The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 2 – Leave No Trace
With this superlative drama about a military veteran and his daughter’s guerilla existence in a national park, we were reminded of Debra Granik’s greatness
Marvel broke new ground with Ryan Coogler’s exhilarating introduction to Wakanda, bringing social conscience and diversity to the increasingly tired superhero genre
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 7 – The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos’s nutty slab of period fruitcake, about a rivalry in the court of a gout-ridden Queen Anne, is deservedly becoming an Oscars frontrunner
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 8 – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy reached new career heights with an awards-worthy performance as hard-drinking literary forger Lee Israel in one of the year’s more surprising biopics
The 50 best movies of 2018 in the US: the full list
A heartfelt Mexican drama leads our critics’ pick of the top films released in America this year – adding to tales about off-grid survival, toxic relationships, confused schoolkids and game-changing superheroes