15 Best Movie Performances Of 2018 (So Far)

By Jack Pooley / June 20, 2018

11. Nick Robinson (Love, Simon)

No longer destined to be remembered solely as "the creepy teenager from Jurassic World", Nick Robinson did a wonderful job playing closeted gay high schooler Nick in this deeply affecting and ludicrously entertaining coming-of-age comedy.

Robinson at once conveys the youthful anguish of burgeoning sexuality - something seen all-too-rarely in mainstream cinema - with poignant humanity and ably argues that, shockingly enough, Simon's ultimately just like everybody else.

It's a thoroughly charming performance that's suitably subdued for the most part - and almost every performance in the movie is pretty great, actually - though Robinson knows when to swing for the fences too.