Favorite Films of 2018

These are all the films released in 2018 that I watched in 2018. Links to my reviews where available:

1. Gringo
2. Red Sparrow
3. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
4. Hearts Beat Loud
5. Isle of Dogs
6. Three Identical Strangers
7. Beirut
8. Ready Player One
9. Chappaquiddick
10. A Quiet Place
11. The Equalizer 2
12. Eighth Grade
13. Leave No Trace
14. The Death of Stalin
15. Deadpool 2
16. Ideal Home
17. 12 Strong
18. The Commuter
19. Unsane
20. I Feel Pretty
21. 7 Days in Entebbe
22. The Happytime Murders
23. Tag
24. Thoroughbreds
25. Social Animals
26. Game Night
27. Night School
28. Pacific Rim: Uprising
29. Searching
30. Arizona
31. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
32. The 15:17 to Paris
33. Proud Mary
34. Siberia
35. Death Wish
36. The Hurricane Heist
37. The Con is On
38. You Were Never Really Here
39. Shock and Awe
40. First Reformed

Gringo

There have been a lot of these movies. You know, pick from the following create-a-story list: the hapless protagonist, the crime, the double-cross, the mistaken identity, the triple-cross, the bigger crime, the mobsters/cartel, the feds, the plot twist, etc. It becomes a comedy of errors, on one level or another. You know. There have been a lot of them. But the films that can spin enough of those a la carte plates to keep things interesting without making a mess are really good. Like “Gringo” (2018). David Oyelowo is the perfect hapless protagonist. Please ignore the violations of car-wreck physics.