2018 Best to Worst List
by Warneinator | created - 13 Mar 2018 | updated - 09 Jun 2020 | PublicA list of every film released in the UK in 2018 that I've seen, ranked from my favourite to least favourite. This list includes films released in cinemas and ones which were released only on streaming services.
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101. The Predator (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 143,531 | Gross: $51.02M
Date Watched: 14th September 2018
My Rating: 2/5
The Predator is one of 2018's biggest disappointments. What could've been an enjoyably schlocky gore-fest ends up feeling nothing like a Shane Black film, and more like a machine made to set up more sequels.
Peak: #70
102. Hunter Killer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 73,669 | Gross: $15.77M
Date Watched: 20th October 2018
My Rating: 2/5
Though competently made and with okay performances, Hunter Killer is all filler and no thriller, with so much of its dialogue consisting of orders being barked into microphones and submarine terminology that it's impossible to care about its story.
Peak: #79
103. Mary Magdalene (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Twelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it.
Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim
Votes: 11,568 | Gross: $0.12M
Date Watched: 12th July 2018
My Rating: 2/5
Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix give great performances and the film is well-made, but Mary Magdalene is ultimately uncompelling, and despite being 2 hours long, feels as long as Lawrence of Arabia, and not in a good way.
Peak: #41
104. I Feel Pretty (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed?
Directors: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein | Stars: Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Tom Hopper
Votes: 57,265 | Gross: $48.80M
Date Watched: 4th May 2018
My Rating: 2/5
Amy Schumer's performance is completely and utterly tone-deaf, with the rest of the film following suit.
Peak: #30
105. The Darkest Minds (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a disease kills 98% of children, the survivors develop powers and are declared a threat. 16-year-old Ruby, escapes the government facility and joins a group of rebel teenagers ready to fight the government forces out to get them.
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson
Votes: 36,103 | Gross: $12.70M
Date Watched: 10th August 2018
My Rating: 1.5/5
The Darkest Minds is a film that feels like it should have come out 5 years ago, serving as Dystopia 101, with poor direction, a weak lead performance from Amandla Stenberg, a waste of a distinguished supporting cast, questionable music choices and very obvious sequel-baiting. It does however, make for the best unintentional comedy of the year.
Peak: #56
106. The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Director: Julius Onah | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz
Votes: 113,065
Date Watched: 23rd June 2018
My Rating: 1.5/5
Despite looking far more than its $45 million production budget, and a cast consisting of underrated talent including Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo and Chris O'Dowd, The Cloverfield Paradox is a thuddingly boring watch, with characters who only spout technobabble, weak attempts at horror and a shoehorned connection to Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane.
Peak: #39
107. Book Club (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
Director: Bill Holderman | Stars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 32,487 | Gross: $68.57M
Date Watched: 10th June 2018
My Rating: 1.5/5
Book Club is just a 105 minute long advertisement for the Fifty Shades books, with an ridiculously talented cast wasted on an embarrasing screenplay mostly consisting of sexual innuendos.
Peak: #36
108. Venom (2018)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze
Votes: 538,722 | Gross: $213.52M
Date Watched: 5th October 2018
My Rating: 1/5
It's baffling that Venom exists in this state, but I'm very much glad it does. The film feels like it came from the mid-2000s in all the best worst ways, with some moments so bizarre they have to be seen to be believed.
Peak: #80
109. Peter Rabbit (2018)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A rabbit sneaks into a garden to steal food, and they get a new challenge with a new owner.
Director: Will Gluck | Stars: James Corden, Fayssal Bazzi, Domhnall Gleeson, Sia
Votes: 48,157 | Gross: $115.25M
110. Winchester (2018)
PG-13 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O'Prey, Jason Clarke
Votes: 36,766 | Gross: $25.09M
Date Watched: 22nd December 2018
My Rating: 1/5
Zzz… Despite its fascinating true story, Winchester is a plodding and uneventful horror film which barely elicits a mild gasp. Zzz...
Peak: #100
111. Midnight Sun (2018)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A 17-year-old girl suffers from a condition that prevents her from being out in the sunlight.
Director: Scott Speer | Stars: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard
Votes: 36,140 | Gross: $9.56M
Date Watched: 23rd December 2018
My Rating: 1/5
Midnight Sun is a woefully manipulative entry in the sad-teenage-illness-romance canon, which despite performers who are clearly trying, is dimmed by a laughable screenplay and a horribly inaccurate portrayal of XP.
Peak: #100
112. Status Update (II) (2018)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Uprooted by his parents' separation, teenager Kyle Moore is unable to fit into his new hometown until he stumbles upon a magical app that makes his social-media updates come true, changing his entire life.
Director: Scott Speer | Stars: Ross Lynch, Olivia Holt, Harvey Guillén, Courtney Eaton
Votes: 6,245
Date Watched: 1st December 2018
My Rating: 1/5
Status Update is aggressively unfunny and out of touch in its depiction of the internet and modern American high-school, with almost its entire cast either being miscast for their parts or extremely annoying.
Peak: #96
113. The Happytime Murders (2018)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker
Votes: 30,387 | Gross: $20.71M
Date Watched: 28th August 2018
My Rating: 0.5/5
A waste of an idea, cast and puppeteers, The Happytime Murders represents the absolute lowest point of comedy in 2018. Avoid it at all costs.
Peak: #67
114. Show Dogs (2018)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Will Arnett, Ludacris, Natasha Lyonne, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 5,070 | Gross: $17.74M
Date Watched: 27th December 2018
My Rating: 0/5
Show Dogs will leave anyone who cares for cinema as an art form barking up the wrong tree, with awful writing, lazy CGI work and a cast who all look like they've been abducted, especially Will Arnett. How Raja Gosnell is still getting work is utterly beyond me.
Peak: #106
115. Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford
Votes: 74,192 | Gross: $100.41M
116. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 61,951 | Gross: $4.57M
117. A Fantastic Woman (2017)
R | 104 min | Drama
Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim
Votes: 27,283 | Gross: $2.02M
118. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Directors: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston | Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren
Votes: 37,453 | Gross: $54.86M
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