A.O. Scott: 21 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The New York Times
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- The Florida Project — Sean Baker
- Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
- Get Out — Jordan Peele
- I Am Not Your Negro — Raoul Peck
- Faces Places — Agnès Varda and JR
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- A Fantastic Woman — Sebastián Lelio
- Graduation — Cristian Mungiu
- A Quiet Passion — Terence Davies
- War for the Planet of the Apes — Matt Reeves
- The Bad Batch — Ana Lily Amirpour
- BPM (Beats Per Minute) — Robin Campillo
- Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- Dawson City: Frozen Time — Bill Morrison
- I Called Him Morgan — Kasper Collin
- Logan Lucky — Steven Soderbergh
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) — Noah Baumbach
- Mudbound — Dee Rees
- Okja — Bong Joon-ho
- The Post — Steven Spielberg
- The Shape of Water — Guillermo del Toro