Here it is everyone, my list of favorite films and performances I saw this year. I didn’t do any sort of ranking this year as I honestly have come to the realization that best films and performances are subjective. How could I compare a film like “Lucky” to a film like “John Wick Chapter Two” both of which I think were great for different reasons and both films I intend to re-watch depending on the mood I’m in. Therefore I’ve listed the films alphabetically. For the record, I unfortunately did not see “Call Me By your Name”. (Thanks Red Deer for showing it for only one time which was a time I couldn’t go see it). Nor did I catch “The Florida Project”, “The Darkest Hour”, “Good Time” or “The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, all of which were on my “must watch” and I still hope to catch them. But here are 20 films that to me were my favorites, and multiple performances which stood out for me for many different reasons.
Favorite Films of 2017
All the Money in the World
The Beguiled
The Big Sick
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
A Ghost Story
It
I, Tonya
John Wick Chapter 2
Lady Bird
Logan
Logan Lucky
Lucky
Mudbound
Okja
Personal Shopper
Phantom Thread
The Post
Valarian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Wonder Woman
Favorite Lead Performances
Michelle Williams: All the Money in the World
Kumail Nanjiani: The Big Sick
Ryan Gosling: Blade Runner 2049
Daniel Kaluuya: Get Out
Margot Robbie: I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan: Lady Bird
Harry Dean Stanton: Lucky
Kristen Stewart: Personal Shopper
Daniel Day Lewis: Phantom Thread
Vicky Krieps: Phantom Thread
Meryl Streep: The Post
Francis McDormand: Three Billboards…
Gal Gadot: Wonder Woman
Favorite Supporting Performances
Christopher Plummer: All the Money in the World
Nicole Kidman: The Beguiled
Holly Hunter: The Big Sick
Ray Romano: The Big Sick
Michael Fassbender: Alien: Covenant
Harrison Ford: Blade Runner 2049
LilRel Howery: Get Out
Catherine Keener: Get Out
Bradley Whitford: Get Out
Allison Williams: Get Out
Paul Walter Hauser: I, Tonya
Allison Janney: I, Tonya
Sebastian Stan: I, Tonya
Tracey Letts: Lady Bird
Laurie Metcalf: Lady Bird
Patrick Stewart: Logan
Daniel Craig: Logan Lucky
Adam Driver: Logan Lucky
David Lynch: Lucky
Garrett Hedlund: Mudbound
Rob Morgan: Mudbound
Carey Mulligan: Mudbound
Tilda Swinton: Okja
Lesley Manville: Phantom Thread
Bob Odenkirk: The Post
Sam Rockwell: Three Billboards
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