Year-End Lists

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2017 (an annual survey of 135 critics, programmers, festival directors and filmmakers from 36 countries, organized by Roger Koza)

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

1. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
2. The Other Side of Hope
   Aki Kaurismäki
3. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
4. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
5. The Nothing Factory
   Pedro Pinho
5. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch

Honorable Mentions

6. The Day After
   Hong Sang-soo
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
8. The Wandering Soap Opera
   Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
8. Araby
   João Dumans and Affonso Uchôa
9. In the Intense Now
   João Moreira Salles
10. Lover for a Day
    Philippe Garrel

Denis Côté: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch
• Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  Frederick Wiseman
• The Other Side of Hope
  Aki Kaurismäki
• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Mrs. Fang
  Wang Bing
• Frost
  Šarūnas Bartas
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Dragonfly Eyes
  Xu Bing
• Distant Constellation
  Shevaun Mizrahi

Lydia Ogwang: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

[see also 2018]

• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Strangely Ordinary This Devotion
  Dani Leventhal and Sheilah Wilson
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• This Time Tomorrow
  Lina Rodriguez
• Incense, Sweaters, and Ice
  Martine Syms
• Ouroboros
  Basma Alsharif
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• La Libertad
  Laura Huertas Millán

Film School Rejects: Best Movies of 2017

[see also 2010s • 2018]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Thelma
   Joachim Trier
3. Columbus
   Kogonada
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
5. Foxtrot
   Samuel Maoz
6. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
7. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
8. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
   Angela Robinson
9. Bad Genius
   Nattawut Poonpiriya
10. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
13. Hostiles
    Scott Cooper
14. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
15. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
16. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
17. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky

Erin Trahan: Best Movies of 2017, as posted by WBUR's The ARTery

[see also 2018]

• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Motherland
  Ramona S. Diaz
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Last Pig
  Allison Argo

Sean Burns: Best Movies of 2017, as posted by WBUR’s The ARTery

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012 • 2011]

• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  Martin McDonagh
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson

Joanna Di Mattia: Favorite Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter and submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll.

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. 20th Century Women
   Mike Mills
3. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
4. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
7. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
8. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
9. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
10. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Dawson City: Frozen Time
    Bill Morrison
14. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
15. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
16. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
17. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
18. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
19. Their Finest
    Lone Scherfig
20. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd

Honourable mentions (in alphabetical order by original-language title)

1. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
2. Frantz
   François Ozon
3. God’s Own Country
   Francis Lee
4. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
5. The Party
   Sally Potter
6. A Fantastic Woman
   Sebastián Lelio

Alicia Malone: Top 50 Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2018]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
5. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
6. Foxtrot
   Samuel Maoz
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
9. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
10. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
11. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
12. Thelma
    Joachim Trier
13. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
14. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
15. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
16. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
17. A Fantastic Woman
    Sebastián Lelio
18. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
19. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
20. Flesh and Blood
    Mark Webber
21. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
22. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
23. Columbus
    Kogonada
24. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
25. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
26. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
27. Molly’s Game
    Aaron Sorkin
28. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
29. Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
    Paul McGuigan
30. Happy End
    Michael Haneke
31. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
32. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
33. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
34. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
35. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
36. The Lure
    Agnieszka Smoczynska
37. Darkest Hour
    Joe Wright
38. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
39. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
40. Lucky
    John Carroll Lynch
41. Step
    Amanda Lipitz
42. Menashe
    Joshua Z Weinstein
43. Wind River
    Taylor Sheridan
44. Oh Lucy!
    Atsuko Hirayanagi
45. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
46. Hounds of Love
    Ben Young
47. Your Name
    Makoto Shinkai
48. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
49. Lemon
    Janicza Bravo
50. Patti Cake$
    Geremy Jasper

Scott Feinberg: Top Ten Films of 2017 (as posted on Twitter)

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. Icarus
   Bryan Fogel
4. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
   John Ridley
7. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
8. In the Fade
   Fatih Akin
9. Molly’s Game
   Aaron Sorkin
10. Spoor
    Agnieszka Holland

Peter Debruge: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety

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

1. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Distinguished Citizen
   Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
6. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
7. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
8. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
9. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
10. Lost in Paris
    Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

Other exceptional movies

• Brigsby Bear
  Dave McCary
• Contemporary Color
  Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Heal the Living
  Katell Quillévéré
• Lady Macbeth
  William Oldroyd
• Land of Mine
  Martin Zandvliet
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Raw
  Julia Ducournau
• Sweet Virginia
  Jamie M. Dagg