By Andrew Buckner
5. “The Impeccable”
Director: Mike Messier.
4. “Hush”
Director: Joseph McGovern.
3. “Bent”
Director: Chris Esper.
2. “Dalmatian”
Director: Mike Messier.
1. “Imposter”
Director: Chris Esper.
Runner-Up:
“Doll it Up”
Director: Yalan Hu.
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*Please note that the incorporation of the features on this list is based on the criteria of a 2018 U.S. release date.
1. The Other Side of the Wind
Director: Orson Welles.
2. Bodied
Director: Joseph Kahn.
3. Roma
Director: Alfonso Cuaron.
4. Hereditary
Director: Ari Aster.
5. Fahrenheit 11/9
Director: Michael Moore.
6. First Reformed
Director: Paul Schrader.
7. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Director: J.A. Bayona.
8. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Director: Morgan Neville.
9. Sorry to Bother You
Director: Boots Riley.
10. King Cohen
Director: Steve Mitchell.
11. Loveless
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev.
12. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Diectors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen.
13. Annihilation
Director: Alex Garland.
14. BlacKkKlansman
Director: Spike Lee.
15. You Were Never Really Here
Director: Lynne Ramsay
16. A Fantastic Woman
Director: Sebastian Lelio.
17. The House That Jack Built
Director: Lars Von Trier.
18. Blindspotting
Director: Carlos Lopez Estrada.
19. The Devil’s Doorway
Director: Aislinn Clarke.
20. The Death of Stalin
Director: Armando Iannucci.
21. Eighth Grade
Director: Bo Burnham.
22. The Insult
Director: Ziad Doueiri.
23. 22 July
Director: Paul Greengrass.
24. Isle of Dogs
Director: Wes Anderson.
25. A Quiet Place
Director: John Krasinski.
26. The Tale
Director: Jennifer Fox.
27. Tully
Director: Jason Reitman.
28. Leave No Trace
Director: Debra Granik
29. Revenge
Director: Coralie Fargeat.
30. Thoroughbreds
Director: Cory Finley.
31. The Endless
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead.
32. Codename: Dynastud
Director: Richard Griffin.
33. Mandy
Director: Panos Cosmatos.
34. Upgrade
Director: Leigh Whannell.
35. Unsane
Director: Steven Soderbergh.
36. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
Director: Gus Van Sant.
37. First Man
Director: Damien Chazelle.
38. Searching
Director: Aneesh Chaganty.
39. Operation Finale
Director: Chris Weitz.
40. Assassination Nation
Director: Sam Levinson.
Honorable Mentions:
All the Creatures Were Stirring
Directors: David Ian McKendry, Rebekah McKendry.
Cam
Director: Daniel Goldhaber.
The House of Violent Desire
Director: Charlie Steeds.
Kiss My Ashes
Director: Sam Salerno.
You Might Be the Killer
Director: Brett Simmons.
By Andrew Buckner
11. Planet – Tech N9ne
10. The Notorious Goriest – Necro
9. Czarface Meets Metal Face – Czarface & MF Doom
8. The Book of Ryan – Royce Da 5’9
7. Mona Lisa – Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz
6. Weather or Not – Evidence
5. The Lost Tapes – Ghostface Killah
4. Mi Vida Local – Atmosphere
3. Portraits – Chris Orrick
2. Everythang’s Corrupt – Ice Cube
1. Kamikaze – Eminem
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10. HOOKED ON HOLLYWOOD: DISCOVERIES FROM A LIFETIME OF FILM FANDOM by Leonard Maltin
9.WADE IN THE WATER: POEMS by Tracy K. Smith
8. WARLIGHT by Michael Ondaatje
7. ELEVATION by Stephen King
6. THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Paul Tremblay
5. TRUE INDIE: LIFE AND DEATH IN FILMMAKING by Don Coscarelli
4. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DINOSAURS: A NEW HISTORY OF A LOST WORLD by Steve Brusatte
3. THE RECKONING by John Grisham
2. GHOSTBUSTER’S DAUGHTER: LIFE WITH MY DAD, HAROLD RAMIS by Violet Ramis Stiel
1. THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King
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