The 2017 Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Winners

By Matt Neglia

The Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) have announced their winners for the best in film for 2017.

​Click below to see the winners.

​Best Picture
“Dunkirk”
“The Florida Project”
“Lady Bird”
“The Shape of Water” (TIE)
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (TIE)

Best Comedy Film
“The Big Sick” (WINNER)
“The Disaster Artist”
“I, Tonya”
“Lady Bird”
“Logan Lucky”

Best Science Fiction Film
“Blade Runner 2049” (WINNER)
“Okja”
“The Shape of Water”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”

Best Horror Film
“Get Out” (WINNER)
“Hounds of Love”
“It”
“It Comes at Night”
“Raw”

​Best Mystery or Thriller Film
“The Beguiled”
“Get Out” (WINNER)
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer”
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“Murder on the Orient Express”
“The Post”
“Split”
“Wind River”

Best Animated Film
“The Breadwinner”
“Cars 3”
“Coco” (WINNER)
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“Loving Vincent”

Best Foreign Language Film
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)”
“In the Fade”
“Raw” (WINNER)
“The Square”
“Thelma”

Best Documentary
“City of Ghosts” (WINNER)
“Jane”
“Step”
“Whose Streets”

Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet - “Call Me by Your Name” (WINNER)
Daniel Day-Lewis - “Phantom Thread”
James Franco - “The Disaster Artist”
Daniel Kaluuya - “Get Out”
Gary Oldman - “Darkest Hour”
Harry Dean Stanton - “Lucky”

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain - “Molly’s Game”
Sally Hawkins - “The Shape of Water” (TIE)
Frances McDormand - “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (TIE)
Margot Robbie - “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan - “Lady Bird”

​Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe - “The Florida Project”
Armie Hammer - “Call Me by Your Name”
Richard Jenkins - “The Shape of Water”
Sam Rockwell - “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (WINNER)
Michael Stuhlbarg - “Call Me by Your Name”

Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige - “Mudbound”
Holly Hunter - “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney - “I, Tonya”
Laurie Metcalf - “Lady Bird” (WINNER)
Octavia Spencer - “The Shape of Water”

Best Director
Sean Baker - “The Florida Project”
Guillermo del Toro - “The Shape of Water”
Greta Gerwig - “Lady Bird”
Christopher Nolan - “Dunkirk” (WINNER)
Jordan Peele - “Get Out”
Edgar Wright - “Baby Driver”

Best Screenplay
Greta Gerwig - “Lady Bird” (TIE)
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer - “The Post”
Martin McDonagh - “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (TIE)
Jordan Peele - “Get Out”
Aaron Sorkin - “Molly’s Game”

Best Score
Alexandre Desplat - “The Shape of Water”
Jonny Greenwood - “Phantom Thread” (WINNER)
Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer - “Blade Runner 2049”
Hans Zimmer - “Dunkirk”

Special Achievement in Cinematography - “Blade Runner 2049”
Special Achievement Award - Andy Serkis for "War For The Planet Of The Apes"
Special Achievement Award For Best Debut - Brooklynn Prince for "The Florida Project"
Lifetime Achievement Award - Harry Dean Stanton
Special Achievement Award - John Williams for his work on the "Star Wars" film series

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