Year-End Lists

Dana Stevens: Top 15 Movies of 2017, as published by Slate

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• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• Columbus
  Kogonada
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Wonder Woman
  Patty Jenkins

Honorable Mentions

• The Big Sick
  Michael Showalter
• The Disaster Artist
  James Franco
• My Happy Family
  Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel

Emily Yoshida: 10 Best Movies of 2017, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2018]

1. Your Name
   Makoto Shinkai
2. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
3. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
6. Princess Cyd
   Stephen Cone
7. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Spettacolo
   Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
10. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
    Angela Robinson

Far Out Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2017

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1. The OOZ
   King Krule
2. Sleep Well Beast
   The National
3. Cigarettes After Sex
   Cigarettes After Sex
4. Pure Comedy
   Father John Misty
5. Slowdive
   Slowdive
6. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
7. Interplanetary Class Classics
   The Moonlandingz
8. Relatives in Descent
   Protomartyr
9. City Music
   Kevin Morby
10. Everybody Works
    Jay Som
11. Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
    Ariel Pink
12. Sandgrown
    Jack Cooper
13. Sincerely, Future Pollution
    Timber Timbre
14. Somersault
    Beach Fossils
15. Flying Microtonal Banana
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
16. English Tapas
    Sleaford Mods
17. Love What Survives
    Mount Kimbie
18. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
19. 1992
    Princess Nokia
20. Holiday Destination
    Nadine Shah
21. MASSEDUCTION
    St. Vincent
22. Science Fiction
    Brand New
23. In Mind
    Real Estate
24. Capacity
    Big Thief
25. Rest
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
26. Love In the 4th Dimension
    The Big Moon
27. Out in the Storm
    Waxahatchee
28. Utopia
    Björk
29. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
30. Melodrama
    Lorde
31. Process
    Sampha
32. Semper Femina
    Laura Marling
33. Lotta Sea Lice
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
34. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
35. Orc
    Oh Sees
36. Every Country’s Sun
    Mogwai
37. Yesterday’s Gone
    Loyle Carner
38. Rock N Roll Consciousness
    Thurston Moore
39. This Old Dog
    Mac DeMarco
40. Hug of Thunder
    Broken Social Scene
41. A Deeper Understanding
    The War on Drugs
42. I See You
    The xx
43. Drunk
    Thundercat
44. L.A. Witch
    L.A. Witch
45. Hippopotamus
    Sparks
46. Volcano
    Temples
47. As You Were
    Liam Gallagher
48. Modern English Decoration
    Ulrika Spacek
49. Half-Light
    Rostam
50. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice

Stephanie Zacharek: Top 10 Movies of 2017, as published by Time Magazine

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1. The Post
   Steven Spielberg
2. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
3. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
4. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
5. Kedi
   Ceyda Torun
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. Dunkirk
   Christopher Nolan
8. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. Girls Trip
    Malcolm D. Lee

Honorable Mentions

• The Beguiled
  Sofia Coppola
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Shape of Water
  Guillermo del Toro
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes
• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• I Called Him Morgan
  Kasper Collin
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• My Life as a Zucchini
  Claude Barras
• California Typewriter
  Doug Nichol
• John Wick: Chapter 2
  Chad Stahelski
• The Little Hours
  Jeff Baena
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
  Angela Robinson
• Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
  Michael Roberts

Ed Gonzalez: Top 30 Movies of 2017 (as posted on Twitter)

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1. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Salesman
   Asghar Farhadi
3. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
4. Nocturama
   Bertrand Bonello
5. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
6. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
7. Personal Shopper
   Olivier Assayas
8. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
9. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
10. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman

20 Next in Line

• 4 Days in France
  Jérôme Reybaud
• Behemoth
  Zhao Liang
• BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  Robin Campillo
• Call Me by Your Name
  Luca Guadagnino
• The Challenge
  Yuri Ancarani
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• God’s Own Country
  Francis Lee
• Good Time
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Harmonium
  Kôji Fukada
• In Transit
  David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• The Ornithologist
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Quest
  Jonathan Olshefski
• Son of Joseph
  Eugène Green
• Starless Dreams
  Mehrdad Oskouei
• Tempestad
  Tatiana Huezo
• War for the Planet of the Apes
  Matt Reeves
• The Work
  Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous

Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Melodrama
   Lorde
2. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
3. american dream
   LCD Soundsystem
4. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
5. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
6. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
7. I See You
   The xx
8. Ctrl
   SZA
9. Flower Boy
   Tyler, The Creator
10. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
11. Take Me Apart
    Kelela
12. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
13. No Shape
    Perfume Genius
14. Crack-Up
    Fleet Foxes
15. 50 Song Memoir
    The Magnetic Fields
16. Slowdive
    Slowdive
17. SATURATION II
    BROCKHAMPTON
18. Soft Sounds from Another Planet
    Japanese Breakfast
19. Arca
    Arca
20. Everybody Works
    Jay Som

K. Austin Collins: 24 Best Movies of 2017, as published by The Ringer

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1. Good Time
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
1. Dawson City: Frozen Time
   Bill Morrison
2. The Work
   Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. The Lost City of Z
   James Gray
5. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
6. Song to Song
   Terrence Malick
7. A Quiet Passion
   Terence Davies
8. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
10. Columbus
    Kogonada

Honorable Mentions

• Brawl in Cell Block 99
  S. Craig Zahler
• Dark Night
  Tim Sutton
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• A Ghost Story
  David Lowery
• John Wick: Chapter 2
  Chad Stahelski
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Logan Lucky
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
  Noah Baumbach
• mother!
  Darren Aronofsky
• On the Beach at Night Alone
  Hong Sang-soo
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Wonderstruck
  Todd Haynes
• Your Name
  Makoto Shinkai

Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017, as published by The Ringer

1. 4:44
   JAY-Z
2. Melodrama
   Lorde
3. Antisocialites
   Alvvays
4. Hot Thoughts
   Spoon
5. The Nashville Sound
   Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
6. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
7. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
8. All American Made
   Margo Price
9. Guppy
   Charly Bliss
10. Pleasure
    Feist

The A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017

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1. DAMN.
   Kendrick Lamar
2. MASSEDUCTION
   St. Vincent
3. A Deeper Understanding
   The War on Drugs
4. What Now
   Sylvan Esso
5. Ctrl
   SZA
6. Nothing Feels Natural
   Priests
7. Plunge
   Fever Ray
8. Turn Out the Lights
   Julien Baker
9. Big Fish Theory
   Vince Staples
10. Out in the Storm
    Waxahatchee
11. A Hairshirt of Purpose
    Pile
12. Process
    Sampha
13. Mirror Reaper
    Bell Witch
14. Sleep Well Beast
    The National
15. Utopia
    Björk
16. Guppy
    Charly Bliss
17. Melodrama
    Lorde
18. V
    The Horrors
19. You Can’t Stay Here
    Iron Chic
20. american dream
    LCD Soundsystem

IndieWire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017

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1. The Leftovers
2. Better Things
3. Twin Peaks: The Return
4. The Handmaid’s Tale
5. BoJack Horseman
6. Dear White People
7. Halt and Catch Fire
8. Better Call Saul
9. Master of None
10. American Vandal