I decided on these after a lot of thought, but ask me on another day and I might give you a different set of ten films. Let’s now directly jump on the list of top movies of 2018. But, of course, in the end, three of them will end up on losing side.Īnyway, enough of background. Each of those films deserve to win on their own merit. The fact that ‘Roma’, Shoplifters’, ‘Cold War’, ‘Capernaum’ are all competing for Best Foreign Language Oscar is just unbelievable. Do you remember a year when a foreign film was the top contender to win Best Picture at the Oscars? You surely don’t, because it has never ever happened. You will see the influence of foreign films in this list as well. With that said, 2018 has to be one of the best years - if not the best - for foreign films in recent memory. Countries like South Korea and Mexico are quickly becoming the hotbeds of new brave talent. Nowadays, even though some of their films are still amazingly well made, they aren’t breaking new grounds. There was a time when European films were considered the gold standard. While indie films have been on an up-curve for several years now, the same can’t be said about foreign films. We, as cinephiles, aren’t complaining… are we? Just keep them coming. That’s the reason both the quantity and quality of indie films just keeps rising. What is so impressive about them is that they like to tell unique stories and don’t get bogged down by the spectacle of filmmaking. Finally, we are seeing the fruits of labor of these filmmakers who spent years learning the craft. Over last decade or so, we have seen an extraordinary rise of indie filmmakers. If you are a genuine cinephile, this year was a like five-year-old kid in a chocolate shop - so much to choose from, but not enough time. I talked about how well big studio films did this year, but make no mistake: 2018 will be defined by indie and foreign films. To choose just ten wasn’t easy, especially in year as fantastic as 2018. What do I think were the best films of 2018? Well, I saw more than hundred films that released in 2018. That brings me to today’s list, which many of you have been waiting for. People are hungry for good stories they don’t care where they come from. That’s a healthy way to keep moving forward. So, the responsibility is now on Hollywood studios and producers to keep making films that tell stories of people from all backgrounds. And entertainment truly doesn’t have a race, gender or religion. What they are looking for is genuine entertainment. Films like ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ proved that audiences are not queuing for just movies with white people. Well, that is a valid criticism, but this year saw Hollywood made some great deal of progress.

One qualm critics always have with Hollywood is that they don’t make enough movies with people of color. ‘A Quite Place’ and ‘Hereditary’ are genuinely good films that will be remembered for a long time.

I say “surprisingly” because even though horror films tend to make a lot of money, they usually fall short in terms of quality. One genre that had a surprisingly good year was horror. Animation, Action and Disney continued their superb show by raking in millions in revenue. Even a film like ‘A Star is Born’, which many had deemed to be too avante grade to make a dent at the box-office, made more than $200 million in US alone. Marvel movies like ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Black Panther’ smashed box office records. But as it turned out that wasn’t the case after all. After a disappointing 2017, many were worried that with the rapid expansion of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, people would stop going to theaters. Many might not know this but 2018 was also one of the best years in terms of box-office collections. I can’t recall a year in recent past when we had so many eclectic mix of films.

So, what was so special about 2018? Well, in one word: “variety”. While 2017 wasn’t as great as I had hoped it to be, 2018 surpassed my expectations. 2018 has been a fascinating year for movies.

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