My 2017 top 10

Here is a ranking of all the films released in the U.S. in 2017 that I’ve seen, with links to my reviews where applicable:

1. Get Out

2. The Hero

3. The Founder

4. Once Upon a Time in Venice

5. Table 19

6. The Wall

7. Going in Style

8. Logan Lucky

9. War on Everyone

10. I Do… Until I Don’t

11. Wilson

12. My Cousin Rachel

13. Atomic Blonde

14. A United Kingdom

15. Chips

16. Paris Can Wait

17. All Nighter

18. Sleepless

19. The Lego Batman Movie

20. A Woman, a Part

21. Kidnap

22. Snatched

23. Rough Night

24. The House

25. Youth in Oregon

26. The Lovers

27. Arsenal

The Hero

Sam Elliott isn’t allowed to act anymore. He can’t show up as a stunt-casting gimmick on “Will and Grace,” or in some throwaway action flick. He can’t even voice-over a barbecue sauce commercial. No, he made “The Hero” (2017), which is one of those magnum-opus-type star turns that aging actors suddenly summon when they still haven’t won a major award. Sam plays a pot-smoking actor who made a great cowboy film long ago, but he’s dying now, and he’s trying to figure out how to die, and still live, and it’s pretty impressive. So no more acting, Sam. We’re good.