Best movies of 2017

[Chris Knipp]

Film Comment has reported on their poll

Film Comment’s Top 10 Films Released in 2017:
1. Good Time Josh and Benny Safdie, USA
2. A Quiet Passion Terence Davies, U.K./Belgium
3. Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas, France
4. Get Out Jordan Peele, USA
5. Nocturama Bertrand Bonello, France
6. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman, USA
7. The Death of Louis XIV Albert Serra, France/Portugal/Spain
8. Faces Places Agnès Varda and JR, France
9. The Lost City of Z James Gray, USA
10. Lady Bird Greta Gerwig, USA

And the next ten:
11. The Human Surge Eduardo Williams, Argentina
12. The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki, Finland
13. The Florida Project Sean Baker, USA
14. Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison, USA
15. Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
16. On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sangsoo, South Korea
17. Wonderstruck Todd Haynes, USA
18. Mudbound Dee Rees, USA
19. BPM: Beats Per Minute Robin Campillo, France
20. The Square Ruben Östlund, Sweden

[BEST] FILMS WITHOUT DISTRIBUTION [in the US] IN 2017
1. The Nothing Factory Pedro Pinho, Portugal
2. A Gentle Creature Sergei Loznitsa, France/Germany/Lithuania/The Netherlands
3. Streetscapes [Dialogue] Heinz Emigholz, Germany
4. Milla Valérie Massadian, France
5. Tonsler Park Kevin Jerome Everson, USA
6. Mrs. Fang Wang Bing, France/China/Germany
7. Spoor Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, Poland/Germany/Czech Republic
8. Le Fort des fous Narimane Mari, France/Algeria/Greece/Germany/Qatar
9. 3/4 Ilian Metev, Bulgaria
10. The Venerable W. Barbet Schroeder, France/Switzerland

Rankings #11-20
11. Golden Exits Alex Ross Perry, USA
12. Mrs. Hyde Serge Bozon, France
13. The Wandering Soap Opera Raúl Ruiz & Valeria Sarmiento, Chile
14. Life and Nothing More Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain/USA
15. Until the Birds Return Karim Moussaoui, France/Algeria/Germany
16. Good Luck Ben Russell, France/Germany
17. Distant Constellation Shevaun Mizrahi, Turkey/USA
18. The Quartet (Elohim, Abaton, Coda, Ode) Nathaniel Dorsky, USA
19. Drift Helena Wittmann, Germany
20. Untitled Matthew Glawogger & Monika Willi, Austria

This is the magazine of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. They live in a relatively secluded world and these are offbeat lists. Their faves include three of the films I found most overrated, Good Time and Human Surge and A Quiet Passion. I'm also beginning to wonder if maybe Get out is starting to feel like one of the most overrated. It's basically just a horror film with a clever gimmick, not a great movie.