Daniel Kasman: Top 20 Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll, limited to films that were “new in cinemas.” See also his lists of older films and films not yet released.
[see also 2018]
Brian Darr: Top Ten Feature Films of 2017 of commercial US releases, as submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll, listed alphabetically by original-language title.
See also his “Top Five features undistributed in the USA and first screened in San Francisco in 2017,” “Top Twenty single-channel film and video works of less than feature length,” and “Top ten expanded cinema presentations of 2017.”
[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]
Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017, with a capsule review of each one
Charles Bramesco: 25 Best Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd
[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]
Girish Shambu: 3 Favorite New Films of 2017. See his personal round-up for a wealth of other favorites: older films seen for the first time, books, essays, critics, websites, concerts, and so on.
Nashville Scene: The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll. "Every year, we at the Scene poll a diverse assemblage of film fans, critics and experts about their favorite flicks of the year, and we present our findings in what we’re now calling the Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll — named for the Scene’s late, great editor and brilliant film writer."
Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review. See an expanded list submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll, and take a look at his write-up about The Year in Experimental Film at Film Comment.
[see also The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2021 • Top Ten Films of 2020 • The 50 Best Films of the 2010s • Top 20 Films of 2019 • Top 20 Films of 2018]