Year-End Lists

Les Inrockuptibles: Best Films of 2017

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

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Wonderstruck
   Todd Haynes
4. Ismael’s Ghosts
   Arnaud Desplechin
5. Yourself and Yours
   Hong Sang-soo
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
   Ang Lee
8. Let the Sunshine In
   Claire Denis
9. Barbara
   Mathieu Amalric
10. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
11. Logan
    James Mangold
12. Split
    M. Night Shyamalan
13. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
14. The House by the Sea
    Robert Guédiguian
15. The Day After
    Hong Sang-soo
16. Sayonara
    Kôji Fukada
17. The Edge of Seventeen
    Kelly Fremon Craig
18. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
    Bruno Dumont
19. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
20. Sleeping Beauty
    Adolfo Arrieta

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2017

Roger Koza: Favorite Films of 2017, as submitted to the Otros Cines Survey

1. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
2. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
3. The Impossible Picture
   Sandra Wollner
4. Good Manners
   Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas
5. Barbs, Wastelands
   Marta Mateus
6. Milla
   Valérie Massadian
6. Baronesa
   Juliana Antunes
7. Alanis
   Anahí Berneri
8. Drift
   Helena Wittmann
9. Luz Obscura
   Susana de Sousa Dias
10. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR

Ben Sachs: Favorite Films of 2017, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
2. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
3. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
4. That Most Important Thing: Love
   Andrzej Zulawski
5. Sixty Six
   Lewis Klahr
6. Dim the Fluorescents
   Daniel Warth
7. Nowhere to Hide
   Zaradasht Ahmed
8. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
9. Mimosas
   Oliver Laxe
10. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
11. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
12. Princess Cyd
    Stephen Cone
13. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
14. The Lovers
    Azazel Jacobs
15. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
16. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
17. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont
18. In Transit
    David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
19. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
20. Julieta
    Pedro Almodóvar
21. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
22. Western
    Valeska Grisebach
23. Frantz
    François Ozon
24. The Moderns
    Marcela Matta and Mauro Sarser
25. Get Out
    Jordan Peele

Honorable Mentions

• Behemoth
  Zhao Liang
• The Breadwinner
  Nora Twomey
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Félicité
  Alain Gomis
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Golden Years
  André Téchiné
• Last Flag Flying
  Richard Linklater
• Our Time Will Come
  Ann Hui
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas

J.R. Jones: The Best Films of 2017, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
2. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
3. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
7. Loving Vincent
   Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
8. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
9. The Red Turtle
   Michael Dudok de Wit
10. Death in the Terminal
    Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudri

Runners-up

11. The Square
    Jehane Noujaim
12. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
13. Last Men in Aleppo
    Firas Fayyad
14. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
15. The Lovers
    Azazel Jacobs
16. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
17. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
18. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
19. Obit
    Vanessa Gould
20. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd

Christopher Orr: Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Atlantic

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
4. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
5. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
6. Coco
   Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
7. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
10. The Post
    Steven Spielberg

Honorable Mentions

• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• Battle of the Sexes
  Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Darkest Hour
  Joe Wright
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• Hostiles
  Scott Cooper
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Jane
  Brett Morgen
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Logan
  James Mangold
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
  Jon Watts
• Split
  M. Night Shyamalan
• The Square
  Ruben Östlund
• T2 Trainspotting
  Danny Boyle
• Thor: Ragnarok
  Taika Waititi
• Victoria & Abdul
  Stephen Frears
• War for the Planet of the Apes
  Matt Reeves
• Wind River
  Taylor Sheridan
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins

Uproxx: 20 Best Movies of 2017

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

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
   Rian Johnson
6. Baby Driver
   Edgar Wright
7. Brigsby Bear
   Dave McCary
8. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
9. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
10. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
11. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
12. Casting JonBenet
    Kitty Green
13. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
14. Bodied
    Joseph Kahn
15. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
16. Coco
    Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
17. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
18. Brad’s Status
    Mike White
19. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
20. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro

The A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017

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

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
8. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
9. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
10. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
11. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
12. Logan
    James Mangold
13. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
14. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
15. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
16. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
17. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
18. John Wick: Chapter 2
    Chad Stahelski
19. Staying Vertical
    Alain Guiraudie
20. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: Best Films of 2017
• A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: Best Films of 2017
• A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: Best Films of 2017
• A.V. Club: Katie Rife: Best Films of 2017
• A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: Best Films of 2017
• A.V. Club: Noel Murray: Best Films of 2017

Matt Zoller Seitz: Best Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Lucky
   John Carroll Lynch
2. First They Killed My Father
   Angelina Jolie
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
5. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. In Transit
   David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
8. Coco
   Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
9. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Alien: Covenant
  Ridley Scott
• Atomic Blonde
  David Leitch
• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• Blade Runner 2049
  Denis Villeneuve
• The Breadwinner
  Nora Twomey
• The Beguiled
  Sofia Coppola
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Dunkirk
  Christopher Nolan
• Ex Libris: New York Public Library
  Frederick Wiseman
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Logan
  James Mangold
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• The Salesman
  Asghar Farhadi
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• Trophy
  Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Ben Kenigsberg: Best Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

Honorary top spot

• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch

Then…

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. In Transit
   David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
7. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
8. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
9. Columbus
   Kogonada
10. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello

Some others

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Death of Louis XIV
  Albert Serra
• It Happened in L.A.
  Michelle Morgan
• Jane
  Brett Morgen
• Marjorie Prime
  Michael Almereyda
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
  Joseph Cedar
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Quest
  Jonathan Olshefski
• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• Rat Film
  Theo Anthony
• The Settlers
  Shimon Dotan
• The Square
  Ruben Östlund
• The Unknown Girl
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• The Wedding Plan
  Rama Burshtein
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Sheila O’Malley: Best Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
2. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
3. Silence
   Martin Scorsese
4. Kedi
   Ceyda Torun
5. My Happy Family
   Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson

Other films I loved, other films I considered putting on my Top 10, and so I feel I must mention them

• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• Silvio
  Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Columbus
  Kogonada
• Ingrid Goes West
  Matt Spicer
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• Novitiate
  Margaret Betts
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• Rat Film
  Theo Anthony
• Strong Island
  Yance Ford
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• Dunkirk
  Christopher Nolan

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017