Year-End Lists

Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2017, as published by ScreenCrush

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1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
3. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
4. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
5. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
6. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
10. Get Out
    Jordan Peele

Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)

• Coco
  Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
• Darkest Hour
  Joe Wright
• The Girl with All the Gifts
  Colm McCarthy
• Kedi
  Ceyda Torun
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• A Quiet Passion
  Terence Davies
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• T2 Trainspotting
  Danny Boyle

Dennis Lim: Favorite Films of 2017, as posted by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and submitted to the Sight & Sound poll

[see also 2020]

Film Society of Lincoln Center

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
5. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
   Heinz Emigholz
6. The Day After
   Hong Sang-soo
6. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
6. Claire’s Camera
   Hong Sang-soo
7. Downsizing
   Alexander Payne
8. Araby
   João Dumans and Affonso Uchôa
9. Tonsler Park
   Kevin Jerome Everson
10. Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett
    Luke Fowler

Sight & Sound

• Twin Peaks: The Return
  David Lynch
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Streetscapes [Dialogue]
  Heinz Emigholz
• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo

Plus 10 short/medium-length films/moving-image works (in alphabetical order):

• Aliens
  Luis López Carrasco
• Barbs, Wastelands
  Marta Mateus
• Braguino
  Clément Cogitore
• Cosmic Generator
  Mika Rottenberg
• Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett
  Luke Fowler
• Filter
  Jaakko Pallasvuo
• Flores
  Jorge Jácome
• Onward Lossless Follows
  Michael Robinson
• What weakens the flesh is the flesh itself
  James Richards and Steve Reinke
• Where Do You Stand Now, Joao Pedro Rodrigues?
  João Pedro Rodrigues

Michael Phillips: 10 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Chicago Tribune

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1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Rat Film
   Theo Anthony
6. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino

Nicole Brenez: Favorite Films of 2017, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll and to the annual collection of lists curated by Toronto Film Review

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• The Ride
  Stéphanie Gillard
• A Feeling Greater Than Love
  Mary Jirmanus Saba
• Sakhisona
  Prantik Narayan Basu
• Rubber Coated Stee
  Lawrence Abu Hamdan
• This is a War, Baby
  Yuri Pupyrin

superb films I’m not mentioning first because they already received several well-deserved awards

• Barbs, Wastelands
  Marta Mateus
• Les îles
  Yann Gonzalez
• I Don’t Think I Can See an Island
  Christopher Becks and Emmanuel Lefrant
• The Burden
  Niki Lindroth von Bahr

additional entries submitted to Toronto Film Review, in no order

• Des choses comme ça
  Paul Grivas
• Lecture about the impossible adaptation of Ovid by the cinema, Elisabeth de Fontenay, Femis, December 8, 2017

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017

Alison Willmore: 11 Best Movies of 2017, as published by BuzzFeed

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

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. The Villainess
   Jung Byung-gil
4. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
5. Your Name
   Makoto Shinkai
6. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
7. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
8. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. A Fantastic Woman
    Sebastián Lelio
11. The Post
    Steven Spielberg

Mark Olsen: 20 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2018]

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
   Noah Baumbach
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. The Disaster Artist
   James Franco
10. The Square
    Ruben Östlund

And another 10 that could easily have been slotted in somewhere (alphabetical)

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Dunkirk
  Christopher Nolan
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Ingrid Goes West
  Matt Spicer
• Logan
  James Mangold
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Nocturama
  Bertrand Bonello
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson

Alissa Wilkinson: 35 Best Films of 2017, as published by Vox

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

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
3. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Columbus
   Kogonada
10. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
11. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
14. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
15. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
16. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
17. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
18. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
19. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
20. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
21. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Marjorie Prime
  Michael Almereyda
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Casting JonBenet
  Kitty Green
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Graduation
  Cristian Mungiu
• Spettacolo
  Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
• Loveless
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
  Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger
• In Transit
  David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
• The Reagan Show
  Sierra Pettengill and Pacho Velez

Justin Chang: 32 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Los Angeles Times

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
5. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
6. Columbus
   Kogonada
7. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
8. Brawl in Cell Block 99
   S. Craig Zahler
9. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
10. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
11. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan

Plus 20 honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

• After the Storm
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Detroit
  Kathryn Bigelow
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• God’s Own Country
  Francis Lee
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Loveless
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• Raw
  Julia Ducournau
• Son of Joseph
  Eugène Green
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  Rian Johnson
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins
• The Work
  Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous

Owen Gleiberman: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Variety

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2012]

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. Oklahoma City
   Barak Goodman
4. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
5. The Disaster Artist
   James Franco
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
8. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
9. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2017, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
4. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
10. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray

Also excellent

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• Lady Macbeth
  William Oldroyd
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  Steve James
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  James Gunn
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky