We're pretty much to the point where we feel comfortable saying that Yorgos Lanthimos is the most frustrating filmmaker working today. He has very clear cinematic prowess, yet the stories he chooses to tell and the decisions he makes as a director do not do his skills justice. 2016's The Lobster didn't work at all for us, and while The Killing of a Sacred Deer worked a little more, it's still not enough of an improvement to herald it as "good". The trailers for the film vowed to deliver a peculiar and unsettling experience, but the film spoils all the mystic and fizzles out into a climax of complete lackluster. It's clear that Lanthimos is being championed by some (although we've never met one in person), but we definitely don't see what all the fuss is about.

Before we get to our #1 pick, we'd like to acknowledge the films that weren't quite as disappointing to make our top 5:

Last Flag Flying

Downsizing

Beatriz At Dinner

The Justice League

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Life

It Stains the Sands Red

Without further ado, our pick for the most disappointing film of 2017 goes to...