Matt Prigge: 25 Best Films of 2016, as published by Metro
- Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
- Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
- Everybody Wants Some!! — Richard Linklater
- Elle — Paul Verhoeven
- Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
- Silence — Martin Scorsese
- Certain Women — Kelly Reichardt
- The Nice Guys — Shane Black
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- O.J.: Made in America — Ezra Edelman
- Cameraperson — Kirsten Johnson
- No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
- Things to Come — Mia Hansen-Løve
- Love & Friendship — Whit Stillman
- Sunset Song — Terence Davies
- The Treasure — Corneliu Porumboiu
- Kate Plays Christine — Robert Greene
- Cemetery of Splendor — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- I Am Not Your Negro — Raoul Peck
- Little Men — Ira Sachs
- My Golden Days — Arnaud Desplechin
- Aquarius — Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Right Now, Wrong Then — Hong Sang-soo
- Weiner — Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
- The Fits — Anna Rose Holmer