My Favorite Movies of 2018: The Top 10

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See 10 runners-up here, and

see our #20-11 films here.

I wish I could lay out some sort of thematic through-line for what moved me in 2018, but per usual it's as schizophrenic as my insides -- our loves veer from Singing Nannys in the sky to Dancing Witches slinging meat hooks, and everything in between. As it should be, I suppose -- the cinema's the place for every mood, every inclination. It's like Mary Poppins' bottomless carpet bag -- reach in and put out a French drama about divorce, an American drama... about divorce... a British Jewish Drama... about divorce... okay, okay, whatever. You get the point. My life was scarred by divorce and I am a product of a broken home and these are my ten favorite cinematic achievements of 2018 -- god! Leave me alone, already.

10. Custody

(dir. Xavier Legrand)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: In the bathtub

9. Wildlife

(dir. Paul Dano)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Showing the boy the fire

8. Support the Girls

(dir. Andrew Bujalski)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: On the roof

7. We the Animals

(dir. Jeremiah Zagar)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Kissing a boy

6. Can You Ever Forgive Me?

(dir. Marielle Heller)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Lee goes on a date

5. Disobedience

(dir. Sebastián Lelio)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Spit take

4. The Favourite

(dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Through the door

3. Hereditary

(dir. Ari Aster)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Dinner conversation

2. Suspiria

(dir. Luca Guadagnino)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment:
When the dancer becomes the dance

1. ROMA

(dir. Alfonso Cuarón)

-- read my review here --

Indelible Moment: Breaking the waves
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