Junkee Staff Pick The Absolute Best Films Of 2018

Movies! Films! The cinema! From all reports, there’s been quite a few to choose from in 2018. It’s almost impossible to safely choose the best films of 2018.

I’ve heard rumours that there have been as many as 10-13 different films throughout the year. Insane.

Luckily, all the nerds at Junkee.com have seen a lot of those films over the year, because it’s not like we’ve got much else on. So, we’ve gone around the office and asked all these pop-culture aficionados what they believe is the best film of 2018.

Is it newspaper thriller The Post? The spooky Hereditary? Netflix’s sci-fi crowd pleaser Annihilation? Whatever Roma is?

Let’s find out, as Junkee Staff pick the VERY best films of 2018:

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Priscilla Bork — Afternoons & Lunch Editor

For me, the best film of 2018 HAS to be Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. What a joyous, musical romp that just helped the stresses of daily life melt away.

Honestly, I walked out of that cinema ready to move to a small Greek island! Maybe I still will, actually. Maybe that’s 2019 for me.

Leaving all this behind, opening up a decrepit but gorgeous inn, getting pregnant to one of three mystery hotties… Never working another office day in my life…

Jimothy Don Leone — Music Junkee Staff Writer (Jazz & Aussie Hip-Hop)

Before I saw the sequel to the smash hit musical inspired film, Mamma Mia, I wasn’t really a fan of ABBA.

It just seemed like the kind of music that vineyard-drunk mothers request — certainly no Miles Davis or Urthboy, that’s for sure!

But, since seeing MMHWGA (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) I’ve learned that actually, ABBA is the best music on this vast and blue Earth.

When Cher walked down that staircase singing Fernando, I realised I may have wasted my entire life before this point. She changed me. She made me better.

That’s why my choice for best film of 2018 is Mamma Mia 2.

Patrick Lenton — Entertainment Editor

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was the best time I had in a cinema in 2018.

It’s not just because it was fun and happy and bright, in a year that often struggled to be any of those things. It’s not just because all the new “young” cast are all ridiculously hot and talented. It’s not just that the choreography and aesthetic are stunning and wonderful. It’s not just that Cher made me 300% more queer.

It’s because it’s an oddly and wonderfully touching film, that made me feel upwards of three positive emotions. That’s three more than normal!

Absolutely and without doubt, the best film of 2018, followed closely by Black Panther.

Dougal Snant-O’Connor — Managing Manager, Junkee Media

It’s been a big wonderful year for Junkee in 2018, and I somehow attribute at least some of that success to the heartwarming and talented storyline of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which my assistant tells me is very good.

Once I sat next to Meryl Streep on a plane, and she took my airplane socks. She was very apologetic when she discovered what she’d done, but privately I have never forgiven her.

Tramantha Lesley-Beets — HR Associate

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again riled up the entire editorial team at Junkee, got them all hot and bothered. They were hooting and hollering, running around the office screaming “iconic” and “wig” and “I’m screaming” and “we stan!”.

I didn’t care for it, personally.

 Jan Meredith Key — Unpaid Social Media Intern

I thought my favourite film of 2018 was going to be The Shape Of Water, because most of my past lovers have also been unloveable creatures from the depths. Hah! Little dig at my exes.

But I think Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was really revolutionary — when’s the last time you saw such an uncritical examination of the hotel industry?

Also, I like how it was basically the story of a woman who has sex thrice, and had a nice time doing so.

 Joanne Putney-Bill — Editor of Chunkee (Junkee’s Cheese Vertical)

Not a LOT of cheese in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, but it always felt like there COULD be cheese, if you know what I mean?

Like, there were a lot of background characters sitting at cafes while all the singing and dancing and stuff happened, who could have been chewing on some curd.

I’ve always said Amanda Seyfried looks like someone who would bite into a big wheel of camembert, grabbing it with two hands.

Anyway, it was a good film. The Post seemed to have no cheese.

 Fergus Bromathon — Video Pivot Consultant

I didn’t actually get invited to the screening of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again that everyone else at Junkee went to, so… I didn’t really know that we were doing this? I don’t sit near editorial, so sometimes they forget about me, and I miss out on the in-jokes.

I thought The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was fun, but I’m often told that I’m wrong.

Biffo, The Meme Dog

Read a book.

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Patrick Lenton is the Entertainment Editor of Junkee. He LOVED Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.