Best of the Rest of 2017

(EDIT: I didn't get this article up in time of 1/3/2018. I apologize for the lack of pictures and for it not being up to standard with my other Best of the Rest editions. Please enjoy regardless.)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH: Ruby Rose


Honorable Mentions: Bill Skarsgård, Sophia Lillis, Pom Klementieff, Bria Vinaite, Sylvia Hoeks, Fionn Whitehead, Kelly Marie Tran, Dafne Keen, Brooklynn Prince, Harry Styles, Tom Glynn-Carney, Chelsea Lopez


BEST ENSEMBLE: The Cast of The Disaster Artist


Honorable Mentions: Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, The Shape of Water, It, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Beguiled, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Dunkirk, The Florida Project


BEST DIRECTOR: Jordan Peele - Get Out


Honorable Mentions: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water), Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled), Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper), Sean Baker (The Florida Project), Edgar Wright (Baby Driver), Darren Aronofsky (mother!), Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), James Mangold (Logan), Andy Muschietti (It)


BEST SCREENPLAY: Jordan Peele - Get Out


Honorable Mentions: Hampton Fancher and Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049), Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist), Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (The Shape of Water), James Gunn (The Belko Experiment)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Matthew Libatique - mother!


Honorable Mentions: Hoyte van Hoytema (Dunkirk), Philippe Le Sourd (The Beguiled), Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049), Alexis Zabe (The Florida Project), Steve Yedlin (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water), Toby Oliver (Get Out)


BEST EDITING: Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos - Baby Driver


Honorable Mentions: Lee Smith (Dunkirk), Gregory Plotkin (Get Out), Joe Walker (Blade Runner 2049), Sean Baker (The Florida Project)


BEST SCORE: Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water


Honorable Mentions: Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk), Michael Abels (Get Out)


BEST SONG: "Remember Me" by Various Artists (Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez and Ana Ofelia Murguía) - Coco


Honorable Mentions: "Redbone" by Childish Gambino (Get Out), "How Does A Moment Last Forever" by Céline Dion (Beauty and the Beast), "Guardians Inferno" by The Sneepers feat. David Hasselhoff (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), "You'll Never Know" by Renée Fleming (The Shape of Water, "La Llorona" by Alanna Ubach & Antonio Sol (Coco), "Easy" by Sky Ferreira (Baby Driver), "Un Poco Loco" by Anthony Gonzalez & Gael García Bernal (Coco), "Was He Slow?" by Kid Koala (Baby Driver)


BEST PREEXISTING SONG: "Hocus Pocus" by Focus - Baby Driver


Honorable Mentions: "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), "Bellbottoms" by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Baby Driver), "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona (The Disaster Artist), "Harlem Shuffle" by Bob & Earl (Baby Driver), "Antisocial" by Anthrax (It), "Come A Little Bit Closer" by Jay & The Americans (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)


BEST OPENING CREDITS: Get Out


Honorable Mentions: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2


BEST ENDING CREDITS: Beauty and the Beast


Honorable Mentions: Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Lego Batman Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2


BEST STINGER: Spider-Man: Homecoming


Honorable Mentions: The Disaster Artist


BEST POSTER ART: The Shape of Water


Honorable Mentions: Spider-Man: Homecoming (Teaser), Alien: Covenant, Get Out, Baby Driver, John Wick: Chapter 2 (Surrounded), It Comes At Night, Rat Film, It, Coco (Puddle), Thor: Ragnarok


BEST TRAILER: It


Honorable Mentions: The Disaster Artist (Teaser), Thor: Ragnarok, Atomic Blonde


BEST ACTION FILM: Baby Driver


Honorable Mentions: John Wick: Chapter 2, Logan, The Fate of the Furious


BEST ANIMATED FILM: Coco


Honorable Mentions: The Lego Batman Movie, One Piece Film: Gold


BEST COMEDY FILM: The Disaster Artist


Honorable Mentions: Thor: Ragnarok


BEST HORROR FILM: It


Honorable Mentions: mother!, The Belko Experiment


BEST SCI-FI FILM: Blade Runner 2049


Honorable Mentions: Star Wars: The Last Jedi


BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: Resident Evil: Vendetta



FUTURE CULT AND APPRECIATION

Films that I feel will grow on me, beyond my initial expectations and opinions and become the great films that they sought to be.

Hounds of Love
John Wick: Chapter 2
Murder On The Orient Express
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars


UNDERRATED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Actors and actresses that gave great performances in bad films and/or in roles with little material and screen time.

Judd Apatow (The Disaster Artist)
Dave Bautista (Blade Runner 2049)
Doug Benson (The Lego Batman Movie)
Sofia Boutella (The Mummy)
Clancy Brown (Thor: Ragnarok)
Erin Cahill (Resident Evil: Vendetta)
Jennifer Connelly (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Zac Efron (The Disaster Artist)
Michael Fassbender (Alien: Covenant)
Donald Glover (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Rachel House (Thor: Ragnarok)
Danny McBride (Alien: Covenant)
Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars)
Melissa Rauch (Batman and Harley Quinn)
Michael Rooker (The Belko Experiment)
Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok)