There are only nine Best Picture nominees this year, but we still barely fit them all in before the Oscars this Sunday. Here they are, best to least-best.
- Get Out – Best movie of the year! I loved it. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and surprising. Vital.
- Lady Bird – Also vital. And perfect. This spoke to me so hard.
- The Shape of Water – I was so inspired by this one. Gorgeous. Kinda weird.
- Phantom Thread – Creative genius treats women badly. But surprising plot. But you know Daniel Day-Lewis is so method, he was definitely a jerk on set.
- Call Me By Your Name – I’m still not sure why they were calling each other by their names? There’s a lot I appreciated about this movie, even if it didn’t hit me in the heart the way Lady Bird did.
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – I understand why this movie is problematic in ways, but I’m hopeful that it created conversation around those issues.
- Dunkirk – One of my fears is being trapped somewhere and drowning. This movie kept playing on that.
- The Post – Pandering??
- Darkest Hour – Should be called Darkest Two Hours. Plus, spoilers for Dunkirk.
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One reply on “2018 Best Picture ranking”
I didn’t see Get out or Call me by your name- yet. Probably won’t before Sunday. I think the Shape of Water is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Definitely top 10. Sally Hawkins was fantastic and was robbed of a Golden Globe. Phantom Threads ? Stink, stank, stunk and yawn. Loved Lady Bird. Really like Three Billboards. Dunkirk ? Had I not known beforehand that it was one week, one day, one hour, I would have been completely lost. The Post and Darkest Hour could have been saved to watch on Netflix.