Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Lists

  1. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2017
  2. Nashville Scene: The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll
  3. Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s
  4. Paste: 50 Best Movies of 2017
  5. Atlantic: Christopher Orr: Best Movies of 2017
  6. IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2017
  7. Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017
  8. GCN: Steve Erickson: Top 26 Films of 2017
  9. IndieWire: Eric Kohn: 17 Best Movies of 2017
  10. Variety: Owen Gleiberman: 10 Best Films of 2017
  11. Rolling Stone: Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  12. Genevieve Koski: Top 15 Films of 2017
  13. Film School Rejects: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  14. The Independent: The 40 Best Films of the 2010s
  15. New York Times: A.O. Scott: 21 Best Movies of 2017
  16. Keith Phipps: Top 16 Films of 2017
  17. Vulture: Emily Yoshida: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  18. Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017
  19. Artforum: Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2017
  20. Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  21. Paste: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  22. RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Best Films of 2017
  23. Variety: Peter Debruge: 10 Best Films of 2017
  24. Guardian: 50 Top Films of 2017
  25. RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017
  26. Daily: David Hudson: Top Ten Films of 2017
  27. Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2017
  28. Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2017
  29. A.V. Club: Katie Rife: Best Films of 2017
  30. Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: 35 Best Films of 2017
  31. The Young Folks: Top 50 Films of the 2010s
  32. Vulture: David Edelstein: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  33. Uproxx: 20 Best Movies of 2017
  34. Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2017
  35. RogerEbert.com: Allison Shoemaker: Top Ten Films of 2017
  36. Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: 10 Best Films of 2017
  37. Time Out New York: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
  38. Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: 12 Best Movies of 2017
  39. A.V. Club: Noel Murray: Best Films of 2017
  40. Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
  41. New York Times: Manohla Dargis: 40 Best Movies of 2017
  42. Huffington Post: Matthew Jacobs: 27 Best Movies of 2017
  43. Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of the 2010s
  44. Artforum: J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2017
  45. AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2017
  46. Boston Globe: Ty Burr: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade
  47. The Big Picture: Sean Fennessey: Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
  48. Hyperallergic: The Best Films of the Decade
  49. Alicia Malone: Top 50 Films of 2017
  50. Jeffrey M. Anderson: Top Ten Films of 2017
  51. AP: Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2017
  52. Collider: Matt Goldberg: Top 25 Films of the 2010s
  53. Consequence: Top 25 Movies of 2017
  54. Los Angeles Times: Mark Olsen: 20 Best Films of 2017
  55. Justine Smith: 30 Favorite Films of 2017
  56. RogerEbert.com: Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2017
  57. RogerEbert.com: Jacob Oller: Ten Best Films of 2017
  58. Culture Trip: Graham Fuller: 20 Best Movies of 2017
  59. RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s
  60. Time: Stephanie Zacharek: Top 10 Movies of 2017
  61. BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore: 11 Best Movies of 2017
  62. RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Best Films of 2017
  63. Christy Lemire: 10 Best Films of 2017
  64. Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2017
  65. The Ringer: K. Austin Collins: 24 Best Movies of 2017
  66. TIFF Cinematheque: The Best of the Decade: An Alternative View
  67. A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017
  68. Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2017
  69. ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2017
  70. Michael Sicinski: Top 25 Films of 2017
  71. The Playlist: The 100 Best Films of the Decade
  72. Slant: 50 Best Films of 2017
  73. Senses of Cinema World Poll: Joanna Di Mattia: Favorite Films of 2017
  74. Roxana Hadadi: Top 50 Movies of the Decade
  75. Village Voice: Bilge Ebiri: Best Movies of 2017
  76. Film School Rejects: Best Movies of 2017
  77. Consequence: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
  78. David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2017
  79. Keith Phipps: Top 30 Films of the Decade
  80. Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017
  81. IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  82. World of Reel: Jordan Ruimy: The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s
  83. Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: Favorite Films of 2017
  84. A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  85. Susannah Gruder: Best Movies of the 2010s
  86. Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017