Year-End Lists

Film Comment: 20 Best Films of 2017 (as selected by contributors)

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

1. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
2. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
3. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
7. The Death of Louis XIV
   Albert Serra
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
10. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
11. The Human Surge
    Eduardo Williams
12. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
13. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
14. Dawson City: Frozen Time
    Bill Morrison
15. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
16. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
17. Wonderstruck
    Todd Haynes
18. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
19. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
20. The Square
    Ruben Östlund

Todd McCarthy: 20 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

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

1. Downsizing
   Alexander Payne
2. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. My Journey Through French Cinema
   Bertrand Tavernier
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Graduation
   Cristian Mungiu
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
10. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan

And ten honorable mentions

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  Martin McDonagh
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• War for the Planet of the Apes
  Matt Reeves
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• T2 Trainspotting
  Danny Boyle
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
  Joseph Cedar
• Columbus
  Kogonada
• Foxtrot
  Samuel Maoz
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco

Mallory Andrews: Top 10 Films of 2017, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2019 • 2018]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
5. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
6. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
7. Logan
   James Mangold
8. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
9. Columbus
   Kogonada
10. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Honorable Mentions

• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• The Lure
  Agnieszka Smoczynska
• Lucky
  John Carroll Lynch
• the first act of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
  Angela Robinson
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• Riverdale, “Chapter Twenty: Tales from the Darkside”
  Dawn Wilkinson
• every video I took of my cat

This list contributes to:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017

Christy Lemire: 10 Best Films of 2017

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. I, Tonya
   Craig Gillespie
4. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
6. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
7. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
8. Raw
   Julia Ducournau
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017

Joe Morgenstern: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by The Wall Street Journal

[see also 2019 • 2018]

1. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro

The rest alphabetical

• Blade Runner 2049
  Denis Villeneuve
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Their Finest
  Lone Scherfig
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  Martin McDonagh
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins

Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2017 (as posted to Twitter and submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll)

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
4. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. mother!
   Darren Aronofsky
8. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
9. Hermia & Helena
   Matías Piñeiro
10. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery

Additional films submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo
• Common Carrier
  James N. Kienitz Wilkins
• A Better Man
  Attiya Khan and Lawrence Jackman

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017

Mark Kermode: Top 10 Films of 2017, as published by The Observer

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

• Raw
  Julia Ducournau
• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• The Levelling
  Hope Dickson Leach
• The Red Turtle
  Michael Dudok de Wit
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• My Life as a Courgette
  Claude Barras
• Toni Erdmann
  Maren Ade
• Blade Runner 2049
  Denis Villeneuve
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• In Between
  Maysaloun Hamoud

Graham Fuller: 20 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Culture Trip

[see also 2012]

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
3. Lady Macbeth
   William Oldroyd
4. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
5. The Square
   Ruben Östlund
6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
   Martin McDonagh
7. Happy End
   Michael Haneke
8. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
10. The Unknown Girl
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
11. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
12. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
13. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
14. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
15. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
16. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
17. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
18. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
    Maria Schrader
19. Foxtrot
    Samuel Maoz
20. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont

Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
3. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
5. Slack Bay
   Bruno Dumont
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
10. Silvio
    Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
11. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
12. Columbus
    Kogonada
13. Hermia & Helena
    Matías Piñeiro
14. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
15. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
16. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
17. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
18. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
19. Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
20. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
    Errol Morris
21. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
22. Dawson City: Frozen Time
    Bill Morrison
23. Colossal
    Nacho Vigalondo
24. I Called Him Morgan
    Kasper Collin
25. The Unknown Girl
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
26. Actor Martinez
    Mike Ott and Nathan Silver
27. Whose Streets?
    Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
28. Logan Lucky
    Steven Soderbergh
29. Planetarium
    Rebecca Zlotowski
30. Marshall
    Reginald Hudlin
31. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
32. Icaros: A Vision
    Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi
33. Mimosas
    Oliver Laxe
34. Wait for Your Laugh
    Jason Wise
35. The Rape of Recy Taylor
    Nancy Buirski

Slant Magazine: 50 Best Films of 2017

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

1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
3. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
8. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
9. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
11. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
12. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
13. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
14. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
15. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
16. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
17. Tempestad
    Tatiana Huezo
18. Starless Dreams
    Mehrdad Oskouei
19. The Salesman
    Asghar Farhadi
20. Marjorie Prime
    Michael Almereyda
21. Behemoth
    Zhao Liang
22. Song to Song
    Terrence Malick
23. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
24. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
26. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
27. Slack Bay
    Bruno Dumont
28. In Transit
    David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
29. Columbus
    Kogonada
30. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
31. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
32. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
33. Graduation
    Cristian Mungiu
34. 4 Days in France
    Jérôme Reybaud
35. Hermia & Helena
    Matías Piñeiro
36. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Yorgos Lanthimos
37. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
38. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
39. Paraguay Remembered
    Dominique Dubosc
40. Person to Person
    Dustin Guy Defa
41. I Called Him Morgan
    Kasper Collin
42. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
    Juho Kuosmanen
43. Mister Universo
    Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
44. The Human Surge
    Eduardo Williams
45. The Red Turtle
    Michael Dudok de Wit
46. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
47. Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo
    Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
48. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
49. Wet Woman in the Wind
    Akihiko Shiota
50. Harmonium
    Kôji Fukada