Year-End Lists

IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016 (as voted by 200 critics)

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1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
4. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
5. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
6. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
7. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
8. Arrival
   Denis Villeneuve
9. Hell or High Water
   David Mackenzie
10. Jackie
    Pablo Larraín
11. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
12. Certain Women
    Kelly Reichardt
13. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
14. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
15. Cemetery of Splendor
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
16. Silence
    Martin Scorsese
17. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater
18. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
19. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
19. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
21. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
22. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman
23. Green Room
    Jeremy Saulnier
23. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
25. Sing Street
    John Carney
26. 20th Century Women
    Mike Mills
27. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
28. Loving
    Jeff Nichols
29. Nocturnal Animals
    Tom Ford
30. Right Now, Wrong Then
    Hong Sang-soo
31. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
32. A Bigger Splash
    Luca Guadagnino
32. Knight of Cups
    Terrence Malick
34. Kubo and the Two Strings
    Travis Knight
35. Happy Hour
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
36. Krisha
    Trey Edward Shults
37. Chevalier
    Athina Rachel Tsangari
37. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
37. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
    Taika Waititi
40. Swiss Army Man
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
41. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
42. 13th
    Ava DuVernay
43. Sunset Song
    Terence Davies
43. Weiner
    Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
45. Fire at Sea
    Gianfranco Rosi
46. Embrace of the Serpent
    Ciro Guerra
47. Neruda
    Pablo Larraín
48. Captain Fantastic
    Matt Ross
49. The Neon Demon
    Nicolas Winding Refn
50. Christine
    Antonio Campos