A.A. Dowd: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club
[see also 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014]
- The Florida Project — Sean Baker
- Nocturama — Bertrand Bonello
- Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
- The Lost City of Z — James Gray
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- A Quiet Passion — Terence Davies
- The Square — Ruben Östlund
- Dunkirk — Christopher Nolan
- mother! — Darren Aronofsky
- Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- Starless Dreams — Mehrdad Oskouei
- Baby Driver — Edgar Wright
- A Ghost Story — David Lowery
- The Salesman — Asghar Farhadi
- Logan — James Mangold