2018: World Premieres 2018: U.S. Releases 2018: Cannes Festival 2018: Chicago Festival 2018: Reeling Festival 2018: Toronto Festival 2018: The Fifties Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 2018: U.S. Releases  By Title // By Grade // By Screening Date // By VOR Rating  (what's this?) Full Listing of Films Screened ⑤ Indispensable to film fans, even if it's flawed A Ciambra Dir. Jonas Carpignano. Pio Amato, Damiano Amato, Koudous Seihon A– Araby Dirs. Affonso Uchôa, João Dumans. Aristides de Sousa, Murilo Caliari A Ava Dir. Sadaf Foroughi. Mahour Jabbari, Shayesteh Sajadi, Bahar Noohian A– Bisbee '17 Dir. Robert Greene. Documentary about restaging historical violence A Black Panther Dir. Ryan Coogler. Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira B+ Happy as Lazzaro Dir. Alice Rohrwacher. Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani A– If Beale Street Could Talk Dir. Barry Jenkins. KiKi Layne, Stephan James A Isle of Dogs Dir. Wes Anderson. Voices of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin A– Life and Nothing More Dir. Antonio Méndez Esparza. Andrew Bleechington A Madeline's Madeline Dir. Josephine Decker. Helena Howard, Molly Parker B El mar la mar Dirs. Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki. Experimental documentary A Of Fathers and Sons Dir. Talal Derki. Documentary about radicalized village in Syria B On Body and Soul Dir. Ildikó Enyedi. Alexandra Borbély, Géza Morcsányi B ROMA Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Nancy García García A– Shoplifters Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Jyo Kairi, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô A– Sorry to Bother You Dir. Boots Riley. Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson B+ Western Dir. Valeska Grisebach. Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Viara Borisova A Zama Dir. Lucrecia Martel. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Minujín, Matheus Nachtergaele A ④ Good or bad, this is risky and original work Angels Wear White Dir. Vivian Qu. Vicky Chen, Zhou Meijun, Jiang Xinyue, Peng Jing B Annihilation Dir. Alex Garland. Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac C+ Beast Dir. Michael Pearce. Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James B+ BlacKkKlansman Dir. Spike Lee. John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier B– Blindspotting Dir. Carlos López Estrada. Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Javina Gavankar B– Bodied Dir. Joseph Kahn. Calum Worthy, Jackie Long, Rory Uphold, Walter Perez B Border Dir. Ali Abbasi. Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson B+ A Bread Factory Dir. Patrick Wang. Tyne Daly, Elisabeth Henry-Macari, Zachary Sayle B Burning Dir. Lee Chang-dong. Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, Steven Yeun, Choi Seung-ho B Can You Ever Forgive Me? Dir. Marielle Heller. Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant B+ Capernaum Dir. Nadine Labaki. Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw B+ The Charmer Dir. Milad Alami. Ardalan Esmaili, Soho Rezanejad, Lars Brygmann B+ Dark Money Dir. Kimberly Reed. Documentary about corporate involvement in elections B+ The Death of Stalin Dir. Armando Iannucci. Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi B Eighth Grade Dir. Bo Burnham. Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Luke Prael, Emily Robinson B+ The Favourite Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz B First Man Dir. Damien Chazelle. Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke A– First Reformed Dir. Paul Schrader. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger B+ Hale County This Morning, This Evening Dir. RaMell Ross. Documentary B+ The Hate U Give Dir. George Tillman, Jr. Amandla Stenberg, Russell Hornsby B+ Hereditary Dir. Ari Aster. Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro B+ I Am Not a Witch Dir. Rungano Nyoni. Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo B The Judge Dir. Erika Cohn. Documentary about Palestinian female Shari'a judge B Lean on Pete Dir. Andrew Haigh. Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel, Amy Seimetz A– Leave No Trace Dir. Debra Granik. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Foster B+ Monsters and Men Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green. John David Washington B+ No Date, No Signature Dir. Vahid Jalilvand. Amir Aghaee, Navid Mohammadzadeh B+ Private Life Dir. Tamara Jenkins. Kathryn Hayn, Paul Giamatti, Kayli Carter A– Ready Player One Dir. Steven Spielberg. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn B– The Rider Dir. Chloé Zhao. Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott B– Shirkers Dir. Sandi Tan. Documentary about the up-and-down fate of an amateur film B+ The Sisters Brothers Dir. Jacques Audiard. Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed B Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Dirs. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, et al. Grade: B Summer 1993 Dir. Carla Simón. Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí A– Support the Girls Dir. Andrew Bujalski. Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson B– The Tale Dir. Jennifer Fox. Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Ritter B Tully Dir. Jason Reitman. Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston A– Vice Dir. Adam McKay. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell B Vox Lux Dir. Brady Corbet. Raffey Cassidy, Natalie Portman, Stacy Martin, Jude Law B+ We the Animals Dir. Jeremiah Zagar. Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Gabriel B You Were Never Really Here Dir. Lynne Ramsay. Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts B+ ③ Try to make time, but don't cry if you miss it 12 Days Dir. Raymond Depardon. Documentary about French psychiatric patients in court B 22 July Dir. Paul Greengrass. Jonas Strand Gravli, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden B 24 Frames Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. Two-dozen vignettes extrapolated from old photos B Amazing Grace Dirs. Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack. Record of Aretha Franklin in concert B– The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Dirs. Joen and Ethan Coen. Tim Blake Nelson B– Beautiful Boy Dir. Felix van Groeningen. Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet C+ Beauty and the Dogs Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania. Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli B Blockers Dir. Kay Cannon. Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton B Boy Erased Dir. Joel Edgerton. Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Nicole Kidman B Call Her Ganda Dir. PJ Raval. Documentary about murdered Filipina trans sex worker C– Christopher Robin Dir. Marc Forster. Ewan McGregor, voice of Jim Cummings B Cold War Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski. Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Borys Szyc B Colette Dir. Wash Westmoreland. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough B– Crazy Rich Asians Dir. Jon M. Chu. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh B– Custody Dir. Xavier Legrand. Thomas Gioria, Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker B Destroyer Dir. Karyn Kusama. Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell B Disobedience Dir. Sebastián Lelio. Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola B En el séptimo día Dir. Jim McKay. Fernando Cardona, Abel Perez, Gilberto Jimenez C+ The Endless Dirs. Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead. Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead B The Final Year Dir. Greg Barker. Documentary about Obama-era foreign policy B Free Solo Dirs. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin. Documentary about climbing B+ Gemini Dir. Aaron Katz. Lola Kirke, Zoë Kravitz, John Cho, Nelson Franklin B Good Luck Dir. Ben Russell. Documentary about Serbian and Surinamese mines B+ Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Dir. Sophie Fiennes. Documentary B The Green Fog Dirs. Guy Maddin, Galen Johnson, Evan Johnson. Experimental film C Hannah Dir. Andrea Pallaoro. Charlotte Rampling, André Wilms, Jean-Michel Balthazar B I Feel Pretty Dirs. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein. Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams B– In Between Dir. Maysaloun Hamoud. Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura B– The Insult Dir. Ziad Doueiri. Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh C+ Ismaël's Ghosts Dir. Arnaud Desplechin. Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg C– Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Dir. Bruno Dumont. Lise Leplat Prudhomme B– The Kindergarten Teacher Dir. Sara Colangelo. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak B Kings Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven. Halle Berry, Lamar Johnson, Daniel Craig B– Let the Sun Shine In Dir. Claire Denis. Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois B Love, Simon Dir. Greg Berlanti. Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp C+ Mandy Dir. Panos Cosmatos. Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache B Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Dir. Mouly Surya. Marsha Timothy, Dea Panendra C+ Minding the Gap Dir. Bing Liu. Documentary about young men in Rockford, Illinois B The Miseducation of Cameron Post Dir. Desiree Akhavan. Chloë Grace Moretz C+ Mission: Impossible – Fallout Dir. Christopher McQuarrie. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill C+ Monrovia, Indiana Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about a small U.S. town B+ Museo Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios. Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro B– November Dir. Rainer Sarnet. Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Heino Kalm, Arvo Kukumägi B The Other Side of Everything Dir. Mila Turajlić. Documentary about secret history B+ Paddington 2 Dir. Paul King. Voice of Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville B– A Private War Dir. Matthew Heineman. Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander B– A Quiet Place Dir. John Krasinski. John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds C RBG Dirs. Julie Cohen, Betsy West. Documentary about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg B– Rogers Park Dir. Kyle Henry. Christine Horn, Jonny Mars, Antoine McKay, Sara Sevigny B Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland Dirs. Kate Davis, et al. Grade: B– A Star Is Born Dir. Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott B+ Suspiria Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Angela Winkler D Sweet Country Dir. Warwick Thornton. Hamilton Morris, Natassia Gorey Furber B Three Identical Strangers Dir. Tim Wardle. Documentary about reunited triplets C+ Viper Club Dir. Maryam Keshavarz. Susan Sarandon, Julian Morris, Edie Falco B Wajib Dir. Annemarie Jacir. Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Maria Zreik, Leila Bakri B– Where Is Kyra? Dir. Andrew Dosunmu. Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland B Whitney Dir. Kevin Macdonald. Documentary about Whitney Houston's rise and fall B Widows Dir. Steve McQueen. Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez B The Wife Dir. Björn Runge. Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater B– Wildlife Dir. Paul Dano. Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Camp B Woman Walks Ahead Dir. Susanna White. Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes C+ Won't You Be My Neighbor? Dir. Morgan Neville. Documentary about Fred Rogers B– The Workshop Dir. Laurent Cantet. Matthieu Lucci, Marina Foïs, Warda Rammach B A Wrinkle in Time Dir. Ava DuVernay. Storm Reid, Deric McCabe, Levi Miller C ② Even if it's good, it's hardly groundbreaking The 15:17 to Paris Dir. Clint Eastwood. Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler D Are We Not Cats Dir. Xander Robin. Michael Patrick Nicholson, Chelsea LJ Lopez B– At Eternity's Gate Dir. Julian Schnabel. Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, Emmanuelle Seigner D+ Bel Canto Dir. Paul Weitz. Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta D Ben Is Back Dir. Peter Hedges. Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton B– Bird Box Dir. Susanne Bier. Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich C– Claire's Camera Dir. Hong Sang-soo. Kim Min-hee, Isabelle Huppert, Jung Jin-young B– Creed II Dir. Steven Caple, Jr. Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson C+ Dark River Dir. Clio Barnard. Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean, Shane Attwooll C The Day After Dir. Hong Sang-soo. Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-hee, Kim Sae-byeok C Double Lover Dir. François Ozon. Marina Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Myriam Boyer B– The Front Runner Dir. Jason Reitman. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, Chris Coy B– Game Night Dirs. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein. Jason Bateman B– Green Book Dir. Peter Farrelly. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini D+ The Happy Prince Dir. Rupert Everett. Rupert Everett, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas C– Incredibles 2 Dir. Brad Bird. Voices of Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell C Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again Dir. Ol Parker. Lily James, Amanda Seyfried C– Mary Poppins Returns Dir. Rob Marshall. Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda C+ Mary Queen of Scots Dir. Josie Hughes. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, James McArdle D+ The Mule Dir. Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña D+ Nancy Dir. Christina Choe. Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Steve Buscemi C+ Never Look Away Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Tom Schilling, Paula Beer D– Ocean's Eight Dir. Gary Ross. Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway B– The Old Man & the Gun Dir. David Lowery. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck C Outside In Dir. Lynn Shelton. Mark Duplass, Edie Falco, Kaitlyn Dever C+ A Prayer Before Dawn Dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. Joe Cole, Panya Yimmumphai B– Red Sparrow Dir. Francis Lawrence. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons D The Rest I Make Up Dir. Michelle Memran. Documentary about Maria Irène Fornés C+ Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Dir. Matt Tyrnauer. Documentary B Sicilian Ghost Story Dirs. Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza. Julia Jedlikowska D+ Unsane Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving C– Under the Tree Dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson. Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson C What They Had Dir. Elizabeth Chomko. Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon B– ① Low ambition, little originality, easy to forget Bohemian Rhapsody Dir. Bryan Singer. Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy D– Halloween Dir. David Gordon Green. Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Judy Greer F Nobody's Fool Dir. Tyler Perry. Tika Sumpter, Tiffany Haddish, Omari Hardwick D– On Chesil Beach Dir. Dominic Cooke. Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson F The Party Dir. Sally Potter. Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall D– Proud Mary Dir. Babak Najafi. Taraji P. Henson, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Billy Brown F The Seagull Dir. Michael Mayer. Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan C–