Year-End Lists

K. Austin Collins: 24 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Ringer

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
1. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
2. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
5. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
6. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
7. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. Columbus
    Kogonada

Honorable Mentions

• Brawl in Cell Block 99
  S. Craig Zahler
• Dark Night
  Tim Sutton
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• John Wick: Chapter 2
  Chad Stahelski
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes
• Your Name
  Makoto Shinkai

Ann Hornaday: 12 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Washington Post. Her article highlights a number of other favorites, too, “honorables duly mentioned”.

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

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
4. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
8. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
10. Darkest Hour
    Joe Wright
10. Their Finest
    Lone Scherfig

Mara Reinstein: Top 10 Movies of 2017, as published by Us Weekly

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

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
5. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Wonder
   Stephen Chbosky
10. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky

Honorable mentions

• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• Battle of the Sexes
  Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
• Darkest Hour
  Joe Wright
• Wind River
  Taylor Sheridan
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• Thor: Ragnarok
  Taika Waititi
• Ingrid Goes West
  Matt Spicer
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee

A.O. Scott: 21 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
5. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. A Fantastic Woman
   Sebastián Lelio
8. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
9. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
10. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves

And Also

• The Bad Batch
  Ana Lily Amirpour
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• I Called Him Morgan
  Kasper Collin
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro

Manohla Dargis: 40 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
2. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
3. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
4. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
10. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins

Other Favorites

• After the Storm
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
  Alexandra Dean
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Challenge
  Yuri Ancarani
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• The Death of Louis XIV
  Albert Serra
• Escapes
  Michael Almereyda
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
  Juho Kuosmanen
• I Am Not Your Negro
  Raoul Peck
• Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
  Chris Smith
• Kedi
  Ceyda Torun
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• My Journey Through French Cinema
  Bertrand Tavernier
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
  Joseph Cedar
• The Ornithologist
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Patti Cake$
  Geremy Jasper
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
  Angela Robinson
• Quest
  Jonathan Olshefski
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• Tonsler Park
  Kevin Jerome Everson
• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch
• The Woman Who Left
  Lav Diaz
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
3. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. The Day After
   Hong Sang-soo
6. Lover for a Day
   Philippe Garrel
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Split
   M. Night Shyamalan
9. Jackie
   Pablo Larraín
10. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
    Ang Lee

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

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
6. Marjorie Prime
   Michael Almereyda
7. Nowhere to Hide
   Zaradasht Ahmed
8. Valerian
   Luc Besson
9. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
10. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017 (a poll of 188 critics and curators published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

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

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
5. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
9. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
11. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
12. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
12. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
12. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
15. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
16. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
16. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
16. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
19. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
19. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
19. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
19. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
19. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
19. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
25. Silence
    Martin Scorsese

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Sight & Sound Poll: Nicole Brenez: Favorite Films of 2017

Michael Sicinski: Top 25 Films of 2017 (limited to commercial releases)

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023 • The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022 • The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010s • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 12 Films of 2012]

1. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
2. Staying Vertical
   Alain Guiraudie
3. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
4. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
5. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
6. Strong Island
   Yance Ford
7. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
   Noah Baumbach
8. Félicité
   Alain Gomis
9. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
10. Mimosas
    Oliver Laxe
11. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
12. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
13. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
14. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
15. Jane
    Brett Morgen
16. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
17. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
18. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
19. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
20. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
21. Ma
    Celia Rowlson-Hall
22. All This Panic
    Jenny Gage
23. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
24. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
25. Lipstick Under My Burkha
    Alankrita Shrivastava

Richard Lawson: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Vanity Fair

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

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
8. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. Beatriz at Dinner
    Miguel Arteta