See it on the biggest screen you can find, then enjoy the sobbing. Michael Stuhlbarg gives a monologue at the end that’s subtly devastating. You will want to luxuriate in the warmth of this place and in the melancholy of knowing that this romance can’t last. Luca Guadagnino’s swooningly romantic story of first love in the summer of 1983 is gorgeously rendered, with perfectly calibrated performances from Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer. “Call Me by Your Name” absolutely wrecked me.

One of my main criteria for choosing the best film of the year is the way it changes me emotionally, physically. So I guess this is an 11-best list …? Anyway, please enjoy, and let me know what you’d put on your list.

For example, I’m going to cheat a little and put the great Israeli drama “Foxtrot” on my list for 2018, when it comes out theatrically, even though it’s getting a quick awards-consideration run at the end of 2017. There have been so many great movies this year, and I’ve had the opportunity to see a lot more of them than usual as a member of a couple different award committees and, of course, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Narrowing down the best films of the year to just 10 is always a daunting process.

10 best movies 2017