Well, that’s another year over, so it’s time for my traditional ranking of all the new releases I saw in the past twelve months. I find that the only way I can ever actually finish these lists is if I just post the list, with pictures, and no explanations why. If there’s a particular placing that’s puzzles you, ask in the comments, and remember, I’m in the UK, so not all these films may be considered 2018 releases for you, but they are for me. As such, Paddington 2 isn’t on here, but it’d be pretty darn close to #1. Here’s my list:
62 The Competition
61 Game Over, Man!
60 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
59 A Wrinkle in Time
58 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
57 When We First Met
56 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
55 Early Man
54 The Predator
53 Aquaman
52 All the Money in the World
51 Mom and Dad
50 The Christmas Chronicles
49 Downsizing
48 The Hurricane Heist
47 Ocean’s Eight
46 Cargo
45 Lady Bird
44 A Star is Born
43 The Cloverfield Paradox
42 Darkest Hour
41 The Post
40 Tomb Raider
39 Rampage
38 I, Tonya
37 Tully
36 Bird Box
35 You Were Never Really Here
34 Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
33 The Commuter
32 Auntie Edna
31 Molly’s Game
30 Tag
29 Ant-Man and the Wasp
28 Green Book (technically this is a 2019 film, but I saw it at an advance screening)
27 The Meg
26 First Man
25 Deadpool 2
24 Phantom Thread
23 Solo: A Star Wars Story
22 Blockers
21 Mary Poppins Returns
20 The Hate U Give
19 Avengers: Infinity War
18 Bao
17 Black Panther
16 Annihilation
15 Coco
14 The Shape of Water
13 Ready Player One
12 Thoroughbreds
11 Incredibles 2
10 Halloween
9 Game Night
8 A Quiet Place
7 Widows
6 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
5 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4 Bad Times at the El Royale
3 Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
1 Isle of Dogs
Is there anything I missed that I should definitely check out? I’m already aching to catch up with Blindspotting, Leave No Trace, First Reformed, Crazy Rich Asians, Roma, BlacKkKlansman, Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sorry to Bother You, Searching, Burning, The Sisters Brothers and The Night Comes For Us.
Life Vs Film 
where’s ralph breaks the internet?
great list Jay, u’ve seen more 2018 films than I have so far 🙂
Thanks Rob, I’ve not seen Ralph Breaks the Internet, and given that Wreck It Ralph was at best just OK (it was the worst of the Best Animated Feature nominees that year) I’m not in any great rush to see the sequel. I’ll check it out when it hits streaming.
Makes sense. Enjoy. What else came out that yr animation wise?
Brave, ParaNorman, Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Frankenweenie
Ooo your high placement of Bad Times at the El Royale makes me even more annoyed that I haven’t seen it yet! I feel like I haven’t seen nearly enough 2018 releases to make an informed list. Not sure what happened that I just fell off going to theaters so badly.
I seem to have liked Bad Times quite a bit more than most people – on the Best Films of 2018 no-one else even had it as an honourable mention – but what can I say, I loved it. It’s basically Cabin in the Woods meets The Hateful Eight, but with more (and better) singing. I hope you like it when you eventually see it!
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