The 38th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2017, were given on December 10, 2017.^[1]

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Phantom Thread
  • Runner-up: The Shape of Water
• Best Director:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
  • Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
• Best Actor:
  • Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
  • Runner-up: Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
• Best Actress:
  • Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
  • Runner-up: Vicky Krieps – Phantom Thread
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
  • Runner-up: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
  • Runner-up: Allison Janney – I, Tonya
• Best Screenplay:
  • Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
  • Runner-up: Jordan Peele – Get Out
• Best Original Score:
  • Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
  • Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water
  • Runner-up: Alex Somers – Dawson City: Frozen Time
• Best Animated Film:
  • Coco
  • Runner-up: Loving Vincent
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Square
  • Runner-up: BPM (Beats per Minute)
• Best Documentary:
  • Dawson City: Frozen Time
  • Runner-up: Faces Places
• Best Cinematography:
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
  • Runner-up: Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
• Best Editing:
  • David Lowery – A Ghost Story
  • Runner-up: Tatiana S. Riegel – I, Tonya
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Jordan Peele – Get Out
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • The Meyerowitz Stories
  • Runner-up: BPM (Beats per Minute)