# Best Picture nominees at the 2018 Oscars: all nine films

> All nine Best Picture nominees at the 2018 Oscars, from winner The Shape of Water to Get Out, Lady Bird, Dunkirk and Call Me by Your Name.

Source: https://rankiew.app/blog/oscars-2018-best-picture-nominees
Published: 2026-10-09
Author: Rankiew
Tags: oscars, oscars 2018, best picture, the shape of water, oscar history

The 90th Academy Awards took place on March 4, 2018, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Nine very different films competed, from horror to war, and a love story with a creature took the top prize.

# The nine Best Picture nominees of 2018

## 1. The Shape of Water (2017) · Winner

::film[The Shape of Water|2017]

In 1962, a mute cleaner falls in love with an amphibian creature held in a secret lab.

- **Director:** Guillermo del Toro
- **Genre:** Fantasy, Drama

**Worth it if:** you want a strange and tender love story.

**Oscars:** Winner: Best Picture

## 2. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

::film[Call Me by Your Name|2017]

During a summer in Italy in 1983, a 17-year-old falls in love with his father's assistant.

- **Director:** Luca Guadagnino
- **Genre:** Drama

**Worth it if:** you want a sensual, melancholy summer romance.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 3. Darkest Hour (2017)

::film[Darkest Hour|2017]

Winston Churchill takes power in May 1940 and must decide whether to face Hitler.

- **Director:** Joe Wright
- **Genre:** History, Biography

**Worth it if:** you love political history and big speeches.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 4. Dunkirk (2017)

::film[Dunkirk|2017]

Allied soldiers are trapped on a French beach in 1940, in a story told by land, sea and air.

- **Director:** Christopher Nolan
- **Genre:** War, History

**Worth it if:** you want tension from the first to the last minute.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 5. Get Out (2017)

::film[Get Out|2017]

A young Black man visits his white girlfriend's family, and the weekend turns into a nightmare.

- **Director:** Jordan Peele
- **Genre:** Horror, Thriller

**Worth it if:** you want horror with a sharp idea behind it.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 6. Lady Bird (2017)

::film[Lady Bird|2017]

A teenager in Sacramento clashes with her mother during her last year of school.

- **Director:** Greta Gerwig
- **Genre:** Comedy, Drama

**Worth it if:** you love honest, funny coming-of-age stories.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 7. Phantom Thread (2017)

::film[Phantom Thread|2017]

A demanding London fashion designer in the 1950s has his life disrupted by a young woman.

- **Director:** Paul Thomas Anderson
- **Genre:** Drama

**Worth it if:** you enjoy elegant films about obsession.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 8. The Post (2017)

::film[The Post|2017]

The Washington Post fights to publish the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

- **Director:** Steven Spielberg
- **Genre:** Drama, History

**Worth it if:** you love journalism stories.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

## 9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

::film[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri|2017]

A grieving mother rents three billboards to challenge the police over her daughter's murder.

- **Director:** Martin McDonagh
- **Genre:** Crime, Drama

**Worth it if:** you want anger, grief and very dark humor.

**Oscars:** Nominated: Best Picture

# What won Best Picture at the 2018 Oscars?

The Shape of Water won Best Picture, and Guillermo del Toro also won Best Director.

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