Tish (Kiki Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James) find their love obstructed by outside forces in If Beale Street Could Talk. Tatum Mangus /Annapurna Pictures hide caption
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L to R: Jamar (Ario Bayu) and Suwo (Yoshi Sudarso) star in the "nasi goreng Western" Buffalo Boys. Samuel Goldwyn Films hide caption
The Impatience of Jobe: Drug courier Jobe (Jason Grisell) endures a series of trials in the no-budget comedy Jobe'z World. Factory 25 hide caption
Peter Jackson restores archival footage of British soldiers enjoying a meal in the documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Olivia Colman from The Favourite accepts the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award onstage during the 76th Golden Globe Awards. NBCUniversal via Getty Images hide caption
It's a Trap!: (l to r) Zoey (Taylor Russell), Jason (Jay Ellis), Ben (Logan Miller) and Mike (Tyler Labine) navigate puzzles in Escape Room. David Bloomer/Sony Pictures Entertainment hide caption
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly in Stan & Ollie. Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales teams up with Spider-Men from other dimensions. Sony hide caption
Nicole Kidman stars as Erin Bell in Karyn Kusama's Destroyer. Annapurna Pictures hide caption
Not throwing away his shot(gun): Christian Bale's Dick Cheney smirks and glowers in Vice. Matt Kennedy/Annapurna hide caption
'On The Basis Of Sex' And 'Vice': 2 Biopics — 1 Bathed In Light, 1 Steeped In Shadow
Black Panther was a hugely successful and groundbreaking addition to the Marvel canon, and one of our clear favorites of 2018. Marvel Studios hide caption
Pawel Pawlikowski's film follows musician Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and dancer Zola (Joanna Kulig) over the course of 15 tempestuous years. Lukasz Bak/Amazon Studios hide caption
Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) and Bumblebee (as himself) are more than meets the eye in Bumblebee. Paramount Pictures hide caption
L to R: Tom (Jack Colgrave Hirst), Judith (Kathryn Wilder), Will (Kenneth Branagh) and Anne (Judi Dench) smile for the ... portraitist, in All Is True. Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
All dolled up: Mark (Steve Carell) photographs the plastic stand-ins of his backyard miniature town in Welcome to Marwen. Universal Pictures hide caption
Burning Well Go USA hide caption
Justin Chang's Favorite Movies Of 2018 — In A Series Of 6 Cinematic Pairings
Emily Blunt plays the proper and prim magical au pair in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns. Jay Maidment/Disney hide caption
In Mary Poppins Returns, Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) attempt to help reignite the creative spark of the original Mary Poppins. Jay Maidment/Walt Disney Pictures hide caption
Cardi B; Ethan Hawke in First Reformed; Sandra Oh in Killing Eve. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartMedia; A24; Sophie Mutevelian/BBC America hide caption
Ben Whishaw voices the perpetually well-meaning bear in Paddington 2. Warner Bros. hide caption
2018 'Ghost List' Revisits The TV, Books And Movies A Critic Wishes He Covered
Teyonah Parris, KiKi Layne and Regina King star in If Beale Street Could Talk, adapted from James Baldwin's 1974 novel. Tatum Mangus/Annapurna Pictures hide caption
'Beale Street' Is A Heart-Stopping, Beautiful Story Of Love And Injustice
Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman star in The Favourite, a film that puts a big 'ol spin on the often rigid period piece. Yorgos Lanthimos/Fox Searchlight Pictures hide caption