Best Films of 2018
Here it is again. Most of the major awards are included. Thanks to Jakeem from the TCM boards for keeping me apprised about who was awarded what. First is the National Board of Review. Their 38 films are the largest list of all the awards. Green Book (2018) was their top selection and that's why it's #1 on this list (no other meaning is intended). Films are listed alphabetically by sub-genre. Thus, they have the winner plus ten other pics in the first category, Best Picture, (#1-11) This is followed by Independent Films with 10 (no winner) (#12-21), a Foreign Language Film winner & 5 others (#22-27), and 1 Documentary winner and 5 others (#28-33). Crazy Rich Asians (2018) was Best Ensemble winner (#34). There were two ties for the selections for the Film History Award and the Freedom of Expression Award (#35 & 36 and #37 & 38). Other groups with winners and nominees, if not previously mentioned, are listed beginning with #39. Each film is listed with an abbreviation of the awarding organization. Here's an alphabetical list of the abbreviations used with the ranking, if ranked. Generally the following groups/individuals selected 10 pics. I ignored selections past 10. AFI-American Film Institute, BAFTA-British Academy of Film & Television Arts, BOFCA-Boston Online Film Critics Assn, BSFC-Boston Society of Film Critics (two selections only), CC-Critics Choice, CFCA-Chicago Film Critics Assn, DC-Washington DC Area Film Critics Association, DE-David Edelstein (New York Magazine/The Vulture), DGA-Directors Guild of America, ES-RogerEbert.com staff, GG-Golden Globes (divided into two divisions, A-Drama and B-Comedy or Musical), LAFCA-Los Angeles Film Critcs Assn, LAOFC-Los Angeles Online Film Critics, LCC-London Critics (Film) Circle, NBR-National Board of Review, NSFC-National Society of Film Critics, NYFCC-New York Film Critics Circle (one selection only), NYTCO-New York Film Critics Online, NYTD-New York Times, Manohla Dargis, NYTS-New York Times, A O Scott, OFCS-Online Film Critics Society, OS-Oscars, PGA-Producers Guild of America, RR-Richard Roeper, RS-Rolling Stone (Peter Travers), S&S-Sight & Sound Magazine, SAG-Screen Actor's Guild (Cast Award considered by many to be a Best Picture Award). Entertainment Weekly was dropped from this year's roundup. Their two critics had separate lists instead of one consolidated list. (Each reviewer did pick The Favourite as their Best Movie, with #2 Roma on each list. Otherwise they didn't agree on anything.) Also, The Village Voice went out of business on Labor Day weekend, and no one picked up their method of polling over 100 critics to come up with a list of Best Movies...2/24/19. Well, it's about all over. First, The Razzie, which went to Holmes and Watson, a truly bad film. And last is the Oscar. The Metacritic rundown favors Roma by both the Experts and Users. We'll see...Mar 1. Well, its all over. Not favored by the critics and the public, the Oscar went to GREEN BOOK. (So, the National Board of Review got one right for a change.) So much for a lot of hype! After it was all over, we're left with a lot of controversy. Hosts or no hosts, awards during commercial breaks, all Best Song nominees get a performance! Even the Razzies had some controversy. What's going on here? See you next year!
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