These are the 2017 Endy Awards, wherein I pretend to give out maneki-neko statues to the best movies, performances, etc of that year in film. Awards for many other years can be found in the Rankings & Awards Index. Eligibility is determined by imdb date and by whether or not I’ve seen the movie in question. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order. The winners are in bold. And the Endy goes to. . .

Best Picture:

1. 24 Frames
2. 120 Beats per Minute
3. Baahubali: the Conclusion
4. Bad Genius
5. Ex Libris: New York Public Library
6. Hanagatami
7. Maison du bonheur
8. Mother!
9. On the Beach at Night Alone
10. Our Time Will Come

Best Director:

1. Robin Campillo, 120 Beats per Minute
2. SS Rajamouli, Baahubali: The Conclusion
3. Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hanagatami
4. Darren Aronofsky, Mother!
5. Ann Hui, Our Time Will Come

Best Actor:

1. Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, 120 Beats per Minute
2. Prabhas, Baahubali: The Conclusion
3. Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
4. John Cho, Columbus
5. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
6. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
7. Robert Pattinson, Good Time
8. Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky
9. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
10. Meinhard Neumann, Western

Best Actress:

1. Vicky Chen, Angels Wear White
2. Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Bad Genius
3. Haley Lu Richardson, Columbus
4. Agnès Varda, Faces, Places
5. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
6. Juliette Binoche, Let the Sunshine In
7. Aya Ayano, Love and Goodbye and Hawaii
8. Kim Minhee, On the Beach at Night Alone
9. Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread
10. Mayu Matsuoka, Tremble All You Want

Supporting Actor:

1. Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
2. Michael Palin, The Death of Stalin
3. Eddie Peng, Duckweed
4. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
5. Buddy Duress, Good Time
6. Mark Hamill, The Last Jedi

Supporting Actress:

1. Ramya Krishnan, Baahubali: The Conclusion
2. Isabelle Huppert, Claire’s Camera
3. Hong Chau, Downsizing
4. Allison Williams, Get Out
5. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
6. Deannie Ip, Our Time Will Come

Original Screenplay:

1. Robin Campillo & Philippe Mangeot, 120 Beats per Minute
2. Nattawut Poonpiriya, Tanida Hantaweewatana & Vasudhorn Piyaromna, Bad Genius
3. Hong Sangsoo, Claire’s Camera
4. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
5. Darren Aronofsky, Mother!

Adapted Screenplay:

1. K. V. Vijayendra Prasad & S. S. Rajamouli, Baahubali: The Conclusion
2. Armando Iannucci, David Schneider & Ian Martin, The Death of Stalin
3. Nobuhiko Obayashi & Chiho Katsura, Hanagatami
4. Jeong Ga-young, Hit the Night
5. Makoto Ueda, Night is Short, Walk on Girl

Non-English Language Film:

1. 120 Beats per Minute (Robin Campillo)
2. Baahubali: The Conclusion (SS Rajamouli)
3. Maison du bonheur (Sofia Bohdanowicz)
4. On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sangsoo)
5. Our Time Will Come (Ann Hui)

Non-Fiction Feature Film:

1. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? (Travis Wilkerson)
2. Ex Libris: New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman)
3. Faces Places (Agnès Varda & JR)
4. In the Intense Now (João Moreira Salles)
5. Maison du bonheur (Sofia Bohdanowicz)

Animated Feature Film:

1. Have a Nice Day (Liu Jian)
2. Lu Over the Wall (Masaaki Yuasa)
3. Mary and the Witch’s Flower (Hiromasa Yonebayashi)
4. Night is Short, Walk on Girl (Masaaki Yuasa)
5. Napping Princess (Kenji Kamiyama)

Short Film:

1. The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (Don Hertzfeldt)
2. Pumpkin Movie (Sophy Romvari)
3. Scaffold (Kazik Radwanski)
4. Wasteland No.1 – Ardent, Verdant (Jodie Mack)
5. Wherever You Go, There We Are (Jesse McLean)

Unseen Film:

1. The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola)
2. El mar la mar (Joshua Bonnetta & J.P. Sniadecki)
3. Milla (Valérie Massadian)
4. Okja (Bong Joon-ho)
5. Princess Cyd (Stephen Cone)

Film Editing:

1. 120 Beats per Minute
2. 1987: When the Day Comes
3. Bad Genius
4. The Last Jedi
5. Mother!

Cinematography:

1. 120 Beats per Minute
2. Baahubali: The Conclusion
3. Hanagatami
4. Mother!
5. Prototype

Art Direction:

1. Baahubali: The Conclusion
2. The Florida Project
3. Mother!
4. Phantom Thread
5. Wonderstruck

Costume Design:

1. Call Me by Your Name
2. Lady Bird
3. Mother!
4. Phantom Thread
5. Thor: Ragnarok

Make-up:

1. Baahubali: The Conclusion
2. Blade of the Immortal
3. Mother!
4. Phantom Thread
5. Thor: Ragnarok

 

Original Score:

1. Baahubali: The Conclusion
2. Faces Places
3. Hanagatami
4. Our Time Will Come
5. Phantom Thread

Adapted Score:

1. Baby Driver
2. Call Me by Your Name
3. Landline
4. Song to Song
5. Youth

Sound:

1. 24 Frames
2. Baahubali: The Conclusion
3. Mother!
4. Phantom Thread
5. Song to Song

Sound Editing:

1. 24 Frames
2. Baahubali: The Conclusion
3. The Last Jedi
4. Maison du bonheur
5. Mother!

Visual Effects:

1. 24 Frames
2. Baahubali: The Conclusion
3. Journey to the West: Demons Strike Back
4. The Last Jedi
5. Thor: Ragnarok