Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2016 Movies

Artforum: Melissa Anderson: 10 Best Movies of 2016

11 December 2016

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Melissa Anderson: 10 Best Movies of 2016, as published by Artforum

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2015 • 2012]

  1. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  2. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  3. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
  4. Happy Hour
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  5. Fort Buchanan
    Benjamin Crotty
  6. Born in Flames
    Lizzie Borden
  7. Regrouping
    Lizzie Borden
  8. An Early Clue to the New Direction: Queer Cinema Before Stonewall, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York
  9. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
  10. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
  11. Hermia & Helena
    Matías Piñeiro

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