Film Comment: 20 Best Films of 2016 (as selected by contributors)
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011]
- Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- Elle — Paul Verhoeven
- Cemetery of Splendor — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Certain Women — Kelly Reichardt
- Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
- Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
- Aquarius — Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Things to Come — Mia Hansen-Løve
- No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
- The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Right Now, Wrong Then — Hong Sang-soo
- Love & Friendship — Whit Stillman
- Cameraperson — Kirsten Johnson
- Kaili Blues — Bi Gan
- The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
- Everybody Wants Some!! — Richard Linklater
- The Fits — Anna Rose Holmer
- Neruda — Pablo Larraín
- The Other Side — Roberto Minervini