The films just missing out on a place in the top ten were…
11. Incredibles 2
12. Roma
13. Leave No Trace
14. Black Panther
15. Anna and the Apocalypse
16. First Reformed
17. Love, Simon
18. BlacKkKlansman
19. Mandy
20. Bad Times at the El Royale
Here’s how our top twenty would have looked if we’d gone by U.K. release dates…
1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. You Were Never Really Here
3. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
4. Annihilation
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
6. Hereditary
7. A Star Is Born
8. First Man
9. A Quiet Place
10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
11. American Animals
12. Incredibles 2
13. Roma
14. Leave No Trace
15. Lady Bird
16. The Shape of Water
17. Black Panther
18. Phantom Thread
19. Anna and the Apocalypse
20. First Reformed
Here’s our writers’ individual favourites…
Gary Collinson – Avengers: Infinity War
Tom Beasley – Anna and the Apocalypse
EJ Moreno – Hereditary
Eric Bay-Andersen – Avengers: Infinity War
Sam Kitagawa – Annihilation
Rob Kojder – Eighth Grade
Helen Murdoch – Avengers: Infinity War
Tom Jolliffe – Creed 2
Samuel Brace – Annihilation
Ben Robins – Lady Bird
Freda Cooper – Roma
George Chrysostomou – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Matt Rodgers – You Were Never Really Here
George Nash – American Animals
Cameron Frew – Hereditary
Shaun Munro – Hereditary
Liam Hoofe – You Were Never Really Here
Thomas Harris – Phantom Thread
Eammon Jacobs – A Star Is Born
Rafael Motamayor – Blindspotting
Harrison Abbott – American Animals
Ricky Church – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Tai Freligh – Aquaman
Paul Risker – Crowhurst
And our previous Top Tens…
2017 – Blade Runner 2049
2016 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2015 – Ex Machina
2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy
2013 – Gravity
2012 – The Dark Knight Rises
2011 – Drive
2010 – Inception
What are your picks for the best movies of the year? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below…