My Cat's Favourite Films for 2018

As is traditional, my cats also have strong opinions on movies and have compiled their list of favourites this year. Their preferred genres are Aussie dramas, war films, science fiction, and anything involving vengeance (e.g. Liam Neeson on a rampage).

1. The Darkest Hour

2. Death of Stalin

3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

4. Molly’s Game

5. Ghost Stories

6. Chappaquidick

7. Gringo

8. Ophelia

9. Overlord

10. Foxtrot

11. Swinging safari

12. Bad Times at the El Royale

13. Solo 

Films of 2018

So far I've seen 99 films at the cinema this year, well behind most years. And it hasn't been a particularly memorable year. No science fiction or fantasy films left their mark, and there weren't many successful comedies. But I've still managed to scrape together a list of my top ten.

I should mention that Paddington 2 missed out on last year's list due to its very late in the year release date, but it deserved to be there.

10. First Man - the story of the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong

9. Bad Times at the El Royale - who'll survive a night at this motel?

8. Juliet Naked - Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd & Ethan Hawke. That's all you need to know.

7. Journey's End - in the trenches of the Great War, waiting for orders to advance

6. Crooked House - a country house whodunnit

5. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - WW2

4. The Darkest Hour - the third and best Churchill movie of 2018

3. Mission Impossible Fallout - kinetic and non-stop thrills

2. Death of Stalin - the funniest film of the year

1. On Chesil Beach - tragic drama set in the 1950s 

Clearly I like English period dramas. They make up half of the ten.

Honourable mentions go to Overlord, Solo, and Ophelia.