3. Lady Bird 

The best female performance of the year directed by a true visionary in Greta Gerwig. Free from most tropes, insightful, hilarious and heartbreaking, this was the most charming film of the year. Ronan is just so great here at capturing the angst of a teen in the early 2000s, while still being aware of how silly high school decisions can be - but that doesn't make it any less important to any of us.