Best Of 2018: a Summary of World Cinema

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Most Awarded Films:

2018 Film Festivals

Country:	Awarded Film	Event
	Shoplifters	Cannes Film Festival	France
	Roma	Venice Film Festival	Italy
	Touch Me Not	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
	Between Two Waters	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
	Green Book	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
	The Miseducation of Cameron Post	Sundance Film Festival	USA
	Between Two Waters	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
	Night God	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
	Climax	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
	Genesis	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

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2018 Awards

Country:	Awarded Film	Award
	Green Book	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
	Bohemian Rhapsody (Drama) Green Book (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
	Cold War	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
	Roma	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
	Custody	Cesar Awards (France)	France
	Dogman	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
	Champions	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
	Gundermann	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
	Border	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

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Critics' Association Awards 2018

Country:	Awarded Film	Awards
	Green Book	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
	Roma	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
	Roma	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
	Roma	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
	If Beale Street Could Talk	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
	Roma	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

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Best Films of 2018 According to World Famous Film Critics:

Peter Travers, Chief Critic of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Roma
2		A Star Is Born
3		Black Panther
4		The Favourite
5		BlacKkKlansman
6		If Beale Street Could Talk
7		First Man
8		First Reformed
9		Eighth Grade
10		Green Book

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A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Monrovia, Indiana
1		Bisbee '17
1		Hale County This Morning, This Evening
1		Minding the Gap
2		Happy as Lazzaro
3		First Reformed
4		Private Life
5		Roma
6		Let the Sunshine In
7		Can You Ever Forgive Me?
8		BlacKkKlansman
9		Capernaum
10		The Favourite

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Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Roma
2		Burning
3		Shoplifters
4		Zama
5		Happy as Lazzaro
6		BlacKkKlansman
7		First Reformed
8		The Death of Stalin
9		Monrovia, Indiana
10		Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)

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Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Roma
2		If Beale Street Could Talk
3		The Rider
4		First Reformed
5		BlacKkKlansman
6		Green Book
7		Eighth Grade
8		Tully
9		Blindspotting
10		A Quiet Place

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Eric Kohn, Chief Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Favourite
2		Roma
3		The Death of Stalin
4		First Reformed
5		Sorry to Bother You
6		Private Life
7		Burning
8		Madeline's Madeline
9		If Beale Street Could Talk
10		Free Solo

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Luis Martínez, Chief Critic of El Mundo - estrenadas en cines españoles - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Roma
2		Phantom Thread
3		Burning
4		Happy as Lazzaro
5		Cold War
6		Mandy
7		Dogman
8		Isle of Dogs
9		Western
10		A Quiet Place

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Javier Ocaña, Chief Critic of El País - estrenadas en cines españoles - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Phantom Thread
2		Shoplifters
3		Cold War
4		Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
5		Call Me by Your Name
6		Custody
7		Faces Places
8		Isle of Dogs
9		Sicario: Day of the Soldado
10		Burning

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2018:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2018 Worldwide

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Avengers: Infinity War	Sci-Fi	Marvel Studios	$2.047.700.000
2		Black Panther	Action	Marvel / Walt Disney	$1.346.900.000
3		Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Sci-Fi	Universal / Amblin	$1.304.900.000
4		Incredibles 2	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	1.241.100.000
5		Venom	Sci-Fi	Sony / Columbia / Marvel	$852.700.000
6		Mission: Impossible - Fallout	Thriller	Paramount / Skydance	$791.000.000
7		Deadpool 2	Action	Marvel / 20th Century Fox	$734.200.000
8		Ant-Man and the Wasp	Sci-Fi	Marvel Studios	$622.700.000
9		Bohemian Rhapsody	Drama	GK Films / New Regency	$596.900.000
10		Ready Player One	Sci-Fi	Warner / Amblin / De Line	$582.200.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2018 in the US

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Black Panther	Action	Marvel / Walt Disney	$700.060.000
2		Avengers: Infinity War	Sci-Fi	Marvel Studios	$678.815.000
3		Incredibles 2	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$608.577.000
4		Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Sci-Fi	Universal / Amblin	$416.769.000
5		Deadpool 2	Action	Marvel / 20th Century Fox	$318.491.000
6		The Grinch	Animation	Illumination / Universal	$224.218.000
7		Mission: Impossible - Fallout	Thriller	Paramount / Skydance	$220.159.000
8		Ant-Man and the Wasp	Sci-Fi	Marvel Studios	$216.649.000
9		Solo: A Star Wars Story	Sci-Fi	Lucasfilm / Walt Disney	$213.768.000
10		Venom	Sci-Fi	Sony / Columbia / Marvel	$212.747.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2018 in their Country of Origin

Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
	Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver	Adventure	Malao / Rat Pack / Babelsberg	$12.081.000
	Champions	Comedy	Morena / Movistar+ / Pendleton	22.214.000
	The Magic Tuche	Comedy	Pathé	$47.428.000
	Detective Conan: Zero's Executioner	Animation	Nippon TV / Shogakukan	$80.403.000
	Do It Like an Hombre	Comedy	Videocine / Bh5 / Sobras	$9.926.000
	Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!	Comedy	Universal / Legendary	$84.031.000

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The Best Films of 2018 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2018 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
8.0		Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
7.6		Birds of Passage
7.6		Shoplifters
7.6		Bohemian Rhapsody
7.6		Avengers: Infinity War
7.6		The Realm
7.5		Roma
7.4		Happy as Lazzaro
7.4		Cold War
7.4		Isle of Dogs
7.4		The Favourite
7.2		Girl

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The Best TV Series of 2018 according to Filmaffinity Users

Rating	Country:	TV Series
7.8		Cobra Kai
7.7		Cocaine Coast
7.7		The Haunting of Hill House
7.7		Pose
7.6		Sharp Objects
7.5		El día de mañana
7.5		Hilda
7.4		El marginal 2
7.3		Final Space
7.3		Madrid on Fire

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• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023