Here we are again to recap the most interesting cinematic experiences brought by last year.
For convenience, more than being merely sorted by quality, the films are divided into different categories of interest (within which they’re in alphabetical order).

Note: This list includes only films released in Italy, or shown in a prominent international film competition, during 2018.

– TOP 10 –

• Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) by Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra
  

• Hostiles by Scott Cooper
  

• Paradise (Ray) by Andrej Končalovskij
  

• Phantom Thread by Paul Thomas Anderson

• Roma by Alfonso Cuarón

• Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) by Hirokazu Koreeda

• The Florida Project by Sean Baker

• The Fortress (Namhansanseong) by Hwang Dong-hyuk

• Thelma by Joachim Trier

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh

– HONOURABLE MENTIONS –

• Based on a True Story (D’après une histoire vraie) by Roman Polanski
• BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee
• Darkest Hour by Joe Wright
  
• Dogman by Matteo Garrone
  
• In Syria (Insyriated) by Philippe Van Leeuw
  
• Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig
  
• Leave no Trace by Debra Granik
• Mudbound by Dee Rees
• On my Skin (Sulla mia pelle) by Alessio Cremonini
  
• Petra by Jaime Rosales
  
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
• The Death of Stalin by Armando Iannucci
• The House that Jack Built by Lars Von Trier
• The Man who killed Don Quixote by Terry Gilliam
• The Post by Steven Spielberg
• The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
• The Taste of Rice Flower (Mi hua zhi wei) by Peng Fei Song

– ANIMATION –

• Coco by Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
  
• Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson
  
• Mirai (Mirai no Mirai) by Mamoru Hosoda
  

– DOCUMENTARIES –

• 78/52 by Alexandre O. Philippe
  
• Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman
  
• Faces Places (Visages villages) by JR, Agnès Varda
• They Shall Not Grow Old by Peter Jackson

– DISAPPOINTMENTS –

• Downsizing by Alexander Payne
  
• Mute by Duncan Jones

– BEST MUSIC –

(clic on a title to show the soundtrack tracklist)

• Hostiles – Max Richter, Ryan Bingham
  
• Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
  
• Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
  
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Carter Burwell, VV.AA.
• The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
  
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell, VV.AA.
  

More:
2017 List
2016 List
2015 List