Best of July 2018: Top Albums, Games, Movies & TV

Highest-scoring albums this month

Includes albums with 7 or more reviews from critics. Reissues, live albums, EPs, and compilations are excluded. All scores on this page are from the afternoon of July 31, 2018.

Album/Artist Score Buy Album Stream Album 1 Basic Volume by Gaika 87 Amazon iTunes Spotify 2 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven 85 Amazon iTunes Spotify 3 Raw Silk Uncut Wood by Laurel Halo 84 Amazon iTunes Spotify 4 All That Reckoning by Cowboy Junkies 84 Amazon iTunes Spotify 5 Hive Mind by The Internet 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 6 K.O. by Miss Red 81 Amazon iTunes Spotify 7 Palo Santo by Years & Years 81 Amazon Spotify 8 Kill the Lights by Tony Molina 81 Amazon iTunes Spotify 9 Power by Lotic 80 Amazon iTunes Spotify 10 Lifted by Israel Nash 79 Amazon iTunes Spotify

Highest-scoring movies this month

Includes films with 7 or more reviews from critics. Theatrical re-releases are excluded.

Best wide releases Movie Genre Score 1 Mission: Impossible – Fallout Action-adventure/Thriller 86 2 Sorry to Bother You Comedy 81 3 Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Animation/Family 70 4 Ant-Man and the Wasp Action-adventure/Sci-fi 70 5 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Musical/Comedy 60

Best limited (including streaming/VOD-only) releases Movie Genre Score 1 Eighth Grade Comedy 90 2 McQueen Documentary 84 3 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Documentary 82 4 Under the Tree Foreign/Drama/Comedy 77 5 Blindspotting Drama/Comedy 76

Best DVD/Blu-ray releases Movie Genre Score Buy 1 I Am Another You Documentary 85 Amazon 2 You Were Never Really Here Drama 84 Amazon 3 Love After Love Drama 84 Amazon 4 A Quiet Place Horror/Thriller 82 Amazon 5 Isle of Dogs Animation/Adventure 82 Amazon 6 Lean on Pete Drama/Adventure 80 Amazon 7 Disobedience Drama 74 Amazon 8 Journey's End Drama 73 Amazon 9 Where Is Kyra? Drama 72 Amazon 10 Happy End Foreign/Drama 72 Amazon

Highest-scoring TV premieres this month

All shows debuting this month with reviews from at least 4 critics are eligible.

Best new shows (including movies/miniseries/specials) Show Score Network Stream It 1 Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story 87 Paramount 2 Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 78 HBO 3 Sharp Objects 77 HBO 4 Making It 77 NBC 5 Burden of Truth 69 The CW Best returning shows * Show Score Network Stream It 1 Trial & Error Season 2 75 NBC 2 Orange is the New Black Season 6 69 Netflix 3 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Season 10 61 Netflix * Among shows with reviews. Generally, only certain noteworthy shows are reviewed by critics after season 1.

Highest-scoring video games this month (by platform)

Includes games with 7 or more reviews from critics. (iOS releases include titles with 4 or more reviews from critics.)

PlayStation 4 1 Sonic Mania Plus 87 Buy 2 Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2 80 Buy 3 The Persistence 80   4 Mothergunship 79 Buy 5 Tempest 4000 77 Buy	Xbox One 1 Warhammer: Vermintide 2 81   2 Mothergunship 77 Buy 3 MXGP Pro 75 Buy 4 No Man's Sky 75 Buy
PC 1 The Banner Saga 3 83   2 Chasm 75   3 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War 75	Switch 1 Sonic Mania Plus 91 Buy 2 Octopath Traveler 84 Buy 3 Hand of Fate 2 83   4 Mega Man X Legacy Collection 83   5 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker 82
Nintendo 3DS (no good releases this month) PlayStation Vita (no good releases this month)	iPhone/iPad 1 Motorsport Manager Mobile 3 87 Buy

What did you like?

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