Rated by a Guy Who Has Trouble Understanding the Concept of Hierarchy
This is my definitive and conclusive list of the absolute best films that came out this year. If I forgot one of your favorite movies, sorry, but to be a critic means having to be ruthless. Mark my words, one of these select films is sure to win the bestest picture award—I wouldn’t be surprised if all of them do.
1. Underworld: Blood Wars, 1. Arsenal, 1. Between Us, 1. Railroad Tigers, 1. Monster Trucks, 1. The Bye Bye Man, 1. Sleepless, 1. 100 Streets, 1. The Book of Love, 1. Alone in Berlin, 1. Split, 1.xXx: Return of Xander Cage, 1. The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, 1. Trespass Against Us , 1. Detour, 1. The Red Turtle, 1. Sophie and the Rising Sun, 1. A Dog’s Purpose, 1. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 1. Lost in Florence, 1. I Am Michael, 1. iBoy, 1. Rings, 1. The Space Between Us, 1. Youth in Oregon, 1. War on Everyone, 1. I Am Not Your Negro, 1. Don’t Knock Twice, 1. Growing Up Smith, 1. The Lego Batman Movie, 1. Fifty Shades Darker, 1. John Wick: Chapter 2, 1. A United Kingdom, 1. Kedi, 1. Bornless Ones, 1. The Great Wall, 1. A Cure for Wellness, 1. Fist Fight, 1. American Fable, 1. XX, 1. Everybody Loves Somebody, 1. Land of Mine, 1. Lovesong, 1.Get Out, 1. Rock Dog, 1. Collide, 1. The Girl with All the Gifts, 1. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, 1. Bitter Harvest, 1. Contemporary Color, 1. Logan, 1. The Shack, 1. Before I Fall, 1. Table 19, 1. The Last Word, 1. Catfight, 1. Donald Cried, 1. Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale, 1. Kong: Skull Island, 1. The Sense of an Ending, 1. Raw, 1. Personal, 1. Shopper, 1. The Ottoman Lieutenant, 1. Burning Sands, 1. Frantz, 1. Beauty and the Beast, 1. The Belko Experiment, 1. T2 Trainspotting, 1. Song to Song, 1. Atomica, 1. All Nighter, 1. After the Storm, 1. The Devil’s Candy, 1. Power Rangers, 1. Life, 1. CHiPs, 1. Wilson, 1. Victor, 1. House on Willow Street, 1. Car Dogs, 1. Walk of Fame, 1. Ghost in the Shell, 1. The Boss Baby, 1. The Zookeeper’s Wife, 1. The Blackcoat’s Daughter, 1. The Discovery, 1. The Death of Louis XIV, 1. Carrie Pilby, 1. The Case for Christ, 1. Rocky Mental, 1. Smurfs: The Lost Village, 1. Going in Style, 1. Colossal, 1. Gifted, 1. Aftermath, 1. Your Name, 1. The Fate of the Furious, 1. Spark, 1. The Lost City of Z, 1. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, 1. The Outcasts, 1. Born in China, 1. Unforgettable, 1. Free Fire, 1. The Promise, 1. The Circle, 1. How to Be a Latin Lover (Learned a lot from this one), 1. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, 1. Sleight, 1. Dangal, 1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 1. The Lovers, 1. 3 Generations, 1. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, 1. Snatched, 1. Lowriders, 1. The Wall, 1. Paris Can Wait, 1. Alien: Covenant, 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, 1. Everything, Everything, 1. Wakefield, 1. Baywatch, 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 1. Buena Vista Social Club: Adios, 1. War Machine, 1. Wonder Woman, 1. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, 1. Dean, 1. The Recall, 1. The Mummy, 1. It Comes at Night, 1. My Cousin Rachel, 1. Megan Leavey, 1. Beatriz at Dinner, 1. Cars 3, 1. Rough Night, 1. All Eyez on Me, 1. 47 Meters Down, 1. The Book of Henry, 1. Transformers: The Last Knight, 1. The Beguiled, 1. The Big Sick, 1. The Bad Batch, 1. Baby Driver, 1. Okja, 1. Despicable Me 3, 1. The House, 1. The Little Hours, 1. Inconceivable, 1. 2:22, 1. A Ghost Story, 1. Spider-Man: Homecoming, 1. War for the Planet of the Apes, 1. Wish Upon, 1. Dunkirk, 1. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 1. Girls Trip, 1. First Kill, 1. Atomic Blonde, 1. The Emoji Movie, 1. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, 1. Detroit, 1. Brigsby Bear, 1. Menashe, 1. The Dark Tower, 1. Kidnap, 1. Step, 1. Wind River, 1. Armed Response, 1. Annabelle: Creation, 1. The Glass Castle, 1. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, 1. Good Time, 1. Ingrid Goes West, 1. The Only Living Boy in New York, 1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard, 1. Logan Lucky, 1. Patti Cake$, 1. Leap!, 1. All Saints, 1. Served Like A Girl, 1. Beach Rats, 1. Tulip Fever, 1. Unlocked, 1. Los Buscadores, 1. It, 1. Home Again, 1. 9/11, 1. Napping Princess, 1. The Good Catholic, 1. Gun Shy, 1. American Assassin, 1. Mother!, 1. Brad’s Status, 1. Kingsman: The Golden Circle, 1. The Lego Ninjago Movie, 1. Stronger, 1. Battle of the Sexes, 1. Loving Vincent, 1. Woodshock, 1. Victoria & Abdul, 1. Jeepers Creepers 3, 1. American Made, 1. Flatliners, 1. Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, 1. Blade Runner 2049, 1. The Mountain Between Us, 1. My Little Pony: The Movie, 1. The Florida Project, 1. Brawl in Cell Block 99, 1. Outrage Coda, 1. Happy Death Day, 1. The Foreigner, 1. Marshall, 1. Breathe, 1. Goodbye Christopher Robin, 1. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, 1. Blood Money, 1. The Snowman, 1. Geostorm, 1. Only the Brave, 1. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, 1. Same Kind of Different as Me, 1. Leatherface, 1. Wonderstruck, 1. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 1. Thank You for Your Service, 1. Suburbicon, 1. Jigsaw, 1. Novitiate, 1. All I See Is You, 1. The Unknown Soldier, 1. Amityville: The Awakening, 1. Thor: Ragnarok, 1. A Bad Moms Christmas, 1. Last Flag Flying, 1. Lady Bird, 1. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! , 1. Murder on the Orient Express, 1. Daddy’s Home 2, 1. LBJ, 1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 1. Paddington 2, 1. Mayhem, 1. Justice League, 1. The Star, 1. Wonder, 1. Cook Off! , 1. Mr. Roosevelt, 1. Roman J. Israel, Esq. , 1. Coco, 1. Darkest Hour, 1. The Man Who Invented Christmas, 1. Call Me by Your Name, 1. The Disaster Artist, 1. Padmavati, 1. The Shape of Water, 1. Wonder Wheel, 1. I, Tonya, 1. Just Getting Started, 1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 1. Ferdinand, 1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 1. The Greatest Showman, 1. All the Money in the World, 1. Pitch Perfect 3, 1. Downsizing, 1. Father Figures, 1. The Post, 1. Bright, 1. Crooked House, 1. Hostiles, 1. Molly’s Game, 1. Phantom Thread.
Sam Archie is a senior Cinema and Photography major who also doesn’t understand the concept of initials. Reach them at [email protected].