The 25 Best Movies of 2017 So Far
Keith Kimbell, Metacritic Film Editor
and Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – July 1, 2017
Wonder Woman is helping to save Hollywood. The superhero movie, starring Gal Gadot as the Amazon warrior, is one of only a handful of big-budget studio films that made our rundown of the most critically acclaimed films of the year to date.
Our list features the 25 highest-scoring films with at least 15 reviews from professional critics that were released in theaters in the United States between January 1st and June 30th. (Note that though you'll see rounded Metascores, the films are ranked prior to rounding.) Naturally, the roster is heavy on foreign-language and art-house titles, but it also includes three box-office blockbusters.
Sofia Coppola's "thrilling, delicious" take on the same-titled, Civil War-set gothic novel, previously brought to the screen by Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel, earned acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival. The new, Nicole Kidman-led film is now in the best picture Oscar discussion.
"A hothouse flower of startling power and intimacy. You can't shake it.” —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone