13 Awesome 2018 Movies That Deserve Best Picture (But Won't Get Nominated)

6. Incredibles 2

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% (7.9/10)

Why It Deserves Best Picture: Living up to 15-year-old expectations isn't easy, but Brad Bird did a splendid job making Incredibles 2 the year's most visually stunning, whip-smart and straight-up charming animated film.

And honestly, if you don't think the Jack-Jack/Raccoon fight is legitimately one of the year's best scenes of any genre, there's no helping you. While it seemed like Pixar had lost their magic for a little while there, this confirms they're still as stridently committed to artful entertainment as ever.

Why It Won't Get Nominated: If the decidedly more-acclaimed Coco missed out on a Best Picture nomination for Pixar last year, Incredibles 2's odds are inherently going to be a little shaky.

That's not to forget that the Academy really doesn't like nominating superhero movies outside of crafts categories, and given the strong possibility that Black Panther will sneak in the Best Picture field, there's no way in hell two films from the genre will get to share the spotlight.

Above all else, there's the opinion among some that Incredibles 2 was a great sequel but didn't quite recapture the fresh brilliance of the original, nor make sufficient enough commentary about how the superhero landscape has changed since 2004. To each their own.