Year-End Lists

Willa Paskin: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Slate

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. The Leftovers
2. I Love Dick
3. The Deuce
4. Better Things
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. The Handmaid’s Tale
7. Insecure
8. Big Little Lies
9. Catastrophe
10. GLOW

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

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

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

Sonia Saraiya: 25 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Variety

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

1. The Leftovers
2. The Crown
3. Halt and Catch Fire
4. Twin Peaks: The Return
5. Big Little Lies
6. Rick and Morty
7. Alias Grace
8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
9. Better Things
10. BoJack Horseman
11. Planet Earth II
12. American Vandal
13. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
14. Star Trek: Discovery
15. The Keepers
16. Broad City
17. Dear White People
18. The Handmaid’s Tale
19. The Deuce
20. GLOW
21. The Good Place
22. Better Call Saul
23. Insecure
24. One Day at a Time
25. The Punisher

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

Katy Waldman: 10 Favorite Books of 2017, as published by Slate

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

• Manhattan Beach
  Jennifer Egan
• Conversations with Friends
  Sally Rooney
• What Happened
  Hillary Rodham Clinton
• The Book of Dust

  La Belle Sauvage (Volume 1)
  Philip Pullman
• Her Body and Other Parties
  Carmen Maria Machado
• Lincoln in the Bardo
  George Saunders
• Priestdaddy
  Patricia Lockwood
• The Invention of Angela Carter

  A Biography
  Edmund Gordon
• The Odyssey
  Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
• The Idiot
  Elif Batuman

Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Ctrl
   SZA
3. Melodrama
   Lorde
4. 4:44
   JAY-Z
5. American Teen
   Khalid
6. reputation
   Taylor Swift
7. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
   Calvin Harris
8. Culture
   Migos
9. Process
   Sampha
10. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
11. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
12. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
13. Luv Is Rage 2
    Lil Uzi Vert
14. I See You
    The xx
15. After Laughter
    Paramore
16. Rainbow
    Ke$ha
17. HNDRXX
    Future
18. Big Fish Theory
    Vince Staples
19. Residente
    Residente
20. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
21. More Life
    Drake
22. From A Room: Volume 1
    Chris Stapleton
23. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem
24. SweetSexySavage
    Kehlani
25. Nothing Feels Natural
    Priests
26. ÷
    Ed Sheeran
27. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
28. hopeless fountain kingdom
    Halsey
29. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
30. Beautiful Trauma
    Pink
31. Freudian
    Daniel Caesar
32. Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
    Japandroids
33. Fin
    Syd
34. Mura Masa
    Mura Masa
35. Nervous System
    Julia Michaels
36. Laila’s Wisdom
    Rapsody
37. Life Changes
    Thomas Rhett
38. Guppy
    Charly Bliss
39. Golden
    Romeo Santos
40. Tell Me You Love Me
    Demi Lovato
41. About U
    Muna
42. 9
    Cashmere Cat
43. Dua Lipa
    Dua Lipa
44. Drunk
    Thundercat
45. The OOZ
    King Krule
46. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
47. 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
    Big K.R.I.T.
48. Lust for Life
    Lana Del Rey
49. Without Warning
    21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin
50. Meaning of Life
    Kelly Clarkson