Year-End Lists

Owen Gleiberman: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012]

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. Oklahoma City
   Barak Goodman
4. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
5. The Disaster Artist
   James Franco
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
8. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie

Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2017

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2012 • 2011]

• Antisocialites
  Alvvays
• Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
  Ariel Pink
• Dada
  B Boys
• Somersault
  Beach Fossils
• Capacity
  Big Thief
• New Kind of Normal
  Cayetana
• Apocalipstick
  Cherry Glazerr
• Lotta Sea Lice
  Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
• Spirit
  Depeche Mode
• ken
  Destroyer
• New Work
  Dinner
• Plunge
  Fever Ray
• Crack-Up
  Fleet Foxes
• Abysma
  Geotic
• Painted Ruins
  Grizzly Bear
• Out of Range
  Gun Outfit
• Screen Memories
  John Maus
• Turn Out the Lights
  Julien Baker
• Other Towns Than Ours
  Last Leaves
• Lo Tom
  Lo Tom
• Night Drive
  Night Drive
• Reborn
  Nite
• Multi-Task
  Omni
• Relatives in Descent
  Protomartyr
• S/T
  Rainer Maria
• Rays
  Rays
• English Tapas
  Sleaford Mods
• Permo
  Spinning Coin
• Doris and the Daggers
  Spiral Stairs
• Hot Thoughts
  Spoon
• MASSEDUCTION
  St. Vincent
• Lost World
  Star Tropics
• Themes for Dying Earth
  Teen Daze
• The Courtneys II
  The Courtneys
• Abysmal Thoughts
  The Drums
• Blue Field
  The Luxembourg Signal
• 50 Song Memoir
  The Magnetic Fields
• Sleep Well Beast
  The National
• Snow
  The New Year
• The Echo of Pleasure
  Pains of Being Pure at Heart
• I See You
  The xx
• Rare Feeling
  Twain
• Full Flower
  Us and Only Us
• A Deeper Understanding
  The War on Drugs
• Out in the Storm
  Waxahatchee
• The World’s Best American Band
  White Reaper
• Expect the Best
  Widowspeak
• Silver / Lead
  Wire
• Cry Cry Cry
  Wolf Parade
• Willowbank
  Yumi Zouma

Michael Robbins: Notable Poetry of 2017, as published by The Chicago Tribune

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2012]

• “Vladimir Mayakovsky” and Other Poems
  Vladimir Mayakovsky
• Hard Child
  Natalie Shapero
• Crawlspace
  Nikki Wallschlaeger
• Transnational Battle Field
  Heriberto Yépez
• Blackout
  Nanni Balestrini
• John Ashbery

  Collected Poems 1991-2000
  John Ashbery
• The Complete Poems of A.R. Ammons
  A.R. Ammons
• The Complete Poems of A.R. Ammons
  A.R. Ammons
• James Wright

  A Life in Poetry
  Jonathan Blunk
• The Book of Disquiet
  Fernando Pessoa

Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2017, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Wonder Woman
   Patty Jenkins
9. Jane
   Brett Morgen
10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Their Finest
  Lone Scherfig
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2017, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
4. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
10. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray

Also excellent

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Lady Macbeth
  William Oldroyd
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  Steve James
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  James Gunn
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky

Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
8. Columbus
   Kogonada
9. Jane
   Brett Morgen
10. Mudbound
    Dee Rees

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017

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

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Melodrama
   Lorde
3. Plunge
   Fever Ray
4. Okovi
   Zola Jesus
5. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
6. Process
   Sampha
7. I See You
   The xx
8. Take Me Apart
   Kelela
9. New Energy
   Four Tet
10. Black Origami
    Jlin
11. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
12. Slowdive
    Slowdive
13. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
14. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
15. Neō Wax Bloom
    Iglooghost
16. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
17. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
18. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
19. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
20. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
21. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
22. Arca
    Arca
23. All American Made
    Margo Price
24. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
25. Brutalism
    Idles
26. World Eater
    Blanck Mass
27. The OOZ
    King Krule
28. The Order of Time
    Valerie June
29. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
30. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
31. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
32. Face Your Fear
    Curtis Harding
33. Run the Jewels 3
    Run the Jewels
34. Freedom Highway
    Rhiannon Giddens
35. Ctrl
    SZA
36. Gargoyle
    Mark Lanegan Band
37. Drunk
    Thundercat
38. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
39. Life Will See You Now
    Jens Lekman
40. Freedom Is Free
    Chicano Batman
41. Fin
    Syd
42. Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
    Open Mike Eagle
43. Capacity
    Big Thief
44. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
45. Hang
    Foxygen
46. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
47. Villains
    Queens of the Stone Age
48. Uyai
    Ibibio Sound Machine
49. Sidelong
    Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
50. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
51. Rocket
    (Sandy) Alex G
52. After Laughter
    Paramore
53. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
54. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
55. Guppy
    Charly Bliss
56. The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
    Lee Ann Womack
57. How Did I Find Myself Here?
    The Dream Syndicate
58. Stubborn Persistent Illusions
    Do Make Say Think
59. A Fever Dream
    Everything Everything
60. Stop Mute Defeat
    White Hills

Paste Magazine: 45 Best Books of 2017, listed as novels and nonfiction

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2010s • 2018]

Novels

1. Sing, Unburied, Sing
   Jesmyn Ward
2. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
   Hannah Tinti
3. The Leavers
   Lisa Ko
4. Exit West
   Mohsin Hamid
5. Lincoln in the Bardo
   George Saunders
6. Home Fire
   Kamila Shamsie
7. The Lucky Ones
   Julianne Pachico
8. Pachinko
   Min Jin Lee
9. Little Fires Everywhere
   Celeste Ng
10. Oathbringer
    Brandon Sanderson
11. Class
    Francesco Pacifico
12. The Destroyers
    Christopher Bollen
13. The Power
    Naomi Alderman
14. Borne
    Jeff VanderMeer
15. The River of Kings
    Taylor Brown
16. The Golden Legend
    Nadeem Aslam
17. The Stone Sky
    N.K. Jemisin
18. The Thirst
    Jo Nesbo
19. American War
    Omar El Akkad
20. Ill Will
    Dan Chaon
21. The Essex Serpent
    Sarah Perry
22. Waking Gods
    Sylvain Neuvel
23. What We Lose
    Zinzi Clemmons
24. Universal Harvester
    John Darnielle
25. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Taylor Jenkins Reid

Nonfiction

1. Priestdaddy
   Patricia Lockwood
2. The Cooking Gene

   A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
   Michael Twitty
3. The Future Is History

   How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
   Masha Gessen
4. We Were Eight Years in Power

   An American Tragedy
   Ta-Nehisi Coates
5. A Disappearance in Damascus

   Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War
   Deborah Campbell
6. How to Murder Your Life
   Cat Marnell
7. Grown-Up Anger

   The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
   Daniel Wolff
8. The Blood of Emmett Till
   Timothy B. Tyson
9. Meet Me in the Bathroom

   Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
   Lizzy Goodman
10. They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
    Hanif Abdurraqib
11. Hunger

    A Memoir of (My) Body
    Roxane Gay
12. Sunshine State
    Sarah Gerard
13. The Fear Factor

    How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between
    Abigail Marsh
14. Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
    David Grann
15. One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
    Scaachi Koul
16. The Potlikker Papers

    A Food History of the Modern South
    John T. Edge
17. Otis Redding

    An Unfinished Life
    Jonathan Gould
18. Nasty Women

    Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America
    Edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding
19. The Vanity Fair Diaries

    1983 – 1992
    Tina Brown
20. Crash Override

    How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
    Zoe Quinn

Tim Goodman: Best TV of 2017, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2018]

1. The Leftovers
2. The A Word
3. The Vietnam War
4. Back
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. Patriot
7. Better Things
8. Game of Thrones
9. Get Shorty
10. Planet Earth II
11. The Deuce
12. Veep
13. Better Call Saul
14. Legion
15. The Americans
16. Black Mirror
17. Mr. Robot
18. Master of None
19. Fargo
20. Guerrilla
21. Humans
22. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
23. Silicon Valley
24. People of Earth
25. Mindhunter
26. American Vandal
27. The Handmaid’s Tale
28. Stranger Things
29. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
30. Glow
31. Insecure
32. Casual
33. Orphan Black
34. The Good Place
35. You’re the Worst
36. Manhunt: Unabomber
37. Catastrophe
38. Dear White People
39. The Tick
40. Bob’s Burgers
41. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
42. Sneaky Pete
43. Mr. Mercedes
44. SMILF
45. Jane the Virgin
46. Godless

Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
5. Last Flag Flying
   Richard Linklater
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Girls Trip
   Malcolm D. Lee
8. Coco
   Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
9. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017