Best Movies of 2017, Ranked

60 films, ranked on my own star ratings by Arwin Edward Bagaslao. Updated 2026-09-26.

It’s a blend of emotional storytelling, music powered inspiration, colorful blockbuster spectacle, and heart centered narratives that I always find myself returning to. These are the kinds of films that are easy for me to rewatch and even e

1
Coco (2017)
★★★★½
2
Logan (2017)
★★★★½
3
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
★★★★½
4
Only the Brave (2017)
★★★★½
5
Before I Fall (2017)
★★★★½
6
The Shape of Water (2017)
★★★★½
Non spoiler thoughts summary: At its heart, this is a gentle and sincere romance built on trust and recognition rather than words.
7
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
★★★★½
8
Bad Genius (2017)
★★★★½
Nice cinematography and strong color grading.
9
American Made (2017)
★★★★½
Feels like Top Gun with Ozark money laundering, then got hired by Narcos and narrated by The Wolf of Wall Street.
10
What the Health (2017)
11
The Greatest Showman (2017)
★★★★
12
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
★★★★
13
Wonder Woman (2017)
★★★★
14
Get Out (2017)
★★★★
15
Dunkirk (2017)
★★★★
16
Alien: Covenant (2017)
★★★★
17
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
★★★★
18
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
★★★★
Denis Villeneuve did not waste time world building on the first few frames.
19
The Wall (2017)
★★★★
The silence builds the tension and sustains it.
20
American Assassin (2017)
★★★★
21
Good Time (2017)
★★★★
Good Time is a relentless, anxiety driven experience that throws you straight into chaos and never lets up.
22
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
★★★★
23
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
★★★★
24
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
★★★★
25
Phantom Thread (2017)
★★★★
The musical score and visual look really feel like classic Europe.
26
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
★★★★
27
Kita Kita (2017)
★★★★
Ikaw ang nagpabago ng pagtingin ko sa buhay ko.
28
All the Money in the World (2017)
★★★½
What stayed with me most was how polished and controlled everything felt while the situation itself spiraled into chaos.
29
Baby Driver (2017)
★★★½
30
Baywatch (2017)
★★★½
31
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
★★★½
32
Power Rangers (2017)
★★★½
33
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
★★★½
34
The Boss Baby (2017)
★★★½
35
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
★★★½
36
The Mummy (2017)
★★★½
37
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
★★★½
38
A Ghost Story (2017)
★★★
What if the afterlife is just staying behind and watching everything you left?
39
Geostorm (2017)
★★★
40
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
★★★
41
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
★★★
42
Justice League (2017)
★★★
43
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
★★★
44
Life (2017)
★★★
45
Pihu (2017)
★★★
46
The Circle (2017)
★★★
47
The Dark Tower (2017)
★★★
48
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
★★★
49
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
★★★
50
What Happened to Monday (2017)
★★★
51
Sand Castle (2017)
★★½
Sand Castle feels modern and clean even though the story takes place in 2003.
52
Angelito (2017)
★★
53
Jigsaw (2017)
★★
54
Lady Bird (2017)
★★
I experience this as a warm, funny coming of age story about growing up inside rigid structures and slowly learning to appreciate where I came from.
55
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★★
The score is genuinely bothersome, and for me, it is the highlight of the film.
56
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017)
★★
The cinematography feels like the landscape photography of Django Unchained (2012), but imagine those Western-like vistas filtered through the polished visual language…
57
Bright (2017)
★★
58
It (2017)
59
The Disaster Artist (2017)
½
Feels like This Is The End 2013, where the story seems like it was conceived while James Franco and Seth Rogen were smoking weed.
60
Icarus (2017)