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Best of the Best Movies of 2018

Making the best of the "Best of" lists I'm the kind of person who loves to optimize my life.  I love searching social media sites like Yelp to find the "best" tacos near me .  When I purchase gadgets or household appliances I always read some expert's opinion, like when I'm looking for   TV antennae .  Being a "data person", naturally I gravitate toward any kind of data-driven analysis. Every year around this time, magazines and newspapers publish their opinions on "Best Movies of the year", which of course is the kind of thing I like to read.  "Why watch those lesser movies if I can watch the *best* ones?" is how my brain thinks.  But there are so many lists, it's impossible to know which one I will agree with.  NPR might have a hidden gem, but they ignore some of the big blockbusters i know I would like.  Rolling Stone might have more of the low-brow winners, but ignore the more high-brow entertainment that the NY...