Year-End Lists

Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2017, as published by Associated Press

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

1. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Wonder Woman
   Patty Jenkins
9. Jane
   Brett Morgen
10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• Their Finest
  Lone Scherfig
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick

Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
8. Columbus
   Kogonada
9. Jane
   Brett Morgen
10. Mudbound
    Dee Rees

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
2. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
5. Last Flag Flying
   Richard Linklater
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Girls Trip
   Malcolm D. Lee
8. Coco
   Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
9. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino

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• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Silence
   Martin Scorsese
2. Mudbound
   Dee Rees
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
7. Strong Island
   Yance Ford
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach

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• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Jacob Oller: Ten Best Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2016]

1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
3. The Disaster Artist
   James Franco
4. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
5. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
6. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
7. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. Ingrid Goes West
   Matt Spicer
10. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Allison Shoemaker: Top Ten Films of 2017, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
7. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
8. Colossal
   Nacho Vigalondo
9. The Big Sick
   Michael Showalter
10. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Dennis Cooper: 14 Favorite Films of 2017 (in no order)

[see also 2019 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• All These Sleepless Nights
  Michal Marczak
• Unrest
  Philippe Grandrieux
• Apparitions
  Alex MacKenzie
• Song to Song
  Terrence Malick
• Spectral Ascension
  Paul Clipson
• In Transit
  David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
• The Ornithologist
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Your Name
  Makoto Shinkai
• NOW
  Chantal Akerman
• John Wick: Chapter 2
  Chad Stahelski
• Ulysses in the Subway
  Ken and Flo Jacobs
• Éditeur
  Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens

Consequence: Top 25 Movies of 2017

[see also 2010s]

1. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
4. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Baby Driver
   Edgar Wright
9. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
10. Logan
    James Mangold
11. Jane
    Brett Morgen
12. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
13. I, Tonya
    Craig Gillespie
14. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
15. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
16. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco
17. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
18. Columbus
    Kogonada
19. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
20. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
21. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
22. Whose Streets?
    Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
23. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
24. Lucky
    John Carroll Lynch
25. It
    Andy Muschietti

Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2017

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. The Levelling
   Hope Dickson Leach
6. Logan Lucky
   Steven Soderbergh
7. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
8. Paddington 2
   Paul King
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
11. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
12. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
13. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
14. My Life as a Courgette
    Claude Barras
15. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
16. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
17. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
18. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
19. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh
20. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
21. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
22. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
23. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
24. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
25. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
26. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
27. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
28. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee
29. I Called Him Morgan
    Kasper Collin
30. Logan
    James Mangold

Matthew Jacobs: 27 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The HuffPost

[see also 2020 • 2018]

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
3. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
4. Okja
   Bong Joon-ho
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
7. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
8. God’s Own Country
   Francis Lee
9. The Beguiled
   Sofia Coppola
10. A Fantastic Woman
    Sebastián Lelio
11. The Post
    Steven Spielberg
12. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
13. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
14. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
16. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
17. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
18. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco

Honorable mentions

• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Colossal
  Nacho Vigalondo
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Kedi
  Ceyda Torun
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• The Lovers
  Azazel Jacobs
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees