20 best movies of 2017 .... and 10 worst turkeys

Here we are at the end of the seventh year of the every film challenge and I begin, as usual with hand-wringing.
No, I didn't get around to the latest Jumanji - frankly it didn't entice me enough.
Sadly, I didn't make the The Disaster Artist - I made an error of thinking it was being shown in Derby this weekend and it wasn't. It is, without doubt the big omission of the year - although Goodbye Christopher Robin was also a miss.

As were many others - in fact, about 200 in total.
This was my worst years in terms of Indian films but my best in terms of the UK box office top 100 (only one missing).
I had not thought it was a great year for movies with the avalanche of sequels and remakes but I was stirred by each entry in my top 20 which has a staggering variety.
My total  of films watched is 43 better than last year but 118 worse than my best (2012). I could make excuses about nearly losing my dad, establishing my own business etc etc etc.
I shall instead say that I will try better in 2018.
And with that I shall wish all my readers and the distribution companies who also support my efforts a very Happy New Year. Your encouragement continues to make this endeavour worthwhile.

1. Lion

2. A Monster Calls
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. Hidden Figures
5. Beauty And The Beast
6. Dunkirk
7. First They Killed My Father 
8. The Greatest Showman
9. Murder On The Orient Express
10. Get Out
11 Land Of Mine 
12. Paddington
13. Elle 
14. Detroit
15. Tower
16. Insyriated
17. Baby Driver
18. Wonder Woman
19. Frantz
20. Miss Sloane

Of course, post-Christmas, there has to be cold hard turkeys - of which these are the very worst leftovers - most rancid at the top.

1. Yu-Gi-Oh! - The Dark Side Of Dimensions
2. Wolves At The Door
3. I.T.
4. Spaceship
5. Southern Fury
6. Within
7. Recep Ivedik 5
8. A Change In The Weather
9. Demon Hunter
10. The Shack

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