Year-End Lists

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

Chicago Review of Books: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2017

[see also 2018 • 2016]

• A People’s History of Chicago
  Kevin Coval
• Nature Poem
  Tommy Pico
• Electric Arches
  Eve L. Ewing
• Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing
  Charif Shanahan
• The Nightlife
  Elise Paschen
• Phrasis
  Wendy Xu
• Don’t Call Us Dead
  Danez Smith
• Perception
  Christina Pugh

Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2017, as published by The Observer

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

• DAMN.
  Kendrick Lamar
• MASSEDUCTION
  St. Vincent
• No Shape
  Perfume Genius
• american dream
  LCD Soundsystem
• Party
  Aldous Harding
• Big Fish Theory
  Vince Staples
• Melodrama
  Lorde
• Pure Comedy
  Father John Misty
• Aromanticism
  Moses Sumney
• Heavy Meta
  Ron Gallo

Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2011]

1. Reaper
   nothing,nowhere.
2. Ctrl
   SZA
3. A Crow Looked at Me
   Mount Eerie
4. From the Outside
   Hey Violet
5. reputation
   Taylor Swift
6. I
   Niia
7. Odisea
   Ozuna
8. 4 Your Eyez Only
   J. Cole
9. Turn Out the Lights
   Julien Baker
10. Melodrama
    Lorde
11. Good For You
    Aminé
12. Issa Album
    21 Savage
13. More Life
    Drake
14. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
15. Common Sense
    J Hus
16. The Chief
    Jidenna
17. SOB X RBE
    SOB X RBE
18. Unapologetically
    Kelsea Ballerini
19. AI YoungBoy
    YoungBoy Never Broke Again
20. FUTURE
    Future
21. 4:44
    JAY-Z
22. Chills & Fever
    Samantha Fish
23. Cost of Living
    Downtown Boys
24. Fifth Harmony
    Fifth Harmony
25. Thot Breaker
    Chief Keef

Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2011]

1. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
2. Residente
   Residente
3. Aromanticism
   Moses Sumney
4. Turn Out the Lights
   Julien Baker
5. Utopia
   Björk
6. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
7. Melodrama
   Lorde
8. Ctrl
   SZA
9. The Order of Time
   Valerie June
10. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples

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

Hank Stuever: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. The Vietnam War
4. Big Little Lies
5. Feud: Bette and Joan
6. Insecure
7. Better Things
8. GLOW
9. The Young Pope
10. Godless

Close to making the list

• Big Mouth
• The Crown
• The Deuce
• Game of Thrones
• The Good Fight
• Loudermilk
• One Day at a Time
• Patriot
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017

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

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. 4:44
   JAY-Z
3. Ctrl
   SZA
4. HNDRXX
   Future
5. Process
   Sampha
6. Flower Boy
   Tyler, The Creator
7. Culture
   Migos
8. Luv Is Rage 2
   Lil Uzi Vert
9. Freudian
   Daniel Caesar
10. More Life
    Drake
11. Fin
    Syd
12. Number 1 Angel
    Charli XCX
13. Laila’s Wisdom
    Rapsody
14. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
15. FUTURE
    Future
16. The Bigger Artist
    A Boogie wit da Hoodie
17. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
18. ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
    Joey Bada$$
19. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
    Calvin Harris
20. Rather You Than Me
    Rick Ross
21. Rainbow
    Ke$ha
22. Painting Pictures
    Kodak Black
23. You Only Live 2wice
    Freddie Gibbs
24. Droptopwop
    Gucci Mane
25. Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
    2 Chainz
26. reputation
    Taylor Swift
27. All Blue
    G Perico
28. At What Cost
    GoldLink
29. Rosebudd’s Revenge
    Roc Marciano
30. Drunk
    Thundercat
31. Into
    Sonder
32. 12
    A$AP Twelvyy
33. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
34. Wins & Losses
    Meek Mill
35. Dua Lipa
    Dua Lipa
36. Good For You
    Aminé
37. Issa Album
    21 Savage
38. The Search for Everything
    John Mayer
39. Thinking Out Loud
    Young Dolph
40. Without Warning
    21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin
41. blkswn
    Smino
42. War & Leisure
    Miguel
43. The Never Story
    JID
44. Melodrama
    Lorde
45. No Dope on Sundays
    Cyhi The Prynce
46. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
47. American Teen
    Khalid
48. Something To Tell You
    HAIM
49. Lil Pump
    Lil Pump
50. Black Ken
    Lil B

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