Happy as Lazzaro is movie of the year, due to its powerful portrayal of poverty, especially that the victims live worse lives in the modern world compared to when peasants. There is also no movie of this year as touching.
The greatest spectacle is Ready Player One:
- it has the best animation
- it has the best character design
- great supply of iconic fictional characters
- fantastic in-game environment
The best humor is found in Deadpool 2, a sequel that also happens to be better than the (delightful) original.
The best thriller is the intense Mile 22, and its Iko Uwais gives the year's favorite performance. The movie also has the best action direction. Runner-up for favorite performance is by Jesse Plemons in Game Night.