Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: 50 Best Movies of 2017

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2015]

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
5. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
6. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
7. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
9. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
10. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
11. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
12. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
13. It Comes at Night
    Trey Edward Shults
14. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
16. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
17. Thor: Ragnarok
    Taika Waititi
18. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
19. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
20. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
21. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
22. Logan
    James Mangold
23. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
24. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
25. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
26. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
27. It
    Andy Muschietti
28. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
29. Spider-Man: Homecoming
    Jon Watts
30. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
31. A Dark Song
    Liam Gavin
32. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
33. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
34. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
35. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
36. Whose Streets?
    Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
37. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
38. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
39. Columbus
    Kogonada
40. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    James Gunn
41. My Happy Family
    Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
42. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
43. Casting JonBenet
    Kitty Green
44. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson
45. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
46. The Lure
    Agnieszka Smoczynska
47. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
48. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
49. After the Storm
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
50. A Cure for Wellness
    Gore Verbinski

Nictate: Top 10 Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

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

1. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
4. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
8. Thirst Street
   Nathan Silver
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello

Another Gaze: Top Ten Narrative Feature Films by Women in 2017 (as posted to Twitter). See also their list of the year’s top five documentaries directed by women and nonbinary people.

[see also 2018]

1. I Am Not a Witch
   Rungano Nyoni
2. Montparnasse Bienvenue
   Léonor Serraille
3. Beauty and the Dogs
   Kaouther Ben Hania
4. Angels Wear White
   Vivian Qu
5. Ava
   Léa Mysius
6. The Party
   Sally Potter
7. The Levelling
   Hope Dickson Leach
8. Maudie
   Aisling Walsh
9. By the Time It Gets Dark
   Anocha Suwichakornpong
10. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
10. Heal the Living
    Katell Quillévéré

Honourable Mentions

• You Were Never Really Here
  Lynne Ramsay
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• In Between
  Maysaloun Hamoud
• The Rider
  Chloé Zhao
• On Body and Soul
  Ildikó Enyedi

Desist Film: Best Films of 2017

[see also 2018]

1. The Nothing Factory
   Pedro Pinho
2. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
4. Braguino
   Clément Cogitore
5. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
6. Baronesa
   Juliana Antunes
7. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
8. El mar la mar
   Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
9. Rey
   Niles Atallah
10. Sleep Has Her House
    Scott Barley

Special Mention

• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch

David Morgan: The 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by CBS News (in alphabetical order)

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

• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Dunkirk
  Christopher Nolan
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson

Jeffrey M. Anderson: Top Ten Films of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2018]

1. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
2. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
   Errol Morris
3. Detroit
   Kathryn Bigelow
4. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
5. Last Flag Flying
   Richard Linklater
6. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
9. Logan
   James Mangold
10. The Post
    Steven Spielberg

Ten Runners up (in alphabetical order)

• The Bad Batch
  Ana Lily Amirpour
• California Typewriter
  Doug Nichol
• Colossal
  Nacho Vigalondo
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Marshall
  Reginald Hudlin
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson

Federica Foglia: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

[see also 2018]

• 24 Frames
  Abbas Kiarostami
• The Captain
  Robert Schwentke
• Loveless
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• The Seen and Unseen
  Kamila Andini
• Three Quarters
  Ilian Metev
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Human Flow
  Ai Weiwei
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• On Body and Soul
  Ildikó Enyedi
• Custody
  Xavier Legrand

Honorable Mentions

• The Other Side of Hope
  Aki Kaurismäki
• The Death of Stalin
  Armando Iannucci
• The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  Simon Lavoie

Vadim Rizov: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012]

• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• If Only There Were Peace
  Carmine Grimaldi and Deniz Tortum
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Distant Constellation
  Shevaun Mizrahi
• Golden Exits
  Alex Ross Perry
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• On Generation and Corruption
  Takashi Makino

Glenn Heath Jr.: Best Films of 2017, as published by San Diego CityBeat

[see also 2020]

1. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
2. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
3. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
4. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
7. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
8. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
9. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
10. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR

Honorable Mentions

• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• A Cure for Wellness
  Gore Verbinski
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• I Am Not Your Negro
  Raoul Peck
• Detroit
  Kathryn Bigelow
• The Unknown Girl
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Staying Vertical
  Alain Guiraudie
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Lucky
  John Carroll Lynch
• After the Storm
  Hirokazu Kore-eda

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Best Movies of 2017, as submitted to La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

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

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
   Heinz Emigholz
3. Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
   Sara Driver
4. Marjorie Prime
   Michael Almereyda
5. Downsizing
   Alexander Payne

Debut Movie

• Barbs, Wastelands
  Marta Mateus

American Movie

• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch