The 2017 Sight & Sound List Of The Best Films Of The Year

By Matt Neglia

The Sight & Sound annual critics list for the year 2017 has been posted. The BFI’s international magazine polled more than 180 critics, programmers and academics from around the world to secure the results which, for the first time, includes a TV series in the Top 10.

​Click below to see the list.

​1. Get Out, dir: Jordan Peele
2. Twin Peaks: The Return, dirs: Mark Frost, David Lynch
3. Call Me By Your Name, dir: Luca Guadagnino
4. Zama, dir: Lucrecia Martel
5. Western, dir: Valeska Grisebach
6. Faces Places, dir: Agnes Varda, JR
7. Good Time, dirs: Ben and Josh Safdie
8. Loveless, dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev
9. Dunkirk, dir: Christopher Nolan
9. The Florida Project, dir: Sean Baker
11. A Ghost Story, dir: David Lowery
12. BPM (Beats Per Minute), dir: Robin Campillo
12. Lady Macbeth, dir: William Oldroyd
12. You Were Never Really Here, dir: Lynne Ramsay
15. God’s Own Country, dir: Francis Lee
16. Personal Shopper, dir: Olivier Assayas
16. The Shape Of Water, dir: Guillermo del Toro
16. Strong Island, dir: Yance Ford
19. I Am Not Your Negro, dir: Raoul Peck
19. Lady Bird, dir: Greta Gerwig
19. Let the Sunshine In, dir: Claire Denis
19. Moonlight, dir: Barry Jenkins
19. Mother!, dir: Darren Aronofsky
19. Mudbound, dir: Dee Rees
25. The Other Side Of Hope, dir: Aki Kaurismaki
25. Silence, dir: Martin Scorsese

Keep in mind that some of these films, while technically 2016 releases here in the US did not receive a European release until 2017 and that is why "Moonlight" and "Silence" for example are here. What do you think of the list? How do you feel about "Twin Peaks'" inclusion? Let us know in the comments below.

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