Tasha Robinson: 15 Best Movies of 2016, as published by The Verge
- La La Land — Damien Chazelle
- The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
- American Honey — Andrea Arnold
- The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie
- Moana — Ron Clements and John Musker
- The Witch — Robert Eggers
- Queen of Katwe — Mira Nair
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople — Taika Waititi
- King Jack — Felix Thompson
- Weiner — Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
- Morris from America — Chad Hartigan
- Sing Street — John Carney
- Life, Animated — Roger Ross Williams