Movies I've seen from 2018
by TheSeaLion | created - 18 Jan 2018 | updated - 31 Dec 2018 | PublicThe movies that came out in 2018 that I have seen. In order from best to worst.
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1. A Star Is Born (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Greg Grunberg
Votes: 419,700 | Gross: $215.29M
10/10: The characters are strong and well written, the plot is unpredictable and intriguing, the dialogue and acting are fantastic, the choreography between the cinematography and the music is well done, and it feels like it avoids or spins a lot of the genre's tropes into something more interesting.
2. Love, Simon (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford
Votes: 125,963 | Gross: $40.83M
9/10: It has strong, well written characters, it takes an interesting spin on teenage coming of age stories, the dialogue sounds organic and not like try-hard attempts at writing teenage dialogue, it is well acted, and the emotional moments feel deserved and not manipulative.
3. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 838,084 | Gross: $700.06M
9/10: It has wonderfully developed characters, a well developed setting, good acting, Marvel's best villain, it's topical with some of the issues that the characters face, the action sequences are fun and exciting and they feel like the characters are actually at risk in them, and other than some slips ups with the story and writing the screenplay is great.
4. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 291,328 | Gross: $49.28M
8/10: It's well written and acted (aside from Topher Grace) with a lot of really good and memorable moments in it. The social commentary to the film is strong and cleverly done, and only on a few occasions slips into being on-the-nose. There are some genuinely funny moments and extremely uncomfortable moments, none of which feel like they go against the tone of the film. The only major problems are that the characters are a bit underwritten and the ending feels tonally different from the rest of the movie.
5. The Shape of Water (2017)
R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones
Votes: 447,874 | Gross: $63.86M
8/10: It has impressive visuals and performances, mostly well written characters, and fantastic pacing and tension. The main villain is a bit weak and the relationship between the main character and the fish man is a bit underdeveloped.
6. I, Tonya (2017)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson
Votes: 242,940 | Gross: $30.01M
7/10: I think the weak points of the movie come from how the story was told (using the interviewing gimmick) as it hurt the timeline a little bit, and the jumps in time felt like they cut out a few parts of the story, but the story is still coherent, the characters are well written and well acted, and the camerawork when it comes to the skating scenes (and the skating itself) is all very impressive.
7. Tomb Raider (2018)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father, Lord Richard Croft disappeared.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu
Votes: 227,225 | Gross: $58.25M
7/10: It's a fun action movie that actually does something different with the traditional action movie genre. Alicia Vikander is a good action star, her character is a good action hero, and her villain is a worthy adversary. The writing and story are a little weak at some points, but it's a fairly god action picture nonetheless.
8. The Death of Stalin (2017)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 113,523 | Gross: $8.05M
7/10: It has fantastic acting, some dry comedic wit, fantastic aesthetics, and is surprisingly funny. There are some weird things with editing and there could be more depth to a few of the characters, though.
9. Boy Erased (2018)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
Director: Joel Edgerton | Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe
Votes: 42,158 | Gross: $6.79M
7/10: It is emotionally poignant, has good dialogue, is subtle in its handling, and nothing ever feels dramatized. Everyone is good in the movie except for Lucas Hedges, whose character has very little personality, though he does manage to nail some of the most important scenes in the movie. The pacing and progression feels a bit off, which leaves the film feeling a bit longer than it really is.
10. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles, he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind (2018), in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last great movie.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Alan Cumming, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles
Votes: 5,445
7/10: The editing is strange and it loses its steam it at certain points, but it does give an insightful look at Welles in the final years of his life, a final film that just isn't working, and the outcome of success.
11. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
Votes: 450,176 | Gross: $216.65M
7/10: "Ant-Man and the Wasp" feels like it took everything that didn't work with the first "Ant-Man" and turned it around this time. The story line is actually different and refreshing from that of other super hero movies, the action and the creativity with changing things' sizes is fun and well utilized, the humor is good, and almost everything has a pay off to it. The villains and a few story aspects are underdeveloped, but aside from that it's a fun superhero flick.
12. Seeing Allred (2018)
TV-14 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred takes on the biggest names in American culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent.
Directors: Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain | Stars: Gloria Allred, Lisa Bloom, Hillary Clinton, Bill Cosby
Votes: 1,466
7/10: It has a very good balance of Allred's past and present, and does a good job of introducing who she is to the audience. As a controversial figure, it would have been good to get perspectives of those who dislike her, though.
13. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 378,392 | Gross: $220.16M
6/10: It's a fun, fairly strong action movie. The action sequences are exciting, and the last action scene with the helicopters is really fun, though there is not much variety to the action outside of that: just gun fights, fist fights, and chases in fairly generic locations locations. The fun espionage stuff is toned down a bit, and while the cast is good, there's not a lot in terms of characters to hold onto (though there are a couple of strong character moments sprinkled in here and there). The villains have an interesting philosophy to them, but it gets bogged down in their personal connection to Cruise's character.
14. Game Night (I) (2018)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Directors: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein | Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan
Votes: 255,869 | Gross: $69.18M
6/10: The first half of the movie where the characters believe everything to be a game is better than the latter half when they realize the situation they are in, but both parts have strong comedic moments and performances to carry them. While the characters are a bit underwritten, the cast is good and ha fantastic chemistry with each other.
15. Chappaquiddick (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Director: John Curran | Stars: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern
Votes: 14,606 | Gross: $17.40M
6/10: It has good performances and it does not overly dramatize the incident, except for a few brief times, and Ted Kennedy's character seems to fluctuate between lying and telling the truth without the movie giving any reason for his constantly changing decisions.
16. Annihilation (I) (2018)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong
Votes: 361,938 | Gross: $32.73M
6/10: The premise, performances, and designs are all interesting, but the movie suffers from a lackluster execution of everything.
17. Creed II (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.
Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad
Votes: 155,637 | Gross: $115.72M
6/10: It has some good acting, some genuinely emotional and suspenseful moments, and a fairly tight script. The dialogue at certain points is bad, the theme of fatherhood works except when it comes to Adonis and Apollo because how the movie plays it does not necessarily fit, there are some cliche moments and or ridiculous shots or moments to the film, and Creed's ego renders him unlikable at certain points.
18. Kodachrome (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama
Set during the final days of the admired photo development system known as Kodachrome, a father and son hit the road in order to reach the Kansas photo lab before it closes its doors for good.
Director: Mark Raso | Stars: Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 19,855
6/10: It has some on the nose music choices and the quality of the writing fluctuates, and the plot is a bit predictable, but the acting is all well done, the characters feel real, and it hits every emotion it is aiming for.
19. The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Claire Foy, Beau Gadsdon, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield
Votes: 51,863 | Gross: $14.84M
6/10: It stands out less than the first film directed by David Fincher, and it feels more like a generic spy thriller than anything else, but it is fun and enjoyable in what it does, the acting is good, and there is legitimate tension.
20. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 672,417 | Gross: $190.24M
6/10: It has some good ideas and different takes on the "Spider-Man" story, but it never feels like it delves into those ideas enough. Due to that, it feels a lot like another "Spider-Man" origin story which makes it a little dull and boring at points.
21. Tag (I) (2018)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
Director: Jeff Tomsic | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Jon Hamm
Votes: 146,845 | Gross: $54.55M
6/10: It's a fairly humorous comedy film whose characters feel like awful people, but the chemistry amongst the cast makes up for that.
22. Bird Box (2018)
R | 124 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson
Votes: 386,600
6/10: It has a good premise, some interesting ideas, and strong acting, but the story is a little weak, the characters are blank slates or overly stereotypical, and the ideas do start to become old after a little bit.
23. Isle of Dogs (2018)
PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban
Votes: 190,987 | Gross: $32.02M
6/10: The animation s fantastic and the humor is well written, though the story and characters are a bit weak.
24. First Man (2018)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 202,372 | Gross: $44.94M
6/10: It is very strong in terms of sound and aesthetics, though the shaky camerawork is hit or miss, but the characters and story are handled in an uninteresting manner and the movie becomes tedious the longer is goes on.
25. Call Me by Your Name (2017)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar
Votes: 316,263 | Gross: $18.10M
6/10: I thought a lot of the technical aspects and the performances were all really good, but the story is ultimately uninteresting, which makes the movie incredibly boring and strenuous to watch. The ending of the movie with the main character and his dad also doesn't feel believable.
26. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy
Votes: 593,426 | Gross: $216.43M
5/10: The musical moments and the style of the film can be incredible at points, but the substance of the movie is lacking and this biopic feels more like a run-of-the-mill generic person finding fame storyline than a story about Queen.
27. The Post (2017)
PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Drama, History
A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk
Votes: 162,426 | Gross: $81.90M
5/10: The acting, directing, and camera work is all fantastic, but there is an action-like feeling to the movie and the movie hits the audience over the head in terms of what the movie is about.
28. A Quiet Place (2018)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A family struggles for survival in a world where most humans have been killed by blind but noise-sensitive creatures. They are forced to communicate in sign language to keep the creatures at bay.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Votes: 584,107 | Gross: $188.02M
5/10: It has good performances, a good premise, and the characters are developed and understood in an organic way. The biggest detriment to the movie is the sound as it feels like there shouldn't be music in certain scene and the sound effects are a bit overdone. The last act of the movie is also an everything that can go wrong will go wrong scenario, and it just burns the audience out.
29. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,488 | Gross: $47.84M
5/10: It has weak structure and pacing, and the editing is a bit too quick, but the acting is all fantastic, especially Bale, Adams, and Rockwell.
30. Ocean's Eight (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 242,176 | Gross: $140.22M
5/10: It's an unexciting heist movie, featuring a cast that deserves better roles, with a couple of interesting twists and fun moments towards the end at least. Easily the best of the Ocean's movies.
31. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During an adventure in the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebel Alliance.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover
Votes: 379,517 | Gross: $213.77M
5/10: Donald Glover does a really good job and feels like a young Lando and there are a couple of fun action sequences and set pieces, but that's really it in terms of compliments. The relationships feel rushed and unbuilt, the story feels like it was more focused on including everything that people remember about Han Solo than actually creating an engaging story, the pacing feels slow and tedious after the first act, and the end reveal is fan-service to the nth degree.
32. Incredibles 2 (2018)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Incredibles family takes on a new mission which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner
Votes: 331,572 | Gross: $608.58M
5/10: It feels a lot like it is trying to recapture what made the first "Incredibles" movie so good, but miscalculates it to the point of creating a mediocre second installment.
33. Deadpool 2 (2018)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (a.k.a. Deadpool) assembles a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg Cable.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison
Votes: 646,433 | Gross: $324.59M
5/10: It has some funny jokes and gags and a couple of good character moments, but the pacing feels really off, the writing of the humor is very weak, and the drama feels superficial and unmoving.
34. Ready Player One (2018)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe
Votes: 486,721 | Gross: $137.69M
5/10: It is dull and unimaginative, and everything it creates is easily overshadowed by the mere imagery of a pre-existing pop cultural icon.
35. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe, Asim Chaudhry
Votes: 136,326
5/10: It has a cool gimmick to it, but that gimmick becomes tedious and irritating after a while, and the story that the gimmick serves just isn't that interesting.
36. Dumplin' (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Willowdean ("Dumplin'"), the plus-size teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, signs up for her mom's Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town.
Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush, Maddie Baillio
Votes: 37,604
4/10: "Dumplin'" had a pretty generic plot and characters, and also suffers from there being little reason for story point/aspect A to lead to story point/aspect B (such as Willowdean becoming friends with other contestants or her realizing she was in the wrong about several things throughout the course of the movie).
37. Hotel Artemis (2018)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Director: Drew Pearce | Stars: Jodie Foster, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 58,491 | Gross: $6.71M
4/10: More entertaining than it is good, making it a fairly decent guilty pleasure film. It feels like one long first act, the story feels a little too coincidental, and a brief second act and it feels unfocused at points, but the characters are likable enough and the setting is interesting.
38. Death Wish (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone
Votes: 76,488 | Gross: $34.02M
4/10: It's a dull and lackluster action movie with bad acting and lame action sequences.
39. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
TV-14 | 89 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A desperate group of refugees attempts to recolonize Earth 20,000 years after Godzilla took over, but one young man wants revenge above all else.
Directors: Hiroyuki Seshita, Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 9,535
4/10
40. The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Director: Julius Onah | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz
Votes: 113,066
3/10: It has some fun horror stuff, the pacing never drags, and there are parts that are unintentionally hilarious, but the story really doesn't make much sense, there is an entire pointless subplot, and none of the characters have any personality.
41. Skyscraper (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller
Votes: 134,234 | Gross: $68.42M
3/10: It's lame "Die Hard." Cardboard characters that have props instead of personality traits, bad writing and repetitive dialogue, bad acting, and uneven action. Sometimes it's fun and even a bit clever, and other times it's dumb, uninspired, or makes no sense.
42. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A human child raised by wolves must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris
Votes: 65,668
3/10: The inner-politics of the film's world is a bit confusing, the characters are underdeveloped, the inclusion of the hunter does not add much, the stretch with Mowgli at the human village is boring, and the animation designs are awful. It is a little interesting to see a darker rendition of the Jungle Book, but it is not done that well in this version.
43. Venom (2018)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze
Votes: 538,748 | Gross: $213.52M
3/10: Tom Hardy is unintentionally hilarious and there is one fight sequence that is well done, but the rest of the movie is a calamity of poor writing, bad acting, and horrible technical work.
44. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
PG | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Six years after the events of "Wreck-It Ralph," Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.
Directors: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore | Stars: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson
Votes: 183,077 | Gross: $201.09M
3/10: It is another family movie where it is made overly blatant because children will be watching it. As a result, the dialogue is obvious and the characters are annoying. On top of this, the movie is creatively void, the cash grabbing is shameless and as blatant as the writing, the plot structure is awful, there is no sense of time or urgency, and the Internet references would not make sense to a younger audience.
45. The Predator (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 143,533 | Gross: $51.02M
3/10: It is an action horror film with hints of comedy from Shane Black, and it does a terrible job with each tone/genre. The characters are flat and unlikable, the predator is destroyed as a movie monster, the acting is awful, and the whole movie is boring.
46. God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
PG | 105 min | Drama
Now the late 2010s, an aging Reverend Dave faces cultural and social backlash, including having his church burned down during a protest, and he is antagonized by atheists, leftists, liberal college students, the school board, and rioters.
Director: Michael Mason | Stars: Megan Alexander, Adeeja Rochele Anderson, Carrlyn Bathe, Lauren Taylor Berkman
Votes: 4,479 | Gross: $5.73M
3/10: It is the least awful of the three, but it still reeks of the hypocrisy and unbelievable plot line that the first two films have.
47. The Nun (2018)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Director: Corin Hardy | Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons
Votes: 170,613 | Gross: $117.45M
3/10: It is boring, has no atmosphere, and it does not feel like its own story the way the Annabelle movies at least do. It feels like what it is: a needless backstory to a very minor character in the Conjuring Universe.
48. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Gellert Grindelwald plans to raise an army of wizards to rule over non-magical beings. In response, Newt Scamander's former professor, Albus Dumbledore, seeks his help to stop him.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp
Votes: 308,998 | Gross: $159.56M
3/10: It is riddled with undeveloped subplots and characters, and the story is disjointed and confusing at points.
49. Aquaman (2018)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson
Votes: 521,068 | Gross: $335.06M
2/10: In terms of DC movies, it is easy to follow and not stuffed with a bunch of pointless and stupid subplots. It is, however, lacking in any interesting characters, chocked full of bad dialogue, has some pretty dumb character moments, and filled with unexciting action. It is also difficult to tell what is happening at certain points due to how clustered the scenes can become with random stuff, and the aesthetic is ugly because it is too bright.
50. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith
Votes: 344,163 | Gross: $417.72M
2/10: It's an extremely dumb movie with bad characters, terrible writing, schlock action, bad pacing, and a boring hour-long sequence where all of the characters are just stuck in a house and the same locations get shown repeatedly.
51. Truth or Dare (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone - or something - begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.
Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto
Votes: 63,398 | Gross: $41.41M
2/10: The characters and their relationships are all underdeveloped or told instead of shown, the rules change in order to keep the movie fresh, and the story is just plain bad.
52. The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 207,700 | Gross: $143.01M
2/10: The first act of the movie is boring, the second act feels like it could be the third act (give and take a few elements), and the third act is an uninteresting cluster of things happening. The actors are all atrocious and the characters are all terribly handled, with relationships being confusing and coincidental, Rainn Wilson's character being incredibly inconsistent, and very little for any character to do other than stand around and wait to be shark-chow. The writing is also bad as certain aspects feel like they are in the wrong part of the story and things said in later parts of the movie contradict the entire first scene of the movie.
53. The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Three courageous young Americans prevent a terrorist attack on a train bound for Paris.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone, Ray Corasani
Votes: 35,548 | Gross: $36.25M
2/10: The audio is clear (which is a step up from some of Eastwood's last couple of movies) and the directing is good as usual, but the movie is underdeveloped in terms of the characters' backstories, the focus of the movie is off, the dialogue is awful and awkward, the acting is bad, and there is surprisingly terrible chemistry between all of the characters.
54. Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford
Votes: 74,194 | Gross: $100.41M
1/10: It's a cluster of things happening with no build up to them, inter spliced with scenes that are essentially just repeats of each other where nothing happens. The characters are one dimensional, the story is poorly written, and the dialogue is awful.
55. Winchester (2018)
PG-13 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Ensconced in her sprawling San Jose, California mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Dame Helen Mirren) believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O'Prey, Jason Clarke
Votes: 36,768 | Gross: $25.09M
1/10: With zero characters, zero creativity with the creative setting, zero idea why things are scary, and no good performances from anyone involved, the movie is dull and boring with its singular saving grace that plot progression at least makes sense.
56. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
Votes: 1,204,524 | Gross: $678.82M
1/10: The characters can all act really smart or really dumb depending on what the plot calls for, the "risks" it takes are almost nonexistent, it is hard to feel terror for the villain because it is fairly unclear what exactly his powers are since it is all based around MacGuffins that span over a deacade, the villain's motivation makes sense but his plan is dumb, the CGI is horrendous, the movie becomes worse the more you think about it, and the script is insufferable.
57. Halloween (I) (2018)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney
Votes: 169,183 | Gross: $159.34M
1/10: Outside of the technical aspects like the lighting and cinematography, everything about the movie is a failure.
58. The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
Father Gabriele Amorth performs his ninth exorcism on an Italian woman.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: William Friedkin, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Christina, Gabriele Amorth
Votes: 2,662 | Gross: $0.02M
1/10: Boring and fake, and the way the documentary is edited feels weird and looks bad. It's also very boring.
59. Rampage (2018)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.
Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Votes: 185,067 | Gross: $101.03M
1/10: Rampage really feels like they took the first draft of the script and just went with it. The writing is poor, the dialogue is cliche and predictable, the characters and their relationships are underdeveloped, and the acting is atrocious.
60. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 47,810 | Gross: $100.48M
1/10: The script is bad, the characters are poorly written, the acting is awful, and what we hear about characters seems to be contradicted by what we see.
61. The Jurassic Games (2018)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the near future, 10 death row convicts are forced to compete in a virtual reality game that pits them against dinosaurs and each other.
Director: Ryan Bellgardt | Stars: Ryan Merriman, Perrey Reeves, Adam Hampton, Katie Burgess
Votes: 3,080
0/10: No characters, bad story, bad writing, and a bad gimmick.
62. Death of a Nation (2018)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary, History
This docudrama draws parallels between the dramatic fracturing of the nation over Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump.
Directors: Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley | Stars: Dinesh D'Souza, Victoria Chilap, Pavel Kríz, Rafael Prazák
Votes: 7,243 | Gross: $5.89M
0/10: Factually incorrect and creatively lazy, Dinesh D'Souza releases yet another piece of poorly-made propaganda. This time, however, it is incredibly boring propaganda.
63. Slender Man (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso
Votes: 38,426 | Gross: $30.57M
0/10: This is 2018's "Bye Bye Man:" a movie where almost every aspect of it is wrong. The writing is poor, the characters are bland, the dialogue is awful, it feels like chunks of characters' stories were just cut completely from the movie, the movie ruins any possibility of being scary, and it feels like there is zero pace due to almost zero progression of stakes and no way of telling when one act ends and another begins.
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