The Best Movie Moments of 2018 Part 1

On the January 4, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by the whole /Film team, including managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman,  senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista, in the first part of a discussion to determine the top 50 movie moments of 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: We explain the rules to our process. Here is the full list of movie moments we have previously come up with and are working off of: Collin’s Final Rap - Blindspotting The Cheddar Goblin - Mandy The Bathroom Breakdown - Mandy The Chainsaw Fight - Mandy Showdown in the Lighthouse - Annihilation The Bear/Boar Monster - Annihilation Josie Turns into a Flower - Annihilation Miles Takes a Leap of Faith - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Escape from Alchemax - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Stan Lee Cameo - Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Star-Lord Meets The Avengers - Avengers: Infinity War Thanos Snaps His Fingers - Avengers: Infinity War The Lack of A Mid Credits Scene - Avengers: Infinity War Thanos Realizes What He Needs to do to Get the Soul Stone - Avengers: Infinity War Mother Suspirium Arrives - Suspiria Susie Dances and a Woman Dies - Suspiria The Dance Scene - The Favourite “I like when she puts her tongue in me” - The Favourite Jack Hock’s Final Request - Can You Ever Forgive Me? Cleaning Lee’s Apartment - Can you Ever Forgive Me? The Final Five Minutes - BlacKkKlansman Charlie Loses Her Head - Hereditary Annie is Just Hanging Out - Hereditary The Birth Sequence - A Quiet Place Jack Raps About a King - Mary Poppins Returns Breakfast With Behn Grymm - Bodied The Final Rap Battle - Bodied The Double Twist - Game Night “Oh no…he died!” - Game Night Cassius Discovers Steve Lift’s True Plan - Sorry to Bother You The Girls Get Stoned - Never Goin’ Back The Girls Are Forced to Shit in a Bucket - Never Goin’ Back Erik Killmonger’s Final Words - Black Panther The Casino Fight/Okoye Throws Her Wig - Black Panther The Bathroom Fight - Mission: Impossible — Fallout The HALO Jump - Mission: Impossible — Fallout The Helicopter Chase - Mission: Impossible — Fallout The First “Shallow” Performance — A Star is Born Neil Armstrong Lands on the Moon, in IMAX - First Man Neil Armstrong Does Math - First Man The Kitchen Fight - Upgrade No One Knows What to Do With Dead Stalin - The Death of Stalin Laurie Traps Michael - Halloween Judy Greer’s “Gotcha” Moment - Halloween That New John Carpenter Music Cue When Michael Attacks the Friendzoned Guy - Halloween The Big Shootout - Hold the Dark Falling in Love in the Forest - Border The Sex Scene - Border Recording the First Song - Hearts Beat Loud Hearing Your Song Playing in a Coffee Shop - Hearts Beat Loud The Dying Henchman Holds Joe’s Hand - You Were Never Really Here The Underwater Suicide Attempt - You Were Never Really Here The Death of Surly Joe - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Kids Sing as the Town Burns - Anna and the Apocalypse The Apartment Fight - The Night Comes For us Eddie Brock Gets in the Lobster Tank - Venom The Mahjong Game - Crazy Rich Asians The Wedding - Crazy Rich Asians Buffering at the Funeral - Searching The Opening Scene - Searching The Death of X-Force - Deadpool 2 Credits scene - Deadpool 2 The Kessel Run - Solo: A Star Wars Story Darth Maul - Solo: A Star Wars Story The Train Heist - Solo: A Star Wars Story The Shining Sequence - Ready Player One Lara Can’t Believe This is Getting Worse - Tomb Raider Spitting the Blood of Christ in an Evil Demon’s Face - The Nun The Pool Scene - The Strangers: Prey at Night The Five Boroughs of New York - Gotti The Mystery Comes Together - Destroyer Shopping for a Crib - Roma The Beach Scene - Roma The Fake-out Ending - Vice The Sunset Dance Scene - Burning Elizabeth Debicki Buys a Gun and Eats a Hot Dog - Widows The Elasticycle Chase - Incredibles 2 Elastigirl vs. Screenslaver - Incredibles 2 Mr. Rogers’ Testimony - Won’t You Be My Neighbor Daniel’s Prison Story – If Beale Street Could Talk The Apartment Staging - If Beale Street Could Talk The Pregnancy Reveal - If Beale Street Could Talk The Blanket Scene – The Sisters Brothers The Ending - First Reformed Cosmic Planking - First Reformed Cut from “Bitches need to get slapped sometimes” to Bing and his mom’s interview - Minding the Gap The Live-Aid Concert - Bohemian Rhapsody Vanellope Meets Disney Princesses - Ralph Breaks the Internet Vanellope Sings Her Song - Ralph Breaks the Internet That Triumphant Drone Shots After Alex’s Climb - Free Solo Rain on the Roof Song - Paddington 2 Making Marmalade - Paddington 2 The Goddamn Hurricane is Shaped Like a Skull - The Hurricane Heist The Endless Bloody Chase - Revenge The War on Cybertron - Bumblebee Reveal of another MEG - Meg Atlanna’s One-Take Fight - Aquaman Into the Trench - Aquaman That Octopus Plays the Drums - Aquaman Burning the Time Capsule - Eighth Grade The Car Scene - Eighth Grade Getting Lost at the Train Station - Mirai “The Thing That’s Wrong With You Isn’t What’s Wrong With Me” - Leave No Trace The Brother fucker scene - A Simple Favor The Journey Through Hell - The House That Jack Built End Credits Scene - Ant-Man and the Wasp Burning the Swimsuit (If Someone Loves You) - Shoplifters Opening Scene - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. 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