2017 IndieWire Critics Poll

2017 IndieWire Critics Poll
2017 IndieWire Critics Poll
Date	December 19, 2017
Highlights
Best Film	Get Out
Most awards	Get Out (3)
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Last updated September 04, 2025

The 2017 IndieWire Critics Poll was the twelfth instance of the IndieWire Critics Poll, an annual poll hosted by the website IndieWire to recognize various film-related achievements, including the year's best film, best director, and best score/soundtrack. The winners of the 2017 IndieWire Critics Poll were announced on December 19, 2017.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Director
1st: Get Out 2nd: Lady Bird 3rd: Dunkirk 4th: Phantom Thread 5th: The Florida Project 6th: The Shape of Water 7th: Call Me by Your Name 8th: Personal Shopper 9th: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 10th: The Post	1st: Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread 2nd: Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name 3rd: Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird 4th: Sean Baker – The Florida Project 5th: Jordan Peele – Get Out
Best Actor	Best Actress
1st: Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name 2nd: Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread 3rd: Robert Pattinson – Good Time 4th: James Franco – The Disaster Artist 5th: Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (TIE) 5th: Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour (TIE)	1st: Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird 2nd: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 3rd: Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion 4th: Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water 5th: Kristen Stewart – Personal Shopper
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
1st: Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project 2nd: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 3rd: Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name 4th: Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name 5th: Jason Mitchell – Mudbound	1st: Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird 2nd: Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip 3rd: Allison Janney – I, Tonya 4th: Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread 5th: Holly Hunter – The Big Sick (TIE) 5th: Michelle Pfeiffer – Mother! (TIE)
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
1st: Get Out 2nd: Lady Bird 3rd: Phantom Thread 4th: Call Me by Your Name 5th: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	1st: Blade Runner 2049 2nd: Dunkirk 3rd: Phantom Thread 4th: Call Me by Your Name (TIE) 4th: The Shape of Water (TIE)
Best Documentary	Best Debut Feature
1st: Faces Places 2nd: Dawson City: Frozen Time 3rd: Ex Libris – The New York Public Library 4th: Kedi 5th: Jane (TIE) 5th: Rat Film (TIE) 7th: I Call Him Morgan	1st: Get Out 2nd: Columbus 3rd: Rat Film 4th: Lady Macbeth 5th: Raw 5th: Wind River (TIE)
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Animated Films
1st: BPM (Beats Per Minute) 2nd: Faces Places 3rd: The Square 4th: Raw 5th: Thelma	1st: Coco 2nd: The Breadwinner 3rd: Loving Vincent 4th: The Lego Batman Movie 5th: My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Best Undistributed Film	Best 2018 Movies Already Seen
1st: Bodied 2nd: Spoor 3rd: Wajib 4th: Caniba 4th: Mrs. Fang (TIE) 4th: Mrs. Hyde (TIE)	1st: Zama 2nd: The Rider 3rd: First Reformed 4th: Lean on Pete 5th: Sweet Country

References

↑ Kohn, Eric (December 19, 2017). "2017 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances According to Over 200 Critics". IndieWire. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

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[1] Kohn, Eric (December 19, 2017). "2017 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances According to Over 200 Critics". IndieWire. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

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