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      Smmenen TMD Supporter last edited by Smmenen

      It's that time of year again! Or past it, actually.

      It's an annual tradition with @Klep and I. Last year's thread: http://themanadrain.com/topic/1758/best-films-of-2017

      To begin, here is a list of 2018 releases: https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2018/

      Here are the 2018 releases I've seen, in order of release date:

      The Commuter
      Black Panther
      Annhilation
      A Wrinkle in Time
      Ready One Player
      A Quiet Place
      Avengers: Infinity War
      RBG
      Deadpool 2
      Solo
      Jurassic World 2
      Won't You Be My Neighbor?
      Three Identical Strangers
      Ant Man and the Wasp
      Sorry to Bothering You
      Blindspotting
      Mission Impossible: Fallout
      BlacKkKlansman
      The Predator
      The House with a Clock in its Walls
      A Star is Born
      Venom
      The Hate U Give
      First Man
      The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
      Widows
      Green Book
      Bohemian Rhapsody
      Creed II
      Mary Queen of Scots
      If Beale Street Could Talk
      Aquaman
      Vice

      Movies I still want to see:

      Minding the Gap
      At eternity’s gate

      Wow! I saw quite a few films released in 2018! It was a pretty good year for film, but my tastes this year veered more 'popular' than the Academy.

      The documentaries of 2018 were absurdly good, and if I included them, they would swamp my top 5 or even top 10. Won't you Be My Neighbor was probably the best thing I saw all year, so I'm going to stick to the non-Doc films.

      My top 5 films of the year, from 5th to 1st:

      1. Creed II

      I had Creed I in my list before, and I liked this one even more.

      1. The Hate U Give

      This was the best narrative on race I saw in 2018, and there were a number of good ones, including Blindspotting, which was better than the strange twist Sorry to Bother You.

      1. A Star is Born

      I really dug this film. The performances were outstanding. The music was great, and I loved it from start to finish.

      1. First Man

      Damien Chazelle made one of my favorite movies of all time, Whiplash, and this film was unbelievable. Must see film. Completely profound too.

      1. A Quiet Place

      The best film of the year. I have never seen anything like it, and I loved every moment. It was so quiet in the theater that someone near the front literally got out of their seat to close the theater door. I'll never forget that.

      RBG and Won't you Be My Neighbor would be basically tied for the top couple of slots if I included them.

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      • Stuart
        Stuart last edited by

        You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't see Roma or Eighth Grade.

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          Smmenen TMD Supporter last edited by

          I watched 30 minutes of Roma and gave up. I have a pretty high tolerance for slowly plotted films, but not for overly indulgent films. I may try and finish the film if I can do it while multitasking.

          I’ll check out eighth grade thanks for the tip.

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            A Former User last edited by A Former User

            Change that to "Best North American Films of 2018" and I can go with it 😛

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            • John Cox
              John Cox last edited by

              A Quiet Place is the only "scary movie" my mother has sat through in a long time. I liked it too, -good movie!

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