Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2017

Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2017

20 March 2018

Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2017

[see also 2022202120202010s20192018201620152014201320122011]

Special Mentions

Village Voice Film Poll: Florence Almozini: Best Films of 2017

16 February 2018

Nocturama - Bertrand Bonello

Florence Almozini: Best Films of 2017, as published by The Village Voice as part of the Village Voice Film Poll

[see also 20222021]


This list contributes to:

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017

13 February 2018

Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017 (as published by The Village Voice, comprised of votes from more than 100 critics)

[see also 20202019201620152014201320122011]


This list summarizes other lists, including these:

Dan Sallitt: Favorite Films of 2017

18 January 2018

Staying Vertical - Alain Guiraudie

Dan Sallitt: Favorite Films of 2017, of those “that played at least one week in Manhattan for the first time in 2017, in approximate order of preference”

[see also 2010s201920182012]

Cinephiliacs: Peter Labuza: Favorite Films of 2017

15 January 2018

Peter Labuza: Favorite Films of 2017 (as discussed on The Cinephiliacs)

[see also 20222016]

Cinephiliacs: Keith Uhlich: Favorite Films of 2017

15 January 2018

Keith Uhlich: Favorite Films of 2017 (as discussed on The Cinephiliacs)

[see also 20192018201620122011]

Senses of Cinema World Poll: Daniel Kasman: Top 20 Films of 2017

11 January 2018

Song to Song - Terrence Malick

Daniel Kasman: Top 20 Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll, limited to films that were “new in cinemas.” See also his lists of older films and films not yet released.

[see also 2018]

Senses of Cinema World Poll: Brian Darr: Top Ten Feature Films of 2017

11 January 2018

Brian Darr: Top Ten Feature Films of 2017 of commercial US releases, as submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll, listed alphabetically by original-language title.

See also his “Top Five features undistributed in the USA and first screened in San Francisco in 2017,” “Top Twenty single-channel film and video works of less than feature length,” and “Top ten expanded cinema presentations of 2017.”

[see also 202320222020201920182016201520142013]

Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017

11 January 2018

Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson

Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017, with a capsule review of each one

[see also 202120182016]

Keith Phipps: Top 16 Films of 2017

10 January 2018

Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson

Keith Phipps: Top 16 Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2023202220212010s20182016201420122011]