Year-End Lists

The Guardian: 50 Top Films of 2017 (of US releases)

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2015]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
7. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
8. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
11. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
14. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
15. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
16. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
17. Heal the Living
    Katell Quillévéré
18. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
19. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
20. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
21. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
22. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
23. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
24. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
26. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
27. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
28. Detroit
    Kathryn Bigelow
29. T2 Trainspotting
    Danny Boyle
30. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
31. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
32. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
33. Logan
    James Mangold
34. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
35. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
36. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
37. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
38. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
39. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
40. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
41. Beatriz at Dinner
    Miguel Arteta
42. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
43. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
44. My Cousin Rachel
    Roger Michell
45. Menashe
    Joshua Z Weinstein
46. The Salesman
    Asghar Farhadi
47. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
48. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
49. Stronger
    David Gordon Green
50. Molly’s Game
    Aaron Sorkin

The Guardian: Best Albums of 2017

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

1. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
2. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Ctrl
   SZA
4. Melodrama
   Lorde
5. No Shape
   Perfume Genius
6. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
7. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
8. Drunk
   Thundercat
9. Take Me Apart
   Kelela
10. Peasant
    Richard Dawson
11. Modern Kosmology
    Jane Weaver
12. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice
13. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
14. Common Sense
    J Hus
15. V
    The Horrors
16. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
17. More Life
    Drake
18. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
19. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
20. Process
    Sampha
21. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
22. The OOZ
    King Krule
23. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
24. Relatives in Descent
    Protomartyr
25. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
26. After Laughter
    Paramore
27. I’m Not Your Man
    Marika Hackman
28. Slowdive
    Slowdive
29. Antisocialites
    Alvvays
30. Earl Grey
    Girl Ray
31. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
32. New Energy
    Four Tet
33. War & Leisure
    Miguel
34. Halo
    Juana Molina
35. Green Twins
    Nick Hakim
36. Freedom Highway
    Rhiannon Giddens
37. Hippopotamus
    Sparks
38. Prince of Tears
    Baxter Dury
39. Life Without Sound
    Cloud Nothings
40. Aromanticism
    Moses Sumney
41. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
42. Not Even Happiness
    Julie Byrne
43. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
44. I See You
    The xx
45. The Lost Art of Getting Down
    Powerdance
46. République Amazone
    Les Amazones d’Afrique
47. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
48. Far from Over
    Vijay Iyer Sextet
49. Till April Is Dead – A Garland of May
    Lisa Knapp
50. Ladilikan
    Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet

Bilge Ebiri: Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Village Voice

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

1. My Happy Family
   Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. After the Storm
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
4. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
5. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
6. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
7. Starless Dreams
   Mehrdad Oskouei
8. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. First They Killed My Father
    Angelina Jolie
11. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Oklahoma City
    Barak Goodman
14. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
15. Wonderstruck
    Todd Haynes
16. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
17. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
18. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
19. Logan
    James Mangold
20. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
21. The House
    Andrew Jay Cohen
22. In the Fade
    Fatih Akin
23. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
24. Kedi
    Ceyda Torun
25. Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by Les Inrockuptibles in no order

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

• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Lover for a Day
  Philippe Garrel
• Silence
  Martin Scorsese
• Ismael’s Ghosts
  Arnaud Desplechin
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Yourself and Yours
  Hong Sang-soo
• Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
  Bruno Dumont
• The Edge of Seventeen
  Kelly Fremon Craig
• The House by the Sea
  Robert Guédiguian

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• Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017

Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
3. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
4. Yourself and Yours
   Hong Sang-soo
4. The Day After
   Hong Sang-soo
5. Ismael’s Ghosts
   Arnaud Desplechin
6. Tomorrow and Thereafter
   Noémie Lvovsky
7. Logan
   James Mangold
8. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
9. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
10. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis

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• Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. Montparnasse Bienvenue
   Léonor Serraille
5. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
6. Some Like It Veiled
   Sou Abadi
7. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
8. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
9. Let the Sunshine In
   Claire Denis
10. 12 Days
    Raymond Depardon

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• Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017

Magnet Magazine: Top 25 Albums of 2017

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

1. Out in the Storm
   Waxahatchee
2. Sleep Well Beast
   The National
3. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
4. I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
   Chastity Belt
5. A Black Mile To The Surface
   Manchester Orchestra
6. Process
   Sampha
7. The Far Field
   Future Islands
8. Villains
   Queens of the Stone Age
9. What Now
   Sylvan Esso
10. Cigarettes After Sex
    Cigarettes After Sex
11. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
12. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
13. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
14. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
15. Hot Thoughts
    Spoon
16. The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
17. How the West Was Won
    Peter Perrett
18. The Order of Time
    Valerie June
19. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
20. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
21. The Nashville Sound
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
22. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
23. Anything Could Happen
    Bash & Pop
24. The Underside of Power
    Algiers
25. House and Land
    House and Land

Noel Murray: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 • The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 • The Best Films of 2021 • The Best Films of 2020 • The Best Films of 2019 • Top 15 Films of 2018 • The Best Films of 2016 • The Best Films of 2015 • Top 15 Films of 2014 • 15 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Baby Driver
   Edgar Wright
4. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
7. Their Finest
   Lone Scherfig
8. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
9. Menashe
   Joshua Z Weinstein
10. My Happy Family
    Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
11. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
12. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
13. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
14. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
15. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

Katie Rife: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
7. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
8. Lady Macbeth
   William Oldroyd
9. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
10. Lucky
    John Carroll Lynch
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
13. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
14. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
15. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie

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• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

Jesse Hassenger: Best Films of 2017, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
4. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
5. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
   Noah Baumbach
6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
7. Colossal
   Nacho Vigalondo
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
   Rian Johnson
9. T2 Trainspotting
   Danny Boyle
10. Logan
    James Mangold
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
13. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
14. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
15. The Post
    Steven Spielberg

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017