Year-End Lists

Ann Hornaday: 26 Best Movies of 2016, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015]

1. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
3. Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie
4. The Confirmation — Bob Nelson
5. O.J.: Made in America — Ezra Edelman
6. Cameraperson — Kirsten Johnson
7. La La Land — Damien Chazelle
8. Lemonade — Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
9. 13th — Ava DuVernay
10. Southside with You — Richard Tanne

“…had I not been constrained by numerical obstinacy”

• Loving — Jeff Nichols
• Arrival — Denis Villeneuve
• The Fits — Anna Rose Holmer
• A Bigger Splash — Luca Guadagnino
• Love & Friendship — Whit Stillman
• Sully — Clint Eastwood
• Captain Fantastic — Matt Ross
• Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
• Eye in the Sky — Gavin Hood
• Hail, Caesar! — Joel & Ethan Coen
• Last Days in the Desert — Rodrigo García
• I Am Not Your Negro — Raoul Peck
• Tower — Keith Maitland
• Weiner — Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
• The Eagle Huntress — Otto Bell
• Jackie — Pablo Larraín