Year-End Lists

Joanna Di Mattia: Favorite Films of 2017, as posted to Twitter and submitted to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll.

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. 20th Century Women
   Mike Mills
3. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
4. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
7. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
8. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
9. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
10. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
11. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Dawson City: Frozen Time
    Bill Morrison
14. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
15. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
16. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
17. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
18. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
19. Their Finest
    Lone Scherfig
20. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd

Honourable mentions (in alphabetical order by original-language title)

1. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
2. Frantz
   François Ozon
3. God’s Own Country
   Francis Lee
4. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
5. The Party
   Sally Potter
6. A Fantastic Woman
   Sebastián Lelio

Alicia Malone: Top 50 Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2018]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
   Yorgos Lanthimos
5. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
6. Foxtrot
   Samuel Maoz
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
9. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
10. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
11. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
12. Thelma
    Joachim Trier
13. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
14. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
15. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
16. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
17. A Fantastic Woman
    Sebastián Lelio
18. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
19. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
20. Flesh and Blood
    Mark Webber
21. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
22. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
23. Columbus
    Kogonada
24. Loveless
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
25. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
26. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
27. Molly’s Game
    Aaron Sorkin
28. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
29. Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
    Paul McGuigan
30. Happy End
    Michael Haneke
31. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
32. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
33. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
34. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
35. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
36. The Lure
    Agnieszka Smoczynska
37. Darkest Hour
    Joe Wright
38. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
39. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
40. Lucky
    John Carroll Lynch
41. Step
    Amanda Lipitz
42. Menashe
    Joshua Z Weinstein
43. Wind River
    Taylor Sheridan
44. Oh Lucy!
    Atsuko Hirayanagi
45. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
46. Hounds of Love
    Ben Young
47. Your Name
    Makoto Shinkai
48. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
49. Lemon
    Janicza Bravo
50. Patti Cake$
    Geremy Jasper

Scott Feinberg: Top Ten Films of 2017 (as posted on Twitter)

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. Icarus
   Bryan Fogel
4. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
   John Ridley
7. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
8. In the Fade
   Fatih Akin
9. Molly’s Game
   Aaron Sorkin
10. Spoor
    Agnieszka Holland

Peter Debruge: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety

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

1. The Rider
   Chloé Zhao
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Distinguished Citizen
   Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
6. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
7. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
8. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
9. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
10. Lost in Paris
    Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

Other exceptional movies

• Brigsby Bear
  Dave McCary
• Contemporary Color
  Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Heal the Living
  Katell Quillévéré
• Lady Macbeth
  William Oldroyd
• Land of Mine
  Martin Zandvliet
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Raw
  Julia Ducournau
• Sweet Virginia
  Jamie M. Dagg

Karina Longworth: Favorite Movies of 2017 (as posted on Twitter, “some movies I saw and liked this year”)

[see also 2018 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Marjorie Prime
  Michael Almereyda
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Molly’s Game
  Aaron Sorkin

Tasha Robinson: 15 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Verge

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Brigsby Bear
  Dave McCary
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Mary and the Witch’s Flower
  Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• The Breadwinner
  Nora Twomey
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
  Angela Robinson
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• The Red Turtle
  Michael Dudok de Wit

Steve Erickson: Top 26 Films of 2017, as published by Gay City News

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

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
3. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
4. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
5. Starless Dreams
   Mehrdad Oskouei
6. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
7. i hate myself :)
   Joanna Arnow
8. The Other Side of Hope
   Aki Kaurismäki
9. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
10. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda

Runners-up

• Beach Rats
  Eliza Hittman
• Behemoth
  Zhao Liang
• City of Ghosts
  Matthew Heineman
• Colossal
  Nacho Vigalondo
• Columbus
  Kogonada
• Endless Poetry
  Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  Frederick Wiseman
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• My Friend Dahmer
  Marc Meyers
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• The Untamed
  Amat Escalante
• The Woman Who Left
  Lav Diaz

Adrian Martin: Top Ten Films of 2017

[see also 2015 • 2012]

1. Sweet Dreams
   Marco Bellocchio
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
3. Lover for a Day
   Philippe Garrel
4. Detroit
   Kathryn Bigelow
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Hermia & Helena
   Matías Piñeiro
7. The Unknown Girl
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
8. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
9. The Assignment
   Walter Hill
10. Creepy
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa

A special word for two Australian films

• Strange Colours
  Alena Lodkina
• Songs of Revolution
  Bill Mousoulis

The Guardian: 50 Top Films of 2017 (of US releases)

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2015]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
7. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
8. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
11. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
14. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
15. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
16. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
17. Heal the Living
    Katell Quillévéré
18. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
19. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
20. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
21. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
22. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
23. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
24. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
26. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
27. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
28. Detroit
    Kathryn Bigelow
29. T2 Trainspotting
    Danny Boyle
30. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
31. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
32. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
33. Logan
    James Mangold
34. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
35. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
36. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
37. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
38. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
39. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
40. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
41. Beatriz at Dinner
    Miguel Arteta
42. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
43. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
44. My Cousin Rachel
    Roger Michell
45. Menashe
    Joshua Z Weinstein
46. The Salesman
    Asghar Farhadi
47. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
48. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
49. Stronger
    David Gordon Green
50. Molly’s Game
    Aaron Sorkin

Bilge Ebiri: Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Village Voice

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

1. My Happy Family
   Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. After the Storm
   Hirokazu Kore-eda
4. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
5. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
6. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
7. Starless Dreams
   Mehrdad Oskouei
8. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. First They Killed My Father
    Angelina Jolie
11. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Oklahoma City
    Barak Goodman
14. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
15. Wonderstruck
    Todd Haynes
16. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
17. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
18. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
19. Logan
    James Mangold
20. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
21. The House
    Andrew Jay Cohen
22. In the Fade
    Fatih Akin
23. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
24. Kedi
    Ceyda Torun
25. Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun