Year-End Lists

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017 (a poll of 188 critics and curators published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

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1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
5. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
9. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
11. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
12. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
12. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
12. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
15. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
16. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
16. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
16. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
19. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
19. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
19. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
19. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
19. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
19. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
25. Silence
    Martin Scorsese

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Sight & Sound Poll: Nicole Brenez: Favorite Films of 2017