Year-End Lists

James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied.
   exhibition at Fondazione Prada
2. Jean Vigo retrospective at Il Cinema Ritrovato
3. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
4. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
5. The Nothing Factory
   Pedro Pinho
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Closeness
   Kantemir Balagov
8. 12 Days
   Raymond Depardon
9. Caniba
   Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
10. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman

J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Drunk (aka Drink)
   Andy Warhol
2. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
3. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
   Heinz Emigholz
4. The Vietnam War
   Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
   Alexandra Dean
10. An Ecstatic Experience
    Ja’Tovia Gary

Erika Balsom: 13 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Tonsler Park
   Kevin Jerome Everson
2. By the Time It Gets Dark
   Anocha Suwichakornpong
3. The Human Surge
   Eduardo Williams
4. Freak Orlando
   Ulrike Ottinger
4. Chamisso’s Shadow
   Ulrike Ottinger
4. Hallucinations
   Ben Russell
5. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
6. Also Known as Jihadi
   Eric Baudelaire
7. Eight Hours are Not a Day
   Rainer Werner Fassbinder
7. The Nothing Factory
   Pedro Pinho
8. El mar la mar
   Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
9. Sunstone
   Filipa César and Louis Henderson
10. Life Imitation
    Chen Zhou

Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Spoor
   Agnieszka Holland
2. Quest
   Jonathan Olshefski
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Top of the Lake: China Girl
   Jane Campion and Ariel Kleiman
5. Beatriz at Dinner
   Miguel Arteta
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
   Tyler Hubby
8. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
9. En el Séptimo Día
   Jim McKay
10. Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8
    David Lynch

John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Baby Driver
   Edgar Wright
2. I, Olga Hepnarová
   Tomas Weinreb and Petr Kazda
3. The Strange Ones
   Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliff
4. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
5. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
6. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
7. The Wizard of Lies
   Barry Levinson
8. Lady Macbeth
   William Oldroyd
9. Wonder Wheel
   Woody Allen
10. Tom of Finland
    Dome Karukoski