Glenn Heath Jr.: Best Films of 2017, as published by San Diego CityBeat
- Song to Song — Terrence Malick
- Wonderstruck — Todd Haynes
- Nocturama — Bertrand Bonello
- The Work — Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Ex Libris: New York Public Library — Frederick Wiseman
- Personal Shopper — Olivier Assayas
- Logan Lucky — Steven Soderbergh
- Dawson City: Frozen Time — Bill Morrison
- Faces Places — Agnès Varda and JR
- A Quiet Passion — Terence Davies
- Mudbound — Dee Rees
- The Lost City of Z — James Gray
- A Cure for Wellness — Gore Verbinski
- Good Time — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- I Am Not Your Negro — Raoul Peck
- Detroit — Kathryn Bigelow
- The Unknown Girl — Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
- BPM (Beats Per Minute) — Robin Campillo
- Staying Vertical — Alain Guiraudie
- Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- Lucky — John Carroll Lynch
- After the Storm — Hirokazu Kore-eda