The best films of 2017 – all the votes

The title may say ‘film’, but this is our no-holds-barred annual round-up of the best that the moving image had to offer in 2017, from films and video art to TV and VR – you name it (because we can’t). We invited a swathe of British and international critics and curators to choose the five works they saw this year that made the biggest impression on them – and rising to the top are some exciting new voices, visions and forms:

37 voters rated Jordan Peele’s Get Out one of their top five releases of the year – but what other genre films (and satires) made the list?

And with 31 voters picking David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Return as one of their five highlights, was this the year long-form series television won over even diehard film critics? Or did Lynch break the mould again?

Click on a film circle to see who voted for it, or (to the right) a voter to see their contributions. You can also use the ‘previous and ‘next’ arrows to browse titles sequentially, and the drop-down menus to jump straight to a particular film or voter.

Delve deeper:

• See all our 2017 in review coverage (including our top 25 films focus and video countdown)

• Read reflections on key themes of the year, from blockbusters and franchises to late works by veteran filmmakers, plus new essays on Get Out and Twin Peaks: The Return, in our January 2018 issue