Year-End Lists

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2017 Movies

Variety: Peter Debruge: 10 Best Films of 2017

24 December 2017

The Rider - Chloé Zhao

Peter Debruge: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

  1. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
  2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
  3. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
  4. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
  5. The Distinguished Citizen
    Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
  6. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
  7. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
  8. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
  9. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
  10. Lost in Paris
    Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

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