And so, another year is gone. I am happy to say that this was quite an excellent year for me in terms of new projects, opportunities and experiences. Unfortunately, I didn’t have that much time to write more about films as I had planned to, which is something that I wish to change in 2019. In any case, I leave here my traditional list of best and worst films released worldwide (or almost) in cinemas and streaming websites in 2018 — which means I’m also including films from 2017 that were released in 2018 for the rest of the world. And below, as usual, I leave my complete list with all films I watched this year. This time, for the first time, I’m including all short films as well. Here it goes:
BEST MOVIES RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN 2018 (in order of preference):
- The House That Jack Built (Denmark/France/Germany/Sweden, 2018)
- Capernaum (Lebanon/USA, 2018)
- Shoplifters (Japan, 2018)
- Burning (South Korea, 2018)
- Roma (Mexico/USA, 2018)
- Phantom Thread (USA, 2017)
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (UK/USA, 2017)
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout (USA, 2018)
- The Florida Project (USA, 2017)
- Lady Bird (USA, 2017)
Note: The Brazilian films Araby (Arábia) and Hard Paint (Tinta Bruta) had a very limited release worldwide, so unfortunately, I didn’t include them. Otherwise, Araby would have been #10 and Hard Paint #4 in the list.
40 OTHER FILMS THAT DESERVE MENTION (in alphabetic order):
Annihilation (UK/USA, 2018)
Bad Times at the El Royale (USA, 2018)
Bird Box (USA, 2018)
Black Panther (USA, 2018)
BlacKkKlansman (USA, 2018)
Blindspotting (USA, 2018)
The Breadwinner (Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg/USA, 2017)
Bumblebee (USA, 2018)
Call Me by Your Name (Italy/France/Brazil/USA, 2017)
Climax (France/Belgium/USA, 2018)
Custody (France, 2017)
Dovlatov (Russia/Poland/Serbia, 2018)
Faces Places (France, 2017)
Fahrenheit 11/9 (USA, 2018)
First Man (USA, 2018)
First Reformed (USA/UK/Australia, 2017)
The Guilty (Denmark, 2018)
The Heiresses (Paraguay/Germany/Uruguay/Brazil/Norway/France, 2018)
Hereditary (USA, 2018)
Hostiles (USA, 2017)
I, Tonya (USA, 2017)
Incredibles 2 (USA, 2018)
Lean on Pete (UK, 2017)
Leave No Trace (USA/Canada, 2018)
Loveless (Russia/France/Germany/Belgium/USA, 2017)
Mandy (USA/Belgium/UK, 2018)
McQueen (UK, 2018)
The Post (USA/UK, 2017)
The Prayer (France, 2018)
A Quiet Place (USA, 2018)
Ready Player One (USA, 2018)
Searching (USA/Russia, 2018)
7 Days in Entebbe (USA/UK, 2018)
The Shape of Water (USA, 2017)
A Simple Favor (USA, 2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (USA, 2018)
A Star Is Born (USA, 2018)
Touch Me Not (Romania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France, 2018)
Transit (Germany/France, 2018)
Widows (UK/USA, 2018)
You Were Never Really Here (UK/France/USA, 2017)
WORST MOVIES RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN 2018 (in order of mediocrity):
- The Nun (USA, 2018)
- Eva (France/Belgium, 2018)
- Insidious: The Last Key (USA/Canada, 2018)
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (USA/Canada, 2018)
- Submergence (Germany/France/Spain/USA, 2017)
- The 15:17 to Paris (USA, 2018)
- Mile 22 (USA, 2018)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (UK/USA, 2018)
- Venom (USA/China, 2018)
- The Meg (China/USA, 2018)
Note: Kim Ki-duk’s Human, Space, Time and Human (Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan), which is certainly one of the worst films I have ever seen in my life, had virtually no release since the Berlin International Film Festival, so I did not include it. Otherwise, it would have been #1 on the list.
COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS SEEN IN 2018 (in alphabetic order):
- Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (USA, 2016) — ****
- Across 110th Street (USA, 1972) — ***
- The Age of the Earth, or A Idade da Terra (Brazil, 1980) — *
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (USA/Italy, 1965) — ****
- Airplane! (USA, 1980) — ***
- Alien Nation (USA, 1988) — **
- All the President’s Men (USA, 1976) — *****
- All the Women in the World, or Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (Brazil, 1966) — ***
- Animal House (USA, 1978) — ****
- Annihilation (UK/USA, 2018) — ****
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (USA, 2018) — ***
- Aquaman (Australia/USA, 2018) — ****
- Araby, or Arábia (Brazil, 2017) — *****
- Arraial do Cabo (Brazil, 1960) — ***
- The Asphalt Jungle (USA, 1950) — ****
- The Aura, or El Aura (Argentina/Spain/France, 2005) — **
- Avengers: Infinity War (USA, 2018) — ***
- Back to the Future (USA, 1985) — *****
- Bad Times at the El Royale (USA, 2018) — ****
- The Bandit, or O Cangaceiro (Brazil, 1953) — *****
- The Bar, or El Bar (Spain/Argentina, 2017) — *
- The Barber of Seville (USA, 1944) — ***
- Barbosa (Brazil, 1988) — ***
- Bathing Buddies (USA, 1946) — ****
- Beach Rats (USA, 2017) — **
- Beautiful Boy (USA, 2018) — ***
- Behave, or Juízo (Brazil, 2007) — ****
- Behind the Sun, or Abril Despedaçado (Brazil/France/Switzerland, 2001) — **
- Benny’s Video (Austria/Switzerland, 1992) — ****
- Berlin Excelsior (Germany, 2017) — ***
- Best in Show (USA, 2000) — ****
- Bethânia Bem de Perto — A Propósito de um Show (Brazil, 1966) — ****
- Big Deal on Madonna Street, or I Soliti Ignoti (Italy, 1958) — ****
- Bird Box (USA, 2018) — ****
- Black Box BRD (Germany, 2001) — **
- Black Christmas (Canada, 1974) — ***
- Black Christmas (USA/Canada, 2006) — **
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (USA/UK, 2018) — ***
- Black Panther (USA, 2018) — ****
- Black Sabbath, or I Tre Volti della Paura (Italy/France/USA, 1963) — **
- Black Sunday, or The Mask of Satan, or La Maschera del Demonio (Italy, 1960) — **
- BlacKkKlansman (USA, 2018) — ****
- Blazing Saddles (USA, 1974) — **
- Blindspotting (USA, 2018) — *****
- Blood Simple. (USA, 1984) — ****
- The Blues Brothers (USA, 1980) — ****
- Bohemian Rhapsody (UK/USA, 2018) — **
- The Boss Baby (USA, 2017) — *
- Bottle Rocket (USA, 1996) — ***
- Boys Cry, or La Terra dell’Abbastanza (Italy, 2018) — ***
- Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City, or Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade (Brazil, 1968) — ****
- The Breadwinner (Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg/USA, 2017) — ****
- Breaking In (USA/Japan, 2018) — *
- Breaking the Waves (Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway/Iceland/Spain, 1996) — ****
- Brigsby Bear (USA, 2017) — **
- Broadcast News (USA, 1987) — *****
- Buena Vista Social Club (Germany/USA/UK/France/Cuba, 1999) — ***
- Buffalo ’66 (USA/Canada, 1998) — ****
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (USA, 1992) — **
- Bumblebee (USA, 2018) — ****
- Burning, or Beoning (South Korea, 2018) — *****
- Cabaret Mineiro (Brazil, 1980) — *
- Caddyshack (USA, 1980) — ***
- Call Me by Your Name (Italy/France/Brazil/USA, 2017) — ****
- As Canções (Brazil, 2011) — ****
- Capernaum, or Capharnaüm (Lebanon/USA, 2018) — *****
- Capturing the Friedmans (USA, 2003) — ****
- Carnival of Souls (USA, 1962) — **
- Carrie (USA, 1976) — *****
- Carro de Bois (Brazil, 1974) — ****
- Cássia (Brazil, 2014) — *****
- Castanha (Brazil, 2014) — ****
- Cat People (USA, 1942) — **
- Cat Skin, or Couro de Gato (Brazil, 1962) — ****
- The Children Act (UK, 2017) — **
- Chuck Norris vs. Communism (UK/Romania/USA, 2015) — ***
- La Ciénaga (Argentina/France/Spain/Japan, 2001) — *****
- Cinema, Aspirins® and Vultures, or Cinema, Aspirinas® e Urubus (Brazil, 2005) — ****
- Cleopatra Jones (USA, 1973) — ***
- Climax (France/Belgium/USA, 2018) — ****
- Close Enemies, or Frères Ennemies (Belgium/France, 2018) — ****
- Cold War, or Zimna wojna (Poland/France/UK, 2018) — ****
- Come and See, or Idi i Smotri (Soviet Union, 1985) — *****
- Coming Out (East Germany, 1989) — ***
- The Commuter (UK/USA, 2018) — **
- Crash (Canada/UK, 1996) — ****
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, or Ensayo de un Crimen (Mexico, 1955) — ***
- The Curse of Frankenstein (UK, 1957) — ****
- Custody, or Jusqu’à la Garde (France, 2017) — ****
- Daisies, or Sedmikrásky (Czechoslovakia, 1966) — ****
- Dalida (France, 2016) — ***
- Damsel (USA, 2018) — ****
- Dark Blue Girl, or Die Tochter (Germany, 2017) — ***
- Darkest Hour (UK, 2017) — ***
- Daughter of Mine, or Figlia Mia (Italy/Germany/Switzerland, 2018) — ***
- The Day That Lasted 21 Years, or O Dia que Durou 21 Anos (Brazil, 2012) — ***
- Dead End (France, 2003) — ***
- Dead of Night (UK, 1945) — ****
- Dead Ringers (Canada/USA, 1988) — ***
- The Dead Zone (USA/Canada, 1983) — ****
- Deadpool 2 (USA, 2018) — ****
- Dear White People (USA, 2014) — ****
- Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (USA, 2008) — *****
- The Death of Stalin (UK/Canada/France/Belgium/USA, 2017) — **
- The Debt, or Gælden (Denmark, 2017) — **
- Denying Brazil, or A Negação do Brasil (Brazil, 2000) — **
- Departures, or Okuribito (Japan, 2008) — *****
- Design for Living (USA, 1933) — **
- The Devils (UK, 1971) — ****
- O Dia em Que Dorival Encarou a Guarda (Brazil, 1986) — ****
- Dilili in Paris, or Dilili à Paris (France/Germany/Belgium, 2018) — ***
- The Dinner Game, or Le Dîner de Cons (France, 1998) — ****
- The Disaster Artist (USA, 2017) — ****
- Do I Kill Them?, or Mato Eles? (Brazil, 1982) — ****
- Dogman (Italy/France, 2018) — **
- Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (USA, 2018) — ****
- Dossiê Jango (Brazil, 2013) — *****
- The Double (UK, 2013) — ****
- Dovlatov (Russia/Poland/Serbia, 2018) — ****
- Downsizing (USA, 2017) — ***
- Dzi Croquettes (Brazil, 2009) — ****
- Easy A (USA, 2010) — ***
- The Einstein of Sex, or Der Einstein des Sex (Germany/Netherlands, 1999) — ***
- Él (Mexico, 1953) — ****
- Elite Squad, or Tropa de Elite (Brazil/USA/Argentina, 2007) — *****
- Emelie (USA, 2015) — **
- The Endless (USA, 2017) — **
- The Entity (USA, 1982) — ***
- Entreatos (Brazil, 2004) — ****
- Esta Não É a Sua Vida (Brazil, 1991) — ***
- Estomago: A Gastronomic Story, or Estômago (Brazil/Italy, 2007) — *****
- Eva (France/Belgium, 2018) — *
- Everybody Knows, or Todos lo Saben (Spain/France/Italy, 2018) — ***
- The Exterminating Angel, or El Ángel Exterminador (Mexico, 1962) — ****
- Faces Places, or Visages Villages (France, 2017) — ****
- Fahrenheit 11/9 (USA, 2018) — ****
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (UK/USA, 2016) — ****
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (UK/USA, 2018) — ****
- Far from Heaven (USA/France, 2002) — ****
- Female Trouble (USA, 1974) — **
- Ferdinand (USA, 2017) — **
- The 15:17 to Paris (USA, 2018) — **
- First Man (USA, 2018) — ****
- First Reformed (USA/UK/Australia, 2017) — ****
- A Five Star Life, or Viaggio Sola (Italy, 2013) — **
- The Florida Project (USA, 2017) — *****
- The Fly (USA/UK/Canada, 1986) — *****
- For Your Consideration (USA, 2006) — **
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (USA, 1988) — *
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (USA/Canada, 1989) — *
- Friend, or Rafiki (Kenya/South Africa/Germany/Netherlands/France/Norway/Lebanon, 2018) — **
- Frontier(s), or Frontière(s) (France/Switzerland, 2007) — **
- The Funhouse (USA, 1981) — **
- Game Night (USA, 2018) — ****
- Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle, or Garrincha — Alegria do Povo (Brazil, 1963) — ****
- Gates of Heaven (USA, 1978) — ****
- Ghost in the Shell, or Kōkaku Kidōtai (Japan/UK, 1995) — ****
- Girl (Belgium/Netherlands, 2018) — ****
- Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (Brazil, 2003) — ***
- The Gleaners and I, or Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse (France, 2000) — *****
- The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later, or Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse… Deux Ans Après (France, 2002) — ****
- God Told Me To (USA, 1976) — ***
- Godard Mon Amour, or Le Redoutable (France/Myanmar, 2017) — ****
- Good Manners, or As Boas Maneiras (Brazil/France, 2017) — ****
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew, or Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (Italy/France, 1964) — ****
- Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Ireland/UK, 2017) — **
- The Greatest Showman (USA, 2017) — **
- Grey Gardens (USA, 1975) — *****
- Grey Gardens (USA, 2009) — ****
- The Guilty, or Den skyldige (Denmark, 2018) — ****
- Gutland (Luxembourg/Belgium/Germany/France, 2017) — **
- Halloween (USA, 1978) — *****
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (USA, 1995) — *
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (USA, 1998) — **
- Halloween (USA, 2018) — **
- Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague (UK, 2017) — *****
- The Happy Prince (UK/Belgium/Italy/Germany, 2018) — **
- Hard Paint, or Tinta Bruta (Brazil, 2018) — *****
- The Heiresses, or Las Herederas (Paraguay/Germany/Uruguay/Brazil/Norway/France, 2018) — ****
- Her (USA, 2013) — *****
- Hereditary (USA, 2018) — ****
- Hill of Pleasures, or Morro dos Prazeres (Netherlands/Brazil, 2013) — ****
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (France/Japan, 1959) — *****
- Hitchcock/Truffaut (France/USA, 2015) — ***
- The Holiday (USA, 2006) — **
- O Homem do Sputnik (Brazil, 1959) — *
- Horizon, or Horizonti (Georgia/Sweden, 2018) — **
- Hostiles (USA, 2017) — *****
- The House Bunny (USA, 2008) — **
- The House That Jack Built (Denmark/France/Germany/Sweden, 2018) — *****
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls (USA, 2018) — ***
- The Howling (USA, 1981) — ***
- Human, Space, Time and Human, or Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan (South Korea, 2018) — 0/5
- I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (Canada/USA, 2016) — **
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (USA, 1997) — ***
- I, Tonya (USA, 2017) — ****
- I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You, or Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo (Brazil, 2009) — *****
- I’m Here (USA, 2010) — ****
- Icarus (USA, 2017) — *****
- In the Aisles, or In den Gängen (Germany, 2018) — **
- In the Loop (UK, 2009) — ****
- The Incredibles (USA, 2004) — *****
- Incredibles 2 (USA, 2018) — ****
- Inocência (Brazil, 1983) — **
- Insidious: The Last Key (USA/Canada, 2018) — *
- The Insult, or L’Insulte (Lebanon/Belgium/Cyprus/France/USA, 2017) — ****
- The Invisible Guest, or Contratiempo (Spain, 2016) — **
- Irma la Douce (USA, 1963) — ****
- Island of Flowers, or Ilha das Flores (Brazil, 1989) — *****
- Isle of Dogs (USA, 2018) — ****
- Jango (Brazil, 1984) — ****
- The JK Years: A Political Trajectory, or Os Anos JK — Uma Trajetória Política (Brazil, 1981) — ****
- The Jerk (USA, 1979) — **
- Jigsaw (USA/Canada, 2017) — ***
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi (USA, 2011) — ****
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (USA/Spain, 2018) — ****
- Justice, or Justiça (Netherlands/Brazil, 2004) — ****
- Kill, Baby… Kill!, or Operazione Paura (Italy, 1966) — ***
- The King of Comedy (USA, 1982) — ****
- King Kong (USA, 1933) — ****
- Knock Knock (USA, 1940) — ***
- Koyaanisqatsi (USA, 1982) — *****
- Kung Fu Hustle, or Kung Fu, or Gung Fu (Hong Kong/China, 2004) — ****
- Kursk (Belgium/Luxembourg, 2018) — ***
- Lacrimosa (Brazil, 1970) — ****
- The Ladies Man (USA, 1961) — ***
- Lady Bird (USA, 2017) — *****
- The Lady Eve (USA, 1941) — *****
- Lake Mungo (Australia, 2008) — ***
- Land of São Saruê, or O País de São Saruê (Brazil, 1971) — ****
- Last Conversations, or Últimas Conversas (Brazil, 2015) — ****
- Last Men in Aleppo, or De sidste mænd i Aleppo (Denmark/Syria, 2017) — ***
- Last Year at Marienbad, or L’année Dernière à Marienbad (France/Italy, 1961) — *****
- Lean on Pete (UK, 2017) — ****
- Leave No Trace (USA/Canada, 2018) — ****
- The Legend of 1900, or La Leggenda del Pianista sull’Oceano (Italy, 1998) — **
- Lick the Star (USA, 1998) — **
- Like Me (USA, 2017) — ***
- A Linguagem da Persuasão (Brazil, 1970) — ***
- Livid, or Livide (France, 2011) — *
- Love, Simon (USA, 2018) — ***
- Loveless, or Nelyubov (Russia/France/Germany/Belgium/USA, 2017) — ****
- Lover for a Day, or L’Amant d’un Jour (France, 2017) — ***
- Lovers of the Arctic Circle, or Los Amantes del Círculo Polar (Spain/France, 1998) — ****
- Loving Vincent (UK/Poland, 2017) — ****
- Lucky (USA, 2017) — ***
- The Lyre of Delight, or A Lira do Delírio (Brazil, 1978) — **
- Maioria Absoluta (Brazil, 1964) — ****
- Mala Mala (Puerto Rico/USA, 2014) — **
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (UK/USA, 2018) — ****
- Mandy (USA/Belgium/UK, 2018) — ****
- Mango Yellow, or Amarelo Manga (Brazil, 2002) — ****
- Mar de Rosas (Brazil, 1978) — ***
- Maranhão 66 (Brazil, 1966) — ****
- The Margin, or A Margem (Brazil, 1967) — **
- Martin (USA, 1978) — ****
- A Marvada Carne (Brazil, 1985) — ***
- Mary Magdalene (UK/USA/Australia, 2018) — **
- Mascots (USA, 2016) — ***
- Masculin Féminin (France/Sweden, 1966) — ****
- The Master of Apipucos, or The Master of Apipucos (Brazil, 1959) — ***
- McQueen (UK, 2018) — ****
- The Meg (USA, 2018) — **
- Memória do Cangaço (Brazil, 1965) — ****
- O Mercado de Notícias (Brazil, 2014) — *****
- Meteorango Kid: O Herói Intergalático (Brazil, 1969) — *
- Meu Nome é Tonho (Brazil, 1969) — **
- A Mighty Wind (USA, 2003) — ****
- Mile 22 (USA, 2018) — **
- Minnie and Moskowitz (USA, 1971) — ****
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout (USA, 2018) — *****
- Molly’s Game (China/USA/Canada, 2017) — ***
- Monkey Business (USA, 1931) — ****
- Mountains May Depart, or Shan he gu ren (China/France/Japan, 2015) — *
- The Movie of My Life, or O Filme da Minha Vida (Brazil, 2017) — ****
- Mudbound (USA, 2017) — ***
- Mug, or Twarz (Poland, 2018) — ***
- Mulholland Dr. (France/USA, 2001) — *****
- Museum, or Museo (Mexico, 2018) — ***
- The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim. A Música Segundo Tom Jobim (Brazil, 2012) — *****
- The Music Box (USA, 1932) — ****
- Musical Moments from Chopin (USA, 1946) — ****
- My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot, or Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot (Germany/France/Switzerland, 2018) — ****
- Nalu on the Border, or Mulher do Pai (Brazil/Uruguay, 2016) — ***
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (USA, 1988) — ****
- Nelson Cavaquinho (Brazil, 1969) — ****
- A New Leaf (USA, 1971) — ****
- News from a Personal War, or Notícias de uma Guerra Particular (Brazil/Spain, 1999) — ****
- Niagara Fools (USA, 1956) — ****
- Nico, 1988 (Italy/Belgium, 2017) — ****
- A Night at the Opera (USA, 1935) — ****
- A Night in 67, Uma Noite em 67 (Brazil, 2010) — ****
- Night of the Demon, or Curse of the Demon (UK, 1957) — ****
- Ninotchka (USA, 1939) — ****
- Naqoyqatsi (USA, 2002) — ***
- Nossa Escola de Samba (Brazil, 1965) — ***
- Nosferatu the Vampyre, or Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (West Germany/France, 1979) — ****
- Nostalgia, or Nostalghia (Italy/Soviet Union, 1983) — *****
- The Nun (USA, 2018) — *
- The Nutty Professor (USA, 1963) — ****
- The Nutty Professor (USA, 1996) — ***
- Obscuro Barroco (Brazil, 2018) — ***
- Ocean’s Eight, or Ocean’s 8 (USA, 2018) — **
- The Old Dark House (USA, 1932) — ***
- Olive Kitteridge (USA, 2014) — ***
- On Chesil Beach (UK, 2017) — ****
- Once Upon a Time Veronica, or Era uma Vez, Eu Verônica (Brazil/France, 2012) — ***
- One of Us (USA, 2017) — ****
- Operações Especiais (Brazil, 2015) — ****
- Out of Africa (USA/UK, 1985) — ****
- Overlord (USA, 2018) — ****
- Pacific Rim: Uprising (UK/China/Japan/USA, 2018) — ***
- The Party (USA, 1968) — ***
- Pedal the World (Germany, 2015) — **
- The Pelican Brief (USA, 1993) — **
- Phantasm (USA, 1979) — **
- The Phantom, or O Fantasma (Portugal, 2000) — ***
- Phantom Thread (USA, 2017) — *****
- Pig, or Khook (Iran, 2018) — **
- Pink Floyd: The Wall (UK, 1982) — ***
- Playing, or Jogo de Cena, (Brazil, 2007) — *****
- The Pledge (USA, 2001) — *****
- The Poet of the Castle, or O Poeta do Castelo (Brazil, 1959) — ****
- O Porto de Santos (Brazil, 1978) — ****
- The Post (USA/UK, 2017) — ****
- Powaqqatsi (USA, 1988) — ***
- The Prayer, or La Prière (France, 2018) — ****
- A Quiet Place (USA, 2018) — ****
- Rabid (Canada/USA, 1977) — **
- The Rachel Divide (USA, 2018) — ***
- Raising Arizona (USA, 1987) — ****
- Ready Player One (USA, 2018) — ****
- The Real Estate, or Toppen av ingenting (Sweden/UK, 2018) — ***
- Red Sparrow (USA, 2018) — **
- Repulsion (UK, 1965) — *****
- The Return, or Vozvrashchenie (Russia, 2003) — ****
- The Rider (USA, 2017) — ***
- Robinson Crusoe (Mexico/USA, 1954) — ***
- Roma (Mexico/USA, 2018) — *****
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Canada/United Arab Emirates/USA, 2017) — ***
- Rosemary’s Baby (USA, 1968) — *****
- Run Lola Run, or Lola Rennt (Germany, 1998) — *****
- Samson and Delilah (USA, 1949) — **
- Score: A Film Music Documentary (USA, 2016) — **
- The Search for General Tso (USA/Taiwan/China, 2014) — ***
- Searching (USA/Russia, 2018) — ****
- Seashore, or Beira-Mar (Brazil, 2015) — ***
- Season of the Devil, or Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Philippines, 2018) — ***
- Secrets & Lies (France/UK, 1996) — ****
- The September Issue (USA, 2009) — ****
- 7 Days in Entebbe (USA/UK, 2018) — ****
- The Seventh Continent, or Der siebente Kontinent (Austria, 1989) — ****
- The Shape of Water (USA, 2017) — ****
- Shoplifters, or Manbiki kazoku (Japan, 2018) — *****
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (USA/Italy, 2018) — ***
- Simonal: Ninguém Sabe o Duro que Dei (Brazil, 2009) — ***
- A Simple Favor (USA, 2018) — ****
- The Sisters Brothers (France/Spain/Romania/USA/Belgium, 2018) — ***
- Socrates, or Socrate (Italy/Spain/France, 1971) — ***
- Society (USA, 1989) — **
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (USA, 2018) — ***
- Sons of the Desert (USA, 1933) — *****
- Sorry to Bother You (USA, 2018) — ****
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (USA, 1999) — *****
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (USA, 2018) — ****
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (USA/Canada, 2018) — **
- A Star Is Born (USA, 1937) — **
- A Star Is Born (USA, 1954) — ***
- A Star Is Born (USA, 1976) — **
- A Star Is Born (USA, 2018) — ****
- Step Brothers (USA, 2008) — ****
- The Strangers: Prey at Night (UK/USA, 2018) — ***
- Strong Island (USA/Denmark, 2017) — ****
- Submergence (Germany/France/Spain/USA, 2017) — **
- Subterrâneos do Futebol (Brazil, 1965) — ***
- Suely in the Sky, or Love for Sale, or O Céu de Suely (Brazil/Germany/Portugal/France, 2006) — ****
- Summer Showers, or Chuvas de Verão (Brazil, 1978) — **
- Support the Girls (USA, 2018) — ***
- Susana (Mexico, 1951) — ***
- Suspiria (Italy, 1977) — ****
- Suspiria (Italy/USA, 2018) — ***
- Switchblade Romance, or High Tension, or Haute Tension (France/Italy/Romania, 2003) — **
- Tamara Drewe (UK, 2010) — **
- Team America: World Police (USA/Germany, 2004) — **
- Teeth (USA, 2007) — *****
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (USA, 1974) — *****
- They Live (USA, 1988) — ***
- This Is Spinal Tap (USA, 1984) — *****
- Thoroughbreds (USA, 2017) — **
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (UK/USA, 2017) — *****
- 3 Days in Quiberon, or 3 Tage in Quiberon (Germany/Austria/France, 2018) — **
- 303 (Germany, 2018) — **
- O Tigre e a Gazela (Brazil, 1976) — ****
- To Be or Not to Be (USA, 1942) — ****
- To the Left of the Father, or Lavoura Arcaica (Brazil, 2001) — *****
- Top Secret! (UK/USA, 1984) — ***
- Touch Me Not (Romania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France, 2018) — ****
- Trading Places (USA, 1983) — ****
- Train to Busan, or Busanhaeng (South Korea, 2016) — ****
- Tranny Fag, or Bixa Travesty (Brazil, 2018) — ****
- Transit (Germany/France, 2018) — ****
- The Trial, or O Processo (Brazil, 2018) — ****
- Trouble Every Day (France/Germany/Japan, 2001) — **
- Trouble in Paradise (USA, 1932) — ****
- Tully (USA, 2018) — ***
- 25th Hour (USA, 2002) — ***
- 22 July (Norway/Iceland/USA, 2018) — **
- Two Drifters, or Odete (Portugal, 2005) — **
- U: July 22, or Utøya 22. juli (Norway, 2018) — ****
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, or Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (France/West Germany, 1964) — **
- Under the Silver Lake (USA, 2018) — **
- Unfriended: Dark Web (USA, 2018) — ***
- Unsane (USA, 2018) — ***
- Up Series: Seven Up! (UK, 1964) — *****
- Up Series: 7 Plus Seven (UK, 1970) — *****
- Up Series: 21 Up (UK, 1977) — *****
- Up Series: 28 Up (UK, 1984) — *****
- Up Series: 35 Up (UK, 1991) — *****
- Up Series: 42 Up (UK, 1998) — *****
- The Vanishing, or Spoorloos (Netherlands/France/West Germany, 1988) — ****
- A Velha a Fiar (Brazil, 1964) — ***
- Venom (USA/China, 2018) — **
- Victoria & Abdul (UK/USA, 2017) — **
- Viramundo (Brazil, 1965) — *****
- Voyeur (USA, 2017) — ****
- Waiting for Guffman (USA, 1996) — ****
- The Way We Were (USA, 1973) — **
- What’s Love Got to Do with It (USA, 1993) — ****
- What’s Up, Doc? (USA, 1972) — ****
- What’s with Wheat? (Australia, 2016) — ***
- When a Stranger Calls (USA, 1979) — ***
- White Potion (Tanzania/Turkey, 2017) — **
- Widows (UK/USA, 2018) — ****
- The Wife (UK/Sweden/USA, 2017) — **
- Wind River (USA/Canada/UK, 2017) — ***
- Window of the Soul, or Janela da Alma (Brazil, 2001) — ****
- Withnail & I (UK, 1987) — ****
- Witness (USA, 1985) — ****
- Wonder (USA/Hong Kong, 2017) — ***
- Wonder Wheel (USA, 2017) — ***
- Wuthering Heights, or Abismos de Pasión (Mexico, 1954) — ****
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, or Ieri oggi domani (Italy/France, 1963) — ***
- You Were Never Really Here (UK/France/USA, 2017) — ****
- Zabriskie Point (USA, 1970) — **
- Zama (Argentina/Brazil/Spain/Dominican Republic/France/Netherlands/Mexico/Switzerland/USA/Portugal/Lebanon, 2017) — ***
- Zodiac (USA, 2007) — *****
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