Year-End Lists

Katie Rife: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
7. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
8. Lady Macbeth
   William Oldroyd
9. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
10. Lucky
    John Carroll Lynch
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
13. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
14. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
15. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

Jesse Hassenger: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
4. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
5. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
   Noah Baumbach
6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
7. Colossal
   Nacho Vigalondo
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
   Rian Johnson
9. T2 Trainspotting
   Danny Boyle
10. Logan
    James Mangold
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
13. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
14. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
15. The Post
    Steven Spielberg

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

Mike D’Angelo: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Staying Vertical
   Alain Guiraudie
4. Brawl in Cell Block 99
   S. Craig Zahler
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
7. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
8. 4 Days in France
   Jérôme Reybaud
9. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
10. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
11. From Nowhere
    Matthew Newton
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. The Challenge
    Yuri Ancarani
14. All This Panic
    Jenny Gage
15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
2. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
3. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
4. Logan
   James Mangold
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
8. John Wick: Chapter 2
   Chad Stahelski
9. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
11. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
12. Split
    M. Night Shyamalan
13. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
14. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

A.A. Dowd: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
7. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
8. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
9. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
11. Starless Dreams
    Mehrdad Oskouei
12. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
13. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
14. The Salesman
    Asghar Farhadi
15. Logan
    James Mangold

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

Joshua Rothkopf: 20 Best Films of 2017, as published by Time Out New York

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
4. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
7. Detroit
   Kathryn Bigelow
8. It Comes at Night
   Trey Edward Shults
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
   Rian Johnson
10. Columbus
    Kogonada
11. Wormwood
    Errol Morris
12. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
13. Walking Out
    Alex & Andrew Smith
14. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
15. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
16. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
17. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
18. The Girl with All the Gifts
    Colm McCarthy
19. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
20. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve

Les Inrockuptibles: Best Films of 2017

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

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
4. Ismael’s Ghosts
   Arnaud Desplechin
5. Yourself and Yours
   Hong Sang-soo
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
   Ang Lee
8. Let the Sunshine In
   Claire Denis
9. Barbara
   Mathieu Amalric
10. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
11. Logan
    James Mangold
12. Split
    M. Night Shyamalan
13. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
14. The House by the Sea
    Robert Guédiguian
15. The Day After
    Hong Sang-soo
16. Sayonara
    Kôji Fukada
17. The Edge of Seventeen
    Kelly Fremon Craig
18. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
    Bruno Dumont
19. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
20. Sleeping Beauty
    Adolfo Arrieta

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2017

Roger Koza: Favorite Films of 2017, as submitted to the Otros Cines Survey

1. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
2. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
3. The Impossible Picture
   Sandra Wollner
4. Good Manners
   Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas
5. Barbs, Wastelands
   Marta Mateus
6. Milla
   Valérie Massadian
6. Baronesa
   Juliana Antunes
7. Alanis
   Anahí Berneri
8. Drift
   Helena Wittmann
9. Luz Obscura
   Susana de Sousa Dias
10. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR

Ben Sachs: Favorite Films of 2017, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
2. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
3. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
4. That Most Important Thing: Love
   Andrzej Zulawski
5. Sixty Six
   Lewis Klahr
6. Dim the Fluorescents
   Daniel Warth
7. Nowhere to Hide
   Zaradasht Ahmed
8. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
9. Mimosas
   Oliver Laxe
10. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
11. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
12. Princess Cyd
    Stephen Cone
13. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
14. The Lovers
    Azazel Jacobs
15. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
16. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
17. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont
18. In Transit
    David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
19. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
20. Julieta
    Pedro Almodóvar
21. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
22. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
23. Frantz
    François Ozon
24. The Moderns
    Marcela Matta and Mauro Sarser
25. Get Out
    Jordan Peele

Honorable Mentions

• Behemoth
  Zhao Liang
• The Breadwinner
  Nora Twomey
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Félicité
  Alain Gomis
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Golden Years
  André Téchiné
• Last Flag Flying
  Richard Linklater
• Our Time Will Come
  Ann Hui
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas

J.R. Jones: The Best Films of 2017, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
2. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
3. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
7. Loving Vincent
   Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
8. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
9. The Red Turtle
   Michael Dudok de Wit
10. Death in the Terminal
    Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudri

Runners-up

11. The Square
    Jehane Noujaim
12. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
13. Last Men in Aleppo
    Firas Fayyad
14. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
15. The Lovers
    Azazel Jacobs
16. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
17. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
18. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
19. Obit
    Vanessa Gould
20. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd