The 13 best movies of the summer, according to critics

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There were more good movies than bad in theaters this summer, and that's exemplified in the diverse range of movies that were available to audiences from May to August.

The best-reviewed movies of the summer are short on the typical summer blockbuster fare, save for Pixar and Tom Cruise-starring sequels. But there were plenty of smaller films that captured the attention of audiences and critics alike, whether they be a Spike Lee joint or a touching documentary.

We rounded up the best movies of summer 2018 according to critic scores, and ranked them based on this list from review-aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.

Below are the 13 best movies of the summer, according to critics:

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13. "Blindspotting"

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Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%

Release date: July 27

What critics said:"Carlos López Estrada’s directorial debut 'Blindspotting' is a lot of things—it’s an anarchic buddy comedy, a sly satire of gentrification, and a sober drama about an African American man trying to carve out a life after being released from prison. But more than anything, it’s a deeply earnest work, written by its two stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal as both a love letter to their hometown of Oakland and as an anguished cry over the state of race relations there."— David Sims, The Atlantic

12. "First Reformed"

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Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%

Release date: May 18

What critics said:"At once ruminative and shocking, godwardly inclined and repellently graphic, 'First Reformed' is indisputably the finest film [Paul] Schrader has directed since his sensitive adaptation of Russell Banks’s novel 'Affliction,' the summa of a career spent dwelling on the most hidden dualities of an essential human character that the filmmaker sees as continually torn between its loftiest aspirations and earthiest impulses."— Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

11. "Incredibles 2"

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Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%

Release date: June 15

What critics said:"'Incredibles 2,' which continues the story of the first film quite literally, does not — and realistically cannot — feel as bracing, as miraculous, as exquisitely wrought as the first film. But all of that film's charming particulars are on hand — the design, the music, the characters."— Glen Weldon, NPR