With the end of another year, I leave here my traditional list of best and worst films released worldwide (or almost) in cinemas and streaming websites in 2017. I am ashamed to admit that, due to personal projects and not so much time on my hands, I was only able to see the nearly ridiculous number of 345 films, as opposed to the 512 of the year before. This led me to review a lot less also, which is something I plan to change in 2018 (a lot of discipline required). And as usual, I include below a complete list with all films I watched this year. So here it goes:
BEST MOVIES RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN 2017 (in order of preference):
- mother! (USA, 2017)
- A Ghost Story (USA, 2017)
- Moonlight (USA, 2016)
- Aquarius (Brazil/France, 2016)
- Gerald’s Game (USA, 2017)
- A Fantastic Woman (Chile/Germany/USA/Spain, 2017)
- BPM (Beats per Minute) (France, 2017)
- Logan (USA, 2017)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (UK/Ireland/USA, 2017)
- Manchester by the Sea (USA, 2016)
20 OTHER FILMS THAT DESERVE MENTION (in alphabetic order):
American Made (USA, 2017)
Baby Driver (UK/USA, 2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (USA/UK/Canada, 2017)
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (USA, 2017)
Detroit (USA, 2017)
Hidden Figures (USA, 2016)
I Am Not Your Negro (France/USA, 2016)
It (USA/Canada, 2017)
Jackie (Chile/France/USA, 2016)
Lady Macbeth (UK, 2016)
Loving (UK/USA, 2016)
Neruda (Chile/Argentina/France/Spain/USA, 2016)
On Body and Soul (Hungary, 2017)
The Other Side of Hope (Finland/Germany, 2017)
The Red Turtle (France/Belgium/Japan, 2016)
Silence (USA/Taiwan/Mexico, 2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (USA, 2017)
The Square (Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark, 2017)
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (USA, 2017)
War for the Planet of the Apes (USA/Canada/New Zealand, 2017)
WORST MOVIES RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN 2017 (in order of mediocrity):
- Split (USA, 2016)
- Alien: Covenant (USA/UK/Australia/New Zealand/Canada, 2017)
- Life (USA, 2017)
- Bright (USA, 2017)
- Flatliners (USA/Canada, 2017)
- Certain Women (USA, 2016)
- A Cure for Wellness (USA/Germany, 2017)
- Baywatch (USA, 2017)
- Tulip Fever (UK/USA, 2017)
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (USA, 2017)
COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS SEEN IN 2017 (in alphabetic order):
- Adaptation. (USA, 2002) — *****
- L’Age d’Or (France, 1930) — ****
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God, or Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (West Germany, 1972) — ****
- Alien: Covenant (USA/UK/Australia/New Zealand/Canada, 2017) — *
- All the Women in the World, or Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (Brazil, 1966) — ***
- Allied (UK/USA, 2016) — **
- Amant Double, or L’Amant Double (France/Belgium, 2017) — ***
- American Made (USA, 2017) — ****
- Among the Believers (Pakistan/USA, 2015) — ****
- Ana, Mon Amour (Romania/Germany/France, 2017) — ****
- Anjos do Arrabalde (Brazil, 1987) — ***
- Annabelle: Creation (USA, 2017) — ****
- Aquarius (Brazil/France, 2016) — *****
- Assault on the Pay Train, or Assalto ao Trem Pagador (Brazil, 1962) — ****
- Atomic Blonde (Germany/Sweden/USA, 2017) — ***
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe (UK/USA, 2016) — ***
- L’Avventura (Italy/France, 1960) — ****
- Baby Driver (UK/USA, 2017) — ****
- The Babysitter (USA, 2017) — ****
- Back to Burgundy, or Ce Qui Nous Lie (France, 2017) — ***
- Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story), or Bang Gang (Une Histoire d’Amour Moderne) (France, 2015) — **
- Bar Esperanza, or Bar Esperança (Brazil, 1983) — ***
- Battle of the Sexes (UK/USA, 2017) — ***
- Baywatch (USA, 2017) — **
- Le Beau Serge (France, 1958) — ****
- Beauty and the Beast (USA, 2017) — ****
- Beetlejuice (USA, 1988) — ****
- The Beguiled (USA, 2017) — ****
- Belle de Jour (France/Italy, 1967) — ****
- Berlin Syndrome (Australia, 2017) — ***
- The Beyond, or …E Tu Vivrai nel Terrore! L’Aldilà (Italy, 1981) — *
- The Big Country (USA, 1958) — ****
- The Big Sick (USA, 2017) — ****
- Bingo: The King of the Mornings, or Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs (Brazil, 2017) — ****
- The Birth of a Nation (USA, 1915) — ***
- The Birth of a Nation (USA, 2016) — ***
- The Blackcoat’s Daughter, or February (Canada/USA, 2015) — **
- Blade Runner 2049 (USA/UK/Canada, 2017) — ****
- Blow-Up, or Blowup (UK/Italy/USA, 1966) — *****
- Blue Jay (USA, 2016) — ****
- Born to Be Blue (Canada/UK, 2015) — ****
- BPM (Beats per Minute), or 120 BPM (Beats per Minute), or 120 Battements par Minute (France, 2017) — *****
- Bright (USA, 2017) — **
- Buccaneer Soul, or Alma Corsária (Brazil, 1993) — ***
- The Burning (USA/Canada, 1981) — ***
- Cabaret (USA, 1972) — ****
- Call Me by Your Name (Italy/France/Brazil/USA, 2017) — ****
- The Captive (Canada, 2014) — *
- Case of the Naves Brothers, or O Caso dos Irmãos Naves (Brazil, 1967) — ****
- Cemetery of Splendour, or Rak ti Khon Kaen (Thailand/UK/Germany/France/Malaysia/South Korea/Mexico/USA/Norway, 2015) — *
- Centaur (Kyrgyzstan/Netherlands/Germany/France, 2016) — **
- Certain Women (USA, 2016) — **
- Cherry Pop (USA, 2017) — **
- Christiane F., or Christiane F. — Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (West Germany, 1981) — ****
- Chronic (Mexico/France, 2015) — ****
- The Circle (United Arab Emirates/USA, 2017) — **
- City of God, or Cidade de Deus (Brazil/France, 2002) — *****
- Close-Up, or Nemā-ye nazdīk (Iran, 1990) — *****
- Closet Monster (Canada, 2015) — ****
- Clownhouse (USA, 1989) — **
- Coco (USA, 2017) — ***
- Colo (Portugal/France, 2017) — ****
- Les Cousins (France, 1959) — ****
- Cronos (Mexico, 1993) — ****
- A Cure for Wellness (USA/Germany, 2017) — **
- Danton (France/Poland, 1983) — ***
- Dark Blood (USA/UK/Netherlands, 1993/2012) — **
- David Lynch: The Art Life (USA/Denmark, 2016) — ***
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (USA, 2017) — ****
- A Decent Man, or Je Ne Suis Pas un Salaud (France, 2015) — ***
- Delicate Crime, or Crime Delicado (Brazil, 2005) — ****
- The Demons, or Les Démons (Canada, 2015) — ***
- Detroit (USA, 2017) — ****
- The Devil Probably, or Le Diable Probablement (France, 1977) — ***
- The Dinner (USA, 2017) — **
- Django (France, 2017) — ****
- Do the Right Thing (USA, 1989) — ****
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, or Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Brazil, 1976) — **
- Drugstore Cowboy (USA, 1989) — ***
- The Duchess (UK/Italy/France/USA, 2008) — ***
- Dunkirk (UK/Netherlands/France/USA, 2017) — ***
- L’Eclisse (Italy/France, 1962) — ****
- Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, or Acht Stunden Sind Kein Tag (West Germany, 1972) — ****
- Elle (France/Germany/Belgium, 2016) — ****
- Elvis & Nixon (USA, 2016) — ****
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, or Jeder für Sich und Gott gegen Alle (West Germany, 1974) — *****
- Everything’s Alright, or Tudo Bem (Brazil, 1978) — ***
- Eyes without a Face, or Les Yeux sans Visage (France/Italy, 1960) — ***
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (USA, 2004) — ****
- A Fantastic Woman, or Una Mujer Fantástica (Chile/Germany/USA/Spain, 2017) — *****
- Fashionista (USA, 2016) — ***
- Faultless, or Irréprochable (France, 2016) — **
- Fences (USA, 2016) — ***
- 54 (USA, 1998) — **
- 54: The Director’s Cut (USA, 1998/2015) — ****
- Filme Demência (Brazil, 1986) — ****
- Five, or Five Dedicated to Ozu (Iran/Japan/France, 2003) — ***
- Flatliners (USA/Canada, 2017) — **
- Four Days in September, or O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (Brazil/USA, 1997) — **
- Gabbeh (Iran/France, 1996) — ****
- Gabriel and the Mountain, or Gabriel e a Montanha (Brazil/France, 2017) — *****
- Gerald’s Game (USA, 2017) — *****
- Gerontophilia (Canada, 2013) — **
- Get Out (USA, 2017) — ****
- Ghost Hunting, or Istiyad Ashbah (France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar, 2017) — ***
- A Ghost Story (USA, 2017) — *****
- Gimme Danger (USA, 2016) — **
- The Girl with All the Gifts (UK/USA, 2016) — **
- God’s Own Country (UK, 2017) — ****
- Good Time (USA, 2017) — ****
- Graduation, or Bacalaureat (Romania/France/Belgium, 2016) — ****
- The Grand Moment, or O Grande Momento (Brazil, 1958) — ****
- The Great Madcap, or El Gran Calavera (Mexico, 1949) — **
- Grey Gardens (USA, 1975) — ****
- Il Grido (Italy/USA, 1957) — *
- The Grifters (USA/Canada, 1990) — *****
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (USA, 2017) — ****
- The Guns, or Os Fuzis (Brazil/Argentina, 1964) — ****
- Hacksaw Ridge (Australia/USA, 2016) — *****
- Halloween (USA, 1978) — *****
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (USA, 1988) — ***
- Halloween 5 (USA, 1989) — *
- The Happiest Girl in the World, or Cea mai fericitã fatã din lume (Netherlands/Romania/France/Japan, 2009) — ****
- Happy Death Day (USA, 2017) — ***
- Happy End (France/Austria/Germany, 2017) — ***
- Haunter (Canada/France, 2013) — ***
- Headwinds, or Des Vents Contraires (France/Belgium, 2011) — **
- Heart of Glass, or Herz aus Glas (West Germany, 1976) — ****
- Heathers (USA, 1988) — ****
- Hell or High Water (USA, 2016) — ****
- Helter Skelter (USA, 1976) — ****
- Hidden Figures (USA, 2016) — ****
- The Hills of Disorder, or Serras da Desordem (Brazil, 2006) — ****
- Hillsborough (UK, 2016) — *****
- The Holy Mountain, or La Montaña Sagrada (Mexico/USA, 1973) — *****
- O Homem Que Virou Suco (Brazil, 1979) — ****
- The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga, or A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga (Brazil, 1965) — ***
- Hour of the Star, or A Hora da Estrela (Brazil, 1985) — ****
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, or Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês (Brazil, 1971) — ***
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (New Zealand, 2016) — ****
- I Am Not Your Negro (France/USA, 2016) — ****
- I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (USA, 2017) — ***
- I Hate Christian Laettner (USA, 2015) — *****
- I’m All Yours, or Je Suis à Vous Tout de Suite (France, 2015) — ***
- In Search of the Ultra-Sex, or À la Recherche de l’Ultra-Sex (France, 2015) — *
- In the Fade, or Aus dem Nichts (Germany/France, 2017) — ****
- In the Intense Now, or No Intenso Agora (Brazil, 2017) — ****
- An Inconvenient Truth (USA, 2006) — ****
- The Innocents (UK, 1961) — *****
- Inside Job (USA, 2010) — *****
- Into the Forest (Canada, 2015) — ***
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (USA, 1978) — ***
- Iracema, or Iracema — Uma Transa Amazônica (Brazil/West Germany/France, 1975) — ****
- It (USA/Canada, 2017) — ****
- It Comes at Night (USA, 2017) — ****
- Jackie (Chile/France/USA, 2016) — ****
- Jean de Florette (Switzerland/France/Italy, 1986) — ****
- The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (USA, 2012) — **
- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (Canada/USA, 2017) — ****
- Joaquim (Brazil/Portugal, 2017) — ****
- John Wick (USA/China, 2014) — ****
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (USA/Hong Kong, 2017) — ****
- Juliet’s Band, or La Bande à Juliette (France, 2016) — ***
- Just Like Our Parents, or Como Nossos Pais (Brazil, 2017) — **
- Justice League (USA/UK/Canada, 2017) — ****
- Kandahar, or Safar e Ghandehar (Iran/France, 2001) — ****
- Keep the Lights On (USA, 2012) — ****
- Killed the Family and Went to the Movies, or Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema (Brazil, 1969) — ****
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (USA, 1988) — ***
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (UK/Ireland/USA, 2017) — *****
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (USA, 2017) — **
- King Cobra (USA, 2016) — ***
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle (UK/USA, 2017) — ***
- Kong: Skull Island (USA/China/Australia/Canada, 2017) — ***
- La La Land (USA, 2016) — ***
- Lady Macbeth (UK, 2016) — ****
- Land of Mine, or Under Sandet (Denmark/Germany, 2015) — ****
- Land of Silence and Darkness, or Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (West Germany, 1971) — ****
- The Last Face (USA, 2016) — ***
- Life (USA, 2017) — **
- Life, and Nothing More…, or And Life Goes On…, or Zendegi va digar hich (Iran, 1992) — *****
- Life, Animated (USA, 2016) — ****
- Life Stinks (USA, 1991) — ***
- The Limehouse Golem (UK, 2016) — **
- Limite (Brazil, 1931) — ****
- Lion (Australia/USA/UK, 2016) — ***
- Lions Love (USA/France, 1969) — ***
- The Little Prince (UK/USA, 1974) — ****
- Logan (USA, 2017) — *****
- Logan Lucky (USA, 2017) — ***
- Loki: Arnaldo Baptista (Brazil, 2008) — *****
- The Lost City of Z (USA, 2016) — **
- Louis C.K.: Hilarious (USA, 2010) — *****
- Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (USA, 2015) — ****
- Love & Friendship (Ireland/France/Netherlands, 2016) — ****
- Love Me Forever or Never, or Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar (Brazil, 1986) — **
- Loving (UK/USA, 2016) — ****
- M (Germany, 1931) — *****
- Ma’ Rosa (Philippines, 2016) — **
- Machines (India/Germany/Finland, 2016) — *****
- A Man Called Ove, or En man som heter Ove (Sweden, 2015) — ****
- A Man Escaped, or Un Condamné à Mort S’Est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut (France, 1956) — *****
- The Man from the Future, or O Homem do Futuro (Brazil, 2011) — ****
- A Man of Integrity, or Lerd (Iran, 2017) — ****
- Manchester by the Sea (USA, 2016) — *****
- Manifesto (Germany, 2015) — **
- Marguerite & Julien, or Marguerite et Julien (France, 2015) — *
- Manhunter (USA, 1986) — ***
- Manon of the Spring, or Manon des Sources (Switzerland/Italy/France, 1986) — ***
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (USA/Japan/UK, 1994) — *****
- Maudie (Ireland/Canada, 2016) — ****
- Mean Streets (USA, 1973) — ****
- Memoirs of Prison, or Memórias do Cárcere (Brazil, 1984) — *****
- Men and Women, or Noite Vazia (Brazil, 1964) — ****
- Metropia (Sweden/Denmark/Norway, 2009) — ***
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (USA, 2017) — ***
- Miss Representation (USA, 2011) — **
- Miss Sloane (France/USA, 2016) — **
- Mr Long, or Ryu san (Japan/Hong Kong/Taiwan, 2017) — ****
- Moana, or Vaiana (USA, 2016) — ****
- Moka (France/Switzerland, 2016) — **
- A Moment of Innocence, or Nun va Goldoon (Iran/France, 1996) — *****
- A Monster Calls (UK/Spain/USA, 2016) — ***
- Moonlight (USA, 2016) — *****
- Moonstruck (USA, 1987) — ***
- mother! (USA, 2017) — *****
- The Mourning Forest, or Mogari no Mori (Japan/France, 2007) — *
- Murder on the Orient Express (Malta/USA, 2017) — **
- My Bloody Valentine (Canada, 1981) — **
- My Cousin Rachel (UK/USA, 2017) — **
- My Friend Dahmer (USA, 2017) — ****
- My Life as a Zucchini, or Ma Vie de Courgette (Switzerland/France, 2016) — ***
- My Sweet Little Village, or Vesničko má středisková (Czechoslovakia, 1985) — *****
- My Wonderful West Berlin, or Mein Wunderbares West-Berlin (Germany, 2017) — ***
- The Naked Kiss (USA, 1964) — **
- Nanayo, or Nanayomachi (Japan/Thailand, 2008) — ***
- National Bird (USA, 2016) — ***
- Natural Born Killers (USA, 1994) — ***
- Neruda (Chile/Argentina/France/Spain/USA, 2016) — ****
- The New Kid, or Le Nouveau (France, 2015) — ****
- 1922 (USA, 2017) — ***
- No Kids for Me, Thanks! (Canada/Belgium/France, 2015) — **
- No Way, Spider, or Sem Essa, Aranha (Brazil, 1970) — ***
- Nocturama (France/Germany/Belgium, 2016) — ***
- La Notte (Italy/France, 1961) — *****
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (UK/France/USA, 2000) — *
- O.J.: Made in America (USA, 2016) — *****
- Ogres, or Les Ogres (France, 2015) — **
- Okja (South Korea/USA, 2017) — ****
- Los Olvidados (Mexico, 1950) — *****
- On Body and Soul, or A Teströl és Lélekröl (Hungary, 2017) — *****
- Ouija: Origin of Evil (Japan/USA, 2016) — ****
- Our Little Sister, or Umimachi Diary (Japan, 2015) — **
- The Other Side of Hope, or Toivon Tuolla Puolen (Finland/Germany, 2017) — ****
- Paris Is Burning (USA, 1990) — ****
- Parisienne, or Peur de Rien (France, 2015) — ***
- The Party (UK, 2017) — ****
- Passengers (USA, 2016) — *
- The Passion of Joan of Arc, or La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (France, 1928) — *****
- Patch Adams (USA, 1998) — **
- Patrik, Age 1.5, or Patrik 1,5 (Sweden, 2008) — ****
- Pendular (Brazil/Argentina/France, 2017) — ****
- Perfumed Ball, or Baile Perfumado (Brazil, 1997) — **
- Personal Shopper (France/Germany, 2016) — **
- The Pink Panther (USA, 1963) — ***
- The Pit and the Pendulum (USA, 1991) — ****
- Poltergeist (USA, 1982) — ****
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side (USA, 1986) — **
- Poltergeist III (USA, 1988) — **
- Pra Frente, Brasil (Brazil, 1982) — ****
- Prejudice, or Préjudice (Belgium/Luxembourg/Netherlands, 2015) — ****
- Pride (UK/France, 2014) — ****
- Pride & Prejudice (France/UK/USA, 2005) — ****
- The Producers (USA, 1967) — ***
- Prom Night (Canada, 1980) — ***
- Promise at Dawn, or La Promesse de l’Aube (France, 2017) — ***
- Rat Fever, or Febre do Rato (Brazil, 2011) — ****
- Rebel Without a Cause (USA, 1955) — ****
- Red Desert, or Il Deserto Rosso (Italy/France, 1964) — *****
- The Red Turtle, or La Tortue Rouge (France/Belgium/Japan, 2016) — *****
- Rent (USA, 2005) — **
- The Report, or Gozaresh (Iran, 1977) — ****
- Return to Montauk (Germany/France/Ireland, 2017) — ***
- Rough Diamond, or Ganga Bruta (Brazil, 1933) — **
- Run Lola Run, or Lola Rennt (Germany, 1998) — *****
- The Salesman, or Forušande (Iran/France, 2016) — ***
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, or Salò o le 120 Giornate di Sodoma (Italy/France, 1975) — ****
- Sargento Getúlio (Brazil, 1983) — ****
- Scenes from a Mall (USA, 1991) — **
- Il Secondo Tragico Fantozzi (Italy, 1976) — ****
- Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (UK, 2016) — ***
- O Signo do Caos (Brazil, 2005) — **
- The Silence, or Sokout (Iran/Tajikistan/France, 1998) — ****
- Silence (USA/Taiwan/Mexico, 2016) — ****
- Slack Bay, or Ma Loute (Germany/France, 2016) — **
- Snowflake, or Schneeflöckchen (Germany, 2017) — ***
- Snowtown, or The Snowtown Murders (Australia, 2011) — ****
- Southland Tales (France/Germany/USA, 2006) — *
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (USA, 2017) — ****
- Split (USA, 2016) — *
- The Square (Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark, 2017) — ****
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi, or Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (USA, 2017) — ****
- Staying Vertical, or Rester Vertical (France, 2016) — ***
- Super (USA, 2010) — ****
- SuperOutro (Brazil, 1989) — ****
- Talk to Her, or Hable con Ella (Spain, 2002) — ****
- Tanna (Australia/Vanuatu, 2015) — ***
- Taste of Cherry, or Ta’m‑e gīlās… (Iran/France, 1997) — ****
- Ten, or Dah (Iran/France, 2002) — ****
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (USA, 1974) — *****
- Thank You for Smoking (USA, 2005) — ***
- Thelma (Norway/France/Denmark/Sweden, 2017) — ****
- This Summer Feeling, or Ce Sentiment de l’Été (France/Germany, 2015) — ***
- Thor: Ragnarok (USA, 2017) — ***
- Through the Olive Trees, or Zīr‑e Derakhtān‑e Zeytūn (Iran/France, 1994) — ****
- Tickets (Italy/UK, 2005) — ****
- Tiger Girl (Germany, 2017) — ****
- Tricked: The Documentary (USA/Sweden, 2013) — ***
- Tulip Fever (UK/USA, 2017) — **
- 20th Century Women (USA, 2016) — ****
- The Two Escobars (Colombia/USA, 2010) — ****
- Two Streams, or Dois Córregos – Verdades Submersas no Tempo (Brazil, 1999) — ***
- Under the Shadow (UK/Qatar/Jordan/Iran, 2016) — ****
- A United Kingdom (Czech Republic/UK/USA, 2016) — ***
- The Unscrupulous Ones, or Os Cafajestes (Brazil, 1962) — ****
- Valley of Love (France/Belgium, 2015) — **
- O Viajante (Brazil, 1998) — **
- Victor Victoria (UK/USA, 1982) — ****
- Viktor and Viktoria, or Viktor und Viktoria (Germany, 1933) — ****
- Wait Until Dark (USA, 1967) — *****
- War for the Planet of the Apes (USA/Canada/New Zealand, 2017) — ****
- The Way He Looks, or Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (Brazil, 2014) — *****
- Where Is the Friend’s Home?, or Khane-ye doust kodjast? (Iran, 1987) — *****
- White Collar Blues, or Fantozzi (Italy, 1975) — ****
- Whitney: Can I Be Me (UK/USA, 2017) — ***
- Wild Mouse, or Wilde Maus (Austria/Germany, 2017) — **
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (USA, 1971) — ****
- The Wind Will Carry Us, or Bād mā rā khāhad bord (Iran/France, 1999) — ****
- The Woman in the Window (USA, 1944) — ****
- The Woman of Everyone, or A Mulher de Todos (Brazil, 1969) — ***
- Wonder Woman (USA/China/Hong Kong, 2017) — ****
- Wuthering Heights (USA, 1939) — ****
- The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, or O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (Brazil, 2006) — ****
- Yi Yi: A One and a Two…, or Yi Yi (Taiwan/Japan, 2000) — ****
- The Zionist Story (Israel, 2009) — ****
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