Ranking the Films of 2017: Part One

Now that the long-awaited Phantom Thread has mades its way to town and the Asheville Movie Guys have their first Monday off in a month, the time has come to reflect on 2017. In a year that had all sorts of ups and downs, endings and beginnings, it feels appropriate to eschew the usual Top 10 list and go the comprehensive route.

I've split the 208 new releases I saw over that span into five groups, sorted chronologically from worst to best, and will continue the countdown each day this week until we reach #1. If you're so moved (e.g. "The Florida Project at 176?!!?"), please comment at the end of the post and I'll be glad to discuss my rankings with you there.

208. mother!

207. Fifty Shades Darker

206. Rings

205. Baywatch

204. xXx: The Return of Xander Cage

203. Personal Shopper

202. The Mummy

201. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

200. All Eyez on Me

199. The Great Wall

198. Table 19

197. Smurfs: The Lost Village

196. Power Rangers

195. The Lure

194. The Dark Tower

193. The Hitman’s Bodyguard

192. Tulip Fever

191. It

190. Suburbicon

189. Bright

188. Collide

Collide (Open Road Films)

187. The Fate of the Furious

186. The Greatest Showman

185. Underworld: Blood Wars

184. A United Kingdom

183. Life

182. 47 Meters Down

181. Buster’s Mal Heart

180. Lady MacBeth

179. Beach Rats

178. The Promise

177. It Comes at Night

176. The Florida Project

175. The Last Shaman

174. Viceroy’s House

173. The Bad Batch

The Bad Batch (Neon)

172. Churchill

171. Beauty and the Beast

170. The Circle

169. Snatched

168. Dina

167. Maudie

166. Wonder Wheel

165, The Little Hours

164. Alive and Kicking

163. Ingrid Goes West

162. American Assassin

161. A Bad Moms Christmas

160. Murder on the Orient Express

(Photo: Paramount Pictures)