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Lit­tle White Lies con­trib­u­tors’ Top 10 films of 2018

21 Dec 2018

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Silhouetted figure stands in dark, industrial landscape at dusk with purple sky.
Our extend­ed team of writ­ers select the best new fea­tures screened to crit­ics this cal­en­dar year.

Now that you’ve perused our offi­cial Top 30 films of 2018, here are some more great new releas­es for you to check out as cho­sen by our reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tors. These indi­vid­ual Top 10 lists com­prise films that screened to crit­ics at some point in 2018, either in cin­e­mas or on stream­ing plat­forms, at film fes­ti­vals, or as part of the forth­com­ing awards sea­son nom­i­na­tions. We’d love for you to share your per­son­al Top 10 with us @LWLies

David Jenk­ins @daveyjenkins

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1. Zama
2. Roma
3. The House That Jack Built
4. Leave No Trace
5. The Wild Pear Tree
6. Let the Sun­shine In
7. If Beale Street Could Talk
8. Isle of Dogs
9. Hered­i­tary
10. The Bal­lad of Buster Scruggs

Han­nah Wood­head @goodjobliz

1. High Life
2. First Reformed
3. Her Smell
4. The House That Jack Built
5. Eighth Grade
6. The Mise­d­u­ca­tion of Cameron Post
7. Spi­der-Man: Into the Spi­der­verse
8. Mandy
9. Zama
10. Hered­i­tary

Adam Wood­ward @AWLies

1. Roma
2. Zama
3. Burn­ing
4. First Reformed
5. The Oth­er Side of the Wind
6. The Bal­lad of Buster Scrug­gs
7. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
8. Leave No Trace
9. The Wild Pear Tree
10. If Beale Street Could Talk

Sophie Monks Kauf­man @sopharsogood

1. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
2. Let the Sun­shine In
3. First Reformed
4. Shoplifters
5. Revenge
6. Faces Places
7. The Bal­lad of Buster Scrug­gs
8. Bad Times at the El Royale
9. Unsane
10. Cold War

Michael Leader @MichaelJLeader

1. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
2. Shoplifters
3. Roma
4. Pri­vate Life
5. One Cut of the Dead
6. Shirk­ers
7. BlacK­kKlans­man
8. Spi­der-Man: Into the Spi­der-Verse
9. Zama
10. Mirai

Matt Thrift @Matt_Cinephile

1. High Life
2. The Oth­er Side of the Wind
3. Roma
4. An Ele­phant Sit­ting Still
5. The Wild Pear Tree
6. The House That Jack Built
7. Mil­la
8. Ash is Purest White
9. Leave No Trace
10. First Reformed

Christi­na New­land @christinalefou

1. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
3. First Reformed
4. Cold War
5. A Star is Born
6. Leave No Trace
7. The Oth­er Side of the Wind
8. High Life
9. The Sis­ters Broth­ers
10. Sor­ry to Both­er You

Jus­tine Smith @redroomrantings

1. First Reformed
2. Pad­maa­vat
3. Genèse
4. Anni­hi­la­tion
5. Hered­i­tary
6. Cam
7. Black Moth­er
8. Pro­file
9. The Rid­er
10. Birds of Passage

Caitlin Quin­lan @csaquinlan

1. Hap­py as Laz­zaro
2. Roma
3. A Star is Born
4. Shoplifters
5. The Old Man & the Gun
6. Colum­bus
7. If Beale Street Could Talk
8. Eighth Grade
9. Wid­ows
10. Cold War

Glenn Heath Jr @MatchCuts

1. Zama
2. Lean on Pete
3. El mar la mar
4. A Bread Fac­to­ry
5. 24 Frames
6. Bis­bee ​’17
7. First Reformed
8. West­ern
9. If Beale Street Could Talk
10. Ara­by

Ele­na Laz­ic @elazic

1. Burn­ing
2. First Reformed
3. Birds of Pas­sage
4. Obscuro Bar­ro­co
5. The House That Jack Built
6. Revenge
7. Dragged Across Con­crete
8. Ray & Liz
9. Jes­si­ca For­ev­er
10. Sup­port the Girls

Manuela Laz­ic @ManiLazic

1. Let the Sun­shine In
2. Sup­port the Girls
3. First Reformed
4. Zama
5. The House That Jack Built
6. Burn­ing
7. Revenge
8. High Life
9. Hap­py as Laz­zaro
10. The Bal­lad of Buster Scruggs

Beth Webb @BethKWebb

1. Roma
2. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
3. Shoplifters
4. Burn­ing
5. A Star is Born
6. The Rid­er
7. Mind­ing The Gap
8. The Bread­win­ner
9. Amer­i­can Ani­mals
10. The Favourite

Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams

1. Burn­ing
2. Sup­port the Girls
3. Shirk­ers
4. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
5. Mandy
6. Shoplifters
7. Mis­sion: Impos­si­ble – Fall­out
8. First Man
9. Mirai
10. Jeune Femme

Thomas Hobbs @thobbsjourno

1. Sor­ry to Both­er You
2. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here
3. Revenge
4. Anni­hi­la­tion
5. First Reformed
6. Tomb Raider
7. Stu­dio 54
8. Mandy
9. Roma
10. If Beale Street Could Talk

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