Another calendar year in the books and another extremely grateful individual here at Oberrated. As always, I appreciate all my readers, sharers, and interactions. It is super awesome to run into some of you in public and have you guys talk to me about my content.

I do not want to go on and on about my appreciation for y’all so it is time to attack the rankings. As I did last year, I will have two separate rankings, one on sheer entertainment quality and re-watchability. The second on overall film quality or “Best of”.

Let’s begin…

2018 Entertainment and Re-watchability Ranks:

1. Deadpool 2
2. Hereditary
3. Black Panther
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
6. Crazy Rich Asians
7. Aquaman
8. Creed II
9. Halloween
10. Bad Times at the El Royale
11. Ant-Man and the Wasp
12. Incredibles 2
13. A Quiet Place
14. Equalizer 2
15. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
16. A Simple Favor
17. A Star is Born
18. Mandy
19. Solo: A Star Wars Story
20. Venom
21. Ready Player One
22. Tag
23. Eighth Grade
24. Annihilation
25. Blockers
26. Upgrade
27. Ocean’s 8
28. Den of Thieves
29. Love, Simon
30. Bird Box
31. The Grinch
32. The Kissing Booth
33. The Nun
34. The Ritual
35. First Man
36. The Cloverfield Paradox
37. Game Night
38. Hotel Artemis
39. Game Over, Man!
40. Unsane
41. Gringo
42. Adrift
43. When We First Met
44. Winchester
45. Unfriended: Dark Web
46. Robin Hood
47. Insidious: The Last Key
48. Father of the Year
49. Dude
50. Rampage
51. Pacific Rim: Uprising
52. Happy Anniversary
53. Red Sparrow
54. The Strangers: Prey at Night
55. Ibiza
56. Tomb Raider
57. The Week of
58. Escape Plan 2: Hades
59. The Open House
60. A Wrinkle in Time
61. Day of the Dead: Bloodline

The Break-Down:
– I can’t deny it, “Deadpool 2” was crazy hilarious fun. I practically was laughing throughout the whole film. Ryan Reynolds was born for the role and I could watch this day in and day out.
– “Hereditary” took my world by storm. I am a mega fan of A24 studios and especially their horror flicks. “Hereditary” blended so many horror elements together and created a true masterpiece.
-“Black Panther” edges out “Avengers: Infinity War” just by a slight margin due to too much happening in Avengers. Despite Avengers being an absolute marvel of a film, “Black Panther” was more cohesive and smooth for my liking.
-“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” released just on 12/28/2018. Without hesitation, this film skyrocketed to the top of my list, both entertainment and overall quality. This is a groundbreaking style of film. Something video games have been doing for a bit but a first for film/TV shows. It is immersive, it is gripping, it is truly something special.
“Crazy Rich Asians”, despite being a romantic comedy, it felt like something completely new and refreshing. Even beyond being something quite special and entertaining, this film hit home for me.

And for the “Best of” 2018:

1. Hereditary
2. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
3. Black Panther
4. Crazy Rich Asians
5. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
6. Eighth Grade
7. Avengers: Infinity War
8. Creed II
9. Halloween
10. Bad Times at the El Royale
11. Mandy
12. Incredibles 2
13. A Star is Born
14. Ant-Man and the Wasp
15. Deadpool 2
16. A Simple Favor
17. Equalizer 2
18. A Quiet Place
19. Ready Player One
20. Annihilation
21. The Ritual
22. Aquaman
23. Upgrade
24. Solo: A Star Wars Story
25. Tag
26. Ocean’s 8
27. Venom
28. The Grinch
29. The Cloverfield Paradox
30. Den of Thieves
31. Love, Simon
32. The Nun
33. Blockers
34. Adrift
35. Unsane
36. The Kissing Booth
37. Game Night
38. When We First Met
39. Winchester
40. Insidious: The Last Key
41. First Man
42. Hotel Artemis
43. Bird Box
44. Gringo
45. Unfriended: Dark Web
46. Dude
47. Happy Anniversary
48. Red Sparrow
49. Robin Hood
50. Game Over, Man!
51. The Strangers: Prey at Night
52. Pacific Rim: Uprising
53. Rampage
54. Father of the Year
55. Tomb Raider
56. Ibiza
57. The Week Of
58. A Wrinkle in Time
59. The Open House
60. Escape Plan 2: Hades
61. Day of the Dead: Bloodline

The Break-Down:
-As I said before, “Hereditary” is something ground-breaking. This film sat with me for weeks after my view. It remains to be my favorite film of the year.
-“Mission: Impossible – Fallout” was not only an entertainment thrill ride, it goes beyond that and becomes a high octane and high-risk film that most action films do not dare to reach. This film is the new standard for action films.
-“Eighth Grade” is one of my films that took the biggest jump in comparison to the entertainment ranks. This film felt like nothing else I have seen before. Director Bo Burnham created a coming-of-age film within the modern day era of phones and social media. We as older adults think we may know how the kids are growing up but after this film, one would truly know. “Eighth Grade” is an awkwardly beautiful film to watch.
-For as absolutely insane as “Mandy” was, those of you may understand, this film was a psychedelic beauty of a film. Carefully analyzing the film as more than a drug-induced revenge flick, “Mandy” dives way deeper than presented and is capable of being an endless conversation piece. Not to mention this score was phenomenal thanks to the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.