11. Eighth Grade
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bo Burnham
Actors: Josh Hamilton, Elsie Fisher, Emily Robinson, Missy Yager, Greg Crowe, Deborah Unger
Plot: Kayla has lived through nearly a year of a disastrous eighth grade year. As we follow her through her last week in middle school before summer, we live her life in all its painful glory.
12. They Shall Not Grow Old
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Jackson
Plot: A ground-breaking documentary that takes original footage from WWI, that has been colorized along with adding sound, allowing us to hear voices from the previously voiceless and giving audiences an unprecedented look of the trials, triumph and brutality of this war, and the people who experienced it first hand.
13. Blindspotting
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carlos López Estrada
Actors: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin
Plot: Three days before his probation officially ends, Oakland native Collin, doing everything he can to keep clean (curfew, avoiding drugs and holding down a job), witnesses a police officer gunning down a defenseless man. This throws his world off balance as he contends with his hot-headed friend Miles and tries to reconcile with his girlfriend, Val.
14. Black Panther
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett
Plot: Following the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the advanced nation of Wakanda in order to take the throne and rule his land. But he soon finds that forces from both outside and within his country conspire to bring ruin and drag Wakanda in to a new world war. But with the power of the Black Panther, along with help from CIA agent Everett K. Ross and the Dora Milaje - Wakanda's special forces, T'Challa will stop at nothing from saving his homeland - and his father's legacy.
15. A Quiet Place
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Krasinski
Actors: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Cade Woodward, Evangelina Cavoli
Plot: A family leaves in fear and isolation following a global event that has unleashed a horror that will attack at the slightest sound.
16. Searching
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Actors: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn, Gage Biltoft
Plot: Told entirely from the point-of-view of a computer screen, a father searches his missing 15-year-old daughter's laptop and social media accounts in hopes of finding out what has happened to her.
17. A Star is Born
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bradley Cooper
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Sam Elliott, Bonnie Somerville, Anthony Ramos
Plot: Ally, an up-and-coming singer is about to give up on her dream, until she meets a seasoned musician, Jackson Maine, who becomes not just her mentor, but her lover. Yet while she begins to find fame and fortune, Jack finds himself pushed to the side, dealing with his own personal demons even as he struggles to remain relevant in Ally's life.
18. Green Book
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Farrelly
Actors: Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jenna Laurenzo
Plot: In the 1960s, Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip becomes the personal driver of black classical pianist Don Shirley as he plays a series of venues in the south.
19. Hereditary
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ari Aster
Actors: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Zachary Arthur
Plot: Ellen has long been the matriarch of the Graham family but, upon her passing, her daughter, Annie, along with her husband Steve and their two children find themselves as part of a horrifying legacy as they begin to unravel the true story behind their family - and learn that not everything you inherit is welcome.
20. Leave No Trace
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Debra Granik
Actors: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Dale Dickey, Jeff Kober, Isaiah Stone, Dana Millican
Plot: A father and his teen daughter have lived for years off the grid in the vast forests of Portland, Oregon. But a chance mistake puts them into the social services system. Neither are prepared for the new world they find themselves thrust into, and put in motion a plan to return to their idyllic life.
