We’ve been accused in the past of being a very populist site, which shows in our list. It’s a snapshot of the year we’ve had sitting in dark theaters, gathering in moderately lit living rooms, and occasionally (though not with Dunkirk, of course) catching up on a movie via the wonders of our smartphones. What we’ve come up with is the list below, our 25 best movies of 2017. We asked everyone to submit a Top 10 and then tabulated from there. To do so, we polled the entire Film School Rejects and One Perfect Shot team: from the editors to the regular contributors to the interns and the social media specialists. But before we look at all the happenings on the silver screen next year, we wanted to put together our annual definitive list of the best movies of the past 12 months. To be honest, we’re not even waiting that long, so stay tuned. In a week, the media cycle will have moved on to the movies of 2018.

It’s about time to put a bow on the movies of 2017.

This list is part of our 2017 Rewind, an accounting of the best, worst, and most interesting movies and shows released in 2017.

10 best movies 2017