Year-End Lists

J.R. Jones: The Best Films of 2017, as published by The Chicago Reader

1. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
2. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
3. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
7. Loving Vincent
   Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
8. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
9. The Red Turtle
   Michael Dudok de Wit
10. Death in the Terminal
    Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudri

Runners-up

11. The Square
    Jehane Noujaim
12. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
13. Last Men in Aleppo
    Firas Fayyad
14. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
15. The Lovers
    Azazel Jacobs
16. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
17. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
18. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
19. Obit
    Vanessa Gould
20. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd