Peter Debruge: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety
[see also 2018]
- The Rider — Chloé Zhao
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Martin McDonagh
- Get Out — Jordan Peele
- Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- The Distinguished Citizen — Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
- Blade Runner 2049 — Denis Villeneuve
- The Shape of Water — Guillermo del Toro
- The Square — Ruben Östlund
- I, Tonya — Craig Gillespie
- Lost in Paris — Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon
- Brigsby Bear — Dave McCary
- Contemporary Color — Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
- The Florida Project — Sean Baker
- Heal the Living — Katell Quillévéré
- Lady Macbeth — William Oldroyd
- Land of Mine — Martin Zandvliet
- mother! — Darren Aronofsky
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Raw — Julia Ducournau
- Sweet Virginia — Jamie M. Dagg