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2018 Oscars: Grading/Ranking the Nominees

Even though I have cut the cord -- which I don't regret in the slightest, as commercials are often annoying, to say the least -- I will make it a point to watch the 90th Academy Awards ceremony this Sunday, March 4, 2018, at 8 p.m. (with red carpet coverage commencing at 6:30) on ABC, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the second year in a row. Free trials are available for YouTube TV, DirecTV now, and Hulu Live, but you have to remember to cancel the subscription once the trial period is over and, knowing me, I might will probably forget.  This does prevent me from hosting an Oscar party, although my last one was three years ago.  So I'll most likely be crashing at my parents' house, which is usually where I spending my Sunday evenings.  

 I did manage to see many of this year's Oscar-nominated films -- and those that were snubbed, like Wonder Woman -- whether streaming, on my Roku, or in the theatre.  Below I have ranked every single one of these movies, separated into letter grade categories, listing alphabetically.  And my favorite movie of the year just so happens to be listed first.  If I have time, I will post individual reviews.  
A
*Call Me By Your Name*
Dunkirk
Edith+Eddie 
The Eleven O'Clock
Get Out
Icarus
Lady Bird
Lou
Negative Space
The Shape of Water

 A-
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Baby Driver
The Big Sick
Blade Runner 2049
The Breadwinner
Coco 
DeKalb Elementary
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
I, Tonya
Last Men In Aleppo
Logan
Mudbound
The Post
The Silent Child
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
War for the Planet of the Apes
Watu Wote (All of Us)

B+
All the Money in the World
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Dear Basketball
The Disaster Artist
Faces Places
The Florida Project
The Greatest Showman
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Knife Skills
Loving Vincent
Marshall
My Nephew Emmett
Revolting Rhymes, Part I
Strong Island
Traffic Stop
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder

 B
Ferdinand
Garden Party
Kong: Skull Island

 B-
The Boss Baby
Molly's Game
Phantom Thread
Roman J. Israel, Esq. 

 Not yet seen

A Fantastic Woman

The Insult

On Body & Soul
The Square
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