20 Best Movies Of 2018 (So Far)

14. Thoroughbreds

A searing debut for writer-director Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds is a deliciously dark satire of well-off suburban malaise, propelled forward by an electrifying two-hander between leads Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy.

Beautifully shot and delicately balancing its tone between subtle-yet-savage humour and legitimate suspense, it's a movie utterly unafraid to go to some deeply unpleasant places - as the two girls plot a murderous solution to their problems - yet never loses sight of its consistent tonal through-line.

If all this isn't enough of a selling point, it also features the last major performance from the late Anton Yelchin, who characteristically shines as an oafish drug dealer roped into the two girls' dangerous scheme.