2018 summer movie guide: The 40 must-see films
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2018 Summer Movies Guide
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40. The Equalizer 2 (July 20)
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39. Slender Man (Aug. 24)
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38. RBG (May 4)
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37. Searching (Aug. 3)
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36. Skyscraper (July 13)
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35. The First Purge (July 4)
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34. Life of the Party (May 11)
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33. The Little Stranger (Aug. 31)
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32. Mile 22 (Aug. 3)
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31. The Meg (Aug. 10)
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30. Action Point (June 1)
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29. Hotel Artemis (June 8)
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28. Eighth Grade (July 13)
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27. Book Club (May 18)
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26. Sorry to Bother You (July 6)
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25. The Spy Who Dumped Me (Aug. 3)
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24. Tully (May 4)
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23. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (June 29)
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22. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (July 20)
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21. Whitney (July 6)
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20. Superfly (June 15)
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19. Christopher Robin (Aug. 3)
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18. Pope Francis – A Man of His Word (May 18)
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17. Crazy Rich Asians (Aug. 17)
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16. BlacKkKlansman (Aug. 10)
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15. Tag (June 15)
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14. First Reformed (May 18)
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13. The Happytime Murders (Aug. 17)
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12. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (July 13)
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11. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (June 8)
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10. Under the Silver Lake (June 22)
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9. Mission: Impossible — Fallout (July 27)
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8. Hereditary (June 8)
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7. Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6)
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6. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (June 22)
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5. Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25)
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4. Deadpool 2 (May 18)
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3. Incredibles 2 (June 15)
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2. Ocean’s 8 (June 8)
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1. Avengers: Infinity War (April 27)
The summer movie season starts earlier than usual this year. But such is the superpower of the Avengers — when they move their release date up (from May 4 to April 27), the entire idea of what constitutes summer films moves with it. Avengers: Infinity War will kick things off with a bang, but beyond just a handful of other titles (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ocean’s 8, Deadpool 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Incredibles 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Mission: Impossible – Fallout), the season is surprisingly light on tentpoles.
That’s all well and good, since it will give moviegoers more bandwidth to catch some decidedly lower-budget but just as promising fare like the Sundance breakouts Hereditary; Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot; and Sorry to Bother You, comedies like Tag, Action Point, and The Happytime Murders, and the sure-to-be-acclaimed bio-docs Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Pope Francis, and Whitney.
Read on for our countdown of the most anticipated summer movies.