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Best Movies of 2018

The highest-rated movies released in 2018. Discover the top films of 2018 ranked by audience ratings and critical acclaim.

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2018 was a landmark year for cinema. Here are the highest-rated films that defined the year — from Oscar winners to surprise indie hits — all ranked by audience ratings.

  1. #1
    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    8.4

    201817,526 ratings

    Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

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  2. #2
    Burn the Stage: The Movie

    Burn the Stage: The Movie

    8.3

    2018434 ratings

    Burn the Stage: the Movie is the first movie from BTS, going behind-the-scenes of the BTS WINGS TOUR to reveal the full story of the band’s meteoric rise to fame. This unmissable film provides an intimate look at what happens when the most successful global boy band of all time breaks down barriers and invades the mainstream music scene. Exclusive tour footage and brand-new one-on-one interviews with BTS members give fans an unprecedented glimpse into their lives and an opportunity for everyone to celebrate together worldwide.

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  3. #3
    Avengers: Infinity War

    Avengers: Infinity War

    8.2

    201832,440 ratings

    As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

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  4. #4
    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    8.2

    20181,813 ratings

    After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

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  5. #5
    Green Book

    Green Book

    8.2

    201813,052 ratings

    Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

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  6. #6
    Dying to Survive

    Dying to Survive

    8.2

    2018218 ratings

    A Chinese leukaemia patient smuggles cheap but untested pharmaceuticals from India to help hundreds of Chinese people suffering from cancer.

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  7. #7
    Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour

    Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour

    8.2

    2018437 ratings

    Taylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.

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  8. #8
    Be With You

    Be With You

    8.2

    2018222 ratings

    Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.

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  9. #9
    Capernaum

    Capernaum

    8.2

    20182,008 ratings

    After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

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  10. #10
    Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

    Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

    8.1

    2018717 ratings

    Fleeing the war, the immortal Machia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

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  11. #11
    The Hate U Give

    The Hate U Give

    8.1

    20182,232 ratings

    Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.

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  12. #12
    Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

    Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

    8.1

    2018762 ratings

    As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

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  13. #13
    On My Skin

    On My Skin

    8.0

    20181,893 ratings

    The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.

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  14. #14
    Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

    Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

    8.0

    2018696 ratings

    On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and is raped. She manages to talk her attacker into releasing her, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective, who suspects she was abducted by a serial killer. Based on horrifying true events.

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  15. #15
    Bilby

    Bilby

    8.0

    2018208 ratings

    Threatened daily by the deadly residents and harsh environment of Australia’s Outback, a lonesome bilby finds himself an unwitting protector, and unexpected friend, to a helpless (and quite adorable) baby bird.

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  16. #16
    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    8.0

    2018603 ratings

    For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.

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  17. #17
    Love, Simon

    Love, Simon

    8.0

    20186,295 ratings

    Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

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  18. #18
    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    8.0

    201817,898 ratings

    Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

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  19. #19
    Dragon Ball Super: Broly

    Dragon Ball Super: Broly

    7.9

    20183,216 ratings

    Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who they've never seen before. The Saiyans were supposed to have been almost completely wiped out in the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so what's this one doing on Earth? This encounter between the three Saiyans who have followed completely different destinies turns into a stupendous battle, with even Frieza (back from Hell) getting caught up in the mix.

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  20. #20
    The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

    7.9

    2018771 ratings

    Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

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This list is automatically generated from real audience ratings and updated regularly. All ratings are sourced from TMDB (The Movie Database), which aggregates votes from millions of movie fans worldwide.

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