A.A. Dowd: 15 Best Films of 2016, as published by The A.V. Club
[see also 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014]
- Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
- Green Room — Jeremy Saulnier
- La La Land — Damien Chazelle
- The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
- Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
- Louder Than Bombs — Joachim Trier
- Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie
- Don’t Breathe — Fede Alvarez
- Krisha — Trey Edward Shults
- Everybody Wants Some!! — Richard Linklater
- Weiner — Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
- Silence — Martin Scorsese
- Jackie — Pablo Larraín