Year-End Lists

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

Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017, as published by Chron

1. Residente
   Residente
2. American Teen
   Khalid
3. Melodrama
   Lorde
4. Flower Boy
   Tyler, The Creator
5. Macgregor Park
   Fat Tony
6. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
7. The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
   Lee Ann Womack
8. Bluebird of Happiness
   Tamar Braxton
9. Harry Styles
   Harry Styles
10. La Trenza
    Mon Laferte

Also worth a listen

• Trophy
  Sunny Sweeney
• WildHorse
  RaeLynn
• Unstoppable
  Karol G
• More Life
  Drake
• Mis Planes Son Amarte
  Juanes

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

Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017, as published by San Jose Mercury News

[see also 2010s • 2018]

1. Melodrama
   Lorde
2. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
3. American Teen
   Khalid
4. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
5. reputation
   Taylor Swift
6. One-Way Conversations
   Hollyn
7. Swear I’m Good At This
   Diet Cig
8. Lust for Life
   Lana Del Rey
9. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
10. The Order of Time
    Valerie June

Honorable Mention

• 4:44
  JAY-Z
• The Garden
  Kari Jobe
• The Oddyssey
  The Odd Numbers
• The Nashville Sound
  Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
• All American Made
  Margo Price
• Villains
  Queens of the Stone Age
• FUTURE
  Future
• HNDRXX
  Future
• Utopia
  Björk
• All Things Work Together
  Lecrae
• Flicker
  Niall Horan

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