Look, this is my blog and I can post whatever I want. 2018 was a fascinating year for movies. Smaller films fared much better than the big blockbuster stuff (especially in comparison to 2017, which had some all-timers). It’s a list of 50 movies so I’m not going to break them down, but I’ll probably do my picks for the Academy Awards on Sunday morning.

So let’s get to it. In alphabetical order: 50 of my favorite movies of 2018. Yell at me about it on twitter.

  1. ANNIHILATION
  2. AQUAMAN
  3. AT ETERNITY’S GATE
  4. BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
  5. BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
  6. BLACK PANTHER
  7. BLINDSPOTTING
  8. BLOCKERS
  9. BUMBLEBEE
  10. BURNING
  11. COLD WAR
  12. THE COMMUTER
  13. DEN OF THIEVES
  14. EIGHTH GRADE
  15. THE FAVOURITE
  16. FIRST MAN
  17. FIRST REFORMED
  18. GAME NIGHT
  19. HALLOWEEN
  20. HEARTS BEAT LOUD
  21. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
  22. INCREDIBLES 2
  23. JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS
  24. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
  25. LEAVE NO TRACE
  26. MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN
  27. MANDY
  28. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
  29. NEVER GOIN’ BACK
  30. THE NIGHT COMES FOR US
  31. THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN
  32. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND
  33. OVERLORD
  34. PADDINGTON 2
  35. THE PREDATOR
  36. A QUIET PLACE
  37. THE RIDER
  38. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
  39. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
  40. A STAR IS BORN
  41. THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT
  42. SUPPORT THE GIRLS
  43. SUSPIRIA
  44. TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES
  45. TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE
  46. UNSANE
  47. UPGRADE
  48. WIDOWS
  49. WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
  50. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE