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100 Movies to See in 2017

by RT Staff | January 5, 2017

TAGGED AS: 2017

From Smurfs to superheroes and aliens to zookeepers, here are the 100 movies that will help define our collective 2017. How many will you have seen by year’s end?

Spider-Man: Homecoming: Tom Holland swings into his first starring role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Peter Parker, who navigates fighting crime and high school life with help from friends like Iron Man.

The Dark Tower: Stephen King’s dark fantasy opus escapes years of development hell with Idris Elba as Mid-World searcher Roland Deschain, and Matthew McConaughey as the pursuing Man in Black.

Wonder Woman: Diana Prince leaves the comfort of her mystical realm to explore Earth…which is mired deep within the events of World War 1.

Dunkirk: Christopher Nolan’s new film takes a look at the event that changed the world: The evacuation of over 300,00 Allied soldiers off the beaches of France from Nazi slaughter.

Baywatch: The house that Hoff built gets a new foundation, updated for the 21st century with Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, and Zac Efron.

Justice League: With Superman “dead,” Batman and Wonder Woman pull Aquaman, The Flash, and Cyborg together to defend against another devastating threat to Earth.

It: Seven close friends have a banging good time in the sewers and above ground alike as they confront life problems, including a pesky murderous clown known as Pennywise.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: James Cameron’s seminal blockbuster (okay, one of his many) returns to theaters during the summer. Schwarzenegger always says he’ll be back — this time in 3D!

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Marvel’s surprise blockbuster got the not-so-surprising greenlight for sequel, as they travel the stars to unravel legendary outlaw Star-Lord’s true parentage.

Fifty Shades Darker: You want it darker… As Anastasia deepens her curious relationship, a wing of previous women involved with Christian come out of the woodwork for revenge.

Ghost in the Shell: The anime cyberpunk classic gets the Hollywood treatment with Scarlett Johansson as a member of the cyber police who will prove consequences will never be the same to all you hackers out there.

Logan: Hugh Jackman plays an older, frequently faded, and R-rated Wolverine in what has been advertised as his final portrayal as the iconic X-Man.

Star Wars: Episode VIII: Luke Skywalker and Rey join, ahem, forces to protect the galaxy from the growing overwhelming power of the Empire, while Disney scrambles to figure out how to deal with the untimely real-life passing of Carrie Fisher.

The LEGO Batman Movie: Arrested Development alums Will Arnett and Michael Cera voice Batman and Robin as they team up against Joker from a takeover of LEGO Gotham.

xXx: The Return of Xander Cage: Previously thought dead, Vin Diesel is back to pick up the extreme-sports-meets-espionage mantle for an all-new balls-out assignment.

Blade Runner 2049: Producer Ridley Scott welcomes you back to a world of replicants and ambiguous Harrison Ford mortality, featuring Ryan Gosling and direction from Arrival‘s Denis Villeneuve.

John Wick: Chapter Two: John Wick goes off after he appears on every hitman’s list: Who will survive and what will be left of them?

The Fate of the Furious: Dom goes rogue to make strange bedfellows with Charlize Theron in the first of the reported final trilogy to close out the unexpectedly epic franchise.

War for the Planet of the Apes: Human and apekind are in full-fledged war as fallen simian Caesar turns to the dark side to avenge his brethren murdered by men.

Beauty and the Beast: Emma Watson enters the tale as old as time in Disney’s live-action remake of their 1991 Best Picture nominee.

Power Rangers: After 10,000 years of development hell, the movie is free! It’s a new era of men and Megazords with this reboot of mega morphin’ heroes, featuring Elizabeth Banks as nemesis Rita Repulsa.

The Mummy: Tom Cruise lends his star power to jumpstart the Universal Monsters universe, which will soldier on with Invisible Man, Wolf Man, Van Helsing movies and more.

Kong: Skull Island: Tom Hiddleston leads a team deep into a mysterious island where they encounter Hollywood’s famous ape, setting up the Godzilla/King Kong crossover to follow in 2020.

Jumanji: What year is it?! Year to put out a new entry in the Chris Van Allsburg cinematic universe, as Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan are pulled into the infamous board game’s jungle world.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: Fifth Element director Luc Besson makes another very French space opera based on the long-running comic series, starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne.

Thor: Ragnarok: Odinson and the Hulk embark on a multi-planet journey that’s been promised to be like a cosmic buddy road trip movie, with Doctor Strange — confirmed to join along for the ride — in tow.

Downsizing: Matt Damon shrinks down to four inches tall to avoid a life that’s gone out of control in the new film from Oscar-winner Alexander Payne.

Friday the 13th: Evil resurfaces in 2017 as Jason Voorhees emerges to stalk a new crop of nubile human younglings.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle: The details of Harry Hart’s death were greatly exaggerated: Colin Firth is back to reprise the role, teaming up once more with Taron Egerton and hoofing it to the United States.

The Nut Job 2: Sometimes they Nut…again! Surly the squirrel is back in the heist saddle, this time to prevent an amusement park from being built over his woodsy digs.

Rings: Set 13 years after the first Ring, Julia has seven days to live after watching the legendarily cursed tape — only to discover there is another movie hidden in the footage.

Rock That Body: Because it wouldn’t be a bachelorette weekend if it didn’t go completely off the debaucherous rails — but not all of them have Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell, and Zoe Kravitz on the invite list!

The Commuter: Having exposed flying and raising daughters as the baffling ordeals that they are, Liam Neeson now turns his attention to the subway, where he is suddenly forced to unravel a conspiracy before his train’s last stop.

Cars 3: Lightning McQueen goes in for a major overhaul and repairs when he finds himself aged out of the sport he so loves.

King Arthur: Charlie Hunnam plays a young Arthur who, after pulling Excalibur from the stone, leads his men against murderous despot Vortigern (Jude Law).

Saw: Legacy: After a seven-year hiatus, Lionsgate’s seminal torture horror series returns, with direction courtesy of the The Spierig Brothers (Predestination, Daybreakers).

Mute: Duncan Jones’ (Source Code, Moon) long-rumored sci-fi movie is debuting on Netflix later this year, and should ease the critical and commercial drubbing of Warcraft.

Annabelle 2: Lights Out director David F. Sandberg sells his soul to the mid-budget devil in this Conjuring spin-off sequel featuring a school of nuns tormented by an evil doll.

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Me Tell No Tales: After a six-year absence, Johnny Depp returns to the Jack Sparrow role that made him a blockbuster mega star, this time fending off Javier Bardem as old rival Captain Salazar.

Baby Driver: Ansel Elgort finds himself forced behind the wheel for a heist job in the latest from writer/director Edgar Wright.

T2: Trainspotting: The other T2 to look forward to: Danny Boyle gets the cast back together to see what’s been learned (or not) over the past 20 years.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul: Diary filmmakers solve the problem of its cast growing older by completely hiring new players for The Long Haul, which will take place one year after 2012’s Dog Days.

Alien: Covenant: The space adventures of Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender’s severed head continue in Ridley Scott’s ongong journey to connect the xenomorph universe.

CHiPs: Two middle-aged CHP motorcycle cops (Dax Shepard, Michael Pena) go hog wild when a rash of crimes ravage their fair city of Los Angeles.

Belko Experiment: 80 Americans are locked in their corporate high-rise and given one job: kill or be killed. How about starting with the guy who steals sandwiches from the fridge?

The Coldest City: Before taking over Deadpool 2, director David Leitch will deliver this Berlin-set Cold War thriller starring Charlize Theron and James McAvoy.

Before I Fall: Zoey Dutch is forced to live her last day over and over, unraveling the circumstances that lead to her death and her Groundhog Day-esque fate.

The Boss Baby: Marla Frazee’s picture book is a metaphor for the tyrannical needs of child-rearing; the Dreamworks adaptation renders the concept literal, with Alec Baldwin voicing the toddler with CEO corporate ambitions.

Darkest Hour: Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in the early days of World War II as he leads a charge against Adolf Hitler.

A Cure For Wellness: Dane DeHaan travels to the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company’s CEO from a long-term health spa, whose clients all seem to have contracted an illness that keeps them there permanently.

Coco: One of two Pixar movies for the year is a Mexican Day of the Dead-inspired adventure starring a 12-year-old boy who embarks on a century-old mystery.

Blazing Samurai: Scrappy pupper (Michael Cera) wants to become a samurai and takes on a town of evil felines to get there.

American Made: Tom Cruise reteams with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman for his role as a 1980s airline pilot recruited by the CIA and DEA to run drugs in the south.

God Particle: In the third film in the slowly coalescing Cloverfield universe, a team of astronauts make a discovery in space that may or may not have anything to do with rampaging monsters on planet Earth below.

The Circle: Privacy amidst nationalized corporatocracy are at the forefront of this Dave Eggers novel adaptation, starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks.

Granite Mountain: Miles Teller stars as the sole survivor of a team of Prescott, Arizona hotshot fire crew whose 19 other members perished during the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.

All I See Is You: A dramatic-thriller of a blind wife (Blake Lively) who regains her sight and sees more than she bargained for with her marriage.

Fist Fight: Two teachers (Charlie Day, Ice Cube) decide to settle an argument with an extracurricular rumble in the courtyard after school.

Captain Underpants: Because it’s amazing these haven’t been turned into an animated movie yet, Dreamworks will release the first epic adventure based on the popular book series this year.

Despicable Me 3: The ’80s are back…and it’s bent on world domination! Trey Parker plays the ’80s-obsessed villain to reformed baddie Gru and wife Lucy.

Free Fire: A 1978-set single-location shoot ’em up about a gun deal gone bad, starring Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and more.

The Great Wall: Fantastic beasts and where to find them? The Great Wall of China apparently, where you’ll also Matt Damon defending the land from monstrous marauders.

Wonder: Room‘s Jacob Tremblay plays a child born with a facial deformity who must overcome society prejudice to prove that beauty runs deeper than what’s on the surface.

Emoji Movie: Express Yourself: In a world of single expression, Gene is an emoji capable of communicating multiple emotions (and hunger levels, probably) who finds himself at odds with society.

Life: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, and Rebecca Ferguson man a spaceship to Mars and discover life — one that might end ours.

Amityville: The Awakening: For God’s sake, GET OUT! Will the tagline finally be heeded when Bella Thorne’s family moves into the infamously haunted house in 2017?

The Greatest Showman: This is the story of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), founder of the famous Ringling Bros. traveling circus and beyond.

The House: Will Ferrell turns his basement into an illegal gambling joint in order to pay for his daughter’s college tuition.

Spark: Nickelodeon graduate Jace Norman voices the titular Spark, a teen monkey with electric powers as he retakes his home planet from an evil general.

The Beguiled: Previously turned into a 1971 Clint Eastwood movie, Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of the novel features a captured Union soldier (Colin Farrell) who cons his way into the hearts of girls at a Confederate boarding school.

Girls Trip: Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith set it off in New Orleans as two of four girlfriends who rekindle friendships, fight, and find romance at the annual Essence Festival.

Get Out: Jordan Peele makes a decidedly serious writer/director debut: a straight horror movie about a black man who visits his white girlfriend’s haunted family estate.

Geostorm: Gerard Butler is blasted into space to prevent climate-control satellites from creating a storm that will destroy the Earth. And because it’s a Gerard Butler movie, there’s also a plot to assassinate the President!

The Wall: Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a Marine rifleman pinned down in the desert against an equally talented Iraqi sniper.

Snatched: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn are on a mother-daughter vacation in Ecuador in search of adventure…and end up kidnapped and trapped in the jungle.

World War Z 2: Brad Pitt is set to reprise his role as former UN employee Gerry Lane as society soldiers on despite rampaging fast zombies ravaging the planet.

The Founder: Michael Keaton is Ray Kroc in the story of how the entrepreneur took McDonald’s from a tiny San Bernardino outfit into a national, and then global, restaurant phenomenon.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: After 6 movies in 15 years, Milla Jovovich takes Alice through her final mission as the series promises to come full circle, tying back to themes and subject matter found in the original.

The Mountain Between Us: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet play two plane crash survivors marooned deep in the wilderness. Yes, it’s a romance!

Flatliners: Kiefer Sutherland returns as a new charge of young medical students seek to study the beyond by inducing medical death for extended periods at a time.

Lowriders: A teen street artist’s loyalty is challenged by his lowrider-obsessed father and hardened ex-criminal uncle.

The Six Billion Dollar Man: We can remake it. We have the technology. Mark Wahlberg plays your average highly-trained astronaut who is rebuilt part by part after a spaceship disaster.

Going in Style: It’s hell or high-waters: Morgan Freeman, Micahel Caine, and Alan Arkin play retirees who attempt to rob the bank that ripped off their savings in the first place.

Smurfs: The Lost Village: It’s a race against Gargamel when Smurfette enlists her blue friends to find a lost village whose direction is pointed on a mysterious map.

The Space Between Us: Asa Butterfield is the first human born on Mars, who travels to Earth to learn about our customs and ways, and maybe even find love with the help of street urchin Britt Robertson.

The War With Grandpa: After Dirty Grandpa, Robert De Niro fully embraces gramps status in this adaptation of the 1984 kid’s book of battles waged over who controls a kid’s bedroom.

Pitch Perfect 3: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld and just about everyone else you want involved with the Bellas are back for the sequel!

Ferdinand: Fox Animation will adapt this beloved 1936 children’s book, about a bull who’d rather smell flowers than fight others of his ilk to establish animal dominance.

Song to Song: Terrence Malick’s latest drama is a romance set against Austin music scene, starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Rooney Mara with loads of appearances from musicians never far from a major festival lineup.

The Solutrean: Albert Hughes (one-half of twin filmmakers The Hughes Brothers) directs this prehistoric drama starring Kodi Smit-McPhee as a caveman struggling against nature as he searches for home.

Murder on the Orient Express: Kenneth Branagh boards the classic Agatha Christie tale as star and director, assembling a wildly impressive supporting cast all willing to bump each other off for the sake of entertainment.

My Little Pony: The Movie: The first major MLP theatrical release in over 30 years continues the Friendship is Magic storyline as the Mane Six leave Equestria in order to save Ponyville.

Midnight Sun: 17-year old Katie, who has a deadly sensitivity to sunlight, busks nightly at the train station. There, she meets a former jock and together they share a unique and powerful summer romance.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard: In this action/comedy, Ryan Reynolds becomes bodyguard to his nemesis (Samuel L. Jackson), who needs to stay alive to testify against Gary Oldman.

Villa Capri: Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones are two golf rivals who must get along in the Witness Protection Program if they intend on surviving a mob assassination.

Insidious: Chapter 4: Follow Elise and her further adventures in this surprisingly resilient demonic horror series.

The Zookeeper’s Wife: Jessica Chastain is co-head of a zoo in Warsaw who hid hundreds of people from death during Nazi World War II occupation.

Red Sparrow: Jennifer Lawrence plays a sexy Russian spy who considers turning coat after falling for a CIA officer. File this under the “At least it’s not Passengers” romance category.

The Snowman: Michael Fassbender is police dick Harry Hole who investigates a woman’s disappearance after her scarf is found wrapped around a snowman.

Their Finest: Gemma Arterton and Sam Claflin are part of a film crew who hope to boost morale in Britain during World War II by making a propaganda film.

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