Year-End Lists

Noel Murray: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by The Verge

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2018]

• Twin Peaks: The Return
• Halt and Catch Fire
• The Leftovers
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Mindhunter
• Black-ish
• Better Call Saul
• Fargo
• The Good Place
• One Day at a Time
• Brockmire
• Feud
• Great News
• The Vietnam War
• Outlander
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• The Deuce
• Rick and Morty
• Stranger Things
• Survivor’s Remorse

Steve Erickson: Top 26 Films of 2017, as published by Gay City News

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

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
3. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
4. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
5. Starless Dreams
   Mehrdad Oskouei
6. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
7. i hate myself :)
   Joanna Arnow
8. The Other Side of Hope
   Aki Kaurismäki
9. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
10. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda

Runners-up

• Beach Rats
  Eliza Hittman
• Behemoth
  Zhao Liang
• City of Ghosts
  Matthew Heineman
• Colossal
  Nacho Vigalondo
• Columbus
  Kogonada
• Endless Poetry
  Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  Frederick Wiseman
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• My Friend Dahmer
  Marc Meyers
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• The Untamed
  Amat Escalante
• The Woman Who Left
  Lav Diaz

David Bianculli: Best TV of 2017 (as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air)

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Better Call Saul
2. Godless
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Fargo
5. Legion
6. Mindhunter
7. Black Mirror
8. The Americans
9. The Good Place
10. Big Little Lies
10. The Deuce
10. The Handmaid’s Tale

Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017

[see also 2015]

1. Sleep Well Beast
   The National
2. The Assassination of Julius Caesar
   Ulver
3. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
4. A Black Mile To The Surface
   Manchester Orchestra
5. After the Party
   The Menzingers
6. Happy Birthday
   Blood Cultures
7. Melodrama
   Lorde
8. Go Farther in Lightness
   Gang of Youths
9. In the Passing Light of Day
   Pain of Salvation
10. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
11. Science Fiction
    Brand New
12. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
13. Stranger in the Alps
    Phoebe Bridgers
14. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
15. After Laughter
    Paramore
16. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
17. Material Control
    Glassjaw
18. Arca
    Arca
19. Process
    Sampha
20. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
21. Vigilance Perennial
    Falls of Rauros
22. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
22. Ephemeral Constructions
    Jürg Frey
24. Plunge
    Fever Ray
25. Winter
    Fen
26. Infrared Horizon
    Artificial Brain
27. Foreword
    DispersE
28. Neō Wax Bloom
    Iglooghost
29. Slowdive
    Slowdive
30. Victory Lap
    Propagandhi
31. To the Bone
    Steven Wilson
32. Vol. 1: Flick Your Tongue Against Your Teeth and Describe the Present
    Bedwetter
33. Thrice Woven
    Wolves in the Throne Room
34. Go Be Forgotten
    Krallice
35. SATURATION II
    BROCKHAMPTON
36. Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
    Cradle of Filth
37. Stubborn Persistent Illusions
    Do Make Say Think
38. All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
    PVRIS
39. World Eater
    Blanck Mass
40. The OOZ
    King Krule
41. The Endless Shimmering
    And So I Watch You From Afar
42. Lykantropi
    Lykantropi
43. Turn Out the Lights
    Julien Baker
44. More Scared of You Than You Are of Me
    The Smith Street Band
45. The Ghosts That I Fear
    Dad Thighs
46. Heavy Black Heart
    death’s dynamic shroud
47. Always Foreign
    The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
48. Endless
    1800HaightStreet
49. I Tell A Fly
    Benjamin Clementine
50. The Crowning of the Fire King
    Sorcerer

Adrian Martin: Top Ten Films of 2017

[see also 2015 • 2012]

1. Sweet Dreams
   Marco Bellocchio
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
3. Lover for a Day
   Philippe Garrel
4. Detroit
   Kathryn Bigelow
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Hermia & Helena
   Matías Piñeiro
7. The Unknown Girl
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
8. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
9. The Assignment
   Walter Hill
10. Creepy
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa

A special word for two Australian films

• Strange Colours
  Alena Lodkina
• Songs of Revolution
  Bill Mousoulis

Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2016 • 2015]

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Ctrl
   SZA
3. Melodrama
   Lorde
4. SATURATION III
   BROCKHAMPTON
5. 4:44
   JAY-Z
6. blkswn
   Smino
7. Freudian
   Daniel Caesar
8. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
9. FUTURE
   Future
10. Beach House 3
    Ty Dolla $ign
11. The Never Story
    JID
12. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
13. The OOZ
    King Krule
14. Process
    Sampha
15. SATURATION II
    BROCKHAMPTON
16. Common Sense
    J Hus
17. Without Warning
    21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin
18. Fin
    Syd
19. Painting Pictures
    Kodak Black
20. Culture
    Migos
21. Stranger
    Yung Lean
22. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
23. At What Cost
    GoldLink
24. Apricot Princess
    Rex Orange County
25. Boo Boo
    Toro y Moi
26. Playboi Carti
    Playboi Carti
27. This Old Dog
    Mac DeMarco
28. SYRE
    Jaden Smith
29. Wamp 2 Dem
    Giggs
30. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
31. Issa
    21 Savage
32. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
33. Droptopwop
    Gucci Mane
34. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
35. Drunk
    Thundercat
36. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
37. BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS
    Young Thug
38. Mourn
    Corbin
39. No Mountains in Manhattan
    Wiki
40. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
41. War & Leisure
    Miguel
42. Good For You
    Aminé
43. Run the Jewels 3
    Run the Jewels
44. IWASVERYBAD
    IDK
45. More Life
    Drake
46. Peak
    Choker
47. Lil Pump
    Lil Pump
48. American Teen
    Khalid
49. No Dope on Sundays
    Cyhi The Prynce
50. Number 1 Angel
    Charli XCX

The Guardian: 50 Top Films of 2017 (of US releases)

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2015]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
7. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
8. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
11. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
14. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
15. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
16. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
17. Heal the Living
    Katell Quillévéré
18. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
19. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
20. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
21. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
22. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
23. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
24. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
26. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
27. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
28. Detroit
    Kathryn Bigelow
29. T2 Trainspotting
    Danny Boyle
30. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
31. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
32. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
33. Logan
    James Mangold
34. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
35. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
36. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
37. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
38. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
39. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
40. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
41. Beatriz at Dinner
    Miguel Arteta
42. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
43. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
44. My Cousin Rachel
    Roger Michell
45. Menashe
    Joshua Z Weinstein
46. The Salesman
    Asghar Farhadi
47. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
48. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
49. Stronger
    David Gordon Green
50. Molly’s Game
    Aaron Sorkin

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2017

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

1. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
2. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Ctrl
   SZA
4. Melodrama
   Lorde
5. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
6. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
7. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
8. Drunk
   Thundercat
9. Take Me Apart
   Kelela
10. Peasant
    Richard Dawson
11. Modern Kosmology
    Jane Weaver
12. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice
13. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
14. Common Sense
    J Hus
15. V
    The Horrors
16. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
17. More Life
    Drake
18. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
19. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
20. Process
    Sampha
21. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
22. The OOZ
    King Krule
23. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
24. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
25. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
26. After Laughter
    Paramore
27. I’m Not Your Man
    Marika Hackman
28. Slowdive
    Slowdive
29. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
30. Earl Grey
    Girl Ray
31. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
32. New Energy
    Four Tet
33. War & Leisure
    Miguel
34. Halo
    Juana Molina
35. Green Twins
    Nick Hakim
36. Freedom Highway
    Rhiannon Giddens
37. Hippopotamus
    Sparks
38. Prince of Tears
    Baxter Dury
39. Life Without Sound
    Cloud Nothings
40. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
41. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
42. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
43. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
44. I See You
    The xx
45. The Lost Art of Getting Down
    Powerdance
46. République Amazone
    Les Amazones d’Afrique
47. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
48. Far from Over
    Vijay Iyer Sextet
49. Till April Is Dead – A Garland of May
    Lisa Knapp
50. Ladilikan
    Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet

Bilge Ebiri: Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Village Voice

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

1. My Happy Family
   Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. After the Storm
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
4. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
5. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
6. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
7. Starless Dreams
   Mehrdad Oskouei
8. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. First They Killed My Father
    Angelina Jolie
11. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Oklahoma City
    Barak Goodman
14. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
15. Wonderstruck
    Todd Haynes
16. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
17. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
18. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
19. Logan
    James Mangold
20. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
21. The House
    Andrew Jay Cohen
22. In the Fade
    Fatih Akin
23. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
24. Kedi
    Ceyda Torun
25. Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by Les Inrockuptibles in no order

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Lover for a Day
  Philippe Garrel
• Silence
  Martin Scorsese
• Ismael’s Ghosts
  Arnaud Desplechin
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Yourself and Yours
  Hong Sang-soo
• Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
  Bruno Dumont
• The Edge of Seventeen
  Kelly Fremon Craig
• The House by the Sea
  Robert Guédiguian

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017