2017 Movie Awards

January 15, 2018
Movies

This is my list of personal favorites by category. It’s basically my own personal Oscars. I don’t limit each category to an exact number but generally, I shoot for around 5-10 or so. I also include some special and specific awards at the end that stand out from one or more movies in the year. My full ranked list of 2017 films can be found here. Links on each film go to their Wikipedia page.

Best Picture

Best Director

Edgar Wright – Baby Driver
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
Jordan Vogt-Roberts – Kong: Skull Island
Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman

Best Actor

Ryan Gosling – Blade Runner 2049
Jeremy Renner – Wind River
James McAvoy – Atomic Blonde
Matt Damon – Downsizing
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Steve Carell – Battle Of The Sexes
Jason Sudeikis – Colossal
Tom Hanks – The Post
James McAvoy – Split
Hugh Jackman – Logan

Best Actress

Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Anne Hathaway – Colossal
Elizabeth Olsen – Wind River
Charlize Theron – Atomic Blonde
Emma Stone – Battle Of The Sexes
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
Meryl Streep – The Post
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman
Aubrey Plaza – Ingrid Goes West

Best Supporting Actor

Jon Hamm – Baby Driver
Mark Rylance – Dunkirk
Daniel Craig – Logan Lucky
Jeff Goldblum – Thor: Ragnarok
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Stewart – Logan
John C. Reilly – Kong: Skull Island
Graham Greene – Wind River
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christophe Waltz – Downsizing
Kenneth Branagh – Dunkirk
Idris Elba – Molly’s Game
Kurt Russell – Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Michael Cera – Molly’s Game

Best Supporting Actress

Ana de Armas – Blade Runner 2049
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Sylvia Hoeks – Blade Runner 2049
Carrie Fisher – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Elizabeth Olsen – Ingrid Goes West
Lily James – Darkest Hour
Robin Wright – Blade Runner 2049
Catherine Keener – Get Out

Best Score

John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Michael Giacchino – War For The Planet Of The Apes
Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk
Michael Giacchino – Coco
Nicholas Britell – Battle Of The Sexes
Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfish – Blade Runner 2049
John Williams – The Post
Rolfe Kent – Downsizing
Brian Tyler – The Fate Of The Furious
Geoff Zanelli – Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
Ben Richardson – Wind River
Bill Pope – Baby Driver
Jonathan Sela – Atomic Blonde
Nicolas Karakatsanis – I, Tonya
Thierry Arbogast – Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
Dan Laustsen – John Wick: Chapter 2
Matthew Libatique – Mother!
Phedon Papamichael – Downsizing
Bojan Bazelli – A Cure For Wellness

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects

Best Editing

Best Screenplay

Best Use Of Silence

The hyperspeed jump from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Most Unpredictable Plot

Downsizing

Most Surprisingly Sympathetic Performance

Margo Robbie as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. Honorable mention to Steve Carell in Battle Of The Sexes.

Best Fight Scene In Many Years

The staircase fight from Atomic Blonde (which also includes some highly impressive editing tricks)

Best Sex Scene

The “sync scene” from Blade Runner 2049 (and it does so without actually showing the actual sex part)

Best Attention To Detail

The opening titles from Baby Driver – it’s not just the physical choreography, watch for synced song lyrics all over the background as he passes them.