Year-End Lists

IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016 (as voted by 200 critics)

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
3. La La Land — Damien Chazelle
4. Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
5. O.J.: Made in America — Ezra Edelman
6. Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
7. The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
8. Arrival — Denis Villeneuve
9. Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie
10. Jackie — Pablo Larraín
11. Elle — Paul Verhoeven
12. Certain Women — Kelly Reichardt
13. Cameraperson — Kirsten Johnson
14. The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos
15. Cemetery of Splendor — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
16. Silence — Martin Scorsese
17. Everybody Wants Some!! — Richard Linklater
18. The Fits — Anna Rose Holmer
19. American Honey — Andrea Arnold
19. The Witch — Robert Eggers
21. Aquarius — Kleber Mendonça Filho
22. Love & Friendship — Whit Stillman
23. Green Room — Jeremy Saulnier
23. No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
25. Sing Street — John Carney
26. 20th Century Women — Mike Mills
27. Things to Come — Mia Hansen-Løve
28. Loving — Jeff Nichols
29. Nocturnal Animals — Tom Ford
30. Right Now, Wrong Then — Hong Sang-soo
31. I Am Not Your Negro — Raoul Peck
32. A Bigger Splash — Luca Guadagnino
32. Knight of Cups — Terrence Malick
34. Kubo and the Two Strings — Travis Knight
35. Happy Hour — Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
36. Krisha — Trey Edward Shults
37. Chevalier — Athina Rachel Tsangari
37. Hail, Caesar! — Joel & Ethan Coen
37. Hunt for the Wilderpeople — Taika Waititi
40. Swiss Army Man — Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
41. I, Daniel Blake — Ken Loach
42. 13th — Ava DuVernay
43. Sunset Song — Terence Davies
43. Weiner — Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
45. Fire at Sea — Gianfranco Rosi
46. Embrace of the Serpent — Ciro Guerra
47. Neruda — Pablo Larraín
48. Captain Fantastic — Matt Ross
49. The Neon Demon — Nicolas Winding Refn
50. Christine — Antonio Campos