Susan Granger’s 10 BEST OF 2017 list:
At the end of the year, it’s time for evaluations. Here’s my list – in alphabetical order…
PICTURE
DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
MUDBOUND
THE POST
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOUR
WIND RIVER
WONDERSTRUCK
WONDER WOMAN
LEADING ACTOR:
Timothee Chalamet for CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Steve Carell for BATTLE OF THE SEXES
Daniel Day-Lewis for PHANTOM THREAD
Sam Elliott for THE HERO
Jake Gyllenhaal for STRONGER
Tom Hanks for THE POST
Kumail Nanjiani for THE BIG SICK
Daniel Kaluuya for GET OUT
Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR
Jeremy Renner in WIND RIVER
LEADING ACTRESS:
Annette Bening for FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL
Jessica Chastain for MOLLY’S GAME
Judi Dench for VICTORIA & ABDUL
Sally Hawkins for THE SHAPE OF WATER and MAUDIE
Frances McDormand for THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Carey Mulligan for MUDBOUND
Margot Robbie for I, TONYA
Saoirse Ronan for LADY BIRD
Emma Stone for BATTLE OF THE SEXES
Meryl Streep for THE POST
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jamie Bell for FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL
Willem Dafoe for THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Armie Hammer for CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Woody Harrelson in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Richard Jenkins for THE SHAPE OF WATER
Ben Mendelsohn for DARKEST HOUR
Sam Rockwell for THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Mark Rylance for DUNKIRK
Michael Shannon for THE SHAPE OF WATER
Michael Stuhlbarg for CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Mary J. Blige for MUDBOUND
Hong Chau for DOWNSIZING
Lindsay Duncan for GIFTED
Holly Hunter for THE BIG SICK
Allison Janney for I, TONYA
Jennifer Jason Leigh for LBJ
Melissa Leo for NOVITIATE
Laurie Metcalf for LADY BIRD
Octavia Spencer for THE SHAPE OF WATER
Juno Temple in WONDER WHEEL
DIRECTOR:
Guillermo del Toro for THE SHAPE OF WATER
Greta Gerwig for LADY BIRD
Todd Haynes for WONDERSTRUCK
Patty Jenkins for WONDER WOMAN
Christopher Nolan for DUNKIRK
Martin McDonagh for THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Jordan Peale for GET OUT
Dee Rees for MUDBOUND
Taylor Sheridan for WIND RIVER
Steven Spielberg for THE POST
DOCUMENTARY:
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY
CHASING CORAL
CITY OF GHOSTS
FACES PLACES
ICARUS
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER
JANE
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
STRONG ISLAND
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER
FOXTROT
FRANZ
IN THE FADE
LOVELESS
MENACHE
THE SQUARE
THELMA
ANIMATED FILM:
BIRDBOY: THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
THE BOSS BABY
THE BREADWINNER
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE
COCO
DESPICABLE ME 3
FERDINAND
THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS
LOVING VINCENT
WINDOW HORSES: THE POETIC PERSIAN EPIPHANY OF ROSIE MING