Rough year. I found 135 movies (or movie-like objects, including coherent seasons of TV (Fargo, say)) on my list, but every time I have looked at that list, I have had to close it in despair. And now I'm trying again. Order is mainly chronological by when I saw it.
By far the best times I had in the movie theater were: The Rider, Stop Making Sense, and Free Solo. (Sorry to Bother You would have made this list, but I accidentally saw it in Berkeley, instead of my beloved Oakland.) Best home watches: The Florida Project, Marie Antoinette, Damsels in Distress, Hereditary, and The Endless, the latter two of which actually, literally, cost me sleep. Everything else I saw, I think, would have to be counted as a major step down from those experiences. (Creep and Murder Party definitely get recommendations, if you're into that sort of thing.)
Tier 1: 2018 Good Stuff
- The Florida Project
- The Rider
- Autopsy of Jane Doe
- Sorry to Bother You
- Leave No Trace
- Free Solo
- Hereditary
- The Endless
Tier 1a: Good Stuff I Didn't See Until 2018
- Wild Things
- Walker
- Good Time
- Cruel Intentions
- Stop Making Sense
- Marie Antoinette
- Children of Men
- The Cutting Edge
- Damsels in Distress
Tier 2: Okay / Above-Average / Decent / Memorable Stuff I Saw (or Maybe Rewatched) in 2018
- Okja
- The Dressmaker
- The One I Love
- The Intervention
- Phantom Thread
- Free Fire
- Black Panther
- Mom and Dad
- The Square
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Marjorie Prime
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- The Gift
- A Cure for Wellness
- American Made
- Devil in the Blue Dress (good rewatch)
- Halloween (new one)
- Into the Forest
- The Overnight
- Creep
- Murder Party
- rewatched Boogie Nights: yeah, holds up Party
- Piranha (whatever, I liked it)
Yes, I Saw That
- mother!
- 47 Meters Down
- The Shape of Water
- Last Jedi
- Annihilation
- Red Sparrow
- Avengers
- The Commuter
- Nocturnal Animals
- Ravenous
- The Meg
- Byzantium
- Ant-Man & the Wasp
- Hold the Dark
- The Apostle
- First Reformed
- Unsane
- Blockers
- Call Me By Your Name
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Only God Forgives
- The Spy Who Dumped Me
- Skyscraper
Worse Than That, I'm Not Even Gonna Mention
Stuff I Saw but Somehow Forgot to Put on the List
- Days of Heaven (obviously Tier 1a)
- The Reef (obviously Tier 2)
- Adrift (hmm...)
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