2017 was a banner year in film. While there is no clear cut, consensus number one film of the year like last year (Moonlight), the depth of this year’s field was tremendous, with almost ten films having legitimate arguments for the top spot. I watched 60 films this year so that, as always, you the reader can trust my opinion on the year’s best comes from a fully informed place. And with that, here is my list of the top films of 2017.
Image: Paramount Pictures
1. mother!
Image: A24
Image: Annapurna Pictures
3. Detroit
Image: Neon
4. I, Tonya
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5. Dunkirk
6. Get Out
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
9. Darkest Hour
10. The Big Sick
11. Hounds of Love
12. Wind River
13. Baby Driver
14. Split
15. Life
18. Lady Bird
19. Mudbound
20. Wonder Woman
22. Logan Lucky
25. All the Money in the World
26. Molly’s Game
27. The Beguiled
28. War for the Planet of the Apes
29. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
30. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
31. Free Fire
33. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
34. Good Time
36. Phantom Thread
37. The Post
38. Murder on the Orient Express
39. Logan
41. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
42. Colossal
43. Columbus
45. Breathe
46. Downsizing
47. The Founder
48. Personal Shopper
49. First They Killed My Father
50. Bright
51. Okja
53. A Quiet Passion
54. Justice League
55. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
56. A Ghost Story
57. Spider-Man: Homecoming
59. All Eyez on Me
