Scott’s film is probably the most visually influential film of the last half-century, and Blade Runner 2049 fittingly is one of the best-looking studio releases of the past decade at least. Cinematographer Roger Deakins will likely, finally, win his first Academy Award.”– Samuel R. Murrian...
Ranker Film Updated March 16, 2025 322.2K views 96 items Ranked By 227.3K votes 19.4K voters 121 reranks Voting Rules Only movies released in theaters in 2017. Hilarious comedies, thrilling superhero movies, smart horror films, and engaging dramas comprise the very best movies of 2017. Receivi...
Ranker Film Updated March 16, 2025 322.2K views 96 items Ranked By 227.3K votes 19.4K voters 121 reranks Voting Rules Only movies released in theaters in 2017. Hilarious comedies, thrilling superhero movies, smart horror films, and engaging dramas comprise the very best movies of 2017. Receivi...
The British film industry was obsessed by the 1941 evacuation of Dunkirk this year: two of its most award-friendly offerings were weighty epics chronicling the nerve-flaying action (Dunkirk) and the behind-the-scenes political wranglings (Darkest Hour). More satisfying than either, though, was ...
2017 to be a peculiarity, an anomaly perhaps that housed the calamitous and downright bizarre. However, 2017 was also a year the film industry flourished. The sheer quality of movie releases would make any cinephile buzz with excitement, so let's take a look at why 2017 was such a ...
One of my main criteria for choosing the best film of the year is the way it changes me emotionally, physically. So few films have that power. “Call Me by Your Name” absolutely wrecked me. Luca Guadagnino’s swooningly romantic story of first love in the summer of 1983 is gorgeously ...
It’s the best gay film since Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain.— Trey Taylor1. Lady BirdSo much of this existentialist teen journey reflects where we are in 2017: in the ways that we still argue with our parents, set lofty goals for ourselves and break all the rules our perceived ...
And so here we are, with my favorite film of 2017.Denis Villeneuveexceeded my greatest expectations forBlade Runner 2049, a sequel that honors the gorgeous atmosphere of the original, but delivers a story that’s far more contemplative. On an existential odyssey through a dystopian Los Angeles ...
As amazing as 2017 has been for film, nothing has topped one of the first movies I saw this year:Call Me By Your Name.Luca Guadagnino has a gift for making the ordinary erotic, and in his adaptation of André Aciman’s novel the filmmaker infuses glances, gulps of apricot juice, and ...
“Kong: Skull Island” might well be dumb and lightweight, knockabout B-movie fun, but it worked a treat. The film’s visuals were strong, too, with cinematographer Larry Fong doing some of his very best work to date. “Kong: Skull Island” is also the only PG-13 rated movie to ...