The Best Films of 2017… So Far

It’s been a helluva six months.

The quality of films released in the first half of 2017 is already collectively better than last year’s entire output — see my picks below, listed in alphabetical order. (Also included are DVD-only or VOD-only releases.)

What do you think?

20th Century Women

A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)

A Silent Voice (Koe no katachi)

After the Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku)

Aquarius

Baby Driver

Cameraperson

Catfight

Christine

Clash (Eshtebak)

Colossal

Elle

Fences

Get Out

Gleason

Graduation (Bacalaureat)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Hidden Figures

I Am Not Your Negro

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore

In a Valley of Violence

Jackie

Jawbone

La La Land

Lady Macbeth

Logan

Moonlight

My Life as a Courgette (Ma vie de Courgette)

Neruda

Okja

Personal Shopper

Raw (Grave)

Silence

Split

Tanna

The Age of Shadows

The Fits

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)

The Lego Batman Movie

The Lost City of Z

The Olive Tree (El olivo)

The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge)

The Salesman (Forushande)

The Transfiguration

Tower

Tramps

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Who’s Gonna Love Me Now

Win It All

Wonder Woman