Year-End Lists

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

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

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2017 (an annual survey of 135 critics, programmers, festival directors and filmmakers from 36 countries, organized by Roger Koza)

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

1. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
2. The Other Side of Hope
   Aki Kaurismäki
3. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
4. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
5. The Nothing Factory
   Pedro Pinho
5. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch

Honorable Mentions

6. The Day After
   Hong Sang-soo
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
8. The Wandering Soap Opera
   Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
8. Araby
   João Dumans and Affonso Uchôa
9. In the Intense Now
   João Moreira Salles
10. Lover for a Day
    Philippe Garrel

Denis Côté: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch
• Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  Frederick Wiseman
• The Other Side of Hope
  Aki Kaurismäki
• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Mrs. Fang
  Wang Bing
• Frost
  Šarūnas Bartas
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Dragonfly Eyes
  Xu Bing
• Distant Constellation
  Shevaun Mizrahi

Lydia Ogwang: Top Ten Films of 2017, as submitted to the annual collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

[see also 2018]

• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Strangely Ordinary This Devotion
  Dani Leventhal and Sheilah Wilson
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• This Time Tomorrow
  Lina Rodriguez
• Incense, Sweaters, and Ice
  Martine Syms
• Ouroboros
  Basma Alsharif
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• La Libertad
  Laura Huertas Millán

Film School Rejects: Best Movies of 2017

[see also 2010s • 2018]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Thelma
   Joachim Trier
3. Columbus
   Kogonada
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
5. Foxtrot
   Samuel Maoz
6. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
7. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
8. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
   Angela Robinson
9. Bad Genius
   Nattawut Poonpiriya
10. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
13. Hostiles
    Scott Cooper
14. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
15. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
16. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
17. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky

Erin Trahan: Best Movies of 2017, as posted by WBUR's The ARTery

[see also 2018]

• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Motherland
  Ramona S. Diaz
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Last Pig
  Allison Argo

Sean Burns: Best Movies of 2017, as posted by WBUR’s The ARTery

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012 • 2011]

• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  Martin McDonagh
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson