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The Year in Film · 2018

Best of 2018

The films that defined 2018 — ranked by IMDb score.


These films defined 2018 — the year's highest-rated releases, ranked by IMDb score. Some are awards bait, some are popcorn fare, some quietly snuck in under the radar. All earned their place on the list.

  1. 01.
    Dominion

    Dominion

    2018·Dir. Chris Delforce·120 min·8.9

    Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and validity of our dominion over the animal kingdom.

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  2. 02.
    C/o Kancharapalem

    C/o Kancharapalem

    2018·Dir. Venkatesh Maha·152 min·8.8

    From a schoolboy’s crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance, four love stories spanning age, religion and status unfold in a small Indian town.

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  3. 03.
    Pariyerum Perumal

    Pariyerum Perumal

    2018·Dir. Mari Selvaraj·155 min·8.6

    A law student from a lower caste begins a friendship with his classmate, a girl who belongs to a higher caste, and the men in her family start giving him trouble over this.

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  4. 04.
    Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour

    Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour

    2018·Dir. Paul Dugdale·125 min·8.5

    Taylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.

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  5. 05.
    96

    96

    2018·Dir. C. Prem Kumar·159 min·8.5

    Ram is a photographer and nature lover who travels all around India capturing moments. On a chance visit to his hometown Tanjavur, he goes into his school and begins to walk down memory lane to 1994 when he was a student harboring feelings for his classmate Janu.

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  6. 06.
    Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

    2018·Dir. Joe Russo·149 min·8.4

    As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

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  7. 07.
    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    2018·Dir. Bob Persichetti·117 min·8.4

    Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

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  8. 08.
    Mahanati

    Mahanati

    2018·Dir. Nag Ashwin·176 min·8.4

    Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.

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  9. 09.
    Capernaum

    Capernaum

    2018·Dir. Nadine Labaki·126 min·8.4

    After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

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  10. 10.
    Vada Chennai

    Vada Chennai

    2018·Dir. Vetrimaaran·166 min·8.4

    Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.

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  11. 11.
    Ratsasan

    Ratsasan

    2018·Dir. Ram Kumar·170 min·8.3

    A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases.

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  12. 12.
    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    2018·Dir. Morgan Neville·95 min·8.3

    For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.

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  13. 13.
    Green Book

    Green Book

    2018·Dir. Peter Farrelly·130 min·8.2

    Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

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  14. 14.
    One Love

    One Love

    2018·Dir. Ahmet Katıksız·129 min·8.2

    The mid 90’s. Turkey’s political instability, inflation and hopelesness on people were increased. In those years when all hope was lost, people deeply bond with Bold Pilot and Halis Karataş who win every race coming from the last place. People see themselves at the point where this horse and jockey are: at the back. This duo make people to believe that everybody can win. The race ends at the finish line and the first to cross this line are Bold Pilot and Halis riding it.

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  15. 15.
    They Shall Not Grow Old

    They Shall Not Grow Old

    2018·Dir. Peter Jackson·99 min·8.2

    A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.

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  16. 16.
    Rangasthalam

    Rangasthalam

    2018·Dir. Sukumar·179 min·8.2

    Chitti Babu begins to suspect his elder brother's life is in danger after they team up to lock horns with their village president and overthrow his unlawful 30 year old regime.

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  17. 17.
    Andhadhun

    Andhadhun

    2018·Dir. Sriram Raghavan·139 min·8.2

    A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.

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  18. 18.
    Tumbbad

    Tumbbad

    2018·Dir. Rahi Anil Barve·113 min·8.2

    India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

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  19. 19.
    K.G.F: Chapter 1

    K.G.F: Chapter 1

    2018·Dir. Prashanth Neel·156 min·8.1

    A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people.

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  20. 20.
    Free Solo

    Free Solo

    2018·Dir. Jimmy Chin·100 min·8.1

    Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

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  21. 21.
    Sudani from Nigeria

    Sudani from Nigeria

    2018·Dir. Zakariya Mohammed·123 min·8.1

    When a soccer club manager brings one of his injured foreign players home to recuperate, they form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.

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  22. 22.
    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    2018·Dir. Shinichiro Ushijima·108 min·8.1

    After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

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  23. 23.
    Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

    Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

    2018·Dir. Madeleine Parry·69 min·8.1

    The Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is taking an anti-comedy stance in her newest special.

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  24. 24.
    Mukkabaaz

    Mukkabaaz

    2018·Dir. Anurag Kashyap·145 min·8.0

    A low caste boxer, Shravan, trains at a gym controlled by a local Don, Mishra. Shravan falls for Mishra's niece, Sunaina. Mishra does not approve of this match. Shravan strives to win Sunaina's hand in marriage and become a successful boxer while trying to avoid retaliation from Mishra.

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  25. 25.
    The Wild Pear Tree

    The Wild Pear Tree

    2018·Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan·188 min·8.0

    Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.

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  26. 26.
    Ricky Gervais: Humanity

    Ricky Gervais: Humanity

    2018·Dir. John L. Spencer·79 min·8.0

    In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.

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  27. 27.
    Minding the Gap

    Minding the Gap

    2018·Dir. Bing Liu·93 min·8.0

    Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.

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  28. 28.
    Shoplifters

    Shoplifters

    2018·Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda·120 min·7.9

    In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

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  29. 29.
    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    2018·Dir. Marina Zenovich·116 min·7.9

    A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

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  30. 30.
    Diamond Dust

    Diamond Dust

    2018·Dir. Marwan Hamed·150 min·7.9

    Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!

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  31. 31.
    John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

    John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

    2018·Dir. Alex Timbers·65 min·7.9

    John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and "SNL," eviscerates the value of college and laments getting older in this electric comedy special.

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  32. 32.
    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    2018·Dir. Bryan Singer·135 min·7.9

    Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

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  33. 33.
    Badhaai Ho

    Badhaai Ho

    2018·Dir. Amit Sharma·125 min·7.9

    A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.

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  34. 34.
    An Elephant Sitting Still

    An Elephant Sitting Still

    2018·Dir. Hu Bo·230 min·7.8

    In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

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  35. 35.
    Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

    2018·Dir. Wes Anderson·101 min·7.8

    In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

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  36. 36.
    Andre the Giant

    Andre the Giant

    2018·Dir. Jason Hehir·84 min·7.8

    An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.

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  37. 37.
    Pad Man

    Pad Man

    2018·Dir. R. Balki·140 min·7.8

    Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.

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  38. 38.
    Goodachari

    Goodachari

    2018·Dir. Sashi Kiran Tikka·147 min·7.8

    Gopi, is the son of an ex-RAW agent Raghuveer. Brought up by his uncle Sathya, he wants to be an agent just like his father and uncle. But Satya wants him to lead a normal life and not be killed like his father was. What happens in Gopi’s life that turns everything upside down?

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  39. 39.
    South Wind

    South Wind

    2018·Dir. Miloš Avramović·125 min·7.8

    A story about Petar Maraš, a Belgrade criminal in his late twenties, whose one reckless move causes an avalanche of events that will greatly affect the lives of those around him.

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  40. 40.
    Dying to Survive

    Dying to Survive

    2018·Dir. Wen Muye·117 min·7.8

    A Chinese leukaemia patient smuggles cheap but untested pharmaceuticals from India to help hundreds of Chinese people suffering from cancer.

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