Compiling a list of the best films from 2018 is an exciting task. These 15 were hand-picked movies to represent a variety of genres from the entire year.
The selected films received raving reviews from critics and were adored by viewers. No need to search through search results to find the best films because every movie on social media has the best rating.
Some filmmakers are up-and-coming newcomers, while others are well-known, established figures.
Explore the best movies of 2018 here and dive into the summary of some storylines like ‘black panther,’’ Tomb raider’ ‘slender man ’ and so on.
Black Panther (2018)
T’Challa, the heir to the occult yet technologically advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must take the initiative to guide his people into a new future and face a threat from his nation’s history.
Prince T’Challa returns to Wakanda, a technologically powerful, secretive African kingdom, to take the throne as its new ruler following the events of Captain America: Civil War. However, T’Challa soon learns that groups within his nation are vying for the throne. The superhero known as Black Panther must work with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross, members of the Dora Milaje, and other allies to stop two enemies from destroying Wakanda and keeping the country out of a global conflict.
This movie is good overall.
Even though the performers did a fantastic job overall, and the film had beautiful costumes and authentic African cultures, there were some issues with the visual effects, character development, and use of actors like Forest Whitaker. It also had a generic superhero plot.
Genre – Action-Adventure
Director- Ryan Coogler
Where to watch – Disney plus
Annihilation (I) (2018)
A researcher agrees to participate in a problematic, covert mission to enter a mysterious place where the laws of nature don’t apply.
A biologist’s spouse vanishes. She volunteers for an expedition into an environmental catastrophe zone, but what she finds is not what she expected.
The expedition crew comprises a linguist, surveyor, psychologist, anthropologist, and biologist.
Later, Natalie Portman’s character, Lena, finds herself in charge of a research team into an unparalleled biological disaster of extraterrestrial origin after something happens to her husband while he is on a highly top-secret mission.
They are completely shocked by what they find, which is genuinely inhuman.
Genre -Adventure, Drama
Director- Alex garland
Where to watch – Netflix
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
After her scientist father goes missing, three strange aliens send Meg, her brother, and a friend into space to find him.
Meg, her brother, and a friend must travel throughout the cosmos with three magical beings, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, after discovering a new method of space travel and the disappearance of Meg’s father.
The film begins with a young Meg Murry in their garage with her father, Alex working on a gadget. Meg is currently anticipating her new baby brother’s birth. Alex tells Meg about the power of love as her mother, Kate, enters.
After some time has passed, Meg is 13 years old, Alex has been missing for four years, and his disappearance has remained a mystery. Charles Wallace, her younger brother, is in the kitchen when Meg goes downstairs to check on him.
The two of them catch a radio report about their father’s disappearance.
Genre -Family, Fantasy
Director- Ava DuVernay
Where to watch – Disney plus
12 Strong (2018)
12 Strong is the narrative of the first Special Forces squad dispatched to Afghanistan after 9/11; led by a new captain, the force must collaborate with an Afghan warlord to bring down the Taliban.
The Real Story of the Army’s Special Forces ‘Green Berets,’ who responded to the September 11 attacks within weeks.
The 160th SOAR(A) assisted the Green Berets in taking over the nation, allowing other Special Forces and the rest of the conventional military to start the more widely known fight.
After being given a staff duty assignment under Lieutenant Colonel Bowers, Nelson offers to take the 595 into Afghanistan as soon as word of the horrific terrorist acts that day spreads. Bowers initially rejects Nelson’s request, but experienced soldier CW5 Hal Spencer, who had been planning to retire, convinces Bowers to reconsider and offers to go on the deployment with Nelson.
On October 7, 2001, 595 departed for Uzbekistan after saying goodbye to their families. Nelson and 595 are chosen to fight with Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance after being briefed and vetted by COL Mulholland, Commander of the 5th Special Forces Group.
Genre – History, Action
Director- Nicolai Fuglsig
Where to watch – Netflix, Prime Video, Vudu, Redbox. or Apple TV
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Thomas, a young hero, sets out on a quest to eradicate “The Flare,” a fatal illness.
In the climactic conclusion to The Maze Runner Saga, Thomas commands his band of fugitive Gladers on their most challenging expedition yet.
They must enter the fabled last city, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that might end up being the deadliest maze of them all, to save their pals.
Anyone who survives the maze will learn the responses to the queries the Gladers have had since they first entered the maze.
All of it is a young adult novel involving amazing, attractive teenagers against cruel, callous grownups who covet their youth.
In addition, the original Maze Runner movie had a compelling element with Some narrative, perhaps the actors, maybe the entire production.
Genre -Sci-Fi, Adventure
Director- Wes Ball
Where to watch – Disney plus Hotstar
Tomb Raider (2018)
When she finds the island where her father, Lord Richard Croft, vanished, Lara Croft, the adamantly independent young woman who is a lost explorer, must push herself to the limit.
The eccentric explorer Lord Richard Croft who disappeared while Lara Croft was just a teenager, is the father of the fiercely independent Lara Croft.
Now a twenty-one-year-old lady without any particular direction or goal, Lara works as a bike courier in trendy East London, barely making ends meet, and enrolls in college courses, seldom making it to class.
She is adamant about choosing her path and rejects both the notion that her father is gone as well as taking control of his vast worldwide enterprise.
Genre – Thriller, Fantasy
Director- Roar Uthaug
Where to watch – Redbox., Prime Video, Vudu, or Apple TV on a Roku device.
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
To guide a fresh batch of Jaeger pilots—including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara—against a new Kaiju threat, Mako Mori and Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reconnect.
Ten years had passed after the Battle of the Breach when the Precursors’ interdimensional portal through which they launched roving Kaiju was shut down.
It is now 2035.
Jake Pentecost, a former Jaeger pilot and the son of Battle of the Breach hero Stacker Pentecost, earns a living by stealing and reselling Jaeger components in the Los Angeles region.
After tracing a portion of a disabled Jaeger’s power core to Amara Namani, a 15-year-old Jaeger enthusiast covert’s workshop, both are detained by the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps during an incident between Amara’s short, gangly brother and Amara.
Genre – Adventure, Thriller
Director- Steven S. DeKnight
Where to watch -ROW8, Prime Video, Vudu, Redbox. or Apple TV
Ready Player One (2018)
A posthumous challenge to locate the Easter Egg, which will grant the finder their fortune and control of their world, is issued by the deceased founder of the virtual reality known as the OASIS to all OASIS users.
The real world is an unpleasant place in 2045.
Wade Watts retreats to the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where most people spend their days, and it is there that he genuinely feels alive.
The only boundaries in the OASIS are those set by your imagination. You are not limited to where you go or who you become.
The brilliant and eccentric James Halliday, who founded the OASIS, bequeathed his enormous riches and complete the winner of a three-part contest will have control of the Oasis competition he organized.
On his deathbed in 2045, James Halliday, the architect of the immensely well-liked virtual reality utopia known as the OASIS, starts a quest for wealth and control over the whole VRMMO universe using puzzles and riddles inspired by his passion for vintage pop culture.
After years of looking for Halliday’s “Easter Egg,” an ordinary teenager called Wade Watts finally finds it.
This discovery reignites the hunt’s enthusiasm and optimism and plunges him into a world where people are willing to kill for the knowledge he holds, altering his life forever.
Genre – Sci-Fi, adventure
Director- Steven Spielberg
Where to watch – Netflix.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
The Avengers and their allies must give up everything to fight Thanos before his avalanche of destruction and disaster ends the cosmos.
A new threat-Thanos-has surfaced from the depths of space. While still protecting the Earth from threats that are too vast for any one hero to handle, the Avengers and their allies have kept up the fight.
He is an intergalactic despot who seeks to acquire all six Infinity Stones, which are potent artifacts, to impose his perverse will on everything in reality.
This is the culmination of everything the Avengers have fought for point, where the fate of Earth and existence are more uncertain than ever.
The opponent in this movie is by far the most memorable of all the Marvel antagonists.
It displays his internal turmoil, his motivation, and his cruelty.
This casts a shadow over the movie’s heroes, yet the conclusion leaves a lasting impression.
Genre – Adventure, Action
Director- Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Where to watch -Disney plus
Slender Man (2018)
In a tiny town in Massachusetts, a group of pals, enthralled by the internet lore of the Slender Man, strive to establish that he does not exist – until one of them unexpectedly goes missing.
A group of adolescent girls investigates the possibility that the inexplicable disappearance of their classmate could be related to the eerie online urban legend figure Slenderman by performing a ritual to call him.
They start to have paranormal occurrences, which leads them to believe the story is accurate and that the Slenderman is now haunting them.
White Sylvain is the director. Based on Eric “Victor Surge” Knudsen’s fictional creation.
The film begins in a high school with four best friends: Hallie, Wren, Chloe, and Katie. When some girls ask some guys what they are doing that night, the boys tell them it’s top secret.
That evening, Wren and Chloe pick up Hallie and drive her to Katie’s residence.
While her dad is out of it after drinking, they stay in her basement.
The girls then speculate that the males are attempting to call the Slender Man, a creature known on the internet that kidnaps children.
To see how to summon him, they locate a video online. As they wait to hear, the females close their eyes.
Genre -Mystery, Horror
Director- Sylvain White
Where to watch – Spectrum TV, Prime Video, Vudu, Redbox
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
The trajectory of one of the Star Wars saga’s greatest improbable heroes will be determined by your epic action adventure as you board the Millennium Falcon and travel to a galaxy far away.
Han Solo and other criminals are caught up in a heist because of the growing need for hyper fuel and other resources.
They run into characters like Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca in an action-packed scenario that exposes the criminal underbelly.
The typical Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, begins this second ‘Star Wars’ stand-alone, spin-off picture.
Organized crime gangs are common throughout the known galaxy in the early First Galactic Empire because lawlessness is so widespread on the planets of the mid and outer rims. Since the fall of the Galactic Republic, compelling others to Battle for survival.
The leader of the White Worms gang, Lady Proxima (voice of Linda Hunt), is searching for coaxial, a hyper fuel, on the commercial ship-building planet Corellia.
One young man is looking for a permanent exit from Corellia.
Genre -Sci-Fi, Action-violence
Director- Ron Howard
Where to watch – Netflix, Disney plus
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Wade Wilson, a foul-mouthed mutant mercenary, gathers a group of other mutant outlaws to guard a young kid with magical talents from the vicious, time-traveling cyborg Cable. Deadpool must put together a team to defend young, fat mutant Russell Collins from Cable, a no-nonsense, dangerous cyborg from the future, as well as learn the most crucial lesson of all: to once again be a part of a family, after losing Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), the love of his life.
On his anniversary with his girlfriend Vanessa, Wade Wilson, Deadpool, who has been operating effectively as a mercenary for two years, fails to assassinate one of his targets.
Wade’s pal Dopinder tells him he wants to become an assassin like Wade and work with him as they return to their apartment together in the cab.
Wade rejects him.
The victim Wade failed to kill hunts them down that evening and kills Vanessa after they decide to raise a family together and have a lovely evening watching Yentl.
Wade murders the man as payback.
Six weeks after she passed, he attempted suicide by blowing himself up, blaming himself for her passing.
Vanessa appears to Wade in a spiritual vision.
Genre – Action-comedy, Sci-fi
Director- David Leitch
Where to watch -Disney plus
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Owen and Claire launch a crusade to save
the island’s dormant volcano begins to explode, the last of the dinosaurs from this extinction-level event perish start erupting.
Owen and Claire go back to Isla Nublar to save the dinosaurs After the Jurassic World theme park that opened three years ago shut down after learning that the island’s once-dormant volcano is becoming active and endangering all life there.
Along the journey, Owen searches for Blue, his lead raptor, and learns about a plot that might upset the planet’s natural balance. Again, life has found a way.
In the climax part, Ian concludes his speech as a series of images is shown. In a zoo, a T. Rex roared at a lion; the T. Rex attacked surfers Owen, Claire, and Maisie driving down a highway to an unknown destination.
Blue running and jumping onto a clifftop in a suburban area below, signifying that humans and dinosaurs must now coexist with one another, and calling out four times into the sunset.
Genre – Action, Adventure
Director- J.A. Bayona
Where to watch -Spectrum TV, Prime Video, Vudu, or Apple TV
Ocean’s Eight (2018)
To pull off an improbable robbery
in New York City, Debbie Ocean assembles a team of only women at the yearly Met Gala.
Debbie Ocean, the younger sister of the late Danny Ocean, meets with her former crime accomplice Lou after being released from prison to persuade her to participate in a robbery she had planned while serving her term.
The rest of Debbie and Lou’s team is put together: Rose Weil, a disgraced fashion designer who is heavily indebted to the IRS; Amita, a jewelry maker and friend of Debbie; Nine Ball, a computer hacker; Constance, a street hustler, and pickpocket; and Tammy, a profiteer and another friend of Debbie who has been covertly selling stolen products;
Genre – Comedy, crime, thriller
Director- Gary Ross
Where to watch – Amazon prime, Netflix, Apple iTunes, Hungama play
The Nun (2018)
To look into the passing of a young nun and combat a demonic nun, the Vatican sends to Romania, a priest with a checkered past and a novice who is about to take her last vows.
A priest from the Vatican is sent with a troubling When a young nun at a cloistered convent in Romania commits suicide, a novice who is about to assume her final vows to investigate.
Combined, they discover the evil secret of the order.
The abbey turns into a battleground as they face an evil force in the shape of the same demonic nun who first scared viewers in ‘The Conjuring 2,’ risking not only their lives but also their faith and their soul.
Genre -Horror-Mystery
Director- Corin Hardy
Where to watch -Vudu, iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon Instant Video