2018 in cinema: all our coverage

Browse our polls and round-ups of the year’s best new movies.

The best of the year

  • The 40 best films of 2018

    The 40 best films of 2018

    Our movie of the year is in black and white and went (almost) straight to a certain global web-streaming service.
    Tuesday 11 December 2018

  • The best films of 2018 – the full poll

    The best films of 2018 – the full poll

    Browse the votes and comments from 164 international critics and curators in our interactive database.

  • The best Blu-rays (and DVDs) of 2018

    The best Blu-rays (and DVDs) of 2018

    2018’s home cinema packages reached Olympian heights of splendour and sumptuousness. We asked 37 critics and DVD curators to pick their highlights.
    Tuesday 1 January 2019

  • The best video essays of 2018

    The best video essays of 2018

    Straight from the firehose: 200 or so of 2018’s most outstanding videographic criticism, as chosen by 47 top practitioners, curators and scholars. Introduced by Irina Trocan and David Verdeure.
    Sunday 20 January 2019

  • The departed: the filmmakers we lost in 2018

    The departed: the filmmakers we lost in 2018

    Our roll call of film figures who passed away in 2018, compiled by Bob Mastrangelo, with links to individual obituaries.
    Thursday 24 January 2019

The best of festivals and awards

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