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2017 has been full of great movies. This list would be longer if I really wanted to take a lot of time out of your day, so I will stick to the very best I've had the pleasure to see this year. I have no doubt that I will regret not putting one or two films on here, and I'm sure I will regret putting a film or two on this list. One film has an actor who did horrible stuff to people in real-life that makes me not want it on here, but it's just too damn good.

Here are Social Underground's best films of 2017:

Get Out

Get Out received universal acclaim from critics this year, and for good reason. It was about a black man dating a white woman, and then going to meet her family. A regular Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, right? Not at all. This …show more content…

He took the dissociative identity disorder genre to another level. Preparing for the roll that James McAvoy took was like a marathon of 30 different characters. His main evil character was truly evil, but the sympathy and motivation of that character made the film even better.

Baby Driver

So, about Kevin Spacey. Watching this movie again is hard -- just as his others are now -- because he did some gross stuff to others. Him aside, the movie is brilliant. It's an achievement in writing, directing and editing. Some of the timing of the shots look like they should've took weeks to set up for only 1 minute of footage. Edgar Wright proves he a genius when it comes to clever filmmaking. He can take a boring line of dialogue in a film and turn it into visual comedy or action.

Wonder Woman

Probably the only film in the DCEU that people can agree was good. Wonder Woman is part of something bigger, but it can stand alone because of how it doesn't really need anything else to be associated with it. The chemistry between the characters, the directing of Patty Jenkins (who was snubbed at the Golden Globes), and the sheer fun of the movie makes it one of the year's best.

Wind River

Yet another home run by writer/director Taylor Sheridan. Wind River tells a simple murder mystery, but exceeds because of the exposition of the characters involved. That's what he does best. He can give you a run-of-the-mill tales that has been done 100 times, then expand on everything to the point

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