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David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2016

06 December 2016

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s always enjoyable video countdown: 25 Best Films of 2016.

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  1. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  2. Sunset Song
    Terence Davies
  3. Jackie
    Pablo Larraín
  4. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
  5. A Bigger Splash
    Luca Guadagnino
  6. Kubo and the Two Strings
    Travis Knight
  7. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
  8. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
  9. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  10. The Love Witch
    Anna Biller
  11. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
  12. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  13. Indignation
    James Schamus
  14. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
  15. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
  16. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  17. Silence
    Martin Scorsese
  18. Swiss Army Man
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
  19. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
  20. Always Shine
    Sophia Takal
  21. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  22. Kate Plays Christine
    Robert Greene
  23. Lemonade
    Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
  24. High-Rise
    Ben Wheatley
  25. Weiner
    Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg

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