The 2018 Films Of The Year

After squabbles, in-fighting and more shuffling than a Vegas casino I present the best films of 2018:

20. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

19. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

18. Annihilation

17. First Man

16. Mission Impossible: Fallout

15. Love, Simon

14. You Were Never Really Here

13. I, Tonya

12. Incredibles 2

11. Lady Bird

10. Black Panther

9. A Quiet Place

8. Coco

7. Downsizing

6. The Shape Of Water

5. A Star Is Born

4. BlacKkKlansman

3. Ready Player One

2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

1. Avengers: Infinity War

I must, of course, mention one of the most talked about movies of the year: Netflix's water-cooler sensation Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. It's a fascinating and engrossing project, and worthy of the Black Mirror name, but its very existence as a 'choose your own adventure' and its disparate nature makes it difficult to justify its inclusion on this list but it's certainly a technical marvel and well worth your time.

The obligatory movies I was unfortunately not able to watch in time and may well have fought for inclusion include: Hereditary, American Animals, Yardie, Ocean's 8, Last Flag Flying, The Cloverfield Paradox and Juliet, Naked. I am also desperate to see Bo Burnham's directorial debut Eighth Grade which is yet to grace British shores.

Lots of films hard done by not to make the top 20. Here's a few worthy of your time if you've exhausted those above: Darkest Hour, The Post, Gringo, Game Night, Isle Of Dogs, Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Sicario 2: Soldado, The First Purge, Hotel Artemis, Ant-Man & The Wasp, The Festival, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, When We First Met, Bad Times At The El Royale, The Girl In The Spider's Web, Modern Life Is Rubbish, Creed 2 and Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2.