--- description: From Wonder Woman to Battle of the Sexes, these were the best reviewed movies of 2017. title: Here Are Rotten Tomatoes' Best Reviewed Movies of 2017 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dfc68930298d73b/6988e44922fb8505f6e23849/lady-bird-movie-greta-gerwig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are Rotten Tomatoes' Best Reviewed Movies of 2017 by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 26, 2017 2:00 PM CUT  Ronan as Christine, a.k.a. Lady Bird. She wants everything, right away, yet even a $3 magazine is out of reach Ronan as Christine, a.k.a. Lady Bird. She wants everything, right away, yet even a $3 magazine is out of reachMerie Wallace—A24 by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 26, 2017 2:00 PM CUT If you’re looking to close out 2017 by watching the best reviewed movies released this year, [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ "undefined") has more than 100 options to choose from. The review aggregator has reported 179 movies “[certified fresh](http://time.com/4607908/rotten-tomatoes-certified-fresh-movies-2016/ "undefined")” — a designation given to the movies that receive the highest scores on the website. Movies are certified fresh if the percentage of positive reviews they receive on Rotten Tomatoes is 75% or higher following a set number of reviews (wide releases must have 80 and limited releases must have 40), along with five reviews from top critics. Excluding films released in the last few weeks of the year, 179 movies that had a wide release in 2017 were certified fresh this year. Of these, eight scored 100%, including Greta Gerwig’s buzzy [_Lady Bird_](http://time.com/5038968/lady-bird-breaks-rotten-tomatoes-record-best-reviewed-movie/ "undefined") and the documentary _Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds_. Check out which movies were certified fresh below and spend the holidays binging the best of the year. _Truman:_ 100% [_Lady Bird_](http://time.com/5006939/lady-bird-captures-joy-pain-coming-of-age/ "undefined")_:_ 100% _Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds:_ 100% _Dawson City: Frozen Time:_ 100% _Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies):_ 100% _Work:_ 100% _Faces Places:_ 100% _Quest:_ 100% [_Get Out_](http://time.com/4680563/get-out-movie-review/ "undefined")_:_ 99% _City of Ghosts:_ 99% [_Whose Streets?_](http://time.com/4894994/whose-streets-review/ "undefined")_:_ 99% _God’s Own Country:_ 99% [_Jane_](http://time.com/4972534/jane-goodall-documentary-climate-change/ "undefined")_:_ 99% _Last Laugh:_ 98% [_My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette)_](http://time.com/4672989/my-life-as-a-zucchini-review/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_I Am Not Your Negro_](http://time.com/4657880/review-i-am-not-your-negro-shows-how-far-we-only-think-weve-come/ "undefined")_:_ 98% _In This Corner of the World (Kono sekai no katasumi ni):_ 98% [_Kedi_](http://time.com/4663705/review-kedi-cats-of-istanbul/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_The Big Sick_](http://time.com/4827599/the-big-sick-camel-nanjiani-review/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_Trophy_](http://time.com/4926847/trophy-documentary-shaul-schwarz/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_Mudbound_](http://time.com/5030321/mudbound-movie-review/ "undefined")_:_ 98% _Dina:_ 98% [_Call Me by Your Name_](http://time.com/5042707/call-me-by-your-name-shape-of-water-fearlessly-display-love/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_Lucky_](http://time.com/4960640/lucky-farewell-to-harry-dean-stanton/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_BPM (Beats Per Minute) (120 battements par minute)_](http://time.com/4989048/love-rises-above-politics-in-beats-per-minute/ "undefined")_:_ 98% [_Coco_](http://time.com/4931069/coco-pixar-anthony-gonzalez/ "undefined")_:_ 97% _After the Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku):_ 97% _Your Name. (Kimi No Na Wa.):_ 97% _Columbus:_ 97% [_The Shape of Water_](http://time.com/5042707/call-me-by-your-name-shape-of-water-fearlessly-display-love/ "undefined")_:_ 97% _The Death of Stalin:_ 97% [_Stronger_](http://time.com/4960631/jake-gyllenhaal-only-gets-stronger/ "undefined")_:_ 96% [_The Disaster Artist_](http://time.com/5027054/james-and-dave-franco-the-disaster-artist/ "undefined")_:_ 96% _The Salesman (Forushande):_ 96% _B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography:_ 96% _I Called Him Morgan:_ 96% _Women’s Balcony (Ismach Hatani):_ 96% _Menashe:_ 96% [_Ex Libris: New York Public Library_](http://time.com/4960620/documentaries-deserve-on-your-radar/ "undefined")_:_ 96% [_Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_](http://time.com/5016723/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-review/ "undefined")_:_ 95% _Graduation (Bacalaureat):_ 95% _Red Turtle (La tortue rouge):_ 95% _Prevenge:_ 95% [_Step_](http://time.com/4888026/review-in-step-portraits-of-determination-and-dance/ "undefined")_:_ 95% [_The Florida Project_](http://time.com/4970463/florida-project-review/ "undefined")_:_ 95% _Endless Poetry (Poesía Sin Fin):_ 94% _Citizen Jane: Battle for the City:_ 94% [_War for the Planet of the Apes_](http://time.com/4837289/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-review/ "undefined")_:_ 93% [_Logan_](http://time.com/4671852/logan-movie-review/ "undefined")_:_ 93% [_Baby Driver_](http://time.com/4835390/review-baby-driver-ansel-elgort/ "undefined")_:_ 93% _All This Panic:_ 93% [_I, Daniel Blake_](http://time.com/4344301/ken-loach-palme-dor-cannes-film-festival/ "undefined")_:_ 93% _Clash (Eshtebak):_ 93% [_Logan Lucky_](http://time.com/4902726/review-logan-lucky-soderbergh-channing-tatum/ "undefined")_:_ 93% [_Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)_](http://time.com/4787720/adam-sandler-the-meyerowitz-stories/ "undefined")_:_ 93% _Gook:_ 93% [_School Life_](http://time.com/4920439/review-school-life-documentary-irish-boarding-school/ "undefined")_:_ 93% [_Human Flow_](http://time.com/4927420/venice-film-festival-2017/ "undefined")_:_ 93% [_Star Wars: The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/5061707/star-wars-the-last-jedi-review/ "undefined")_:_ 93% [_Spider-Man: Homecoming_](http://time.com/4840664/spiderman-homecoming-review/ "undefined")_:_ 92% [_Wonder Woman_](http://time.com/4799963/wonder-woman-review/ "undefined")_:_ 92% [_Thor: Ragnarok_](http://time.com/4996646/thor-ragnarok-review/ "undefined")_:_ 92% [_Dunkirk_](http://time.com/4864051/dunkirk-review/ "undefined")_:_ 92% [_A Quiet Passion_](http://time.com/4717501/emily-dickinson-quiet-passion/ "undefined")_:_ 92% [_Hidden Figures_](http://time.com/4605629/hidden-figures-movie-review/ "undefined")_:_ 92% _Obit:_ 92% _Abacus: Small Enough to Jail:_ 92% _Brawl in Cell Block 99:_ 92% _Devil’s Candy:_ 92% _Breadwinner:_ 92% [_Lego Batman_](http://time.com/4665019/the-lego-batman-movie-review/ "undefined")_:_ 91% _After Love (L’économie du couple):_ 91% [_Good Time_](http://time.com/4894990/robert-pattinson-good-time-review/ "undefined")_:_ 91% _Land of Mine (Under Sandet):_ 90% [_John Wick: Chapter 2_](http://time.com/4663702/john-wick-chapter-2-review/ "undefined")_:_ 90% _Raw:_ 90% _Frantz:_ 90% _Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants):_ 90% [_A Ghost Story_](http://time.com/4856221/a-ghost-story-review/ "undefined")_:_ 90% _Gerald’s Game:_ 90% _I, Tonya:_ 90% [_Girls Trip_](http://time.com/4864477/girls-trip-review/ "undefined")_:_ 89% [_First They Killed My Father_](http://time.com/4951182/a-child-survives-the-khmer-rouge/ "undefined")_:_ 89% [_Marjorie Prime_](http://time.com/5047536/top-10-movie-performances-2017/ "undefined")_:_ 89% _Hounds of Love:_ 89% _Lady Macbeth:_ 89% _David Lynch: Art Life:_ 89% _Ornithologist (O ornitólogo):_ 89% _Their Finest:_ 89% [_I don’t feel at home in this world anymore._](http://time.com/4672976/i-dont-feel-at-home-aims-for-the-heart/ "undefined")_:_ 89% _78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene:_ 89% _Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen):_ 89% _Only the Brave:_ 89% _Thelma:_ 89% _My Scientology Movie:_ 88% [_Wind River_](http://time.com/4789097/wind-river-review-taylor-sheridan/ "undefined")_:_ 88% [_20th Century Women_](http://time.com/4605627/20th-century-women-review/ "undefined")_:_ 88% _Maudie:_ 88% _Norman: Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer:_ 88% [_It Comes At Night_](http://time.com/4810483/it-comes-at-night-review/ "undefined")_:_ 88% [_A Monster Calls_](http://time.com/4623404/a-monster-calls-review/ "undefined")_:_ 87% [_American Made_](http://time.com/4960639/american-made-tom-cruise/ "undefined")_:_ 87% [_Blade Runner 2049_](http://time.com/4962769/review-blade-runner-2049-gosling/ "undefined")_:_ 87% [_Lost City of Z_](http://time.com/4733987/lost-city-of-z-review/ "undefined")_:_ 87% _Untamed (La región salvaje):_ 87% _Novitiate:_ 87% _Midwife (Sage femme):_ 87% [_Whitney: Can I Be Me_](http://time.com/4903745/whitney-houston-documentary-can-i-be-me/ "undefined")_:_ 87% _Captain Underpants: First Epic Movie (Captain Underpants):_ 86% [_Okja_](http://time.com/4785776/okja-review-bong-joon-ho/ "undefined")_:_ 86% _Lure (Córki dancingu):_ 86% _Transfiguration:_ 86% _Wedding Plan:_ 86% [_Darkest Hour_](http://time.com/5031642/winston-churchill-darkest-hour/ "undefined")_:_ 86% [_Ingrid Goes West_](http://time.com/4895006/aubrey-plazas-status-update/ "undefined")_:_ 86% [_Band Aid_](http://time.com/4797928/zoe-lister-jones-band-aid-interview/ "undefined")_:_ 86% [_Professor Marston and the Wonder Women_](http://time.com/4979257/the-women-behind-wonder-woman/ "undefined")_:_ 86% [_Battle of the Sexes_](http://time.com/4951187/battle-of-the-sexes-billie-jean-king/ "undefined")_:_ 85% _Girl With All the Gifts:_ 85% [_It_](http://time.com/4934369/movie-review-it-stephen-king/ "undefined")_:_ 85% [_The Incredible Jessica James_](http://time.com/4928404/best-indie-summer-movies-2017/ "undefined")_:_ 85% [_The Trip to Spain_](http://time.com/4895833/the-trip-to-spain-review-rob-brydon-steve-coogan/ "undefined")_:_ 85% _Fencer (Miekkailija):_ 84% _Wonder:_ 84% _My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea:_ 84% _Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV):_ 84% _Silence:_ 84% _Megan Leavey:_ 84% _Lost in Paris:_ 84% _Founder:_ 83% [_Marshall_](http://time.com/4972645/marshall-movie-true-story/ "undefined")_:_ 83% [_Jeremiah Tower: Last Magnificent_](http://time.com/4747732/the-last-magnificent-review/ "undefined")_:_ 83% [_The Lovers_](http://time.com/4767791/review-the-lovers-debra-winger/ "undefined")_:_ 83% [_Detroit_](http://time.com/4877385/detroit-review-katheryn-bigelow/ "undefined")_:_ 83% _A United Kingdom:_ 83% _Handsome Devil:_ 83% [_Beach Rats_](http://time.com/4913692/eliza-hittman-beach-rats-review/ "undefined")_:_ 83% _Tom of Finland:_ 83% _Villainess (Ak-Nyeo):_ 83% [_Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2:_ ](http://time.com/4752663/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-review/ "undefined")82% [_Patti Cake$_](http://time.com/4904299/patti-cake-danielle-macdonald-review/ "undefined")_:_ 82% _Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no jûnin):_ 82% _Mayhem:_ 81% _Mean Dreams:_ 81% _Risk:_ 81% _Brad’s Status:_ 81% [_Casting JonBenét_](http://time.com/4712756/casting-jonbenet-trailer/ "undefined")_:_ 81% _Chuck:_ 81% [_The Man Who Invented Christmas_](http://time.com/5017067/a-christmas-carol-charles-dickens-movie/ "undefined")_:_ 81% [_The Square_](http://time.com/4998281/the-square-caustically-elegant-satire-no-right-angles/ "undefined")_:_ 81% _Loving Vincent:_ 81% [_Colossal_](http://time.com/4728296/colossal-anne-hathaway-review/ "undefined")_:_ 80% _Patriots Day:_ 80% [_Personal Shopper_](http://time.com/4696431/kristen-stewart-personal-shopper-review/ "undefined")_:_ 80% _My Friend Dahmer:_ 80% [_T2: Trainspotting_](http://time.com/4703311/trainspotting-t2-review/ "undefined")_:_ 79% [_Brigsby Bear_](http://time.com/4876102/brigsby-bear-dave-mccary-review/ "undefined")_:_ 79% _Tragedy Girls:_ 79% [_The Killing of a Sacred Deer_](http://time.com/4989045/colin-farrell-the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer/ "undefined")_:_ 79% [_The Beguiled_](http://time.com/4792198/the-beguiled-cannes-review/ "undefined")_:_ 78% [_An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power_](http://time.com/4865979/al-gore-an-inconvenient-sequel/ "undefined")_:_ 78% _Una:_ 77% _Borg McEnroe:_ 77% [_The Little Hours_](http://time.com/4838703/the-little-hours-review/ "undefined")_:_ 77% [_The Hero_](http://time.com/4810477/the-hero-sam-elliott-review/ "undefined")_:_ 77% _Sweet Virginia:_ 77% [_Kong: Skull Island_](http://time.com/4696420/kong-skull-island-review/ "undefined")_:_ 76% _13 Minutes (Elser):_ 76% _Daughter:_ 76% [_Atomic Blonde_](http://time.com/4874696/atomic-blonde-charlize-theron-review/ "undefined")_:_ 76% _My Cousin Rachel:_ 76% _Limehouse Golem:_ 76% _Exception (Kaiser’s Last Kiss):_ 76% [_Crown Heights_](http://time.com/4904273/lakeith-stanfield-contemporary-chameleon/ "undefined")_:_ 76% 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