Year-End Lists

Joe Morgenstern: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Wall Street Journal

[see also 2019 • 2018]

1. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro

The rest alphabetical

• Blade Runner 2049
  Denis Villeneuve
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Their Finest
  Lone Scherfig
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  Martin McDonagh
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins

Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2017 (as posted to Twitter and submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll)

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
4. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
8. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
9. Hermia & Helena
   Matías Piñeiro
10. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery

Additional films submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo
• Common Carrier
  James N. Kienitz Wilkins
• A Better Man
  Attiya Khan and Lawrence Jackman

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017

Mark Kermode: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by The Observer

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

• Raw
  Julia Ducournau
• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• The Levelling
  Hope Dickson Leach
• The Red Turtle
  Michael Dudok de Wit
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• My Life as a Courgette
  Claude Barras
• Toni Erdmann
  Maren Ade
• Blade Runner 2049
  Denis Villeneuve
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• In Between
  Maysaloun Hamoud

Graham Fuller: 20 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Culture Trip

[see also 2012]

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
3. Lady Macbeth
   William Oldroyd
4. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
5. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
7. Happy End
   Michael Haneke
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
10. The Unknown Girl
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
11. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
12. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
13. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
14. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
15. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
16. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
17. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
18. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
    Maria Schrader
19. Foxtrot
    Samuel Maoz
20. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont

Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
3. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
5. Slack Bay
   Bruno Dumont
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
10. Silvio
    Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
11. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
12. Columbus
    Kogonada
13. Hermia & Helena
    Matías Piñeiro
14. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
15. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
16. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
17. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
18. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
19. Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
20. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
    Errol Morris
21. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
22. Dawson City: Frozen Time
    Bill Morrison
23. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
24. I Called Him Morgan
    Kasper Collin
25. The Unknown Girl
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
26. Actor Martinez
    Mike Ott and Nathan Silver
27. Whose Streets?
    Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
28. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
29. Planetarium
    Rebecca Zlotowski
30. Marshall
    Reginald Hudlin
31. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
32. Icaros: A Vision
    Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi
33. Mimosas
    Oliver Laxe
34. Wait for Your Laugh
    Jason Wise
35. The Rape of Recy Taylor
    Nancy Buirski

Slant Magazine: 50 Best Films of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
3. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
8. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
9. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
11. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
14. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
15. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
16. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
17. Tempestad
    Tatiana Huezo
18. Starless Dreams
    Mehrdad Oskouei
19. The Salesman
    Asghar Farhadi
20. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
21. Behemoth
    Zhao Liang
22. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
23. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
24. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
26. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
27. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont
28. In Transit
    David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
29. Columbus
    Kogonada
30. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
31. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
32. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
33. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
34. 4 Days in France
    Jérôme Reybaud
35. Hermia & Helena
    Matías Piñeiro
36. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
37. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
38. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
39. Paraguay Remembered
    Dominique Dubosc
40. Person to Person
    Dustin Guy Defa
41. I Called Him Morgan
    Kasper Collin
42. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
    Juho Kuosmanen
43. Mister Universo
    Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
44. The Human Surge
    Eduardo Williams
45. The Red Turtle
    Michael Dudok de Wit
46. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
47. Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
    Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
48. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
49. Wet Woman in the Wind
    Akihiko Shiota
50. Harmonium
    Kôji Fukada

Dana Stevens: Top 15 Movies of 2017, as published by Slate

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Columbus
  Kogonada
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins

Honorable Mentions

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• My Happy Family
  Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel

Emily Yoshida: 10 Best Movies of 2017, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2018]

1. Your Name
   Makoto Shinkai
2. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Spettacolo
   Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
10. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson

Stephanie Zacharek: Top 10 Movies of 2017, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
4. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
5. Kedi
   Ceyda Torun
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee

Honorable Mentions

• The Beguiled
  Sofia Coppola
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes
• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• I Called Him Morgan
  Kasper Collin
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• My Life as a Zucchini
  Claude Barras
• California Typewriter
  Doug Nichol
• John Wick: Chapter 2
  Chad Stahelski
• The Little Hours
  Jeff Baena
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
  Angela Robinson
• Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
  Michael Roberts

Ed Gonzalez: Top 30 Movies of 2017 (as posted on Twitter)

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Salesman
   Asghar Farhadi
3. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
4. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
5. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
6. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
7. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
8. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman

20 Next in Line

• 4 Days in France
  Jérôme Reybaud
• Behemoth
  Zhao Liang
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Challenge
  Yuri Ancarani
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• God’s Own Country
  Francis Lee
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Harmonium
  Kôji Fukada
• In Transit
  David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Ornithologist
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Quest
  Jonathan Olshefski
• Son of Joseph
  Eugène Green
• Starless Dreams
  Mehrdad Oskouei
• Tempestad
  Tatiana Huezo
• War for the Planet of the Apes
  Matt Reeves
• The Work
  Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous