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The Press Box

'The Big Picture' - The Best Movies of 2017 (Ep. 405)

The Press Box

The Ringer

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4.43.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The Ringer’s Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins and K. Austin Collins rank and debate the best movies of 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode of The Big Picture is brought to you by the ringer's YouTube channel.

0:04.9

We stepped up our game in 2017 with weekly videos like Cousin's Sal's Best Bet, Sloan

0:09.6

News Day, NBA Desktop, No BS, Table Reads, Directors Commentaries, and Captain Morgan's

0:15.8

Make Believe Casino, as well as our video podcasts in many movies like Take Hunter, Ringer 360,

0:21.5

and Chris Ryan's Crowning Achievement, Clay Theism.

0:24.6

Coming in 2018, a weekly video mailbag from Bill Simmons, Mallory out of a Hat, and a slew

0:29.5

of other news shows.

0:30.5

Don't miss anything.

0:31.5

Just go to the ringer.com, Backslash Video, or even better, subscribe to our channel at

0:36.5

youtube.com, Backslash The Ringer.

0:59.5

I'm Sean Fennesee, Editor-in-Chief of The Ringer, and this is The Big Picture.

1:07.2

So what was the big picture in 2017?

1:09.5

Were the movies good?

1:10.8

Which ones were the best?

1:12.2

Why did they succeed?

1:13.5

And how?

1:14.5

It's a year and time, which means lists.

1:16.5

I'm precious about my lists and the methodology that goes into tracking the year's best movies.

1:21.0

I closely record and grade every movie after I've seen it, noting date, location, and

1:25.9

of course, a grade.

1:27.5

But everyone is different.

1:29.0

So I've asked three other ringer staffers to join me and give me their top five lists.

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