Contra Zoom

62: Top 10 Films of 2017

Now that 2017 is firmly in the rear view mirror Dakota Arsenault and Mehek Seyid go over their favourite films of last year. 

Dakota’s list:

10. Loveless

9. Logan Lucky

8. Mudbound

7. Columbus

6. Lady Bird

5. Get Out

4. Dunkirk

3. Phantom Thread

2. Call Me By Your Name

1. A Ghost Story

Mehek’s list:

10.  Sheikh Jackson

9. Mom and Dad/The Killing of a Sacred Deer

8. Lady Bird

7. The Shape of Water

6. Thor: Ragnarok

5. Coco

4. What Will People Say

3. I, Tonya

2. Get Out

1. The Florida Project

Sean Chin’s favourite movie was Icarus

Sammy Feilchenfeld’s favourite movie was Blade Runner 2049.

Honourable Mentions for Dakota: The Shape of Water, I, Tonya, Loving Vincent, Coco and Thor Ragnarok.

Honourable Mentions for Mehek: The Incredible Jessica James, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Free Fire, Colossal and Logan.

Notable Omissions Not Seen by Dakota: Personal Shopper, Lady Macbeth, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Beatriz at Dinner, All the Money in the World and A Fantastic Woman.

Notable Omissions Not Seen by Mehek: Logan Lucky, Good Time, Ingrid Goes West, Girl’s Trip and A Ghost Story.

Music from this episode is by Ministry of Interior Spaces and his song Hoyt Arboretum OR. Last week we premiered the music video and you can find out more at his Bandcamp where you can preorder his upcoming album.

About author

Music Editor at Live in Limbo and Host of Contra Zoom podcast. Dakota is a graduate of Humber College's Acting for Film and Television. He now specializes in knowing all random trivia. He writes about music, sports and film. Dakota's life goal is visit all baseball stadiums, he's at 7.