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2018 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2018, festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "2018 has been a banner year for movies, but you'd never know it from a trip to a local multiplex—or from a glimpse at the Oscarizables. The gap between what's good and what's widely available in theatres—between the cinema of resistance and the cinema of consensus—is wider than ever." He also stated, "In some cases, streaming has filled the gap. Several of the year's best movies, such Shirkers and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, are being released by Netflix at the same time as (or just after) a limited theatrical run. Others, which barely qualified as having theatrical releases (one theatre for a week), are now available to stream online, on demand, and are more widely accessible to viewers (albeit at home) than films playing at thousands of multiplexes. Yet an impermanence, a threat of disappearance with the flick of a switch, hangs threateningly over independent films that are sent out on streaming."[1]
The top films released in 2018 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Avengers: Infinity War | Disney | $2,048,359,754 |
2 | Black Panther | $1,347,597,973 | |
3 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Universal | $1,308,467,944 |
4 | Incredibles 2 | Disney | $1,242,805,359 |
5 | Aquaman | Warner Bros. | $1,148,461,807 |
6 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Fox | $910,809,311 |
7 | Venom | Sony Pictures | $856,085,151 |
8 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Paramount | $791,115,104 |
9 | Deadpool 2 | Fox | $785,896,609 |
10 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Warner Bros. | $654,855,901 |
Avengers: Infinity War grossed $2 billion worldwide, becoming the fourth movie to surpass the milestone, and 4th highest-grossing film of all time. Black Panther, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Incredibles 2, and Aquaman have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time, with Incredibles 2 becoming the 2nd highest-grossing animated film of all time.
List of some of the film festivals for 2018 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
Date | Event | Host | Location | Source |
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January 18–28 | 2018 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Institute | Park City, Utah, United States | |
February 15–25 | 68th Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany | |
May 8–19 | 2018 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France | |
August 29 – September 8 | 75th Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy | |
September 6–16 | 2018 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
The list of films released in 2018, arranged by country, are as follows:
Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Films | Ref. |
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January | 1 | Jon Paul Steuer | 33 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Jerry Van Dyke | 86 | American | Actor | |||
8 | Donnelly Rhodes | 80 | Canadian | Actor | |||
9 | Terence Marsh | 86 | English | Production Designer | |||
13 | Jean Porter | 95 | American | Actress | |||
14 | Hugh Wilson | 74 | American | Director, Screenwriter | |||
14 | Yosuke Natsuki | 81 | Japanese | Actor | |||
16 | Bradford Dillman | 87 | American | Actor | |||
19 | Anna Campori | 100 | Italian | Actress | |||
19 | Olivia Cole | 75 | American | Actress | |||
19 | Dorothy Malone | 93 | American | Actress | |||
19 | Allison Shearmur | 54 | American | Producer | |||
21 | Connie Sawyer | 105 | American | Actress | |||
23 | Ezra Swerdlow | 64 | American | Producer | |||
23 | Lari White | 52 | American | Singer, Actress | |||
25 | John Morris | 91 | American | Composer | |||
30 | Louis Zorich | 93 | American | Actor | |||
31 | Ann Gillis | 90 | American | Actress | |||
31 | Alf Humphreys | 64 | Canadian | Actor | |||
February | 1 | Reyes Abades | 68 | Spanish | Special effects specialist | [44] | |
3 | Ilse Petri | 99 | German | Actress | |||
3 | Rolf Zacher | 76 | German | Actor | |||
4 | Kenneth Haigh | 86 | English | Actor | |||
4 | John Mahoney | 77 | English-American | Actor | |||
7 | Mickey Jones | 76 | American | Actor, Musician | |||
7 | Jill Messick | 50 | American | Producer | |||
9 | Reg E. Cathey | 59 | American | Actor | |||
9 | John Gavin | 86 | American | Actor | |||
9 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | 48 | Icelandic | Composer | |||
11 | Vic Damone | 89 | American | Singer, Entertainer, Actor | |||
12 | Louise Latham | 95 | American | Actress | |||
13 | Edward M. Abroms | 82 | American | Film Editor | |||
15 | Pier Paolo Capponi | 79 | Italian | Actor | |||
18 | Idrissa Ouedraogo | 64 | Burkinabé | Director, Screenwriter | |||
21 | Ren Osugi | 66 | Japanese | Actor | |||
22 | Nanette Fabray | 97 | American | Actress | |||
23 | James Colby | 56 | American | Actor | |||
23 | Lewis Gilbert | 97 | English | Director, Screenwriter | |||
24 | Bud Luckey | 83 | American | Animator, Voice Actor | |||
24 | Sridevi | 54 | Indian | Actress | |||
26 | Benjamin Melniker | 104 | American | Producer | |||
March | 3 | David Ogden Stiers | 75 | American | Actor, Voice Actor, Conductor | ||
5 | André S. Labarthe | 86 | French | Actor | |||
6 | Donna Butterworth | 62 | American | Actress | |||
11 | Siegfried Rauch | 85 | German | Actor | |||
12 | Oleg Tabakov | 82 | Russian | Actor | |||
17 | Geneviève Fontanel | 81 | French | Actress | |||
17 | Mike MacDonald | 63 | Canadian | Actor, Comedian | |||
20 | Katie Boyle | 91 | Italian-English | Actress | |||
22 | Morgana King | 87 | American | Actress, Singer | |||
23 | DuShon Monique Brown | 49 | American | Actress | |||
23 | Delores Taylor | 85 | American | Actress, Screenwriter, Producer | |||
24 | Debbie Lee Carrington | 58 | American | Actress | |||
27 | Stéphane Audran | 85 | French | Actress | |||
30 | Bill Maynard | 89 | English | Actor | |||
31 | Luigi De Filippo | 87 | Italian | Actor | |||
April | 2 | Susan Anspach | 75 | American | Actress | ||
4 | Soon-Tek Oh | 85 | Korean-American | Actor | |||
5 | Isao Takahata | 82 | Japanese | Director, Screenwriter | |||
8 | Chuck McCann | 83 | American | Actor, Voice Actor | |||
13 | Miloš Forman | 86 | Czech | Director | |||
14 | Isabella Biagini | 74 | Italian | Actress | |||
15 | Philip D'Antoni | 89 | American | Producer, Director | |||
15 | R. Lee Ermey | 74 | American | Actor | |||
15 | Vittorio Taviani | 88 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
16 | Harry Anderson | 65 | American | Actor | |||
16 | Pamela Gidley | 52 | American | Actress | |||
20 | John Stride | 81 | English | Actor | |||
21 | Verne Troyer | 49 | American | Actor | |||
23 | Arthur B. Rubinstein | 80 | American | Composer | |||
25 | Michael Anderson | 98 | English | Director | |||
26 | Gianfranco Parolini | 93 | Italian | Director | |||
27 | Paul Junger Witt | 77 | American | Producer | |||
29 | Robert Mandan | 86 | American | Actor | |||
May | 5 | Ermanno Olmi | 86 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
8 | Anne V. Coates | 92 | English | Film Editor | |||
13 | Margot Kidder | 69 | Canadian-American | Actress | |||
16 | Joseph Campanella | 93 | American | Actor | |||
16 | Hugh Dane | 75 | American | Actor | |||
16 | Lucian Pintilie | 84 | Romanian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
19 | Vincent McEveety | 88 | American | Director | |||
20 | Bill Gold | 97 | American | Graphic Designer | |||
20 | Patricia Morison | 103 | American | Actress, Singer | |||
21 | Anna Maria Ferrero | 84 | Italian | Actress | |||
21 | Allyn Ann McLerie | 91 | American | Actress | |||
21 | Clint Walker | 90 | American | Actor | |||
24 | Jerry Maren | 98 | American | Actor | |||
25 | Sergio Graziani | 87 | Italian | Actor | |||
28 | Cornelia Frances | 77 | English-Australian | Actress | |||
31 | Michael D. Ford | 90 | English | Production Designer | |||
June | 1 | William Edward Phipps | 96 | American | Actor | ||
6 | Kira Muratova | 83 | Ukrainian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
6 | Alan O'Neill | 47 | Irish | Actor | |||
8 | Eunice Gayson | 90 | English | Actress | |||
9 | Françoise Bonnot | 78 | French | Film Editor | |||
9 | Zhang Junzhao | 65 | Chinese | Director, Screenwriter | |||
11 | Roman Kłosowski | 89 | Polish | Actor | |||
16 | Martin Bregman | 92 | American | Producer | |||
18 | Maria Rohm | 72 | Austrian | Actress | |||
22 | Deanna Lund | 81 | American | Actress | |||
26 | Daniel Pilon | 77 | Canadian | Actor | |||
27 | Steven Hilliard Stern | 80 | Canadian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
29 | Liliane Montevecchi | 85 | French-Italian | Actress, Singer | |||
29 | Derrick O'Connor | 77 | Irish | Actor | |||
July | 1 | Gillian Lynne | 92 | English | Choreographer, Musical Stager | ||
4 | Robby Müller | 78 | Dutch | Cinematographer | |||
5 | Claude Lanzmann | 92 | French | Documentarian | |||
8 | Tab Hunter | 86 | American | Actor, Singer | |||
8 | Alan Johnson | 81 | American | Director, Choreographer | |||
8 | Carlo Vanzina | 67 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
12 | Roger Perry | 85 | American | Actor | |||
12 | Robert Wolders | 81 | Dutch | Actor | |||
17 | Gary Beach | 70 | American | Actor | |||
17 | Yvonne Blake | 78 | English-Spanish | Costume Designer | |||
17 | David Stevens | 77 | Australian | Screenwriter | |||
18 | Hugh Whitemore | 82 | English | Screenwriter | |||
19 | Shinobu Hashimoto | 100 | Japanese | Screenwriter | |||
19 | Jon Schnepp | 51 | American | Director, Producer, Editor | |||
21 | Elmarie Wendel | 89 | American | Actress, Singer | |||
23 | Harry Gulkin | 90 | Canadian | Producer, Director, Project Manager | |||
25 | Patrick Williams | 79 | American | Composer | |||
27 | Bernard Hepton | 92 | English | Actor, Director | |||
August | 1 | Mary Carlisle | 104 | American | Actress | ||
2 | Winston Ntshona | 76 | South African | Actor | |||
3 | Moshé Mizrahi | 86 | Israeli | Director | |||
3 | Ronnie Taylor | 93 | English | Cinematographer | |||
5 | Charlotte Rae | 92 | American | Actress | |||
5 | Piotr Szulkin | 68 | Polish | Director | |||
7 | Étienne Chicot | 69 | French | Actor, Composer | |||
7 | Richard H. Kline | 91 | American | Cinematographer | |||
13 | Salvatore Cantalupo | 59 | Italian | Actor | |||
13 | John Carter | 95 | American | Film Editor | |||
13 | Unshō Ishizuka | 67 | Japanese | Voice Actor | |||
15 | Albert Millaire | 83 | Canadian | Actor | |||
16 | Aretha Franklin | 76 | American | Singer, Actress | |||
20 | Craig Zadan | 69 | American | Producer | |||
20 | Brian Murray | 80 | South African | Actor, Director | |||
21 | Barbara Harris | 83 | American | Actress | |||
24 | Lindsay Kemp | 80 | English | Actor, Choreographer | |||
24 | Antonio Pennarella | 58 | Italian | Actor | |||
26 | Neil Simon | 91 | American | Screenwriter | |||
27 | Fredd Wayne | 93 | American | Actor | |||
30 | Vanessa Marquez | 49 | American | Actress | |||
31 | Gloria Jean | 92 | American | Actress, Singer | |||
31 | Carole Shelley | 79 | English | Actress | |||
September | 3 | Lydia Clarke | 95 | American | Actress | ||
3 | Jacqueline Pearce | 74 | English | Actress |
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4 | Thomas Rickman | 78 | American | Screenwriter | |||
5 | Christopher Lawford | 63 | American | Actor | |||
6 | Liz Fraser | 88 | English | Actress | |||
6 | Burt Reynolds | 82 | American | Actor | |||
10 | Peter Donat | 90 | American | Actor | |||
11 | Fenella Fielding | 90 | English | Actress | |||
13 | Zienia Merton | 72 | English | Actress | |||
15 | Kirin Kiki | 75 | Japanese | Actress | |||
15 | Dudley Sutton | 85 | English | Actor | |||
15 | Zhu Xu | 88 | Chinese | Actor | |||
18 | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | 90 | French | Director, Actress, Screenwriter | |||
19 | Denis Norden | 96 | English | Screenwriter | |||
19 | Gamil Ratib | 91 | Egyptian-French | Actor | |||
23 | Gary Kurtz | 78 | American | Producer | |||
23 | Al Matthews | 75 | American | Actor | |||
26 | Roger Robinson | 78 | American | Actor | |||
October | 1 | Charles Aznavour | 94 | Armenian-French | Actor, Singer | ||
1 | Stelvio Cipriani | 81 | Italian | Composer | |||
4 | Will Vinton | 70 | American | Animator, Director | |||
4 | Audrey Wells | 58 | American | Screenwriter, Director | |||
6 | Scott Wilson | 76 | American | Actor | |||
7 | Peggy McCay | 90 | American | Actress | |||
7 | Celeste Yarnall | 74 | American | Actress | |||
8 | Arnold Kopelson | 83 | American | Producer | |||
8 | Venantino Venantini | 88 | Italian | Actor | |||
10 | Raymond Danon | 88 | French | Producer | |||
14 | Milena Dravić | 78 | Serbian | Actress | |||
18 | Danny Leiner | 57 | American | Director | |||
19 | Diana Sowle | 88 | American | Actress | |||
23 | James Karen | 94 | American | Actor | |||
November | 1 | Carlo Giuffrè | 89 | Italian | Actor | ||
1 | Ken Swofford | 85 | American | Actor | |||
3 | Sondra Locke | 74 | American | Actress, Director | |||
7 | Francis Lai | 86 | French | Composer | |||
11 | Douglas Rain | 90 | Canadian | Actor, Voice Actor | |||
12 | Stan Lee | 95 | American | Actor, Producer, Comic Book Creator | |||
16 | William Goldman | 87 | American | Screenwriter | |||
19 | Dominique Blanchar | 91 | French | Actress | |||
19 | Witold Sobociński | 89 | Polish | Cinematographer | |||
23 | Nicolas Roeg | 90 | English | Director, Cinematographer | |||
24 | Ricky Jay | 72 | American | Actor | |||
25 | Giuliana Calandra | 82 | Italian | Actress | |||
25 | Gloria Katz | 76 | American | Screenwriter, Producer | |||
26 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 77 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
26 | Stephen Hillenburg | 57 | American | Animator | |||
December | 1 | Ken Berry | 85 | American | Actor, Singer | ||
1 | Ennio Fantastichini | 63 | Italian | Actor | |||
3 | Philip Bosco | 88 | American | Actor | |||
3 | Geoff Murphy | 80 | New Zealand | Director, Screenwriter | |||
6 | Tim Rossovich | 72 | American | Actor | |||
12 | Ferenc Kósa | 81 | Hungarian | Director, Screenwriter | |||
14 | Matti Kassila | 94 | Finnish | Director, Screenwriter | |||
17 | Galt MacDermot | 89 | Canadian | Composer | |||
17 | Penny Marshall | 75 | American | Director, Actress | |||
19 | Norman Gimbel | 91 | American | Lyricist | |||
19 | Peter Masterson | 84 | American | Actor, Director | |||
20 | Donald Moffat | 87 | English-American | Actor | |||
26 | Jorge Grau | 88 | Spanish | Director, Screenwriter | |||
27 | Børge Ring | 97 | Danish | Animator | |||
27 | Robert Kerman | 71 | American | Actor | |||
28 | Iaia Fiastri | 84 | Italian | Screenwriter | |||
28 | June Whitfield | 93 | English | Actress | |||
29 | Agneta Eckemyr | 68 | Swedish | Actress | |||
29 | Ringo Lam | 63 | Hong Kong | Director | |||
29 | Rosenda Monteros | 83 | Mexican | Actress | |||
30 | Don Lusk | 105 | American | Animator |