Year-End Lists

Willow Maclay: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by The Film Stage

[see also 2010s]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Milla
   Valérie Massadian
4. Strangely Ordinary This Devotion
   Dani Leventhal and Sheilah Wilson
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. In This Corner of the World
   Sunao Katabuchi
8. Your Name
   Makoto Shinkai
9. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
10. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
    Paul W.S. Anderson

The Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2017. See also their list of documentaries.

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2018]

1. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
7. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
8. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
11. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
12. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
13. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
14. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
15. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
16. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
17. Princess Cyd
    Stephen Cone
18. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
19. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
20. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
21. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
22. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
23. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
24. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
25. Columbus
    Kogonada
26. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
27. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
28. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
29. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
30. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
31. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
32. Staying Vertical
    Alain Guiraudie
33. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
34. Foxtrot
    Samuel Maoz
35. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
36. Ta’ang
    Wang Bing
37. Logan
    James Mangold
38. Coco
    Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
39. Tramps
    Adam Leon
40. World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts
    Don Hertzfeldt
41. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
42. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
43. Milla
    Valérie Massadian
44. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
45. The Untamed
    Amat Escalante
46. Nathan for You: Finding Frances
    Nathan Fielder
47. In This Corner of the World
    Sunao Katabuchi
48. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
49. Good Luck
    Ben Russell
50. Uncertain
    Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands

Robert Koehler: Best Movies of 2017 (as posted to Twitter in a series of tweets starting here and ending here)

[see also 2019 • 2012]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
4. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. The Wandering Soap Opera
   Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
7. Three Quarters
   Ilian Metev
8. Good Luck
   Ben Russell
9. Brawl in Cell Block 99
   S. Craig Zahler
10. PROTOTYPE
    Blake Williams
11. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
12. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
13. Purge This Land
    Lee Anne Schmitt
14. El mar la mar
    Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
15. Drift
    Helena Wittmann
16. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
17. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
18. Readers
    James Benning
19. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
20. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
21. Life & Nothing More
    Antonio Méndez Esparza
22. Baronesa
    Juliana Antunes
23. Milla
    Valérie Massadian
24. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
    Bruno Dumont
25. Distant Constellation
    Shevaun Mizrahi
26. The Nothing Factory
    Pedro Pinho
27. Free and Easy
    Jun Geng
28. A Gentle Creature
    Sergei Loznitsa
29. Tonsler Park
    Kevin Jerome Everson
30. American Made
    Doug Liman
31. A Skin So Soft
    Denis Côté
32. Have a Nice Day
    Liu Jian
33. Lucky
    John Carroll Lynch

Genevieve Koski: Top 15 Films of 2017 (as posted to Twitter in Comic Sans because she felt like it)

[see also 2018 • 2014]

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
5. The Breadwinner
   Nora Twomey
6. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
7. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
8. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
   Rian Johnson
10. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
11. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
12. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
13. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
14. Contemporary Color
    Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
15. Brigsby Bear
    Dave McCary
15. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter

Next 5

• Lady Macbeth
  William Oldroyd
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• War for the Planet of the Apes
  Matt Reeves
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  Martin McDonagh
• Casting JonBenet
  Kitty Green

Saige Walton: Best Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
3. I Am Not a Witch
   Rungano Nyoni
4. On Body and Soul
   Ildikó Enyedi
5. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
8. Sweet Country
   Warwick Thornton
9. My Life as a Zucchini
   Claude Barras
10. Life
    Daniel Espinosa

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
2. The Human Surge
   Eduardo Williams
3. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
4. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
5. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
8. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
9. By the Time It Gets Dark
   Anocha Suwichakornpong
10. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR

Darren Hughes: 20 Favorite Films of 2017 (as posted to Letterboxd and Twitter)

[see also 2021 • 2010s • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012]

1. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
2. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
3. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
4. The Unknown Girl
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
5. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
6. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
7. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. Slack Bay
   Bruno Dumont
10. L’enfant secret
    Philippe Garrel
11. Lovesong
    So Yong Kim
12. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
13. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
14. Princess Cyd
    Stephen Cone
15. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
16. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
17. 4 Days in France
    Jérôme Reybaud
18. This Time Tomorrow
    Lina Rodriguez
19. Kékszakállú
    Gastón Solnicki
20. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues

Justine Smith: 30 Favorite Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2019 • 2018]

1. Thelma
   Joachim Trier
2. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
6. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
7. Bad Genius
   Nattawut Poonpiriya
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
11. In the Intense Now
    João Moreira Salles
12. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
13. The Wild Boys
    Bertrand Mandico
14. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
    Bruno Dumont
15. Maison du bonheur
    Sofia Bohdanowicz
16. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson
17. The First Lap
    Kim Dae-hwan
18. Novitiate
    Margaret Betts
19. Spell Reel
    Filipa César
20. Dragonfly Eyes
    Xu Bing
21. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
    Travis Wilkerson
22. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
23. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
24. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
25. Les Dépossédés
    Mathieu Roy
26. Thor: Ragnarok
    Taika Waititi
27. Fake Tattoos
    Pascal Plante
28. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
29. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
30. Claire’s Camera
    Hong Sang-soo

John Rangel: Favorite Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter

1. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
2. My Happy Family
   Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
3. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
4. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
7. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
8. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
9. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
10. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2017

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

1. God’s Own Country
   Francis Lee
2. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
3. Wonder Woman
   Patty Jenkins
4. Their Finest
   Lone Scherfig
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Kedi
   Ceyda Torun
7. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
8. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
   Angela Robinson
9. Lucky
   John Carroll Lynch
10. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
11. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
12. Beach Rats
    Eliza Hittman
13. My Happy Family
    Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
14. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
15. First They Killed My Father
    Angelina Jolie