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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…

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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 and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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