Year-End Lists

Alissa Wilkinson: 35 Best Films of 2017, as published by Vox

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1. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
2. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
   Frederick Wiseman
3. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
4. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
5. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
6. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
7. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Columbus
   Kogonada
10. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
11. Rat Film
    Theo Anthony
12. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
13. The Square
    Ruben Östlund
14. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
15. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
16. The Big Sick
    Michael Showalter
17. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
18. Lady Macbeth
    William Oldroyd
19. Ingrid Goes West
    Matt Spicer
20. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
21. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Marjorie Prime
  Michael Almereyda
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Casting JonBenet
  Kitty Green
• The Post
  Steven Spielberg
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• I, Tonya
  Craig Gillespie
• The Lost City of Z
  James Gray
• Graduation
  Cristian Mungiu
• Spettacolo
  Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
• Loveless
  Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
  Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger
• In Transit
  David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
• The Reagan Show
  Sierra Pettengill and Pacho Velez

This list contributes to:

• Best Films of 2017 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll