The New York Times 2018
Intro
The following films appeared on The New York Times best of 2018 lists from Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott. These are abridged lists not including all entries.
Source: The Best Movies of 2018
Films
Manohla Dargis
1. Roma
Mexico
Alfonso Cuarón
Lists: Film Comment (4, 2018) | Sight & Sound (1, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2018) | Telluride (2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018) | Venice (In Competition, 2018)
2. Burning
Beoning
South Korea
Lee Chang-dong
Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2018) | Film Comment (2, 2018) | Sight & Sound (3, 2018)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018)
3. Shoplifters
Manbiki kazoku
Japan
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Lists: Film Comment (6, 2018) | Sight & Sound (14, 2018)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Telluride (2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018)
4. Zama
Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico, Portugal, USA
Lucrecia Martel
Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2017) | Film Comment (1, 2018) | Sight & Sound (4, 2017 / 9, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2017) | Rotterdam (A History of Shadows, 2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2017) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2017)
5. Happy as Lazzaro
Lazzaro felice
Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
Alice Rohrwacher
Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2018) | Film Comment (9, 2018) | Sight & Sound (9, 2018 / 18, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018)
6. BlacKkKlansman
USA
Spike Lee
Lists: Film Comment (20, 2018) | Sight & Sound (13, 2018)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2018)
7. First Reformed
USA
Paul Schrader
Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2017) | Film Comment (3, 2018) | Sight & Sound (5, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2017) | Rotterdam (Voices, 2018) | Telluride (2017) | Toronto (Masters, 2017) | Venice (In Competition, 2017)
8. The Death of Stalin
France, UK, Belgium
Armando Iannucci
Festivals: Rotterdam (A History of Shadows, 2018) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2018) | Toronto (Platform, 2017)
9. Monrovia, Indiana
USA
Frederick Wiseman
Lists: Film Comment (17, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (TIFF Docs, 2018) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2018)
10. Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)
USA
Nathaniel Dorsky
Festivals: Toronto (Wavelengths, 2018)
A.O. Scott
1. Bisbee '17
USA
Robert Greene
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2018)
1. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
USA
RaMell Ross
Lists: Film Comment (10, 2018)
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2018)
1. Minding the Gap
USA
Bing Liu
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2018)
1. Monrovia, Indiana
USA
Frederick Wiseman
Lists: Film Comment (17, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (TIFF Docs, 2018) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2018)
2. Happy as Lazzaro
Lazzaro felice
Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
Alice Rohrwacher
Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2018) | Film Comment (9, 2018) | Sight & Sound (9, 2018 / 18, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018)
3. First Reformed
USA
Paul Schrader
Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2017) | Film Comment (3, 2018) | Sight & Sound (5, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2017) | Rotterdam (Voices, 2018) | Telluride (2017) | Toronto (Masters, 2017) | Venice (In Competition, 2017)
4. Private Life
USA
Tamara Jenkins
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Sundance (Premieres, 2018)
5. Roma
Mexico
Alfonso Cuarón
Lists: Film Comment (4, 2018) | Sight & Sound (1, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2018) | Telluride (2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018) | Venice (In Competition, 2018)
6. Let the Sunshine In
Un beau soleil intérieur
France
Claire Denis
Lists: Film Comment (7, 2018) | Sight & Sound (19, 2017)
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2017) | New York (Main Slate, 2017)
7. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
USA
Marielle Heller
Festivals: Telluride (2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018)
8. BlacKkKlansman
USA
Spike Lee
Lists: Film Comment (20, 2018) | Sight & Sound (13, 2018)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2018)
9. Capernaum
Cafarnaúm
Lebanon
Nadine Labaki
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2018)
10. The Favourite
Ireland, UK, USA
Yorgos Lanthimos
Lists: Film Comment (19, 2018) | Sight & Sound (7, 2018)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2018) | Telluride (2018) | Venice (In Competition, 2018)