2017 was a great year for movies, with instant classics like “Get Out” and “Blade Runner 2049,” and 2018 looks to have many more good movies.

There are brand new films coming like “Red Sparrow,” starring Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian intelligence agent, and “Holmes and Watson,” a comedy about the famous characters starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Plenty of new movies are sequels, too, like “Mission Impossible 6” and “Pacific Rim: Uprising,” which stars John Boyega in the same universe as the original film.

“Black Panther” is the first superhero movie in a year full of them, but this one looks to be different. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o, the movie focuses on T’Challa, Boseman’s character and his life after the plot of “Captain America: Civil War.” The cast is almost entirely African American, which will be a breath of fresh air compared to all of the other Marvel movies. The movie also takes place in Wakanda, a futuristic African nation that hasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet, and is a place I’ve been looking forward to seeing for a while. “Black Panther” releases on Feb. 16 and will help to bring in the new year for a bevy of Marvel movies.

“Solo: A Star Wars Story” is, obviously, a prequel following the famous Star Wars character, Han Solo in his distant past before the first Star Wars movie. The movie stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Paul Bettany are also appearing in the film. Not much else is known about the film other than it being about Solo’s escapades prior to his joining the Rebellion. The movie releases May 25.

“Deadpool 2” is a sequel to the massively successful “Deadpool.” Ryan Reynolds and T.J. Miller reprise their roles of Wade Wilson and Weasel, respectively, from the original movie. The sequel also introduces Josh Brolin as Cable and Zazie Beetz as Domino. The movie looks to have many of the funny one-liners and humor the original had, coming from the trailer. If you liked “Deadpool,” then I would keep its sequel on your radar when it releases June 1.

The movie Pixar fans have been waiting years for, “Incredibles 2,” will finally release this year on June 15. It brings back all of the characters people loved, like Frozone. But something fans have been wondering was when the movie will occur after the original.

Director Brad Bird commented on that to Cinema Blend, and he said, “It starts right as the first one finishes, so it just carries on. It starts with the Underminer and a big old set piece.”

After a few disappointing movies by Pixar, like “The Good Dinosaur” and “Cars 3,” they were able to bounce back with “Coco.” “Incredibles 2” will hopefully continue the upward trend.

One of the surprises in 2015 for me was “Sicario,” which focused on the Mexican drug trade. The sequel, titled “Sicario 2: Soldado,” brings back Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro in the same roles. Brolin’s character has to team back up with Del Toro to stop the Mexican drug cartels from bringing drugs to the United States. However, the director of the original movie, Denis Villeneuve, did not return for the sequel. The writer is the same, Taylor Sheridan, and maybe that will help the new director find similar footing. The sequel releases Jun. 29.

One of my favorite movies of 2016 was the Harry Potter spin-off “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” It was fun to see the magic from the Harry Potter series happen in the United States and to see characters we had heard about actually on the screen, like Newt Scamander and Grindlewald. The sequel, titled “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald,” takes places a couple months after the original, in the year 1927. The movie also introduces Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, and will most likely show the beginning of strife between Dumbledore and Grindlewald. The movie releases on Nov. 16, which will be exciting for the Thanksgiving season.

The biggest movie of the year for me is “Avengers: Infinity War.” It is the culmination of 10 years of Marvel movies, which has finally led to the moment we see Thanos facing the Avengers. It will be glorious. This movie has all of the characters seen in the Marvel movies teaming up to defeat Thanos, and it is only the first part in a duo of movies Thanos will appear in. The patience Marvel Studios has shown in being able to hold off having their big villain be 10 years away will be rewarded when “Avengers: Infinity War” releases on May 4.