Well, another Oscar season of blogging about my thoughts on the previous year in film is coming to a close, and per usual, it has been a gratifying experience to share my reviews of 2018’s most remarkable films and performances with all of you. In advance of tonight’s 91st Academy Awards, I have posted this recap. Below you will find my Top 10 Films of 2018, my personal ballot for all categories in which I have seen each film/performance, and a complete ranking of every film I saw from 2018.

With that said, check out my recap and then make sure to tune into the 91st Academy Awards tonight at 7:00 p.m. (CST) on ABC, live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Enjoy, film fans.

Top 10 Films of 2018

1.	The Favourite
2.	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3.	The Death of Stalin
4.	A Star Is Born
5.	Blindspotting
6.	Thoroughbreds
7.	Upgrade
8.	American Animals
9.	A Quiet Place
10.	Black Panther

91st Academy Awards Ballot

Best Picture

1. The Favourite
2. A Star Is Born
3. Black Panther
4. Roma
5. BlacKkKlansman
6. Vice
7. Green Book
8. Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress

1. Olivia Colman – The Favourite
2. Glenn Close – The Wife
3. Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
4. Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
5. Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Actor

1. Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
3. Christian Bale – Vice
4. Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
5. Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Best Supporting Actress

1. Emma Stone – The Favourite
2. Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
3. Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
4. Marina de Tavira – Roma
5. Amy Adams – Vice

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali – Green Book
2. Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
3. Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
4. Sam Rockwell – Vice
5. Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman

Best Original Screenplay

1. The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
2. Vice – Adam McKay
3. First Reformed – Paul Schrader
4. Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
5. Green Book – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. A Star Is Born – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters
2. BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
3. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
4. Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
5. If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins

Best Original Score

1. Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson
2. Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
3. If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
4. BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
5. Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Song

1. “Shallow” from A Star Is Born – Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andew Wyatt
2. “All the Stars” from Black Panther – Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, and Anthony Tiffith; Lyric by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith, and Solana Rowe
3. “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs –Music and Lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
4. “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns –Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
5. “I’ll Fight” from RBG – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren

Best Sound Editing

1. A Quiet Place – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
2. Roma – Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay
3. First Man – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
4. Bohemian Rhapsody – John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
5. Black Panther – Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker

Best Sound Mixing

1. Roma – Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan, and José Antonio Garcia
2. First Man – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee, and Mary H. Ellis
3. A Star Is Born – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder, and Steve A. Morrow
4. Bohemian Rhapsody – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and John Casali
5. Black Panther – Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, and Peter J. Devlin

Best Production Design

1. The Favourite – Fiona Crombie (Production Design) and Alice Felton (Set Decoration)
2. Black Panther – Hannah Beachler (Production Design) and Jay Hart (Set Decoration)
3. Mary Poppins Returns – John Myhre (Production Design) and Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)
4. Roma – Eugenio Caballero (Production Design) and Bárbara Enríquez (Set Decoration)
5. First Man – Nathan Crowley (Production Design) and Kathy Lucas (Set Decoration)

Best Film Editing

1. The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
2. Vice – Hank Corwin
3. Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman
4. BlacKkKlansman – Barry Alexander Brown
5. Green Book – Patrick J. Don Vito

Complete Ranking of Films Seen from 2018

1	The Favourite
2	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3	The Death of Stalin
4	A Star Is Born
5	Blindspotting
6	Thoroughbreds
7	Upgrade
8	American Animals
9	A Quiet Place
10	Black Panther
11	Sorry to Bother You
12	Roma
13	Isle of Dogs
14	Minding the Gap
15	Crazy Rich Asians
16	Annihilation
17	BlacKkKlansman
18	Beautiful Boy
19	Eighth Grade
20	The Wife
21	Vice
22	Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
23	First Man
24	RBG
25	Green Book
26	Monsters and Men
27	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
28	Mary Poppins Returns
29	Bohemian Rhapsody
30	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
31	First Reformed
32	To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
33	You Were Never Really Here
34	Hereditary
35	Bad Times at the El Royale
36	Bird Box
37	Outlaw King
38	Creed II
39	Hold the Dark
40	If Beale Street Could Talk
41	Game Night
42	Red Sparrow
43	Unsane
44	Woman Walks Ahead
45	Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
46	A Shot in the Dark
47	Dumplin’
48	22 July
49	Paterno
50	Disobedience
51	Come Sunday
52	At Eternity’s Gate
53	On Chesil Beach
54	John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
55	Blockers
56	Game Over, Man!
57	Fifty Shades Freed