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Screen’s esteemed critics have had their turn. Now, Screen staff, contributors and correspondents reveal their favourite films seen in 2017. Festival premieres and UK/US theatrical releases are deemed eligible.

Matt Mueller (editor)

Call me by your name

  • Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig)
  • Foxtrot (dir. Samuel Maoz)
  • Custody (dir. Xavier Legrand)
  • Paddington 2 (dir. Paul King)

Jeremy Kay (Americas editor)

A Fantastic Woman

  • A Fantastic Woman (dir. Sebastián Lelio)
  • Phantom Thread (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (dir. Martin McDonagh)
  • Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • Mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky)

 Andreas Wiseman (deputy editor)

The handmaiden

  • The Handmaiden (dir. Park Chan-wook)
  • OJ: Made In America (dir. Ezra Edelman)
  • The Shape of Water (dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
  • Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)
  • Foxtrot (dir. Samuel Maoz)

Orlando Parfitt (online editor)

Dunkirk big

  • Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)
  • Lost City Of Z (dir. James Gray)
  • Death Of Stalin (dir. Armando Iannucci)
  • Blade Runner 2049 (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
  • Paddington 2 (dir. Paul King)

Tom Grater (deputy online editor)

Call me by your name 3

  • Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • The Rider (dir. Chloe Zhao)
  • The Shape Of Water (dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
  • The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (dir. Yorgos Lanthimons)
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (dir. Rian Johnson)

Melanie Goodfellow (France/Middle East correspondent)

Last men in aleppo cannes

  • Last Men In Aleppo (dir. Firas Fayyad)
  • Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele)
  • BPM (dir. Robin Campillo)
  • Beauty And The Dogs (dir. Khaled Walid Barsaoui and Kaouther Ben Hania)
  • Valerian and the City Of A Thousand Planets (dir. Luc Besson)

Geoffrey Macnab (UK correspondent)

Florida project

  • The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker)
  • Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)
  • Molly’s Game (dir. Aaron Sorkin)
  • Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • Lady Macbeth (dir. William Oldroyd)

Elisabet Cabeza (Spain correspondent)

Faces Places

  • Faces Places (Agnes Varda and JR)
  • Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)
  • Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins)
  • The Other Side Of Hope (dir. Aki Kaurismäki)
  • Life And Nothing More (dir. Aki Kaurismäki)

Vladan Petkovic (Serbia correspondent)

Othersideofeverything 01

  • The Other Side Of Everything (dir. Mila Turajlic)
  • Loveless (dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev)
  • Detroit (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
  • King (Rey) (dir. Niles Attalah)
  • 69 Minutes of 86 Days (dir. Egil Haaskjold Larsen)

Elaine Guerini (Brazil correspondent)

The square new site

  • The Square (dir. Ruben Ostlund)
  • Foxtrot (dir. Samuel Maoz)
  • Call Me by Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • Faces, Places (dir. Agnes Varda and JR)
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (dir. Martin McDonagh)

Nikki Baughan (contributing editor)

Gods own country

  • God’s Own Country (dir. Francis Lee)
  • Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele)
  • A Ghost Story (dir. David Lowery)
  • Beast (dir. Michael Pearce)
  • I Am Not A Witch (dir. Rungano Nyoni)

Wendy Mitchell (contributing editor)

Call Me By Your Name

  • Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • Ladybird (dir. Greta Gerwig)
  • Lady Macbeth (dir. William Oldroyd)
  • Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)
  • The Square (dir. Ruben Ostlund)

Charles Gant (features editor)

The florida project

  • The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker)
  • BPM (Beats Per Minute) (dir. Robin Campillo)
  • Loveless (dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev)
  • A Prayer Before Dawn (dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire)
  • God’s Own Country (dir. Francis Lee)

Louise Tutt (contributing editor)

lady bird

  • Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig)
  • Call Me By Your Name (dir. Luca Guadagnino)
  • Wonder Woman (dir. Patty Jenkins)
  • T2: Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle)
  • Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele)

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL - OVERALL TOP 5

Call me by your name sony

  1. Call Me By Your Name
  2. Dunkirk/Get Out (tied)
  3. The Florida Project
  4. Lady Bird/A Fantastic Woman (tied)
  5. Foxtrot/The Shape Of Water (tied)

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