
The film tracks the hazy year in the lives of two Polish twenty-somethings, turning their reality into a lucid dream of a movie.Īna Lily Amirpour follows up “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” with another totally original genre experiment. Michal Marczak’s “All These Sleepless Nights” is an unclassifiable wonder that uses the raw material of real life to create a rich story of sex, memory, and becoming. The movie sets the bar high for how to make a great feminist film about Hollywood.


Maggie Siff plays a popular television actress who is forced out of the industry and tries to reinvent herself back home. On the brink of selling Hollywood his vision, Crawley murdered his family and sparked a conspiracy theory.Įlisabeth Subrin’s feature directorial debut “A Woman, A Part” is a film so timely and relevant in the way it captures the current disenfranchisement of women in the film and television industry. Werner Herzog presents this morbidly fascinating documentary about David Crowley, a soldier who became a filmmaker after his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stephen King adaptations were everywhere in 2017, from the blockbuster “It” to “Gerald’s Game,” “The Dark Tower,” and more, but no adaptation was as impressive as “1922.” Thomas Jane gives his best performance in ages in this poetic take on King’s novella about a farmer who conspires to kill his wife (Molly Parker) and recruits his son to help him commit the crime. The movie unfolds like a slow-burn thriller, shifting between 16 different subjects in 13 states for a fascinating, scattershot countdown to Election Day’s inevitable shocking finale. Jeff Deutchman’s “11/8/16” brings together Election Day footage from nearly 30 directors to create a portrait of the nation as Donald Trump officially rose to power.


Some premiered at festivals earlier, and others are Netflix-acquired titles that debuted in theaters and online, but they all represent what made 2017 such a thrilling cinematic year.Ĭlick through the gallery for 50 films released in 2017 now streaming on Netflix. The streaming giant currently has numerous indie films, documentaries, foreign titles, and blockbusters available to stream that all debuted in 2017. Looking to kick off the new year by watching some of the best films 2017 had to offer? Netflix can easily help you with that.
