2017’s films ranked

03.09.18: This list is now final. While I may in the future see additional films that were released in the awards year of 2017, no more films will be added to this list. (I may add links to reviews of films listed here.)

This ranking includes only new theatrical releases viewed for the awards year of 2017 (for eligibility for the Academy Awards and the OFCS and AWFJ awards); some films released in the UK without US releases (and so ineligible for those awards this year) may also be included, for my own bookkeeping purposes. Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/NYC Release Date/London Release Date; year is 2017 unless otherwise noted.

other yearly rankings:
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

[5 stars]
Get Out (03.07/02.24/03.17)
Downsizing (10.13/12.22/01.19.18)
The Florida Project (10.12/10.06/11.10)
Colossal (04.18/04.07/05.19)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (10.15/11.10/01.12.18)
The Girl with All the Gifts (07.26.16/02.24/09.23.16)
A Ghost Story (08.08/07.07/08.11)
Brigsby Bear (09.22/07.28/12.08)
It Comes at Night (07.07/06.09/07.07)
City of Ghosts (07.17/07.07/07.21)
Paddington 2 (10.29/01.12.18/11.10)
Human Flow (11.27/10.13/12.08)
Kedi (01.03.18/02.10/06.30)
The Shape of Water (10.10/12.08/02.16.18)
First They Killed My Father (09.23/09.15/09.15)
The Lego Batman Movie (02.04/02.10/02.10)
Logan (02.17/03.03/03.01)
War for the Planet of the Apes (06.21/07.14/07.11)
Their Finest (10.13.16/04.07/04.21)
Lady Macbeth (10.13.16/07.14/04.28)
Dunkirk (07.17/07.21/07.21)
Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) (06.16/06.16/11.24)
Ingrid Goes West (08.28/08.11/11.17)
The Death of Stalin (10.02/03.09.18/10.20)
Call Me by Your Name (10.09/11.24/10.27)
A United Kingdom (10.05.16/02.10/11.25.16)
The Red Turtle (09.22.16/01.20/TBA)
Prevenge (10.12.16/03.24/02.10)
La Soledad (08.16/direct to VOD/08.18)
Last Flag Flying (10.07/11.03/TBA)
All This Panic (09.28.16/03.31/03.24)
Letters from Baghdad (04.20/06.02/04.21)
Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (89th Academy Awards) (02.06/02.08/direct to VOD)

[4.5 stars]
Wonder Woman (06.03/06.02/06.01)
Faces Places (Visages, Villages) (09.30/10.06/09.21.18)
The Rape of Recy Taylor (12.07/12.08/05.25.18)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (12.14/12.15/12.14)
Maya Dardel (09.12/10.27/direct to VOD)
Mudbound (10.03/11.17/11.17)
I, Tonya (12.13/12.08/02.23.18)
Molly’s Game (12.25/12.25/01.01.18)
The Square (01.05.17/10.27/03.16.18)
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (10.10/10.13/11.10)
Maudie (05.17/06.16/08.04)
Battle of the Sexes (09.16/09.22/11.24)
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (01.03.18/10.20/04.06.18)
Phantom Thread (12.25/12.25/02.02.18)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (10.12/10.20/11.03)
The Breadwinner (11.11/11.17/05.25.18)
The Disaster Artist (11.22/12.01/12.01)
Detroit (08.21/07.28/08.25)
Stronger (09.25/09.22/12.08)
Patti Cake$ (08.05/08.18/09.01)
California Typewriter (08.24/08.18/01.05.19)
The Big Sick (07.24/06.23/07.28)
Ferdinand (12.09/12.15/12.15)
500 Years (07.15/07.12/TBA)
The Midwife (Sage femme) (07.07/07.21/07.07)
Lucky (10.04/09.29/09.14.18)
A Good American (09.17.16/02.03/09.23.16)
Speed Sisters (02.16.16/02.10/03.25.16)
The Promise (04.24/04.21/04.28)
Kong: Skull Island (03.02/03.10/03.09)

[4 stars]
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (07.15/06.02/07.24)
Thor: Ragnarok (10.24/11.03/10.24)
The Greatest Showman (12.09/12.20/12.26)
Wonderstruck (10.06/10.20/TBA)
I Am Not a Witch (10.03/09.07.18/10.20)
Lady Bird (10.14/11.03/02.16.18)
The Post (12.21/12.22/01.19.18)
Coco (01.13.18/11.22/01.19.18)
The Ritual (10.02/direct to Netflix/10.13)
Icarus (02.27.17/direct to Netflix/direct to Netflix)
Bushwick (10.25/08.25/08.25)
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (10.11/12.29/11.17)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (07.05/07.07/07.05)
Another Mother’s Son (02.21/direct to VOD/03.24)
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (89th Academy Awards) (02.20/02.08/direct to VOD)
Personal Shopper (10.09.16/03.10/03.17)
The Survivalist (04.19.16/05.19/02.12.16)
God Knows Where I Am (04.07/03.31/04.14)
The Salesman (01.31/01.27/03.17)
Raw (04.04/03.01/04.07)
The Beguiled (06.20/06.23/07.14)
The Party (10.09/02.16.18/10.13)
Step (07.21/08.04/08.11)
God’s Own Country (08.07/10.27/09.01)
Menashe (12.11/07.28/12.08)
The Divine Order (10.14/10.27/03.08.17)
Borg vs McEnroe (09.11/04.13.18/09.22)
My Pure Land (09.12/TBA/09.15)
The Unknown Girl (12.02.16/08.25/12.02.16)
Pecking Order (08.24/direct to VOD/09.29)
Jane (11.12/10.20/11.24)
Good Time (10.05/08.11/11.17)
The Commune (05.28/05.19/07.29.16)
Polina (08.18/08.25/12.21.18)
Lost in London (04.30/TBA/05.05)
The Fencer (Miekkailija) (11.30/07.21/12.24.16)
The Great Wall (02.16/02.17/02.16)
The Chamber (01.18/02.23.18/03.10)
Motherland (10.15/09.08/TBA)
The Light of the Moon (10.31/11.01/direct to VOD)
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (11.18/11.24/03.09)
Victoria & Abdul (09.12/09.22/09.15)
Wind River (07.20/08.04/09.08)
Urban Hymn (08.01.16/05.12/09.30.16)
The Women’s Balcony (Ismach Hatani) (07.06/05.26/TBA)
Pilgrimage (07.28/08.11/direct to VOD)
Megan Leavey (aka Rex) (06.19/06.09/direct to VOD)
Final Portrait (08.18/03.23.18/08.18)
Finding Kim (05.29/05.31/TBA)
Through the Wall (aka The Wedding Plan) (05.28/05.12/12.16.16)
The Zookeeper’s Wife (04.22/03.31/04.21)
Dolores (09.09/09.01/TBA)
Queen of the Desert (04.03/04.07/direct to VOD)
Catfight (02.22/03.03/03.10)
Viceroy’s House (02.17/09.01/03.03)
Birthright: A War Story (07.21/07.14/direct to VOD)

[3.5 stars]
Only the Brave (10.17/10.20/11.10)
13 Minutes (aka Elser) (07.13.15/06.30/07.17.15)
The Limehouse Golem (08.23/09.08/09.01)
Breathe (10.04/10.13/10.27)
11/8/16 (aka November 8th) (10.26/11.03/direct to VOD)
The Tribes of Palos Verdes (12.02/12.01/TBA)
I Do… Until I Don’t (09.01/09.01/direct to VOD)
Landline (07.27/07.21/TBA)
6 Days (08.18/08.18/TBA)
The Glass Castle (08.16/08.11/10.06)
Loving Vincent (10.03/09.22/10.13)
The Lost City of Z (04.12/04.14/03.24)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (02.17/02.10/02.17)
Brimstone (10.12.16/03.10/TBA)
T2 Trainspotting (01.27/03.17/01.27)
Mindhorn (03.29/direct to Netflix/05.05)
The Void (03.29/04.07/03.31)
Brakes (02.20.18/TBA/11.24)
Carrie Pilby (03.30/03.31/direct to VOD)
Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (89th Academy Awards) (02.22/02.08/02.08)
School Life (08.26/09.08/10.13)
Mountain (11.08/05.11.18/12.15)
My Scientology Movie (01.11/03.10/10.07.16)
Antarctica: Ice and Sky (aka Ice and the Sky) (La glace et le ciel) (01.19/01.20/12.11.15)
Person to Person (09.18/07.28/TBA)
The Last Laugh (03.03/03.03/direct to VOD)
Take My Nose… Please! (10.06/10.06/TBA)

[3 stars]
Novitiate (10.18/10.27/TBA)
American Made (08.23/09.29/08.25)
Clash (Eshtebak) (04.06/08.25/04.21)
Logan Lucky (08.22/08.18/08.25)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (11.20/11.22/12.01)
Walking Out (09.27/10.06/TBA)
Indivisible (09.22.16/09.15/TBA)
The Dark Tower (08.18/08.04/08.18)
Girls Trip (07.26/07.21/07.26)
Everything, Everything (08.09/05.19/08.18)
The Bad Batch (06.15/06.23/09.22 [Netflix])
Spaceship (09.23.16/direct to VOD/05.19)
Most Beautiful Island (12.07/12.08/TBA)
Goodbye Christopher Robin (09.29/09.29/10.13)
Unlocked (03.28/09.01/05.05)
Despicable Me 3 (06.30/06.30/06.30)
Snatched (05.19/05.12/05.19)
Aaron’s Blood (05.29/06.02/TBA)
Mean Dreams (03.15/03.17/direct to VOD)
Kushuthara: Pattern of Love (04.01/03.03/04.07)

[2.5 stars]
Hostiles (12.06/12.22/01.05.18)
Happy End (11.28/12.22/12.01)
All the Money in the World (12.21/12.25/01.05.18)
Blade Runner 2049 (10.05/10.06/10.05)
Atomic Blonde (08.03/07.28/08.09)
Darkest Hour (12.14/11.22/01.12.18)
Wonder (11.13/11.17/12.01)
Brad’s Status (11.29/09.15/01.05.18)
The Journey (06.12/06.16/05.05)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (04.24/05.05/04.28)
The Sense of an Ending (04.06/03.10/04.14)
City of Tiny Lights (03.20/direct to VOD/04.07)
Rememory (10.01/09.08/TBA)
47 Meters Down (06.14/06.16/07.26)
Beauty and the Beast (03.12/03.17/03.17)
XX (02.16/02.16/TBA)
Finding Fatimah (04.05/05.12/04.21)
Realive (09.27/09.29/TBA)

[2 stars]
Baby Driver (07.01/06.28/06.28)
Free Fire (10.16.16/04.21/03.31)
It (09.08/09.08/09.08)
Suburbicon (11.24/10.27/11.24)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (11.29/11.17/02.02.18)
So B. It (10.15/10.06/TBA)
Alien: Covenant (05.04/05.19/05.12)
The Mountain Between Us (10.06/10.06/10.06)
Love Is Thicker Than Water (11.27/direct to VOD/12.02)
Murder on the Orient Express (11.02/11.10/11.03)
Cars 3 (07/11/06.16/07.14)
The Levelling (04.19/03.24/05.12)
Lowriders (05.02/05.12/04.28)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (12.05/12.20/12.20)
American Assassin (09.14/09.15/09.14)
Hampstead (08.01/06.14.19/06.23)
The Last Word (07.06/03.03/07.07)
The Belko Experiment (03.16/03.17/04.21)
Ghost in the Shell (03.27/03.31/03.30)
Churchill (05.31/06.02/06.16)
Bokeh (03.23/03.24/direct to VOD)
The Boss Baby (04.02/03.31/04.01)
Whisky Galore! (05.12/05.12/05.05)
Scribe (La mécanique de l’ombre) (07.20/TBA/07.21)
England Is Mine (08.25/08.25/08.04)
100 Streets (09.21.16/01.13/11.11.16)
Rings (02.03/02.03/02.03)
Split (01.20/01.20/01.20)
Going in Style (04.07/04.07/04.07)
Power Rangers (03.24/03.24/03.24)

[1.5 stars]
Future ’38 (06.08/12.01/TBA)
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (10.09/06.30/11.24)
Fun Mom Dinner (08.04/08.04/direct to VOD)
Friend Request (09.14/09.22/04.20.16)
Below Her Mouth (04.28/04.28/TBA)
Blade of the Immortal (09.21/11.03/12.08)
The Dancer (11.25/12.01/TBA)
Smurfs: The Lost Village (03.26/04.07/03.31)
Aftermath (02.13/04.07/04.07)
The Space Between Us (02.10/02.03/02.10)
The White King (11.02.16/direct to DVD/01.27)

[1 star]
Flatliners (09.29/09.29/09.29)
Geostorm (10.23/10.20/10.20)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (aka Dead Men Tell No Tales) (05.18/05.26/05.25)
Justice League (11.16/11.17/11.17)
A Cure for Wellness (02.20/02.17/02.24)
Annabelle: Creation (08.01/08.11/08.11)
Home Again (09.05/09.08/09.29)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (05.17/05.12/05.19)
Monster Trucks (12.18.16/01.13/12.16.16)
The Mummy (06.13/06.09/06.09)
Life (03.24/03.24/03.24)
Dig Two Graves (03.23/03.24/TBA)
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (01.19/01.20/01.19)
War on Everyone (09.06.16/02.03/10.07.16)
A Bad Moms Christmas (11.01/11.01/11.01)
Una (10.08.16/10.06/09.01)
Fast & Furious 8 (aka The Fate of the Furious) (04.10/04.14/04.12)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (08.02/07.21/08.02)
The Vault (09.05/09.01/09.08)
Wish Upon (07.12/07.14/07.28)
Fifty Shades Darker (02.10/02.10/02.10)
Wakefield (05.25/05.19/direct to VOD)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard (08.17/08.18/08.17)
Overdrive (08.11/direct to VOD/08.11)
Hounds of Love (07.27/05.12/07.28)
The Book of Henry (06.29/06.16/06.23)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (10.10/10.06/10.20)
The Unseen (aka Amaurosis) (12.14/05.17.19/12.15)

[.5 stars]
Baywatch (05.22/05.25/05.29)
The Shack (06.09/03.03/06.09)
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (04.11/03.31/TBA)
The Last Shaman (05.10/05.12/direct to VOD)
The House (06.29/06.30/06.30)
Leap! (aka Ballerina) (03.26/08.25/12.19.16)
Pottersville (11.14/11.10/TBA)

[0 stars]
Unforgettable (04.21/04.21/04.21)
Pitch Perfect 3 (12.18/12.22/12.20)
Inconceivable (10.31/06.30/direct to DVD)
2307: Winter’s Dream (10.04/10.06/direct to DVD)
CHiPs (03.25/03.24/03.24)
The Bye Bye Man (01.14/01.13/01.13)
The Snowman (10.13/10.20/10.13)
The Ottoman Lieutenant (03.10/03.10/direct to VOD)
Transformers: The Last Knight (06.29/06.21/06.22)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (09.20/09.22/09.20)
The Emoji Movie (08.02/07.28/08.02)
Bright (12.22/12.22/12.22)
Hello Again (09.11/11.08/TBA)
Daddy’s Home 2 (11.12/11.10/11.22)
mother! (09.05/09.15/09.15)