2017 was perhaps the best year of the 2010s for movies. Not only did the year include many of the decade’s best movies, there was a depth to the amount of releases that were quality. This “best of” list was harder than nearly any year surrounding it – consisting of a healthy mix of auteur projects and blockbusters. A few of my favorite directors (Sean Baker, Luca Guadagnino, Greta Gerwig to name a few) released their best movies in 2017. It was a year of discovery, and these are my 25 favorite movie discoveries of 2017:
25. Thelma
24. Baby Driver
23. The Beguiled
22. The Post
21. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
20. The Other Side of Hope
19. The Shape of Water
18. John Wick: Chapter 2
17. The Meyerowitz Stories
16. The Lego Batman Movie
15. Nathan for You: Finding Frances
14. The Death of Stalin
13. Columbus
12. Logan Lucky
11. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
10. The Trip to Spain
9. Phantom Thread
8. Good Time
7. A Ghost Story
6. Get Out
5. Lady Bird
4. Only the Brave
3. Dunkirk
Dunkirk may just be Christopher Nolan’s most improbable and precise movie. A technical revelation that feels like the stretched out third act of a war epic. All this time later, nothing has aged poorly in this cinematic achievement.
Read Cinephile Corner’s review of Dunkirk
2. Call Me By Your Name
1. The Florida Project
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