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Best Movies of 2018

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  • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

    1. Black Panther

    20182h 14mPG-1388Metascore
    7.3 (882K)
    T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
    DirectorRyan CooglerStarsChadwick BosemanMichael B. JordanLupita Nyong'o
  • The Great Buddha+ (2017)

    2. The Great Buddha+

    20171h 42m80Metascore
    7.6 (5.3K)
    One day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.
    DirectorHsin-yao HuangStarsCres ChuangBamboo Chu-Sheng ChenLeon Dai
  • Life and Nothing More (2017)

    3. Life and Nothing More

    20171h 54m82Metascore
    6.7 (602)
    Standing on the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young black man in today's America. With his mother longing to find more to her life than parenting, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father, leads him to a dangerous crossroads.
    DirectorAntonio Méndez EsparzaStarsAndrew BleechingtonRegina WilliamsRobert Williams
  • Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Yalitza Aparicio, Daniela Demesa, Diego Cortina Autrey, and Carlos Peralta in Roma (2018)

    4. Roma

    20182h 15mR96Metascore
    7.6 (175K)
    A year in the life of a upper-middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsYalitza AparicioMarina de TaviraDiego Cortina Autrey
  • Stephan James and KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

    5. If Beale Street Could Talk

    20181h 59mR87Metascore
    7.1 (54K)
    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.
    DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsKiKi LayneStephan JamesRegina King
  • Ethan Hawke in First Reformed (2017)

    6. First Reformed

    20171h 53mR86Metascore
    7.1 (66K)
    A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
    DirectorPaul SchraderStarsEthan HawkeAmanda SeyfriedCedric The Entertainer
  • Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)

    7. Shoplifters

    20182h 1mR93Metascore
    7.9 (92K)
    On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
    DirectorHirokazu KoreedaStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin Kiki
  • Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie in Leave No Trace (2018)

    8. Leave No Trace

    20181h 49mPG88Metascore
    7.1 (69K)
    A father and his seventeen-year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
    DirectorDebra GranikStarsThomasin McKenzieBen FosterJeffery Rifflard
  • Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Olivia Colman in The Favourite (2018)

    9. The Favourite

    20181h 59mR91Metascore
    7.5 (249K)
    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.
    DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel Weisz
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

    10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    20181h 57mPG87Metascore
    8.4 (741K)
    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.
    DirectorsBob PersichettiPeter RamseyRodney RothmanStarsShameik MooreJake JohnsonHailee Steinfeld
  • Dogman (2018)

    11. Dogman

    20181h 43mNot Rated71Metascore
    7.2 (31K)
    A timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.
    DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsMarcello FonteEdoardo PesceNunzia Schiano
  • Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, and Koyu Rankin in Isle of Dogs (2018)

    12. Isle of Dogs

    20181h 41mPG-1382Metascore
    7.8 (202K)
    Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsBryan CranstonKoyu RankinEdward Norton
  • Sofia Boutella and Kiddy Smile in Climax (2018)

    13. Climax

    20181h 37mR69Metascore
    6.9 (86K)
    French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
    DirectorGaspar NoéStarsSofia BoutellaRomain GuillermicSouheila Yacoub
  • Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

    14. Happy as Lazzaro

    20182h 8mPG-1387Metascore
    7.5 (22K)
    An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness.
    DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsAdriano TardioloAgnese GrazianiAlba Rohrwacher
  • Toni Collette and Milly Shapiro in Hereditary (2018)

    15. Hereditary

    20182h 7mR87Metascore
    7.3 (426K)
    A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
    DirectorAri AsterStarsToni ColletteMilly ShapiroGabriel Byrne
  • Miranda July, Molly Parker, and Helena Howard in Madeline's Madeline (2018)

    16. Madeline's Madeline

    20181h 33mUnrated82Metascore
    6.3 (4.3K)
    A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
    DirectorJosephine DeckerStarsHelena HowardMolly ParkerMiranda July
  • Evan Rosado in We the Animals (2018)

    17. We the Animals

    20181h 34mR80Metascore
    6.9 (4.7K)
    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.
    DirectorJeremiah ZagarStarsEvan RosadoRaúl CastilloSheila Vand
  • The Death of Stalin (2017)

    18. The Death of Stalin

    20171h 47mR88Metascore
    7.3 (122K)
    Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
    DirectorArmando IannucciStarsSteve BuscemiSimon Russell BealeJeffrey Tambor
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)

    19. Sweet Country

    20171h 53mR88Metascore
    6.9 (9.8K)
    Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
    DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsHamilton MorrisShanika ColeEwen Leslie
  • Rea Lest and Jette Loona Hermanis in November (2017)

    20. November

    20171h 55m79Metascore
    7.1 (6.8K)
    In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
    DirectorRainer SarnetStarsRea LestJörgen LiikArvo Kukumägi
  • An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)

    21. An Elephant Sitting Still

    20183h 50m86Metascore
    7.8 (8.7K)
    Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.
    DirectorBo HuStarsZhang YuYuchang PengUvin Wang
  • Gouri G. Kishan, Trisha Krishnan, and Vijay Sethupathi in 96 (2018)

    22. 96

    20182h 38m
    8.5 (42K)
    Two high school sweethearts meet at a reunion after 22 years and reminisce about their past.
    DirectorC. Prem KumarStarsVijay SethupathiTrisha KrishnanAdithya Bhaskar
  • The Wild Boys (2017)

    23. The Wild Boys

    20171h 50mNot Rated64Metascore
    6.8 (3.4K)
    The tale of five adolescent boys enamored by the arts but drawn to crime and transgression. After committing a brutal crime aided by Trevor, a deity of chaos, they're punished to board a boat with a captain hell-bent on taming them.
    DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsPauline LorillardVimala PonsDiane Rouxel
  • The Girl Without Hands (2016)

    24. The Girl Without Hands

    20161h 16m82Metascore
    7.0 (1.5K)
    In hard times, a miller sells his daughter to the Devil. Protected by her purity, she escapes but is deprived of her hands. Walking away from her family, she encounters the goddess of water, a gentle gardener, and the prince in his castle.
    DirectorSébastien LaudenbachStarsAnaïs DemoustierJérémie ElkaïmPhilippe Laudenbach
  • Searching (2018)

    25. Searching

    20181h 42mPG-1371Metascore
    7.6 (188K)
    After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
    DirectorAneesh ChagantyStarsJohn ChoDebra MessingJoseph Lee

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