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2017 Movies

Michael Sicinski: Top 25 Films of 2017

04 December 2017

On the Beach at Night Alone - Hong Sang-soo

Michael Sicinski: Top 25 Films of 2017 (limited to commercial releases)

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023 • The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022 • The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010s • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 12 Films of 2012]

  1. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
  2. Staying Vertical
    Alain Guiraudie
  3. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
  4. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
  5. Wormwood
    Errol Morris
  6. Strong Island
    Yance Ford
  7. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    Noah Baumbach
  8. Félicité
    Alain Gomis
  9. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
  10. Mimosas
    Oliver Laxe
  11. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
  12. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
  13. The Work
    Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous
  14. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    S. Craig Zahler
  15. Jane
    Brett Morgen
  16. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
    Frederick Wiseman
  17. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
  18. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
  19. A Quiet Passion
    Terence Davies
  20. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
  21. Ma
    Celia Rowlson-Hall
  22. All This Panic
    Jenny Gage
  23. Son of Joseph
    Eugène Green
  24. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
    Robin Campillo
  25. Lipstick Under My Burkha
    Alankrita Shrivastava

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