The Best Films of 2018

It's that time of year, months after everyone else, when I take up two minutes of your time to tell you what were the best seven films of the past year.

Here goes.

7. Black Panther

Writer: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole

Director: Ryan Coogler

6. First Reformed

Writer: Paul Schrader

Director: Paul Schrader

5. Leave No Trace

Writer: Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini.

Director: Debra Granik

4. Annihilation

Writer: Alex Garland

Director: Alex Garland

3. Cold War

Writer: Pawel Pawlikowski (story and screenplay), Janus Glowacki (screenplay) and Pitor Borkowski (screenplay)

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

2. Blindspotting

Writer: Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs

Director: Carlos Lopez Estrada

            

1. Destroyer

Writer: Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi

Director: Karyn Kusama