Year-End Lists

Alison Willmore: 11 Best Movies of 2017, as published by BuzzFeed

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. The Villainess
   Jung Byung-gil
4. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
5. Your Name
   Makoto Shinkai
6. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
7. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
8. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. A Fantastic Woman
    Sebastián Lelio
11. The Post
    Steven Spielberg

Mark Olsen: 20 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2018]

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
   Noah Baumbach
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. The Disaster Artist
   James Franco
10. The Square
    Ruben Östlund

And another 10 that could easily have been slotted in somewhere (alphabetical)

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Dunkirk
  Christopher Nolan
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Ingrid Goes West
  Matt Spicer
• Logan
  James Mangold
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Nocturama
  Bertrand Bonello
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson

Alissa Wilkinson: 35 Best Films of 2017, as published by Vox

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
3. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Columbus
   Kogonada
10. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
11. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
14. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
15. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
16. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
17. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
18. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
19. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
20. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
21. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Marjorie Prime
  Michael Almereyda
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Casting JonBenet
  Kitty Green
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Graduation
  Cristian Mungiu
• Spettacolo
  Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
• Loveless
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
  Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger
• In Transit
  David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
• The Reagan Show
  Sierra Pettengill and Pacho Velez

Justin Chang: 32 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
5. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
6. Columbus
   Kogonada
7. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
8. Brawl in Cell Block 99
   S. Craig Zahler
9. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
10. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
11. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan

Plus 20 honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

• After the Storm
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Detroit
  Kathryn Bigelow
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• God’s Own Country
  Francis Lee
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Loveless
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• Raw
  Julia Ducournau
• Son of Joseph
  Eugène Green
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins
• The Work
  Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous

Owen Gleiberman: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012]

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. Oklahoma City
   Barak Goodman
4. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
5. The Disaster Artist
   James Franco
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
8. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie

Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2017, as published by Associated Press

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Wonder Woman
   Patty Jenkins
9. Jane
   Brett Morgen
10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Their Finest
  Lone Scherfig
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2017, as published by Associated Press

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
4. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
10. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray

Also excellent

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Lady Macbeth
  William Oldroyd
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  Steve James
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  James Gunn
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky

Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
8. Columbus
   Kogonada
9. Jane
   Brett Morgen
10. Mudbound
    Dee Rees

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
5. Last Flag Flying
   Richard Linklater
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Girls Trip
   Malcolm D. Lee
8. Coco
   Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
9. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Silence
   Martin Scorsese
2. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
7. Strong Island
   Yance Ford
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017