WASHINGTON 鈥� From start to finish, 2017 was a year of controversy in Hollywood.
It began with a bizarre Oscar gaffe switching Best Picture from “La La Land” to “Moonlight,” then ended聽with a tidal wave of sex scandals from Harvey Weinstein to Kevin Spacey.
Thankfully for audiences,聽there were some impressive movies to watch in between, from summer blockbusters to indie gems, from festival favorites to recent award contenders.
Now, 小萝莉影视 Film Critic Jason Fraley ranks the Best Movies of 2017, offering detailed explanations on each slide, then listing the full ranking beneath the gallery:
Best Movies of 2017
40. Beauty & The Beast / The Last Jedi 鈥� Bill Condon / Rian Johnson
39. Crown Heights 鈥� Matt Ruskin
38. Spiderman: Homecoming 鈥� Jon Watts
37. The Meyerowitz Stories 鈥� Noah Baumbach
36. Life 鈥� Daniel Espinosa
35. Lucky 鈥� John Carroll Lynch
34.聽Marshall 鈥� Reginald Hudlin
33. Landline 鈥� Gillian Robespierre
32. Goodbye Christopher Robin 鈥� Simon Curtis
31.聽Wonder 鈥� Stephen Chbosky
30. It 鈥� Andy Muschietti
29.聽Blade Runner 2049 鈥� Denis Villeneuve
28.聽Hostiles 鈥� Scott Cooper
27.聽The Beguiled 鈥� Sofia Coppola
26.聽American Made 鈥� Doug Liman
25. Thank You For Your Service 鈥� Jason Hall
24. Last Flag Flying 鈥� Richard Linklater
23. Battle of the Sexes 鈥� Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
22.聽War for the Planet of the Apes 鈥� Matt Reeves
21. Stronger 鈥� David Gordon Green
20. The Lost City of Z 鈥� James Gray
19.聽Call Me By Your Name 鈥� Luca Guadagnino
18.聽Molly’s Game 鈥� Aaron Sorkin
17.聽The Florida Project 鈥� Sean Baker
16.聽Detroit 鈥� Kathryn Bigelow
15.聽The Shape of Water 鈥� Guillermo Del Toro
14.聽The Disaster Artist 鈥� James Franco
13.聽Coco 鈥� Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina
12. Baby Driver 鈥� Edgar Wright
11. Three Billboards Outisde Ebbing, Missouri 鈥� Martin McDonagh
10.聽Wonder Woman 鈥� Patty Jenkins
9. Darkest Hour 鈥� Joe Wright
8. Dunkirk 鈥� Christopher Nolan
7.聽I, Tonya 鈥� Craig Gillespie
6. Wind River 鈥� Taylor Sheridan
5. The Big Sick 鈥� Michael Showalter
4.聽The Post 鈥� Steven Spielberg
3.聽Lady Bird 鈥� Greta Gerwig
2.聽Mudbound 鈥� Dee Rees
1.聽Get Out 鈥� Jordan Peele
