew
Votes: 40,455
40. Head Count (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of college students on a weekend getaway accidentally summon a supernatural entity intent on using them for its deadly ritual.
Director: Elle Callahan | Stars: Isaac Jay, Jay Lee, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru
Votes: 4,779
41. Revenge (II) (2017)
R | 108 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Never take your mistress on an annual guys' getaway, especially one devoted to hunting - a violent lesson for three wealthy married men.
Director: Coralie Fargeat | Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède
Votes: 48,219 | Gross: $0.10M
It doe have some missed opportunities especially for a rape revenge film. There is one rule you will always follow if you are doing a rape revenge film. But anyway this film rocks. Bloody, gory, balls to the wall fun with so much flare that is so reminisce of great debuts like Julia Ducournau's film from last year Raw. So much promise and great editing that this film has so much bad ass imagery that will leave you with a buzz. The director, the lead actress, and even the film itself is put together so professional that a genre lover like myself couldn't help but to love this crazy insane flick. 9/10
42. Destroyer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 31,785 | Gross: $1.53M
43. The Party's Just Beginning (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama