One Sentence Summary: 2018, aside from Marvel and Mission Impossible's crowning achievements, is a year of mostly mediocrity.
2018 Films Seen: 97
2018 Films Seen in the Theater: 16
Number of Films with A or A+ Grade: 0
2018 Ambassador's List
(Top 25 Films)
(Top 25 Films)
25. Three Identical Strangers (B)
24. Eighth Grade (B)
23. Operation Finale (B)
22. American Animals (B)
21. Creed II (B)
20. Free Solo (B)
19. Prayer Before Dawn, A (B)
18. Isle of Dogs (B)
17. Death of Stalin, The (B)
16. Bird Box (B)
15. Green Book (B)
14. Chappaquiddick (B)
13. Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The (B)
12. A Quiet Place (B+)
11. Crazy Rich Asians (B+)
Top 10:
10. Widows (B+)
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (B+)
8. Roma (B+)
7. The Guilty (B+)
6. BlacKkKlansman (B+)
5. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (B+)
4. They Shall Not Grow Old (A-)
3. Searching (A-)
2. Paddington 2 (A-)
1. Avengers: Infinity War (A-)
Superlative Awards
(Winners Bolded)
(Winners Bolded)
Most Surprising Film of 2018
- BlacKkKlansmen
- Searching
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Most Disappointing Film of 2018
- Action Point
- First Reformed
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
Most Overlooked Film of 2018
- The Guilty
- Paddington 2
- A Prayer Before Dawn
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- Beirut
- Bird Box
- Widows
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Hereditary
- The 15:17 to Paris
- Action Point
- Halloween
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- Vice
-Technical Awards-
(Winners Bolded)
(Winners Bolded)
Best Make-Up and Hair Design
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Black Panther
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Vice
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Black Panther
- The Favourite
- Ocean's Eight
- Avengers: Infinity War
- First Man
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- Roma
Best Original Score
- First Man
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Isle of Dogs
- Paddington 2
- Widows
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Aquaman
- Avengers: Infinity War
- First Man
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Isle of Dogs
- The Favourite
- Outlaw King
- Paddington 2
- Roma
Best Cinematography
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- The Favourite
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Roma
Best Film Editing
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Searching
- Widows
Major Awards
(Winners Bolded)
(Winners Bolded)
Best Documentary Feature
- Free Solo
- They Shall Not Grow Old
- Three Identical Strangers
- The Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Avengers: Infinity War
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- BlacKkKlansmen
- Paddington 2
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Chappaquiddick
- Green Book
- The Guilty
- Roma
- Searching
Best Supporting Actress
- Olivia Colman The Favourite
- Cynthia Erivo Bad Times at the El Royale
- Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk
- Emma Stone The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor
- Mahershala Ali Green Book
- Josh Brolin Avengers: Infinity War
- Colin Farrell Widows
- Hugh Grant Paddington 2
- Ron Livingston Tully
Best Actress
- Yalitza Aparacio Roma
- Sandra Bullock Bird Box
- Toni Collette Hereditary
- Viola Davis Widows
- Elsie Fisher Eighth Grade
- Christian Bale Vice
- Jakob Cedergren The Guilty
- John Cho Searching
- Joe Cole A Prayer Before Dawn
- Viggo Mortensen Green Book
Best Ensemble Acting
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- BlacKkKlansmen
- The Favourite
- Roma
- Widows
Best Director
- Aneesh Chaganty Searching
- Alfonso Cuaron Roma
- Joel Coen The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Christopher McQuarrie Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Anthony & Joe Russo Avengers: Infinity War
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Paddington 2
- Searching
- They Shall Not Grow Old
Great Dramatic Sequences of 2018
(In Alphabetical Order by Movie & All-Time Great Sequences are Bolded)
(In Alphabetical Order by Movie & All-Time Great Sequences are Bolded)
- “The Snap & Enjoying a Sunrise Finale” -Avengers: Infinity War
- “It’s Too Late to Turn Back Now Dance” -BlacKkKlansman
- “The Climb – Boulder Problem” -Free Solo
- “Removing the Librarian” -American Animals
- “The Girl Gets Rattled” -The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- “Who is gonna look at the rapids?” -Bird Box
- “Bob Macnamara and his team counsel Teddy on what to do” -Chappaquiddick
- “Landing on the Moon” -First Man
- “Iben’s Snake Revelation” -The Guilty
- “Imagining Aunt Lucy in London’s Pop Up Book” -Paddington 2
- “Finale: Windsor Gardens is Present for Lucy’s Birthday Present” -Paddington 2
- “Finale: Paul Finishes His Race” -Paul, Apostle of Christ
- "Billy vs. The World Punching Bag” -A Prayer Before Dawn
- “I Love You” -A Quiet Place
- “A Surprising Birth” -Roma
- “Opening Family Computing Montage” -Searching
- “Performing ’Shallows’ for the First Time” -A Star is Born
- “Going Over the Top and Battle” -They Shall Not Grow Old
- “Grey lets STEM takeover for the first time and win his first fight” -Upgrade
- "Heist at the Mulligans” -Widows
Top 10 Action Sequences of 2018
10. “Finale: Aquatic War Ends with a New King” -Aquaman
9. “Ito & Laser Light Operator Fist-Fight” -The Night Comes For Us
8. “White Colored Carnage: Fist-fight in the Bathroom” -Mission: Impossible - Fallout
7. “Black Order vs Strange, Spider-Man, and Iron Man in New York” -Avengers: Infinity War
6. “Armored Car Fight with Police & Ito” -The Night Comes for Us
5. “Mountain Duel: Helicopters and Hand to Hand” -Mission: Impossible - Fallout
4. “Finale: Fighting for the Lab in the Streets & Bay of San Francisco” -Ant-Man and the Wasp
3. “Coaxium Train Heist” -Solo: A Star Wars Story
2. “Paris Mayhem: Ambush, Chase, and Escape” -Mission: Impossible - Fallout
1. “Finale: Thanos vs. the Avengers on Titan & War on the Wakandan Plains” -Avengers: Infinity War
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