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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Mountains May Depart

by Jia Zhang-ke

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  1. RogerEbert.com: Michał Oleszczyk: Top Ten Films of 2016
  2. Peter Labuza: 15 Favorite Films of 2016
  3. BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore: 11 Best Movies of 2016
  4. La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2015
  5. Darren Hughes: 10 Favorite Films of 2016
  6. Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2016
  7. Esquire: Nick Schager: The 25 Best Movies of 2016
  8. Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2015
  9. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2016
  10. Slant: 50 Best Films of 2016
  11. Glenn Kenny: 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.