Year-end top 10 lists for films are a peculiar thing. Since these are judged subjectively by the writer (or publication), each top 10 can vary wildly from the last. There are people like John Waters, who puts a French musical with metal songs as his #1 or a French publication talking about “The Wild Boys” as the greatest film of the year. But then you have publications like Time, who are well respected but inevitably play it safe.
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And that’s the best way to describe Time Magazine’s top 10 films for 2018 — safe. All the major Oscar players are present, minus “Green Book” (which is interesting considering the rest of the list is chock full of the typical picks), but overall, there’s not a whole lot you can argue with. Well, that being said, the fact that “Bohemian Rhapsody” is in anyone’s top 10 is suspect, but I digress.
Perhaps the only surprising thing about Time’s top 10 is the fact that the Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is placed so high, at #2. There’s no denying the film is a massive box office hit and critical darling, but you don’t see many people ranking it so high. And as what seems to be a running theme this awards season, Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” which was released well before the other major Oscar players, is represented on the list at #3. With all this “First Reformed” love, it wouldn’t be any surprise if the film becomes the sleeper awards season darling.
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Here’s the entire top 10 films of 2018 list, per Time Magazine:
1. Roma
2. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
3. First Reformed
4. Eighth Grade
5. The Favourite
6. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
7. A Star is Born
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Paddington 2
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