Year-End Lists

Justine Smith: 30 Favorite Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Thelma
   Joachim Trier
2. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
6. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
7. Bad Genius
   Nattawut Poonpiriya
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
11. In the Intense Now
    João Moreira Salles
12. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
13. The Wild Boys
    Bertrand Mandico
14. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
    Bruno Dumont
15. Maison du bonheur
    Sofia Bohdanowicz
16. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson
17. The First Lap
    Kim Dae-hwan
18. Novitiate
    Margaret Betts
19. Spell Reel
    Filipa César
20. Dragonfly Eyes
    Xu Bing
21. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
    Travis Wilkerson
22. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
23. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
24. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
25. Les Dépossédés
    Mathieu Roy
26. Thor: Ragnarok
    Taika Waititi
27. Fake Tattoos
    Pascal Plante
28. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
29. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
30. Claire’s Camera
    Hong Sang-soo