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      • One Cut of the Dead
      • One Day
      • Two Days, One Night
      • 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
      • 7 Days In Havana
      • Seven Psychopaths
      • Seven Swords
      • 009 Re: Cyborg
      • 11 Minutes
      • 12 Years A Slave
      • 13
      • 24 Weeks
      • 45 Years
      • 68 Kill
      • '71
      • 99 Homes
      • 300: Rise Of An Empire
      • 303
      • 20,000 Days On Earth
      • 8 Million Ways to Die
    • A >
      • A Bigger Splash
      • A Bronx Tale
      • A Cat In Paris
      • A Few Best Men
      • A Field In England
      • A Ghost Story
      • A Hard Day
      • A Lonely Place to Die
      • A Love Song
      • A Man's Flower Road
      • A Million Ways To Die In The West
      • A Monster Calls
      • A Prayer Before Dawn
      • A Second Chance
      • A Separation
      • A Single Shot
      • A Spanking in Paradise
      • A Thousand Times Good Night
      • A Walk Among The Tombstones
      • A White, White Day
      • Abduction
      • About Ray
      • Act of Valour
      • African Cats
      • Afro Samurai
      • After the Wedding
      • Alice Through the Looking Glass
      • All In Good Time
      • Alleluia
      • Allied
      • American Heist
      • American Pie: Reunion
      • Ana, Mon Amour
      • Anarchy
      • Anchor and Hope
      • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
      • Angelica
      • Animal Kingdom
      • Animals
      • Anna Karenina
      • Anomalisa
      • Ant-Man
      • Arctic
      • Argo
      • Arrival
      • Asako I & II
      • Avengers: Age of Ultron
    • B >
      • Baby Driver
      • Babycall
      • Bacurau
      • Bad Neighbours
      • Bad Words
      • Bait
      • Banshee Chapter
      • Barbara
      • Barrage
      • Barry
      • Bastards
      • Bastille Day
      • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
      • Beasts Of The Southern Wild
      • Beatriz at Dinner
      • Beauty And The Beast
      • Bee Movie
      • Before Midnight
      • Before We Go
      • Belle
      • Benny & Jolene
      • Berlin Syndrome
      • Big Eyes
      • Big Game
      • Big Hero 6
      • Bitch
      • Black 47
      • Black Coal, Thin Ice
      • Black Eagle (R2B: Return To Base)
      • Black Panther
      • Black Rain
      • Black Sea
      • Black Sheep
      • Blackfish
      • Blackhat
      • Blade of the Immortal
      • Bleed for This
      • Blue Is The Warmest Colour
      • Bobby Fischer Against the World
      • Boca
      • Bodies Bodies Bodies
      • Bones and All
      • Bonsai
      • Boomerang Family
      • Border
      • Borgia
      • Boyhood
      • Brave
      • Brawl in Cell Block 99
      • Breaking Bad
      • Breakup Buddies
      • Breathe In
      • Breathing
      • Brian and Charles
      • Bridesmaids
      • Bright Nights
      • Britain from Above
      • Broken City
      • Bullhead
      • Bunraku
      • Burning
      • Bushwick
    • C >
      • Caesar Must Die
      • Cafe De Flore
      • Cake
      • Calvary
      • Can A Song Save Your Life?
      • Candy
      • Captain America: Civil War
      • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
      • Captain Phillips
      • Carrie Pilby
      • Carnage
      • Casa De Mi Padre
      • Cashback
      • Castle in the Sky
      • Catfight
      • Central Intelligence
      • Chasuke's Journey
      • Chef
      • Chrysalis
      • Cinderella
      • Cleopatra
      • Climax
      • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
      • Clouds of Sils Maria
      • Coin Locker Girl
      • Cold Eyes
      • Cold In July
      • Cold War
      • Collective Invention
      • Colonia
      • Color Out of Space
      • Colossal
      • Comes A Bright Day
      • Compliance
      • Computer Chess
      • Conan the Barbarian
      • Confession Of A Child Of The Century
      • Contraband
      • Corporate Animals
      • Cowboys and Aliens
      • Crazy, Stupid, Love
      • Crown Heights
      • Crying Fist
      • Crystal Swan
      • Cuban Fury
      • Cuckoo
      • Cyber City Oedo 808
    • D >
      • Daddy's Home
      • Damsel
      • Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
      • Dark River
      • Darkest Hour
      • Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
      • Days of Heaven
      • Day Watch
      • Dead Snow 2: Red Vs Dead
      • Dear Prudence
      • Death Proof
      • Death Watch
      • Deep End
      • Deerskin
      • Delicacy
      • Demolition
      • Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang
      • Deranged
      • Desierto
      • Despicable Me 2
      • Destroyer
      • Detachment
      • Devil's Knot
      • Dheepan
      • Didi
      • Dirty Grandpa
      • Disobedience
      • Disorder
      • Disturbia
      • Divines
      • Django
      • Django Unchained
      • Dogman
      • Don Jon
      • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
      • Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
      • Double Impact
      • Downsizing
      • Dreamgirls
      • Dreileben
      • Drive
      • Dune: Part Two
    • E >
      • Eagle vs. Shark
      • Earth 2
      • Earth To Echo
      • Earthquake Bird
      • Elephant Song
      • Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
      • Elles
      • Elysium
      • Ema
      • Empire of the Sun
      • End Of Watch
      • End of Winter
      • Ender's Game
      • Entanglement
      • Epic
      • Equals
      • Escobar: Paradise Lost
      • Essential Killing
      • Europa Report
      • Euthanizer
      • Even The Rain
      • Every Thing Will Be Fine
      • Exodus: Gods and Kings
      • Eye in the Sky
    • F >
      • Fading Gigolo
      • Far From the Madding Crowd
      • Farewell To The King
      • Fast & Feel Love
      • Fast & Furious 6
      • Fast & Furious 7
      • Fast Girls
      • Fear And Desire
      • Felicite
      • Felony
      • Final Destination 5
      • Final Portrait
      • Fist of Legend
      • Flight
      • Flu
      • Flyboys
      • For Ellen
      • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
      • Frances Ha
      • Francine
      • Frank
      • Free Agents
      • Free Birds
      • Free Men
      • Fright Night
      • From Up On Poppy Hill
      • Frozen
      • Fuck For Forest
      • Fukushima, Mon Amour
      • Funny Cow
    • G >
      • Gang Story
      • Gemini Man
      • Genius
      • Gimme The Loot
      • Goat
      • God Bless America
      • Godzilla
      • Golden Exits
      • Good Kill
      • Grave of the Fireflies
      • Great Expectations
      • Gravity
      • Green Room
      • Grindhouse Trailer Classics 3
      • Guilty of Romance
      • Guns & Talk
    • H >
      • Hacksaw Ridge
      • Haemoo
      • Hammer Of The Gods
      • Happy Feet Two
      • Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
      • Happy People
      • Hardcore
      • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
      • Headshot
      • Heavenly Creatures
      • Hell
      • Hellboy II: The Golden Army
      • Hemel
      • Her
      • Hereditary
      • Hide And Seek
      • Hill of Freedom
      • Hit Man
      • Hitchcock
      • Hollywoo
      • Holy Rollers
      • Homefront
      • Hope Springs
      • Horns
      • Horrible Bosses 2
      • Hostel: Part II
      • Hostiles
      • How I Spent My Summer Vacation
      • How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire
      • How to Train Your Dragon
      • Hyena
      • Hysteria
    • I >
      • I Could Never be Your Woman
      • I Lost My Body
      • I Love You, Daddy
      • I Saw the Devil
      • I Saw the Light
      • I, Tonya
      • I'm So Excited
      • If Beale Street Could Talk
      • Immortals
      • In Darkness
      • In Fabric
      • In Order Of Disappearance
      • In Search of a Midnight Kiss
      • In the Aisles
      • In The Bedroom
      • In the Heart of the Sea
      • In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
      • Inside Llewyn Davis
      • Inside Out
      • Insyriated
      • Interstellar
      • Ip Man 3
      • Iron Man 3
      • Isle of Dogs
      • It Follows
    • J >
      • J. Edgar
      • Jack Goes Boating
      • Jack Reacher
      • Jackie
      • Jackpot
      • Jayne Mansfield's Car
      • Jersey Boys
      • Jin
      • Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
      • John Dies At The End
      • John Wick: Chapter 4
      • Joker
      • Jonathan
      • Journey's End
      • Journeyman
      • Juan Of The Dead
      • Jupiter's Moon
      • Just Do It
    • K >
      • Kaboom
      • Kenny
      • Khodorkovsky
      • Kick-Ass 2
      • Kill List
      • Kings
      • Klokkenluider
      • Klown
      • Kneecap
      • Knight of Cups
      • Knives Out
      • Kodachrome
      • Kosmos
      • Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
      • Kundo: Age Of The Rampant
    • L >
      • La Belle Epoque
      • La La Land
      • La Piscine
      • Lady Bird
      • Lady Chatterley
      • Lara
      • Largo Winch: Deadly Revenge
      • Largo Winch: The Burma Conspiracy
      • Las Acacias
      • Last Flag Flying
      • Last Night
      • Last Vegas
      • Laurence Anyways
      • Le Havre
      • Le Mans '66 / Ford v Ferrari
      • Le Week-End
      • Learning to Drive
      • Leave No Trace
      • Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
      • Les Affames
      • Les Miserables
      • Lethal Weapon
      • Liberal Arts
      • Life Of Crime
      • Life Of Pi
      • Like Father, Like Son
      • Limitless
      • Lincoln
      • Lion
      • Logan
      • Lone Survivor
      • Looper
      • Lore
      • Love & Mercy
      • Love Crime
      • Love Is All You Need
      • Love Punch
      • Loveless
      • Loving
      • Lucky Them
      • Lust, Caution
    • M >
      • Mad Max: Fury Road
      • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
      • Madeline's Madeline
      • Maggie's Plan
      • Magic Trip
      • Maleficent
      • Man Of Steel
      • Man Up
      • Manchester by the Sea
      • Manhunt
      • Maps To The Stars
      • Marjorie Prime
      • Marrowbone
      • Mary Goes Round
      • May the Devil Take You
      • McCullin
      • Me and Orson Welles
      • Me And You
      • Medusa Deluxe
      • Mercy
      • Metallica Through The Never
      • Michael Clayton
      • Midnight Special
      • Miles Ahead
      • Minions
      • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
      • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
      • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
      • Mister John
      • Moana
      • Molly's Game
      • Monsieur Lazhar
      • Monsters University
      • More
      • Morris from America
      • Mother And Child
      • Mr. Brooks
      • Mr Holmes
      • Mr Long
      • Mr. Nobody
      • Much Ado About Nothing
      • Muppets Most Wanted
      • Museo
      • My Days of Mercy
      • My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
      • My Friend Dahmer
      • My Great Night
      • My Neighbour Totoro
      • My Neighbours The Yamadas
      • My Old Ass
      • My Soul to Take
      • My Voyage to Italy
      • My Way
      • Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie
    • N >
      • Nasty Baby
      • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
      • Need For Speed
      • Never Goin' Back
      • New World
      • News from Planet Mars
      • Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
      • Nightbirds
      • Nightcrawler
      • Nim's Island
      • Nina Forever
      • No
      • No Escape
      • No One Lives
      • Noah
      • Nocturnal Animals
      • Norman
      • Nostalgia For The Light
      • Nymphomaniac Volume 1
      • Nymphomaniac Volume 2
    • O >
      • Olympus Has Fallen
      • On Body and Soul
      • On Chesil Beach
      • Once
      • Only God Forgives
      • Oranges and Sunshine
      • Orion
      • Our Little Sister
      • Out Of The Furnace
      • Outrage Beyond
      • Outside In
    • P >
      • Pacific Rim
      • Papillon
      • Passport To Pimlico
      • Past Lives
      • Patti Cake$
      • Penguins of Madagascar
      • Perfect Sense
      • Pete's Dragon
      • Petra
      • Phoenix
      • Ping Pong
      • Piranha
      • Planes
      • Planet Terror
      • Pokemon Detective Pikachu
      • Polisse
      • Populaire
      • Porco Rosso
      • Possession
      • Potiche
      • Powder Room
      • Preggoland
      • Prince Avalanche
      • Princess Mononoke
      • Project Nim
      • Project X
      • Punishment Park
      • Pusher
    • Q >
      • Queen of Earth
      • Queen of the Desert
      • Quest For Fire
    • R >
      • R100
      • Racer and the Jailbird
      • Raid on Entebbe
      • Ran
      • Ratatouille
      • Ready Player One
      • Real Steel
      • [REC] 3 Genesis
      • Red 2
      • Red Dawn
      • Red White & Blue
      • Renoir
      • Requiem For A Killer
      • Requiem For A Village
      • Reservation Road
      • Resistance
      • Results
      • Return to Montauk
      • Revenge Of The Electric Car
      • Revivre
      • Revolution
      • Revolutionary Road
      • Riddick
      • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
      • Roman J. Israel, Esq.
      • Romantics Anonymous
      • Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno
      • Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends
      • Rush
      • Rust And Bone
    • S >
      • Safe
      • Safe House
      • Saint Amour
      • Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
      • Salt and Fire
      • Salt of Life
      • Samsara
      • Sasquatch Sunset
      • Savages
      • Sawako Decides
      • Scrapper
      • Season of the Witch
      • See [seasons 1-2]
      • Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
      • Selma
      • Shadow
      • She's Funny That Way
      • Shepherds and Butchers
      • Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows
      • Short Term 12
      • Shotgun Stories
      • Sightseers
      • Simon Killer
      • Sing
      • Sister
      • Skate Kitchen
      • Sleeping with Other People
      • Sleuth
      • Small Apartments
      • Snitch
      • Snowpiercer
      • Snowtown
      • Sonatine
      • Son of a Gun
      • Son of Saul
      • Soul Surfer
      • Source Code
      • Southern Comfort
      • Soy Nero
      • Spartacus: Vengeance
      • Spartacus: War Of The Damned
      • Special Forces
      • SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
      • Spooks: The Greater Good
      • Spoor
      • Spotlight
      • Spring
      • Spy
      • Stake Land
      • Stalingrad
      • Stan & Ollie
      • Star Trek Beyond
      • Star Trek Into Darkness
      • Starbuck
      • Strange Weather
      • Submarine
      • Suite Francaise
      • Summer In February
      • Sunshine On Leith
      • Super
      • Superbad
      • Superman Returns
      • Sweet Country
      • Synchronic
    • T >
      • Taken 2
      • Taking Off
      • Tales from Earthsea
      • Talk to Me
      • Tatsumi
      • Taxi
      • Taxi: Season 1
      • Ted
      • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
      • Terminator Genisys
      • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
      • Testament of Youth
      • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
      • That Awkward Moment
      • Therese Desqueyroux
      • They Came Together
      • Things to Come
      • This Is The End
      • Thor: The Dark World
      • Thoroughbreds
      • Those Happy Years
      • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
      • Three Christs
      • Throne of Blood
      • Tiger Girl
      • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
      • Tiny Furniture
      • Tokyo Ga
      • Tokyo Godfathers
      • Tokyo Tribe
      • Tomboy
      • Tomorrowland
      • Toni Erdmann
      • Total Recall
      • Tragedy Girls
      • Train to Busan
      • Trance
      • Transformers
      • Transformers: Age Of Extinction
      • Transit
      • Transit [2018]
      • Trespass Against Us
      • Triangle
      • Triangle of Sadness
      • Troll Hunter
      • Tron: Legacy
      • Truman
      • Tumbbad
      • Two Lovers and a Bear
    • THE >
      • The Amateurs
      • The Arbor
      • The Assault
      • The Autopsy of Jane Doe
      • The Avengers
      • The Awakening
      • The Baader-Meinhof Complex
      • The Bacchus Lady
      • The Bad Batch
      • The Ballad of Narayama
      • The Bar
      • The Bay
      • The Baytown Outlaws
      • The Be All And End All
      • The Beaver
      • The Belko Experiment
      • The Beloved
      • The Berlin File
      • The Big Sick
      • The Bookshop
      • The Boy and the Beast
      • The Brawler
      • The Breadwinner
      • The Breaker Upperers
      • The Cabin In The Woods
      • The Captain
      • The Castle of Cagliostro
      • The Cat Returns
      • The Chamber
      • The Children Act
      • The Climb
      • The Cobbler
      • The Commune
      • The Conjuring 2
      • The Counsellor
      • The Croods
      • The Current War
      • The Danish Girl
      • The Daughter
      • The Day After
      • The Dead
      • The Debt
      • The Devil's Double
      • The Dinner
      • The Dinosaur Project
      • The Doom Generation
      • The Drummond Will
      • The Dyatlov Pass Incident
      • The East
      • The Edge of Seventeen
      • The Evil in Us
      • The Expendables 3
      • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
      • The Fake
      • The Family Fang
      • The Farewell
      • The Favourite
      • The Fighter
      • The Five Year Engagement
      • The Front Runner
      • The Girl
      • The Girl in the Photographs
      • The Good Dinosaur
      • The Grand Heist
      • The Grandmaster
      • The Greasy Strangler
      • The Great Beauty
      • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
      • The Guest
      • The Guilty
      • The Gunman
      • The Hateful Eight
      • The Heiresses
      • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
      • The House That Jack Built
      • The Housemaid
      • The Hunger Games
      • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
      • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
      • The Hunter
      • The Huntsman: Winter's War
      • The Iceman
      • The Imitation Game
      • The Incredible Jessica James
      • The Informer
      • The Innkeepers
      • The Interrupters
      • The Intervention
      • The Judge
      • The Keeper Of Lost Causes
      • The Killer
      • The Killer Inside Me
      • The King
      • The Last Stand
      • The Legend of Bruce Lee
      • The Lighthouse
      • The Little House
      • The Little Tailor
      • The Lives of Others
      • The Lone Ranger
      • The Look Of Love
      • The Lost Okoroshi
      • The Man from Nowhere
      • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
      • The Mercy
      • The Mind's Eye
      • The Miseducation of Cameron Post
      • The Mist
      • The Molly Dineen Collection Volume Three
      • The Motive
      • The Mule
      • The Muppets
      • The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman
      • The Nice Guys
      • The Nightingale
      • The Northman
      • The Numbers Station
      • The Other Side of Hope
      • The Overnight
      • The Panic in Needle Park
      • The Party
      • The Patriarch
      • The Place Beyond The Pines
      • The Prey
      • The Proposition
      • The Purge: Anarchy
      • The Raid
      • The Raid 2
      • The Railway Man
      • The Reach
      • The Rebound
      • The Red Turtle
      • The Reef
      • The Resident
      • The Return Of The Living Dead
      • The Revenant
      • The Rig
      • The Sapphires
      • The Saragossa Manuscript
      • The Satellite Girl and the Milk Cow
      • The Secret in Their Eyes
      • The Selfish Giant
      • The Sentinel
      • The Shameless
      • The Shape of Water
      • The Shining
      • The Signal
      • The Skin I Live In
      • The Source
      • The Stag
      • The Strange Little Cat
      • The Summit
      • The Taste Of Money
      • The Thieves
      • The Thing
      • The Third Murder
      • The Tree
      • The Tribe
      • The Two Faces Of January
      • The Truth
      • The Upside
      • The Veteran
      • The Villainess
      • The Voices
      • The Walking Dead season two
      • The Watch
      • The Water Diviner
      • The Wave
      • The Way
      • The Way Way Back
      • The Whistlers
      • The Widow of Saint-Pierre
      • The Wind Rises
      • The Wolverine
      • The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
      • The Woman in the Fifth
      • The World of Kanako
      • The World's End
      • The Yellow Sea
      • The Young And Prodigious T.S. Spivet
    • U >
      • Unbeatable
      • Unbroken
      • Underground
      • Underwater Love
      • Unforgiven
      • Unicorn Store
      • Unicorn Wars
      • Unknown
      • Unmistaken Child
      • Unsane
      • Unstoppable
    • V >
      • Vehicle 19
      • V/H/S
      • V/H/S/2
      • Victoria
      • Vidal Sassoon The Movie
      • Villain
      • Vinyl season one
      • Visitors
      • Viva La Liberta
      • Vox Lux
    • W >
      • Waitress
      • Walking Out
      • War Dogs
      • War Horse
      • War of the Arrow
      • War on Everyone
      • Warrior
      • Watcher
      • We Are the Flesh
      • We Are The Night
      • We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
      • We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks
      • Weekend
      • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
      • Weirdos
      • Welcome To New York
      • West is West
      • What If
      • What Maisie Knew
      • What We Do In The Shadows
      • While We're Young
      • White God
      • Who Killed The Electric Car?
      • Who We Are Now
      • Widows
      • Wiener-Dog
      • Wild Mouse
      • Wildlife
      • Willow Creek
      • Wish I Was Here
      • Woman at War
      • Wonderstruck
      • Woochi: The Demon Slayer
      • Woody Allen: A Documentary
      • Words And Pictures
      • World War Z
      • Wreck-It Ralph
      • Wuthering Heights
      • Wyrmwood
    • X >
      • X-Men: Apocalypse
      • X-Men: Days Of Future Past
      • X+Y
    • Y >
      • Yardie
      • Yatterman
      • Yojimbo
      • You Are Here
      • You Hurt My Feelings
      • You Instead
      • You Were Never Really Here
      • You're Next
      • Young Adult
      • Your Monster
      • Your Sister's Sister
    • Z >
      • Zathura
  • THEATRE & ARTS
    • A Walk On Part: The Fall Of New Labour
    • Akram Khan: Homeland
    • All New People
    • Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn in Conversation
    • Battle Angel Alita: volume 1
    • Battle Angel Alita: volumes 2, 3 & 4
    • Battle Angel Alita: volumes 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9
    • Brian Wilson
    • Cantina
    • Derren Brown - Svengali
    • Fourth Dimensional Minds Eye Summoning
    • Gilbert & George
    • Jumpy
    • Let The Right One In
    • Lisa Appignanesi
    • Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    • My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
    • Othello: The Remix
    • Philip Pullman
    • Posh
    • Rob Delaney
    • Ronin
    • Sunken Garden
    • Sutra
    • The Book Of Mormon
    • The Great Gatsby
    • The Master And Margarita
    • The Silver Linings Playbook
    • The Thinking Drinker's Guide To Alcohol
    • Thriller Live
    • Touched...Like A Virgin
    • Travelling Light
    • Wah! Wah! Girls - A British Bollywood Musical
    • Wild Swans
  • FEATURES-INTERVIEWS
    • 2008 Review and 2009 Preview
    • 2010 in Review
    • 2011 In Review
    • 2012 In Anticipation
    • 2012 In Review: Part One
    • 2012 In Review: Part Two
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4 January 2018

This article is a look at the best films of 2017.

By Hemanth Kissoon
(For the worst films of 2017, click here.)
(For my favourite films of 2017, click here.)

THE FILMALUATION AWARDS

​The following are listed alphabetically in each category for my nominations, with a runner-up, and then the very lucky winner!
 
Have you got your formal attire on? Okay, let’s begin…
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Best Actress

​Nearly made the shortlist: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN – Annette Bening, FÉLICITÉ – Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, GIFTED  - Mckenna Grace, LADY BIRD/ON CHESIL BEACH - Saoirse Ronan, LOVELESS – Maryana Spivak, MOLLY’S GAME – Jessica Chastain, MY COUSIN RACHEL – Rachel Weisz, ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE – Kim Minhee, PATTI CAKE$ - Danielle Macdonald, SPOOR – Agnieszka Mandat-Grabka, and THE LOVE WITCH – Samantha Robinson.
 
A FANTASTIC WOMAN – Daniela Vega
BEATRIZ AT DINNER – Salma Hayek
I, TONYA – Margot Robbie
INGRID GOES WEST – Aubrey Plaza
ON BODY AND SOUL – Alexandra Borbély
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Sally Hawkins
THOROUGHBREDS – Olivia Cooke
THOROUGHBREDS – Anya Taylor-Joy
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Frances McDormand
WHO WE ARE NOW – Julianne Nicholson
 
Runner-up: THE SHAPE OF WATER – Sally Hawkins
 
Winner: ON BODY AND SOUL - Alexandra Borbély
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THE SHAPE OF WATER – Sally Hawkins
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ON BODY AND SOUL - Alexandra Borbély

Best Actor

​Nearly made the shortlist: SWEET COUNTRY – Hamilton Morris, THE DINNER – Steve Coogan, THE FOUNDER – Michael Keaton, and THE SALESMAN – Shahab Hosseini.
 
BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 – Vince Vaughn
FENCES – Denzel Washington
GIFTED – Chris Evans
ON BODY AND SOUL – Géza Morcsány
THE CAPTAIN - Max Hubacher
THE DISASTER ARTIST - James Franco
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER – Colin Farrell
THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) – Adam Sandler
THE TRANSFIGURATION – Eric Ruffin
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE – Joaquin Phoenix
 
Runner-up: BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 – Vince Vaughn
 
Winner: THE DISASTER ARTIST - James Franco
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BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 – Vince Vaughn
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THE DISASTER ARTIST - James Franco

Best Supporting Actress

​Nearly made the shortlist: IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD – Marion Cotillard, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER - Raffey Cassidy, THE SALESMAN - Taraneh Alidoosti, and TIGER GIRL – Maria Dragus.
 
20TH CENTURY WOMEN – Greta Gerwig
APRIL’S DAUGHTER – Emma Suárez
DISOBEDIENCE – Rachel McAdams
FENCES – Viola Davies
GIRLS TRIP – Tiffany Haddish
I, TONYA – Alison Janney
LADY BIRD – Laurie Metcalfe
MOTHER! – Michelle Pfeiffer
THE CURRENT WAR – Katherine Waterston
THE FLORIDA PROJECT – Bria Vinaite
 
Runner-up: LADY BIRD – Laurie Metcalfe
 
Winner: APRIL’S DAUGHTER - Emma Suárez
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LADY BIRD – Laurie Metcalfe
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APRIL’S DAUGHTER - Emma Suárez

Best Supporting Actor​

​Nearly made the shortlist: IT COMES AT NIGHT - Kelvin Harrison Jr.
 
BABY DRIVER - Jamie Foxx
IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD – Vincent Cassell
MOLLY’S GAME – Idris Elba
OKJA – Paul Dano
SILENCE - Tadanobu Asano
THE BIG SICK - Ray Romano
THE CURRENT WAR – Michael Shannon
THE FORGIVEN – Eric Bana
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER – Barry Keoghan
THE THIRD MURDER – Kôji Yakusho
 
Runner-up: THE BIG SICK - Ray Romano
 
Winner: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER - Barry Keoghan
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THE BIG SICK - Ray Romano
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THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER - Barry Keoghan

Best Animated Film

​HAVE A NICE DAY
MUTAFUKAZ
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE
SEOUL STATION
THE BREADWINNER
 
Runner-up: THE BREADWINNER
 
Winner: MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE
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THE BREADWINNER
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MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE

Best Cinematography​

​Nearly made the shortlist: BLADE RUNNER 2049 – Roger Deakins, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 – Dan Laustsen, LIVE BY NIGHT – Robert Richardson, MY COUSIN RACHEL – Mike Eley, and SILENCE – Rodrigo Prieto.
 
DUNKIRK – Hoyte Van Hoytema
JAGGA JASOOS - S. Ravi Varman
JUPITER’S MOON – Marcell Rév
ON BODY AND SOUL – Máté Herbai
SONG TO SONG – Emmanuel Lubezki
SPOOR – Jolanta Dylewska and Rafal Paradowski
THE CAPTAIN – Florian Ballhaus
THE CURRENT WAR – Chung-hoon Chung
THE WEDDING PARTY – William Kamp III
THOROUGHBREDS – Lyle Vincent
 
Runner-up: THE CAPTAIN - Florian Ballhaus
 
Winner: THE CURRENT WAR – Chung-hoon Chung
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THE CAPTAIN - Florian Ballhaus
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THE CURRENT WAR – Chung-hoon Chung

Best Screenplay

​Nearly made the shortlist: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, CASTING, FENCES, ON CHESIL BEACH, SWEET COUNTRY, THE DINNER, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, THE HUNGRY, THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED), THE MOTIVE, THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE, THE SUMMIT, and THEIR FINEST.
 
BODIED
GIFTED
DISOBEDIENCE
I, TONYA
LOVELESS
MOLLY’S GAME
SUBURBICON
THE CAPTAIN
THE CURRENT WAR
THOROUGHBREDS
 
Runner-up: BODIED
 
Winner: I, TONYA
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BODIED
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I, TONYA

Best Horror

​Nearly made the shortlist: EUTHANIZER, GERALD’S GAME, HOUNDS OF LOVE, LES AFFAMÉS, MY FRIEND DAHMER, and SPLIT.
 
APRIL’S DAUGHTER
BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99
GET OUT
IT COMES AT NIGHT
LIFE
SEOUL STATION
THE CAPTAIN
THE RITUAL
THE TRANSFIGURATION
THOROUGHBREDS
 
Runner-up: APRIL’S DAUGHTER
 
Winner: THE CAPTAIN
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APRIL’S DAUGHTER
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THE CAPTAIN

Best Score​

​Nearly made the shortlist: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, MR LONG, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, and WRATH OF SILENCE.
 
ASSASSIN’S CREED
DUNKIRK
EUTHANIZER
IT COMES AT NIGHT
JAGGA JASOOS
KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
MOLLY’S GAME
ON BODY AND SOUL
SPOOR
THE CURRENT WAR
 
Runner-up: KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
 
Winner: ASSASSIN’S CREED
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KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
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ASSASSIN’S CREED

Best Visual Effects

BLADE RUNNER 2049
JUPITER’S MOON
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE a.k.a. DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
 
Runner-up: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE a.k.a. DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
 
Winner: JUPITER’S MOON
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE a.k.a. DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
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JUPITER’S MOON

Best Documentary

​AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER
CHASING CORAL
CITY OF GHOSTS
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
ICARUS
NOBODY SPEAK: TRIALS OF THE FREE PRESS
SAVING CAPITALISM
 
Runner-up: ICARUS
 
Winner: NOBODY SPEAK: TRIALS OF THE FREE PRESS
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ICARUS
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NOBODY SPEAK: TRIALS OF THE FREE PRESS

Best Comedy​

​Nearly made the shortlist: 68 KILL, CASTING, HAVE A NICE DAY, I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE, PADDINGTON 2, SHIMMER LAKE, SMALL CRIMES, SNATCHED, TAKE THE 10, and THE INCREDIBLE JESSICA JAMES.
 
BODIED
BRIGSBY BEAR
INGRID GOES WEST
MINDHORN
THE DEATH OF STALIN
THE DISASTER ARTIST
THE MOTIVE
THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE
WAR MACHINE
WILD MOUSE
 
Runner-up: THE MOTIVE
 
Winner: THE DEATH OF STALIN
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THE MOTIVE
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THE DEATH OF STALIN

Best Action Film

​Nearly made the shortlist: KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD, LOGAN, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, and WONDER WOMAN.
 
ASSASSIN’S CREED
ATOMIC BLONDE
BABY DRIVER
BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99
JAGGA JASOOS
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2
JUPITER’S MOON
THE WALL
TIGER GIRL
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
 
Runner-up: ATOMIC BLONDE
 
Winner: JUPITER’S MOON
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ATOMIC BLONDE
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JUPITER’S MOON

Best Director

​Nearly made the shortlist: ON BODY AND SOUL - Ildikó Enyedi, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER – Yorgos Lanthimos, and THE THIRD MURDER – Hirokazu Koreeda.
 
DUNKIRK – Christopher Nolan
FOXTROT – Samuel Maoz
I, TONYA – Craig Gillespie
JUPITER’S MOON – Kornél Mundruczó
LOVELESS – Andrey Zvyagintsev
MOTHER! – Darren Aronofsky
SPOOR – Agnieszka Holland
THE CAPTAIN - Robert Schwentke
THE CURRENT WAR – Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
THOROUGHBREDS – Cory Finley
 
Runner-up: JUPITER’S MOON - Kornél Mundruczó
 
Winner: THE CURRENT WAR – Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
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JUPITER’S MOON - Kornél Mundruczó
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THE CURRENT WAR – Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Best Film​

​Nearly made the shortlist: DUNKIRK, ON BODY AND SOUL, SWEET COUNTRY, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, and THOROUGHBREDS.
 
A GHOST STORY
APRIL’S DAUGHTER
DISOBEDIENCE
FOXTROT
I, TONYA
JUPITER’S MOON
LOVELESS
THE CAPTAIN
THE CURRENT WAR
THE FLORIDA PROJECT
 
Runner-up: THE CAPTAIN
 
Winner: I, TONYA
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THE CAPTAIN
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I, TONYA


Congratulations to the award winners, dry your tears of victory.
 
So that’s it for another year folks! Bring on 2018!
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