Top 10 of 2018

[baby doll]

Alright, let's get to work.

[baby doll]

Spicy
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Mild
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)

[baby doll]

Spicy
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)

Mild
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)

[baby doll]

Spicy
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)

[baby doll]

Spicy
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)

[baby doll]

Spicy
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias)
L'Eau froide (Olivier Assayas)
Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
Western (Valeska Griesbach)

Warm
The Day After (Hong Sangsoo)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Ta peau si lisse (Denis Côté)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay)
Zama (Lucrecia Martel)

Mild
"First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
Good Luck (Ben Russell)
Makala (Emmanuel Gras)
Oh Lucy! (Hirayanagi Atsuko)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thorton)
A Whale of a Tale (Sasaki Megumi)

[Pop Trash]

1. Isle of Dogs
2. Game Night
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. Thoroughbreds
6. Unsane
7. Reddit Player One

[Spinal]

1. Cold War
2. Eighth Grade
3. Shoplifters
4. Roma
5. BlacKkKlansman
6. Burning
7. You Were Never Really Here
8. Paddington 2
9. Hereditary
10. Suspiria

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Other non-listworthy films seen:
Annihilation
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
Isle of Dogs
Madeline's Madeline
Sorry to Bother You
The Endless
A Quiet Place
First Man
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Favourite
Ready Player One
Game Night
Mid90s
Mandy
A Simple Favor
Vice
Winter Brothers
Black Panther
Red Sparrow
Searching
Skyscraper
Early Man

]

[Ivan Drago]

1. Annihilation
2. Black Panther
3. Mom and Dad
4. Paddington 2
5. Early Man
6. Insidious: The Last Key
7. The Cloverfield Paradox

[MadMan]

1. Black Panther (WAKANDA FOREVER)

[Ivan Drago]

1. Annihilation
2. Black Panther
3. Mom and Dad
4. Paddington 2
5. Early Man
6. Insidious: The Last Key
7. The Cloverfield Paradox

1. Annihilation
2. Foxtrot
3. The Hurricane Heist
4. Black Panther
5. Mom and Dad
6. Paddington 2
7. Unsane
8. The Death of Stalin
9. Ready Player One
10. Tomb Raider


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11. Early Man
12. Insidious: The Last Key
13. The Cloverfield Paradox
14. Red Sparrow
15. Pacific Rim: Uprising
16. Thoroughbreds
17. A Wrinkle In Time

]

[Ivan Drago]

1. Annihilation
2. Foxtrot
3. The Hurricane Heist
4. Black Panther
5. Mom and Dad
6. Paddington 2
7. Unsane
8. The Death of Stalin
9. Ready Player One
10. Tomb Raider


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11. Early Man
12. Insidious: The Last Key
13. The Cloverfield Paradox
14. Red Sparrow
15. Pacific Rim: Uprising
16. Thoroughbreds
17. A Wrinkle In Time

]

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. Annihilation
3. Foxtrot
4. Chappaquiddick
5. The Hurricane Heist
6. Black Panther
7. Mom and Dad
8. Paddington 2
9. Unsane
10. Rampage


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11. Borg vs. McEnroe
12. The Death of Stalin
13. Ready Player One
14. Isle of Dogs
15. Tomb Raider
16. Early Man
17. Insidious: The Last Key
18. The Cloverfield Paradox
19. Red Sparrow
20. Pacific Rim: Uprising
21. Thoroughbreds
22. A Wrinkle In Time

]

[Spinal]

1. You Were Never Really Here

Good to hear!

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. Thibaan The Series 2.1
6. Red Sparrow
7. The Third Murder

[Dukefrukem]

Hmmm. My 2018 movie watching habits are feeling the pain of my 2017 movie watching habits.

[Henry Gale]

Hey, I guess I've seen 10!

1. Annihilation
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Black Panther
4. A Quiet Place
5. Ready Player One
6. Unsane
7. Tomb Raider
8. Insidious: The Last Key
9. The Cloverfield Paradox
10. Winchester
    

[Henry Gale]

Hey, I guess I've seen 10!

1. Annihilation
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Black Panther
4. A Quiet Place
5. Ready Player One
6. Unsane
7. Tomb Raider
8. Insidious: The Last Key
9. The Cloverfield Paradox
10. Winchester
    

1. Annihilation
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Avengers: Infinity War
4. Black Panther
5. A Quiet Place
6. Ready Player One
7. Unsane
8. Super Troopers 2
9. Tomb Raider
10. I Feel Pretty

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11. Insidious: The Last Key
12. The Cloverfield Paradox
13. Winchester

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Ranking Black Panther vs. Infinity War feels so weird not only because they came so close to each other and bridge right between one other, but they're so mutually beneficial in how Infinity War expounds on the Wakandan characters interplay from that film, while also enhancing their relation to the overall universe, with realizing the giddy joy of them fighting alongside series staples in awesome ways. Black Panther is probably the best solo entry of the entire MCU for me (at least since Guardians, who also have a fantastic presence in Infinity), but Infinity War just feels like all the streams feed into this gorgeous waterfall of an event movie that it's hard for it to feel lesser than anything that came before it. If that makes sense?

Either way Ant-Man and the Wasp has a lot to live up to now. Not just for the 2018 output, but Phase 3 has been a pretty stellar run.

[Henry Gale]

1. Annihilation
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Avengers: Infinity War
4. Black Panther
5. A Quiet Place
6. Ready Player One
7. Unsane
8. Super Troopers 2
9. Tomb Raider
10. I Feel Pretty

Ahah wow, it has been a while:

1. If Beale Street Could Talk
2. Suspiria
3. Sorry To Bother You
4. Roma
5. Annihilation
6. BlacKkKlansman
7. You Were Never Really Here
8. Isle of Dogs
9. Mandy
10. Bathtubs Over Broadway

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11. mid90s
12. Hereditary
13. Shoplifters
14. Eighth Grade
15. Leave No Trace
16. Black Panther
17. Widows
18. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
19. Avengers: Infinity War
20. First Man

]

What a year.

[Henry Gale]

What a year.

1. If Beale Street Could Talk
2. The Favourite
3. Suspiria
4. Sorry To Bother You
5. Roma
6. Burning
7. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
8. Annihilation
9. You Were Never Really Here
10. BlacKkKlansman

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11. Isle of Dogs
12. Mandy
13. [B]First Reformed[B]
14. Bathtubs Over Broadway
15. Shoplifters
16. Hereditary
17. Leave No Trace
18. Black Panther
19. Eighth Grade
20. Mission: Impossible - Fallout
21. Avengers: Infinity War
22. Game Night
23. First Man
24. The Balllad of Buster Scruggs
25. Widows

]

I'm almost reluctant to watch any more potentially great stuff because it's already so tough having to rank, push down and around so many titles I love as is.

Also, it feels wrong only putting Into the Spider-Verse at #7 considering I've already seen it three times in the theatre, more than anything else in my list. (Though there are a lot of two-timers! The good kind!)

[Dukefrukem]

I've seen 9.

1. The Ritual ★★★★
2. Before I Wake ★★★★
3. Black Panther ★★★
4. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters ★★★
5. The Cloverfield Paradox ★★★
6. Annihilation ★★
7. Fullmetal Alchemist ★½
8. Demon House ★
9. Day of the Dead: Bloodline ½

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. A Quiet Place
6. Thibaan The Series 2.1
7. Ready Player One
8. The Commuter
9. Red Sparrow
10. The Third Murder

[Peng]

1. Paddington 2
2. Malila: The Farewell Flower
3. Annihilation
4. Black Panther
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. A Quiet Place
7. The Death of Stalin
8. Thibaan The Series 2.1
9. Ready Player One
10. The Commuter

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Zama
3. Black Panther
4. The Commuter
5. Isle of Dogs

I think those are the only films I've given a "yay" to so far this year.

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Zama
3. Big Fish & Begonia
4. Black Panther
5. Deadpool 2
6. The Commuter
7. Black Kite
8. Avengers: Infinity War
9. Isle of Dogs

Almost there.

[Stay Puft]

1. The Rider
2. Zama
3. Big Fish & Begonia
4. Black Panther
5. Let the Sunshine In
6. Hearts Beat Loud
7. Deadpool 2
8. The Commuter
9. Black Kite
10. Avengers: Infinity War