Year-End Lists

David Edelstein: 10 Best Movies of 2017, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

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

1. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
2. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
6. Marjorie Prime
   Michael Almereyda
7. Nowhere to Hide
   Zaradasht Ahmed
8. Valerian
   Luc Besson
9. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
10. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017 (a poll of 188 critics and curators published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

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

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
5. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
9. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
11. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
12. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
12. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
12. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
15. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
16. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
16. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
16. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
19. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
19. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
19. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
19. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
19. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
19. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
25. The Other Side of Hope
    Aki Kaurismäki
25. Silence
    Martin Scorsese

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2017
• Sight & Sound Poll: Nicole Brenez: Favorite Films of 2017

Michael Sicinski: Top 25 Films of 2017 (limited to commercial releases)

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023 • The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022 • The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010s • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 12 Films of 2012]

1. On the Beach at Night Alone
   Hong Sang-soo
2. Staying Vertical
   Alain Guiraudie
3. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
4. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
5. Wormwood
   Errol Morris
6. Strong Island
   Yance Ford
7. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
   Noah Baumbach
8. Félicité
   Alain Gomis
9. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
10. Mimosas
    Oliver Laxe
11. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
12. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
13. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
14. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
15. Jane
    Brett Morgen
16. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
17. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
18. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
19. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
20. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
21. Ma
    Celia Rowlson-Hall
22. All This Panic
    Jenny Gage
23. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
24. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
25. Lipstick Under My Burkha
    Alankrita Shrivastava

Richard Lawson: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
   Robin Campillo
2. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
3. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
4. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
8. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
9. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
10. Beatriz at Dinner
    Miguel Arteta

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s always enjoyable video countdown: 25 Best Films of 2017. See also his notes about the films.

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

1. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
2. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
3. A Ghost Story
   David Lowery
4. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Columbus
   Kogonada
7. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
10. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
11. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
12. Okja
    Bong Joon-ho
13. Wonderstruck
    Todd Haynes
14. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
15. The Beguiled
    Sofia Coppola
16. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
17. Thelma
    Joachim Trier
18. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
19. Foxtrot
    Samuel Maoz
20. A Fantastic Woman
    Sebastián Lelio
21. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
22. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
23. Baby Driver
    Edgar Wright
24. The Lure
    Agnieszka Smoczynska
25. All These Sleepless Nights
    Michal Marczak

cléo journal: 12 Films That Stayed with Us

• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• I Am Not a Witch
  Rungano Nyoni
• On Body and Soul
  Ildikó Enyedi
• Girls Trip
  Malcolm D. Lee
• Suleiman Mountain
  Elizaveta Stishova
• Maison du bonheur
  Sofia Bohdanowicz
• Risk
  Laura Poitras
• Scary Mother
  Ana Urushadze
• Thor: Ragnarok
  Taika Waititi
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino

Anne Thompson: 12 Best Films of 2017, as published by IndieWire

[see also 2019 • 2016 • 2015 • 2011]

1. The Shape of Water
   Guillermo del Toro
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
4. Blade Runner 2049
   Denis Villeneuve
5. Darkest Hour
   Joe Wright
6. Loveless
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
7. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
8. First They Killed My Father
   Angelina Jolie
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
11. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
12. The Breadwinner
    Nora Twomey

Eric Kohn: 17 Best Movies of 2017, as published by IndieWire

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

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Foxtrot
   Samuel Maoz
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. A Fantastic Woman
   Sebastián Lelio
5. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. The Ornithologist
   João Pedro Rodrigues
9. Menashe
   Joshua Z Weinstein
10. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
11. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
12. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
13. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
14. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
15. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
16. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
17. Kedi
    Ceyda Torun

James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

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

1. The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied.
   exhibition at Fondazione Prada
2. Jean Vigo retrospective at Il Cinema Ritrovato
3. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
4. Western
   Valeska Grisebach
5. The Nothing Factory
   Pedro Pinho
6. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
7. Closeness
   Kantemir Balagov
8. 12 Days
   Raymond Depardon
9. Caniba
   Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
10. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman

J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2017, as published by Artforum

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

1. Drunk (aka Drink)
   Andy Warhol
2. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
3. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
   Heinz Emigholz
4. The Vietnam War
   Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
5. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
   Joseph Cedar
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
   Alexandra Dean
10. An Ecstatic Experience
    Ja’Tovia Gary