1. If Beale Street Could Talk
2. Lathe Joshi
3. The Rider
4. Nude: Chitraa
5. Annihilation
6. BlacKkKlansman
7. Paddington 2
8. High Life
9. Bhasmasur
10. Blindspotting
(Note: Adlakha published this list as "The 10 Best-Directed Films of 2018"; I'm treating it as a traditional top 10. Several of the films above would have been ineligible in a real version of this poll, as they weren't commercially released in 2018, but see my introductory note on that subject.)