Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2017, as published by ScreenCrush
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2012, 2011]
- Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Martin McDonagh
- A Ghost Story — David Lowery
- Blade Runner 2049 — Denis Villeneuve
- The Big Sick — Michael Showalter
- The Work — Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
- The Florida Project — Sean Baker
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Faces Places — Agnès Varda and JR
- Get Out — Jordan Peele
- Coco — Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
- Darkest Hour — Joe Wright
- The Girl with All the Gifts — Colm McCarthy
- Kedi — Ceyda Torun
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) — Noah Baumbach
- Okja — Bong Joon-ho
- The Post — Steven Spielberg
- A Quiet Passion — Terence Davies
- The Shape of Water — Guillermo del Toro
- T2 Trainspotting — Danny Boyle