Drum roll please… The results are in for the 2017 Best of the Best in all the respective media categories. Please see below and also the archives for previous years. Happy viewing and reading everyone, and as always, we would love to know what you think in the comment section below. And for those that follow the first release of this list in our printed Christmas Family newsletter, know that this list includes several titles forgotten on the initial run. Enjoy!

Adult Movies
IP Man (2008)*
The Founder (2016)
Baby Driver (2017)
The United Kingdom (2017)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Patriot’s Day (2016)
Loving (2016)
Everest (2015)
Concussion (2015)
The Walk (2015)
Sully (2016)

Teen Movies
The Crossing (2000)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
The Shack (2017)
I’m Not Ashamed (2016)

Family Movies
Wonder (2017)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Lego Ninjago (TV-2011)
Trolls (2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Boss Baby (2017)
Moana (2016)

Television
Victoria (2017)
Turn (2014)

Adult Books
Little Golden America by Ilf & Petrov ‘36
Passages Through Pakistan
by Marilyn Gardner ‘17
You Are What You Love by James K. A. Smith ’16

Kids Chapter Books
Dance Class (2013)*
Malala by Corey (2016)
How to Build Your Own Country
by Wyatt (2009)
The Underground Abductor
by Hale (2015)
Child Soldier by Humphreys (2015)
Emma’s Journal by Moss (1999)
Off to Class by Hughes (2011)

Kids Picture Books
Emma and Julia Love Ballet
by McClintock (2016)
Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors
by Stone (2013)
Sybil’s Night Ride by Winnick (2000)
The Boy Who Loved Math
by Heiligman (2013)
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Povlova by Snyder ’15

*Others recommended in series