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Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2017

December 31, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Just missing out on a place in the top ten were…

11. The Shape of Water
12. Thor: Ragnarok
13. A Ghost Story
14. The Florida Project
15. It
16. mother!
17. Paddington 2
18. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
19. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
20. Wonder Woman

Here’s how the top twenty would have looked going on U.K. release dates…

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Logan
3. Get Out
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. War for the Planet of the Apes
6. Dunkirk
7. Baby Driver
8. La La Land
9. Call Me By Your Name
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming
11. The Disaster Artist
12. Moonlight
13. The Shape of Water
14. Thor: Ragnarok
15. A Ghost Story
16. The Florida Project
17. It
18. mother!
19. Paddington 2
20. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Here’s our writers’ individual favourites…

Robert Kojder – The Shape of Water
Luke Owen – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Liam Hoofe – Blade Runner 2049
Ben Robins – Baby Driver
Matt Rodgers – Blade Runner 2049
Eric Bay-Andersen – La La Land
Freda Cooper – A Ghost Story
George Chrysostomou – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Harrison Abbott – La La Land
Samuel Brace – Dunkirk
Andy Naylor – Blade Runner 2049
Sean Wilson – Get Out
Rachael Kaines – Call Me By Your Name
Helen Murdoch – Blade Runner 2049
Matt Spencer-Skeen – Get Out
Robert W Monk – Moonlight
Shaun Munro – Blade Runner 2049
Tom Jolliffe – Blade Runner 2049
Rafael Motamayor – Get Out
Thomas Harris – Call Me By Your Name
Ricky Church – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Rachael Bellwoar – Baby Driver
Paul Risker – Man Underground
Tom Roach – Dunkirk
Chris Cooper – La La Land
Tom Beasley – Paddington 2

And our previous Top Tens…

2016 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2015 – Ex Machina
2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy
2013 – Gravity
2012 – The Dark Knight Rises
2011 – Drive
2010 – Inception

What are your picks for the best movies of the year? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below…

Originally published December 31, 2017. Updated April 19, 2018.

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Gary Collinson, Movies Tagged With: Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, Logan, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Disaster Artist, War for the Planet of the Apes

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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