My Favourites of World Cinema 2018
2018, ended with a promise for me proving that change is the only constant. We can never imagine all the outcomes as we aren’t in possession of a green stone that can let us play with time. On that thought, if I am able to be Doctor Strange, I might kill all the Thanos size problems that I do have adhere in daily lives. Kasshh.
Anyways, 2018 did not give me many chances to explore as many genres and as many films, I would have loved to explore. There are hundreds of films but not even number of days to cover them all, while my personal life is still intact and healthy. There are a few things that I wish had happened differently but this is about that and don’t worry I won’t rant on movies or life. But I do wish the genie in the new year to be kind to filmmakers so that they can be kind on our senses.
Bracing myself to all the judgments and appreciations, here is the list of best of 2018, before reading ahead, do keep this in mind, this is one person’s opinion and he hopes to have a healthy discussion! Now, go on…
Chalo! Let’s start off with Indian Cinema…
Telugu: Mahanati | Nag Ashwin | Biography [Review]
Tamil: Vada Chennai | Vetrimaaran | Crime Drama
Hindi: Andhadhun | Sriram Raghavan | Crime Thriller [Review]
Malayalam: Ee Ma Yau | Lijo Jose Pellissery | Comedy Drama
Hollywood Films (Pending with 28 films…)
- A Quiet Place | John Kransinski | USA | Mystery Drama
- American Animals | Bart Layton | USA – UK | Crime
- Annihilation | Alexx Garland | USA – UK | Adventure Drama [Review]
- Avengers: Infinity Wars | Russo Brothers | USA | Adventure [Review]
- BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | USA | Biography
- Black Panther | Ryan Coogler | USA | Action Adventure
- Blindspotting | Carlos Lopez Estrada | USA | Crime Drama
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Marielle Heller | USA | Biography
- Creed II | Steven Caple Jr. | USA | Sports Drama
- Eighth Grade | Bo Burnham | USA | Comedy Drama
- Free Solo | Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Documentary | USA
- Green Book | Peter Farrelly | USA | Biography
- Hereditary | Ari Aster | USA | Mystery Drama
- Jane Fonda in Five Acts | Susan Lacy | USA |Documentary
- Mandy | Panos Cosmatos | USA – Belgium | Fantasy Thriller
- Thoroughbreds | Cory Finley | USA | Crime Drama
- Mid 90’s | Jonah Hill | USA | Comedy Drama
- Ready Player One | Steven Spielberg | USA | Adventure
- Shirkers | Sandi Tan | Documentary | USA
- Sorry To Bother You | Boots Riley | USA | Fantasy
- Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse | Bob Persichettu, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | USA | Adventure Action
- Star is Born | Bradley Cooper | USA | Musical Drama
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Comedy Drama
- The Devil We Know | Stephanie Soechtig | USA | Documentary
- The Rider | Chole Zhao | USA | Western
- The Tale | Jennifer Foxx | USA Germany | Mystery
- The Death of Superman | Jake Castorena, Sam Liu | USA | Action
- Thunder Road | Jim Cummings | USA | Comedy
- Upgrade | Leigh Whannell | Action Thriller| USA
- Widows | Steve McQueen | USA _ UK | Crime Thriller
- Won’t you be my neighbor | Morgan Neville | Documentary | USA
Foreign Films (Pending with 23 films..)
- 96 | C Prem Kumar | India | Drama
- Ahlat Agaci | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey | Drama
- Bodied | Joseph Kahn | USA | Music Drama
- Boost | Darren Curtis | Canada | Crime
- Beoning | Chang dong Lee | South Korea | Mystery
- Campeones | Javier Fesser | Spain | Sport Comedy
- Cielo | Alison McAlpine | Chile | Documentary
- Da Xiang Xi Di Er Zuo | Bo HU | China | Drama
- Dark Figure of Crime | Tae-Gyoon Kim | South Korea | Crime Drama
- Den Skyldige | Gustav Moller | Denmark | Crime
- Di Qiu Zui Hou De Ye Wan | Gan Bi | China | Drama
- Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Italy | Crime Drama
- Filmworker | Tony Zierra | USA | Documentary
- Hong Hai Xing Dong | Dante Lam | China | Action Thriller
- Hou Lai De Wo Men | Rene Liu | China | Drama
- Isle Of Dogs | Wes Anderson | Germany | Adventure Drama
- Leave No Trace | Debra Granik | Canda | Drama
- Lazzaro Felice | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy | Drama
- Neo-eui Kyeol-hoon-sik | Lee Seok Geun | South Korea | Romance
- Pariyerum Perumal | Mari Selvaraj | India | Drama
- Rangasthalam | Sukumar B | India | Drama [Review]
- Ratsasan | Ram Kumar | India | Crime
- Revenge | Coralie Fargeat | France | Action
- Roma | Alfonso Cuaron | Mexico | Drama
- Searching | Aneesh Chaganty | Russia | Thriller
- Seongnan Hwangso | Kim Min-Ho | South Korea | Crime
- Singgwa Hamkke: Ingwa Yeon (Duology) | Yong-hwa Kim | Korea | Fantasy
- Sudani From Nigeria | Zakariya | India | Comedy
- Suspiria | Luca Guadagnino | Italy | Fantasy
- Tumbbad | Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi | India | Thriller
- Three Identical Strangers | Tim Wrdle | Biography | UK
- The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci | France | Comedy Drama
- The Cakemaker | Ofir Raul Graizer | Israel | Drama
- The Great Buddha + | Hsin Yao Huang | Taiwan | Drama
- What Will People Say | Iram Haq | Swedan | Drama
- Wek Ohne Autor | Florian Henkel Von Donnersmarck | Germany | Drama
- You Were Never Really Here | Lynne Ramsay | UK – France | Crime Drama
- Zimna Wojna | Pawel Pawlikowski | Poland | Romance
As the beastly year of 2018 concluded I eagerly wait for 2019 to have better cinema experience and even more knowledge transfer from all corners to inspire and be inspired…
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