BEST MOVIES OF 2018: Top 10

It's that time of the year! 2019 is upon us, but for now, let's take a moment to look back at the year of 2018 in movies, and reflect on why it was once again a great year in the cinema. I already had five honorable mentions that I've posted prior to compiling this list, but here are the top ten movies of 2018. Without a doubt, I implore you to check these movies out. See it for the first time if you haven't seen them before or if you have seen them, rewatch them. And if you have your personal top ten, please do write on the comment below! Also, there are some on this list that I didn't have the chance to review on this website, but for the ones that I've got the chance to review in-depth, there's a link underneath. In descending order, here we go:

BEST MOVIES OF 2018: 5 Honorable Mentions

It's that time of the year! 2019 is upon us, but for now, let's take a moment to look back at the year of 2018 in movies, and reflect on why it was once again a great year in the cinema. Obviously, I have my personal Top 10 list, but here are the five movies that just miss out on that list. If 2018 had ended somewhere in October or November, some of these movies would have easily been in my Top 10. Since 2018 ends in December, and I've seen a lot of movies in that month as well, they got unfortunately bumped out. But still, I implore you to check these movies out. See it for the first time if you haven't seen them before or if you have seen them, rewatch them. And if you have some honorable mentions, please do write on the comment below! Also, there are some on this list that I didn't have the chance to review on this website, but for the ones that I've got the chance to review in-depth, there's a link underneath. In alphabetical order, here we go:

BUMBLEBEE: A Laika-Inspired Transformers Movie Packed with Artistic Action, Effective Humor and Plenty of Heart

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

Produced by: Michael Bay, Don Murphy, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Tom Desanto

Directed by: Travis Knight

Written by: Christina Hodson, Kelly Fremont Craig

Production Company: Paramount Pictures

Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider     

Runtime: 113 minutes                        

SYNOPSIS: 

 

Set during the 80’s, Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld) discovers a new car on her 18^th birthday, which transforms into a Transformer robot/an Autobot Bumblebee (voiced by Dylan O’ Brien). Separated by race, yet the unlikely friends manage to find a connection through common struggles. Unbeknownst to Charlie, Bumblebee is a key piece to the survival of both the Transformers and human race, which brings the couple in conflict with military man Agent Burns (John Cena) and Autobots’ foe the Decepticons. 

SPIDERMAN INTO THE SPIDERVERSE: Perfection in Comic Book Movie and Animated Movie Filmmaking

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure

Produced by: Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg, Avi Arad, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord

Directed by: Rodney Rothman, Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti

Written by: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Production Company: Sony Pictures, Marvel

Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Lily Tomlin, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Liev Schreiber    

Runtime: 116 minutes          

SYNOPSIS: 

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) gets bitten by a radioactive spider, granting him with the necessary superpower to become Spiderman. But there’s a twist in the tale. It turns out that he is just one of the many Spidermen spread across multiple universes. When those universes start colliding, all these Spidermen must team up to take down crime lord Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) and get those who belong in other universes safely home. 

AQUAMAN: DCEU's Welcoming Detour into the Light Despite the Jumbled Storytelling and Tonal Inconsistencies

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Superhero

Produced by: Rob Cowan, Peter Safran

Directed by: James Wan

Written by: Will Beall

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Ludi Lin, Temuera Morrison 

Runtime: 143 minutes                                

SYNOPSIS: 

The underwater city of Atlantis is under threat when Orm (Patrick Wilson) assumes the throne and starts declaring war on his fellow sea beings and the human race. And the one capable to challenge his throne is none other than Arthur Curry a.k.a. Aquaman (Jason Momoa). 

WIDOWS: A Seamless Combination of Popcorn Entertainment and Gritty Drama

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Produced by: Emile Sherman, Arnon Milchan, Iain Canning, Steve McQueen

Directed by: Steve McQueen

Written by: Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen

Production Company: 20th Century Fox

Starring: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson 

Runtime: 128 minutes                                

SYNOPSIS: 

 

After a heist gone wrong culminated in the death of their husbands (Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Coburn Goss), it is now up to their wives (Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo) to clean up the mess they’ve left behind. 

CREED II: A Predictable, But Eventually Satisfying Entry (Possibly Conclusion) to the Rocky and Creed Franchise

Genre: Drama, Sport

Produced by: Charles Winkler, Irwin Winkler, David Winkler, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, William Cha

Directed by:  Steven Caple Jr.

Written by: Cheo Hodari Coker, Sylvester Stallone

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Russell Hornsby, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren    

Runtime: 130 minutes           

                    

SYNOPSIS: 

Thirty three years after Apollo Creed’s (Carl Weathers) death in the hands of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), Apollo’s son Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) finally gets the chance to exact his revenge when Ivan’s son Viktor (Florian Munteanu) challenges him to a fight. As the second chapter to the fight of the century looms ever closer, Creed begins to realize that what’s at stake is taking its toll on him as both an athlete and human being.