The Blu-ray Community Top 25 Films of 2017 (Please Read 1st Post)

[thewerepuppygrr]

the Deadline for your votes is set for:
Monday (Feb 26th) at noon eastern time (9 am pacific).

Happy New Year, Blu-Ray.com! But let's say goodbye to 2017 in style by rounding up the best films this past year had to offer.

Guidelines

Like previous years, simply list your top 20 - 25 films in order descending from your favorite, the higher up the film is the more points it'll get, like this:

1. 25 Points
2. 19 Points
3. 18 Points
4. 17 Points
5. 16 Points
................
16. 5 Points
17. 4 Points
18. 3 Points
19. 2 Points
20. 1 Point
................
21. 1 Point
22. 1 Point
23. 1 Point
24. 1 Point
25. 1 Point

Your top film gets 25 points, because it's your favorite so it deserves a little bit extra. This year continues the addition of 21 - 25 as we believe everyone should have a chance to add some runners up, they all get 1 point each, which will hopefully avoid us getting many tie breakers and might allow us to add some little known films that wouldn't of initially gotten many peoples attention last year. If you can't think of extra 5 films worth mentioning, then don't worry, the minimum amount of submission is 20 films, the extra 5 are for people who might want them.

And please, list your films in the order given, no randomly ordered submission will be counted.

The Rules

1) Like mentioned above, Minimum amount of films listed is 20 and Maximum is 25. If you can't list 20 movies you've seen this year, all the films on your list will only receive 1 point each towards the total so be sure to reach that 20 milestone.

2) What counts as a 2017 release? - A film must have been released either limited, wide, on demand, or straight-to-dvd (which ever comes first) in the United States in 2017. This does not include film festivals or released internationally. It may be hard to determine if some films were released in 2014 or not, so that's what the strict rules on this are for. We stick to the US as our guide for no other reason than it is easier that way.

Use the release dates on IMDb if you are unsure if it's eligible. As an example from the previous countdown, Snowpiercer was released in some countries and festivals in 2013, but did not get a limited release in the U.S. until June 27th, 2014. So that film will count as eligible for 2014. Likewise, a movie that doesn't get a wide release until January, but it had a limited release sometime in 2017, would also count.

Classic films that were re-released ARE NOT ELIGIBLE! Please do not include them on your list, you'll be asked to change it and if you haven't changed before the deadline, the films on your list will get 1 point each.

And if you're unsure if a film is eligible, just ask and we will help figure it out for you!

3) Please only make one list - Make only one list on this thread. However, you are free to update and change your original post as often as you'd like until the deadline. It will make tallying very hard if there are multiple lists from one person. Just find your original post and click 'Edit' to make your changes. If you do re-post your list twice or more, I'll message you to remove them.

4) Add a short review of your film choices - In an attempt to personalize the list as a whole, I want members to post a short bit of prose about their choice. This can range from a short sentence consisting of a couple of words to a couple of lines long paragraph, or you can link to a previous review you wrote when the film was released.

This is not compulsory, and you can write these short pieces on however many of your choices you want, even if it's only for your first pick., however the more input the better, the short words of wisdom will be included on the final tallied up list in a well presented manner, and you're list will be linked with you're description so others who see your words will hopefully want to look at your other choices as well.

5) Finally, just to remind you, the Deadline is set for:
Saturday (Feb 24th) at noon eastern time (9 am pacific).
Please make sure you get your list in and make any final edits before this deadline, as any changes after that will not count.

Previous Years:

[principehomura]

By the deadline I should catch up with some italian release, hope to make it!

[spanky87]

I’m still demanding a recount for 2015. The Force Awakens was robbed.

[The Debts]

1. Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa).

“I hate this town! I hate this life! Please make me a handsome Tokyo boy in my next life!”

Not many films left me in awe quite like Your Name did. Going in, I was pretty much in the dark save for the base synopsis – two teens find themselves continually swapping bodies for reasons beyond their understanding – and the universal praise it was getting but coming out of it, I was utterly blindsided by the massive achievement that director Makoto Shinkai pulled off. Gorgeous to gawk at, inventively plotted and featuring one of the most exhilarating third acts I’ve seen in a while, Your Name commands the screen in ambition and tone up until till its heartbreakingly beautiful final frame. Don’t let the fact this is an anime alienate you; This film is a testament to the power of cinema in any form and one of the few films I’ve seen this year that legitimately deserves to be called “art”. Believe the hype on this one, ladies and gents.

2. The Lost City of Z.

“Mr. Fawcett, that jungle is hell, but one kind of likes it.“

Imagine a Great Hollywood epic from the 70’s that was shot and completed but locked and preserved for ages in the vaults from the system until one day someone let the film out of its cage. That’s the experience of watching James Gray’s masterful adventure. Patient, intelligent and featuring an awards worthy turn by Charlie Hunnam, The Lost City of Z is a long journey but stick with it and you will be richly rewarded by the almost surreal adventures of Percy Fawcett and his obsession with finding an unknown civilization in Amazonia that span a lifetime. Everything element of production, design and writing in this film is impeccable despite its limited resources while the rest of the cast gives career best work here (of which includes such faces like Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland and Ian McDiarmid, among others). And to say nothing of the final shot, which deserves to be mounted in every art museum around the world.

3. Star Wars The Last Jedi.

“Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.“

Yes I liked it. Shut up. In a way, Rian Johnson unintentionally granted a perverse wish of mine I had around the time The Force Awakens got the backlash: Make a film that goes out of its way to make people regret complaining about the previous film by getting weird and changing crap. Well, it happened and you know what? It works. Maybe not for everyone (as evidenced by the super divisive responses), but it certainly did for me. A hulking, complicated and grand spectacle that willingly subverts and breaks expectations of what we have for Star Wars but puts it back together for a new generation. JJ Abrams has his work cut out for him after what Johnson has done here. Plus Porgs and Reylo nearly being canon! What’s not to like?

4. Wind River.

“Luck don’t live out here.“

Unpopular opinion time but out all writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s works in Hollywood as of late, this chilly thriller bests Sicario and Hell or High Water by about several notches. Haunting is the operative word on this one – in story, visuals and performances. Murder mysteries can make for tragic works and this one, set on an Indian reservation with a local hunter played by Jeremy Renner leading the investigation, is one that feels more real than they probably should. It’s understated but effective work, cold and desolate, in how it’s story plays out and a stiff drink might be required afterwards. The final coda at the end in particular feels like a swift kick to the nuts, especially when you take into account of the recent swarm of sexual harassment claims going on in the world.

5. Phantom Thread.

“It’s comforting to think the dead are watching over the living. I don’t find that spooky at all.“

Daniel Day Lewis ends his career with a quiet but powerful bang in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, one of the oddest romance stories to come out this year. It’s an exquisitely designed and beautifully subtle affair in every regard: The writing is layered, the performances are multifaceted, Johnny Greenwood’s score is honey to the ears in hearing it bounce between different tones, the costuming and set design is rich as hell – I could go on and on with the feast of a film. However, that in of itself would be spoiling the twisty, toxic fun to be had. Just go in blind as hell and be amazed. You won’t regret it.

6. War For The Planet of The Apes.

“I have a message for your Colonel: Leave us the woods and the killing can stop.”

I’m still trying to wrap my head around this film’s existence: A 150 million dollar big budget, slow paced epic that says humanity deserves to die and throws around constant references to brutal war films and Holocaust pictures – that mostly involves CG apes that communicate in sign language. Like, how?! How did this get made? Above all, how did it wind up this good? Director Matt Reeves finishes Caesar’s saga with a flawed but satisfying finale. Though not without some noticeable bumps in the road, the film works excellently as an amazing technical and emotional accomplishment. Intelligent, genuinely epic, blockbuster filmmaking like this doesn’t come around this often, especially in the franchise realm. Treasure it.

7. Split.

“REJOICE! THE BROKEN ARE THE MORE EVOLVED!”

It’s good to say M Night Shyamalan is finally back after being a laughing stock for a good decade. Featuring a fearlessly committed performance by James McAvoy and confident direction, this is Shyamalan roaring back into top form. He hasn’t been this good since Signs and it’s just great seeing him pull off something this unnerving and interesting with McAvoy’s delightfully demented yet sympathetic monster. It’s both of these performers in bonkers mode and it makes for genuinely scary stuff. Then there’s that signature twist ending that Shymalan pulls out of his bag of tricks, one that not only changes the film on its head in just a minute but also sets itself for a sequel that makes any MCU teaser look downright meager by comparison.

8. All The Money In The World.

“If you can count your money, you’re not a billionaire.”

Between the controversial reshoots and messy pay disputes by one of its stars, Ridley Scott’s All The Money In The World looks to be buried and remembered for the negative press than its merits as an actual film. Which is a massive shame, as this is easily Scott’s best film to come out in this decade so far. It’s cold, cynical and borderline operatic stuff, with Christopher Plummer being his magnificent self as J. Paul Getty, his stare and presence at once personable but malevolent and cheap. But other players such as Michelle Williams and Romain Duris (especially the latter) provide fantastic work on their own as the mother of the kidnapped kid and the leader of the kidnappers respectfully. Coupled with tight editing, gorgeous cinematography, a well written if melodramatic script and a bang up score, this is Scott doing strong work here. Don’t be afraid to seek it out.

9. IT.

“Time to float!”

What’s the deal with Clowns anyway? After going through several radical screenplays and a major director departure, this adaptation of the seminal Stephen King classic finally made it into theaters in 2017. And it was good! Hell, great even. One of the better adaptations of his works out there, bar none. In splitting King’s gargantuan novel into two films and making the first one all about the kids vs the clown, it gives the story a great focus it would have never had if the whole book was brought on screen while also channeling the best of New Line horror and Spielbergian childhood wonder in the process. The film might be short on scares, but Andrés Muschietti’s take on IT certainly has no shortage of entertainment, humor and heart.

10. Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets.

“Laureline, will you please put your hand back on the joystick?”

The most creative and imaginative Sci-Fi spectacle of the year and no one went to see it due to divisive reviews, an obscure source material, oddball leads and stiff competition (this opened up against films like Dunkirk and the unsuspecting sleeper hit Girls Trip). A shame too, because Luc Besson’s adaptation of the Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières comic series is a wonder to behold and one of the most energetic films I’ll see all year. While its script won’t win any awards and perhaps the combination of Dane DeHaan + Cara Delevingne as a pair of space operatives are not suited to this material, the sheer visual imagination and quirky vibe of Besson’s Fifth Element is here in full force to pick up the slack and then some. This film has more ideas in a single frame than most movies do as a whole, while the film’s kinetic pace keeps things from ever getting stale. I adore this film for its sheer wackiness, warts and all, and I hope to GOD this gets its day in the sun as a future cult classic.

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11. Logan.

12. Good Time.

13. A Cure For Wellness.

14. Baby Driver.

15. Atomic Blonde.

16. Get Out.

17. Colossal.

18. Brawl In Cell Block 99.

19. Hostiles.

20. Logan Lucky.

21. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2.

22. The Devil's Candy.

23. John Wick Chapter 2.

24. Dunkirk.

25. The Florida Project.

Full list of films seen here.

[dallywhitty]

01. Blade Runner 2049
02. It
03. All the Money in the World
04. A Cure for Wellness*
05. T2 Trainspotting
06. Coco
07. It Comes at Night
08. Logan Lucky
09. Wonder Woman
10. Ghost in the Shell
11. The Beguiled
12. Gerald's Game
13. Logan
14. Creep 2
15. The Babysitter
16. The Disaster Artist
17. Free Fire
18. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
19. Get Out
20. Alien: Covenant

*Lots of sites have this pegged for 2016, but I think that's down to festival screenings. It hit US and UK cinemas in 2017.

[Trollhunter]

1. Get Out

Peele has instantly established himself as an up-and-coming filmmaker worth watching. Daniel Kaluuyah who is the face of Get Out, went from a role player in other films into one of the breakout stars of the decade.

2. Lady Bird

The cast, led by Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, are all fantastic, charming, and funny. How can you not fall in love with this film? Ronan has been building an incredible resume over the years, and her performance in Lady Bird was magnificent, and her onscreen chemistry with Laurie Metcalf is what made my 2nd favorite film of the year so special. Metcalf brings to the table her love, her toughness, and her dedication for what could have been another standard "mom" role and made it her own.

3. Dunkirk

Nolan created a visually-stunning masterpiece to add to his already impressive filmography. Its a technical achievement that was unmatched this year and a vision of a war movie that hasn't been made before.

4. Call Me By Your Name

James Ivory beautifully adapted Andre Acimans novel, and gave it the heart, tension, heartbreak, and caring touch it deserved.

5. The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is a stunning ensemble effort, as Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Shannon offer fine performances while the breathtaking work from Hawkins and Jones anchors, enrich and enhance the film.

6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances McDormand is a treasure delivering a bad-ass performance that is an instant classic. My first experience with her was in Fargo, which still remains an all time great performance. Then I seen Almost Famous, and it confirmed to me that she is one of the finest actresses to ever grace the silver screen.

7. Blade Runner 2049

Smart, ethereal and visually stunning. Like the original, a decade from now, we will all look back and realize just how great this sequel was. Speaking of visually stunning the cinematography done by Roger Deakins, I have this to say. GIVE. THIS. MAN. A. BLOODY. OSCAR

8. Phantom Thread

Day-Lewis' riveting performance is a consistent highlight in a movie that doesn't quite match the previous stronger efforts from Paul Thomas Anderson.

9. The Big Sick

Kumail Nanjiani is hilarious, as expected, but was also charming, emotional, and a joy to watch.

10. Good Time


11. Baby Driver

Wright turned the music into a character in the film. The film’s very opening scene is a masterwork of incorporating music into the story, as we truly learn about Baby’s personality as he sweeps through the city.

12. A Ghost Story


13. Logan

Patrick Stewart, a master performer with an under-rewarded and distinguished career end his run, in one of the most successful film franchises of all time, on top.

14. Wonder Woman

This movie proves that you really can elevate comic book movies to greatness.


15. The Post

Its amazing just how deep this cast is. Billied as the Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep show, but also features amazing work from some of the finest television actors, veteran character actors, and even actors of the stage.

16. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Carrie Fisher, as a person, will be remembered for overcoming her battles with addiction using it to inspire and help others. I will miss Carrie. I grew up on Star Wars, like many of us. Our love for this saga is about nostalgia and our beloved characters. We will never forget her, we will always love her, she will always be our be apart of our childhoods.

17. Mudbound

Thanks in large part to the subtle and skilled direction of Dee Rees, with gorgeous visuals from cinematographer Rachel Morrison, Mudbound becomes a poetic study in struggle and characters with characteristics that shape this country to this very day.

18. mother!


19. The Lost City of Z


20. Coco

Pixar once again knocked it out of the park with Coco, easily the best animated film of the year.

21. War for the Planet of the Apes

Andy Serkis revolutionized the motion-capture genre, and his work as Caesar in this finale, as well as a the whole current Planet of the Apes trilogy was once again worthy of Oscar contention, and once again, ignored.

22. The Killing of a Sacred Deer


23. Okja


24. Thor: Ragnarok

The director of the film, Taika Waititi, voices the character Korg who is my favorite charater because all of his lines are comic relief perfection.

25. Wind River

[jacobsever]

1. The Florida Project
2. Call Me By Your Name
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. I, Tonya
5. The Big Sick
6. Get Out
7. Good Time
8. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
9. Landline
10. Tramps
11. Tragedy Girls
12. The Disaster Artist
13. Better Watch Out
14. Brawl in Cell Block 99
15. Princess Cyd
16. Wind River
17. Suburbicon
18. The Square
19. Detroit
20. Hounds of Love
21. The Blackcoat's Daughter
22. Columbus
23. Baby Driver
24. It Comes at Night
25. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Will update with better graphics and formatting and stuff.

[esteban²]

FINAL

Unfortunatly, I wasn't able to watch many movies last year.

01 | Dunkirk
02 | COCO
03 | The Last Jedi
04 | My Life as a Zucchini
05 | The Red Turtle
06 | Life
07 | Cars 3
08 | Mudbound
09 | It Comes at Night
10 | Alien Covenant

11 | Jim & Andy
12 | Okja
13 | Boss Baby
14 | Get Out
15 | Logan
16 | Super Dark Times
17 | IT
18 | John Wick 2

* All above were 2017 US releases!

@thewerepuppygrr, nice visuals in the opening post.

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by esteban²

@thewerepuppygrr, nice visuals in the opening post.

Thanks man, means a lot coming from you!

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by thewerepuppygrr

Thanks man, means a lot coming from you!

Think you might make more from previous years?

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by The Debts

Think you might make more from previous years?

Hoping to do more if people want them.

[the new scum]

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. War for the Planet of the Apes
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. The Shape of Water
5. mother!
6. Get Out
7. Your Name.
8. The Big Sick
9. Lady Bird
10. Raw
11. Baby Driver
12. Dunkirk
13. Okja
14. Logan
15. John Wick 2
16. The Salesman
17. Wonder Woman
18. Colossal
19. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
20. Atomic Blonde
21. Spider-Man: Homecoming
22. After the Storm
23. It Comes at Night
24. Ingrid Goes West
25. The Disaster Artist

Great year in film.

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

Can I include the documentary Tower? Just watched it on Netflix. Thought it was outstanding. According to IMDb it only played at film festivals throughout 2016, then went straight to Blu-ray in March 2017. If it can count I'd really like to have it on my list

I counted it as last year, looks like it got a release in New York on 14 Oct 2016, not sure if that counts

[jacobsever]

Finally updated my original post on Page 1.

Originally Posted by jacobsever

1. The Florida Project

[Show spoiler]2. Call Me By Your Name
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. I, Tonya
5. The Big Sick
6. Get Out
7. Good Time
8. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
9. Landline
10. Tramps
11. Tragedy Girls
12. The Disaster Artist
13. Better Watch Out
14. Brawl in Cell Block 99
15. Princess Cyd
16. Wind River
17. Suburbicon
18. The Square
19. Detroit
20. Hounds of Love
21. The Blackcoat's Daughter
22. Columbus
23. Baby Driver
24. It Comes at Night
25. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

[Show spoiler]

[BLACKEST NIGHT]

More on the way.

1. Wonder Woman
2. War for the Planet of the Apes
3. The Shape of Water
4. Lady Bird
5. Wind River
6. The Florida Project
7. Phantom Thread
8. Baby Driver
9. Coco
10. Get Out
11. Logan
12. Blade Runner 2049
13. IT
14. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
15. Your Name
16. Logan Lucky
17. The Big Sick
18. Beauty and the Beast
19. Colossal
20. mother!
21. A Ghost Story
22. On Body and Soul
23. The Post
24. Columbus
25. Molly's Game

[filmbuffTX]

01. It
02. Get Out
03. The Last Jedi
04. The Shape of Water
05. Baby Driver

06. Call Me By Your Name
07. mother!
08. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
09. Lady Bird
10. I, Tonya

11. Blade Runner 2049
12. Spider-Man Homecoming
13. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2
14. Beauty and the Beast
15. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

16. Coco
17. Split
18. Dunkirk
19. Your Name
20. Wonder Woman

21. The Girl With All The Gifts
22. Phantom Thread
23. The Greatest Showman
24. Detroit
25. Gerald's Game

Notable 2017 Films I haven't seen yet: The Florida Project, Darkest Hour, A Cure for Wellness, Thor: Ragnarok, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wind River, The Big Sick, Molly's Game, Good Time, The Lost City of Z, Okja, Columbus, Mudbound

[The Debts]

The chances of Your Name cracking the list has me going like

[Member-244966]

As I'm in the UK there's still some great films to come out, but I don't want to wait just to see if they'll go on the list as I'm going to count them on my personal 2018 list (but not on the official BR one), so here's mine:

1. Battle of the Sexes
2. Dunkirk
3. A Ghost Story
4. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
5. T2: Trainspotting
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. American Made
8. The Big Sick
9. Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
10. It
11. Free Fire
12. The Disaster Artist
13. Atomic Blonde
14. Logan
15. The Meyerowitz Stories
16. mother!
17. Blade Runner 2049
18. Get Out
19. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
20. Wonder Woman

[AKORIS]

01]Star Wars The Last Jedi
02]Baby Driver
03]Get Out
04]Kingsman: Golden Circle
05]Logan
06]It
07]John Wick 2
08]Split
09]Guardians of the Galaxy 2
10]Brawl In Cell Block 99
11]1922
12]Wonder Woman
13]A Cure For Wellness

[sandman slim]

Don't see any lists (yet) with a movie that will be placing high high on my own list: Super Dark Times. Absolutely astounding movie, & absolutely unbelievable that it's only available in the US as a DVD-R from Amazon. Seek this one out, guys.