Year-End Lists

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. Montparnasse Bienvenue
   Léonor Serraille
5. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
6. Some Like It Veiled
   Sou Abadi
7. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
8. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
9. Let the Sunshine In
   Claire Denis
10. 12 Days
    Raymond Depardon

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017

Magnet Magazine: Top 25 Albums of 2017

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

1. Out in the Storm
   Waxahatchee
2. Sleep Well Beast
   The National
3. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
4. I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
   Chastity Belt
5. A Black Mile To The Surface
   Manchester Orchestra
6. Process
   Sampha
7. The Far Field
   Future Islands
8. Villains
   Queens of the Stone Age
9. What Now
   Sylvan Esso
10. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
11. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
12. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
13. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
14. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
15. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
16. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
17. How the West Was Won
    Peter Perrett
18. The Order of Time
    Valerie June
19. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
20. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
21. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
22. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
23. Anything Could Happen
    Bash & Pop
24. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
25. House and Land
    House and Land

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

[see also The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 • The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 • The Best Films of 2021 • The Best Films of 2020 • The Best Films of 2019 • Top 15 Films of 2018 • The Best Films of 2016 • The Best Films of 2015 • Top 15 Films of 2014 • 15 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Baby Driver
   Edgar Wright
4. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
7. Their Finest
   Lone Scherfig
8. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
9. Menashe
   Joshua Z Weinstein
10. My Happy Family
    Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
11. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
12. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
13. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
14. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
15. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

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

In The New Yorker, Dan Chiasson writes about “The Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017” and mentions the following collections (and one biography).

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

• Afterland
  Mai Der Vang
• Simulacra
  Airea D. Matthews
• Calling a Wolf a Wolf
  Kaveh Akbar
• WHEREAS
  Layli Long Soldier
• Don’t Call Us Dead
  Danez Smith
• Distant Mandate
  Ange Mlinko
• I Am Flying into Myself

  Selected Poems, 1960-2014
  Bill Knott
• Debths
  Susan Howe
• The Essential W.S. Merwin
  W.S. Merwin
• The Songs We Know Best

  John Ashbery’s Early Life
  Karin Roffman
• John Ashbery

  Collected Poems 1991-2000
  John Ashbery
• Richard Wilbur

  Collected Poems 1943-2004
  Richard Wilbur
• The Complete Poems of A.R. Ammons
  A.R. Ammons
• The Aeneid (translated by David Ferry)
  Virgil
• Half-Light

  Collected Poems 1965-2016
  Frank Bidart