At Film Blerg, we like to take some time to review the year of theatrical releases at the Australian box office and then come together with lists of each contributor’s top 10 films of the year. This year’s list is yet again, another terrific look at a year of cinema. Many worthy films came close to the top 10, which you can see within each contributors individual list. Without further adieu, here are the top 10 films of 2018, as determined collectively by Film Blerg writers.
- Lady Bird
- The Shape of Water
- The Favourite
- Hereditary
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- A Quiet Place
- Shoplifters
- The Death of Stalin
- Cold War
- I, Tonya
Individual lists:
Amy Taylor
1. Bad Times at the El Royale
2. Breath
3. Isle of Dogs
4. Ladies in Black
5. Love, Simon
6. McQueen
7. The Favourite
8. The Shape of Water
9. The Wife
10. Vice
Angus Tonkin
1. Wildlife
2. Summer 1993
3. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
5. On Body and Soul
6. Sorry to Bother You
7. American Animals
8. The Incredibles 2
9. Lady Bird
10. See You Up There
Near misses:
Hearts Beat Loud
Lean on Pete
The Death of Stalin
BlacKkKlansman
Ben Isbel
1. Suspiria
2. Shoplifters
3. The Death of Stalin
4. Deadpool 2
5. Hereditary
6. Phantom Thread
7. Cold War
8. The Shape of Water
9. Lady Bird
10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Claire Robson
1. A Quiet Place
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. The Children Act
4. A Star is Born
5. Love, Simon
6. I, Tonya
7. Lady Bird
8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
9. Crazy Rich Asians
10. On Chesil Beach
Dan Santos
1. The Favourite
2. Foxtrot
3. Shoplifters
4. Hereditary
5. Lean on Pete
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
7. Faces Places
8. Lady Bird
9. Mission Impossible: Fallout
10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Special shout out to Roma.
David Nagle
1. The Favourite
2. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
3. The Death of Stalin
4. You Were Never Really Here
5. Hereditary
6. Mission Impossible – Fallout
7. Leave No Trace
8. A Quiet Place
9. Black Panther
10. I, Tonya
James Madden
1. Tully
2. A Quiet Place
3. The Breaker Upperers
4. I Used to be Normal
5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
6. The Shape of Water
7. Cold War
8. A Star is Born
9. Lady Bird
10. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Hawkins
1. Boy Erased
2. Three Identical Strangers
3. I, Tonya
4. The Shape of Water
5. Bad Times at the El Royale
6. Shoplifters
7. BlacKkKlansman
8. Searching
9. The Favourite
10. Widows
Kendal Coombs
1. The Merger
2. The Seagull
3. Avengers: Infinity War
4. Black Panther
5. C’est la Vie
6. A Simple Favour
7. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
8. Deadpool 2
9. Aquaman
10. Ant Man and Wasp
Simon Storey
1. Loveless
2. Cold War
3. Avengers: Infinity War
4. You Were Never Really Here
5. The Shape of Water
6. Beast
7. The Insult
8. Lady Bird
9. The Death of Stalin
10. Hereditary
