The A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2016
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- Green Room — Jeremy Saulnier
- La La Land — Damien Chazelle
- Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie
- The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
- Arrival — Denis Villeneuve
- Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
- Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
- The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Elle — Paul Verhoeven
- American Honey — Andrea Arnold
- Silence — Martin Scorsese
- The Fits — Anna Rose Holmer
- Everybody Wants Some!! — Richard Linklater
- The Witch — Robert Eggers
- Right Now, Wrong Then — Hong Sang-soo
- Midnight Special — Jeff Nichols
- Jackie — Pablo Larraín
- Louder Than Bombs — Joachim Trier