Lists of 2017 – The Almost Greats of The Year

1. Baby Driver: What The Fast and The Furious should have been

2. Baahubali – The Conclusion: Scale, magnitude, sheer epicness and for having the best scene of 2017

3. Coco – The best animated film of 2017.

4. Dhuruvangal Pathinaru: An excellently crafted thriller.

5. Glen Garry Glenross: Just listen to that dialogue.

6. Green Room: A clinic on tone and how to have a sense of space.

7. It – More about the kids and the clown than the scares themselves.

8. Interstellar: Stop being dicks to someone being earnest.

9. Kaminey: Vishal Bharadwaj’s Tarantino film.

10. Kanchivaram: Heartbreak captured to perfection.

11. Logan: The second best film from the X-Men universe.

12. Madras: I repeat. If I made this movie, Rajinikanth would work with me too.

13. Memories of Murder: Bong Joon-Ho arrived with this bad boy.

14. Nocturnal Animals: If there is one man I envy, it is Tom Ford.

15. Okja: A coming-of-age tale masquerading as an animal rights film.

16. Ondu Motteya Kathe: Talking to you about the importance of accepting who you are physically without talking down to you.

17. Split: M. Night is back baby.

18. The Host: Awkwardly CG-ed Korean Godzilla kicks ass.

19. Vikram Vedha: Look inwards to know who you are.

20: Wonder Woman: Superman, step aside. She now represents hope, truth and justice.